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with an unprecedented -- with a .eek to go on tuesday, nicholas sarkozy reiterated his support for his former prime minister. >> our very own catherine nicholson is following the socialist candidate's campaign here in paris now. he is not doing very well in the polls, but that does not seem to have stopped him from pulling out all the stops where you are, hasn't? >> absolutely. i'm sure you can see behind me, this looks and sounds more like a music festival than a political rally, but a political rally it certainly is. organizers say around 30,000 to this placeup our viewers will remember from many other political rallies, those marches, demonstrations of all different sorts. aside from the musicians, the crowds came to see and hear some includingheavyweights the lady who oversaw the introduction of the gay marriage legalization here in france, and also the former head of the socialist party. acknowledgedhave their candidate is not the favorite. one said francois's apathy is the worst of the people, and he ended the speech by telling crowds he will write on. >> what about security at t

be tempted to vote far right to corner the nationalist voter, that are very much patriotic as nicholas sarkozyid in the past. >> a quick remind of our top stories this hour. two very different leaders looking to find some common ground. donald trump has welcomed the chinese leader to florida. trade and north korea are expected to dominate talks. to trump's under pressure clarify his position on syria after saying that tuesday's chemical attack in idlib province had changed his attitude towards president bashar al-assad. in gambia, they are heading to the polls for the first parliamentary elections since country.d the the new president has promised to give parliamentarians a greater say. let's get an update on the business news. kate moody is with us in the studio. we are starting out with a teacher of france's oldest nuclear plant. has: the board of eds devoted to close down that site under certain conditions. will stay in service until a new generation power plant begins operating. that likely will not be until 2019 after hollande leaves office. the outgoing president promised lant because th

we they thought at the time it would help nicholas sarkozy, an incumbent, a conservative but in factitics whether it's here or there, right? >> absolutely. i have think one thing you can predict is that this has been a continued erosion of french nationalism. the french are proud. they take their culture seriously. one thing they have seen is that there is an escape clause from the european union. the british did it you know, they saw this as no longer a done deal. so as french culture reasserts itself, as they look at, you know, the open borders, free travel, the mass of immigrants that have come in and have not assimilated, they say why can't we be french again? i think marine la pen represents that sentiment. i think that's going to help her whether it puts her over the top we will see. they are french. connell: you brought up the british. you are right, that's kind of the lens everybody is looking through this with. before we go to andrew let me go to nigel farage who has become famous for brexit vote. break here. some people are using the term frexit. i don't know why we need a