but as you said, he absolutely stuck to his guns, that the money that his wife penelope has earned overied that salary, and she did things like sort out his diary, his visits, and open his mail. so, he really contests the key bit of the story, because critics argue that herjob was fake and she was not busy at all. and she just took the money. another element of the story was this tweet. senior member of the eu parliament @guyverhofstadt "putin is trying to undermine democracy in france — by promoting lies about @emmanuelmacron. shame on them." he is another of the main contenders, an independent running for the presidency. he is talking about this article on russian state media website sputnik — "ex—french economy minister macron could be ‘us agent‘ lobbying banks‘ interests". it has caused quite a stir. i asked naomi what sort of reaction there has been in france to the allegations. just to be clear, at the moment, there is no substantive allegations here. the suggestion is, material may come out about his time as an investment banker in the us, and about his personal life, perhaps. i

penelope has never claimed to be in the -- in the limelight. she has worked discreetly, refusing to speak in my place as some wives of politicians do. and today we -- she is being accused of seeking the limelight and i say that her way of working was dignified, so let's not exaggerate -- let's not judge the words that she made in an interview which do not correspond to 30 years of life. i implore two of my children who worked for 15 months in 2005 and 2006, and one of them for six months and the other as parliamentary employees for a monthly net salary of 3,000 euros each. nothing was hidden. all the job contracts are legal, were legal, and are legal. the amounts received were declared to the tax and were taxable. and the amounts of remuneration respected the limits which are given the -- the credits given to each member of parliament. members of parliament are allowed to work with whoever they deem has their trust and their -- and the required skills. yes, ladies and gentlemen, all of this was legal. but does not mean that from a moral point of

reports continue swirling about his wife penelope who has been reported to be paid by the taxpayer for a nonexistent job. more allegations have surfaced saying his wife received tens of thousands of euros in severance pay. launching a counterattack to defend himself. the presidential candidate still mired in scandal is refusing to drop out of the race. he insists the taxpayer-funded jobs he gave to his family were not illegal. on wednesday he published a letter in a french daily apologizing for hiring his wife as a parliamentary assistant, echoing an earlier mea culpa in a news conference. he will head for fresh claims over his wife's space. -- satirical weekly . he was quick to respond. job. your >> in a statement he claimed the figures were incorrect. the voices of opposition could still be heard against the candidate. >> pay back your debt used beef. >> the fourth is holding steady. >> i think he's an honest man. >> the media hype gives the impression that he is frightened of the other candidates but we have to try to shatter in every way. >> this wednesday his campaign continues. >

anticorruption investigators searched the candidates office and penelope fillon has admitted she has never had a parliamentary badge or email. the lawyer says there is an explanation. welcomed into her home people from the community that wanted to speak with mr. fillon but that was not the only rolled it she had. expected front runner in the campaign, fillon has said he will resign if he is formally charged. investigators will be talking to his replacement at the national assembly. fillon, payingy her nearly 11,000 euros a month. the polls show the scandal has already hit francoise fillon's campaign. he is no longer the presidential front-runner. it is now former socialist turned independent candidate emmanuel macron who is likely to win the presidency next spring. next to the united states where donald trump has unveiled his pick for the supreme court. conservative neil gorsuch. if confirmed, he will replace antonin scalia a. but as republicans blocked a barack obama's choice for the court, the democrats are gearing up for a fight. >> he wanted the country to be watching. donald tru

mp's of his party are questioning whether penelope gate has turned the hope of clinching the presidencyinto a liability. 58% are standing firm while 42% want fillon out. it is a tragic fall from grace. the right-wing nominee was considered a favorite to win the presidential election starting in april. now he's lagging behind far right marine le pen and been overtaken by emmanuel macron. there are concerns that debate over policy has been drowned out by all the political mudslinging. >> i believe for the good of this presidential election and for the democratic debate, because it is a pity to see we no longer talk about unemployment, terrorism and so on, that it may be better for francois fillon to pass the baton. reporter: pass the baton onto whom? his rival alain juppe is a firm plan b favorite among the party. laura: the newly elected head of the socialist has been meeting president hollande. the hard left candidate won the primary candidate.h the latest polls show the socialist will struggle to reach the second round, but hamon is now just three points behind emmanuel macron. angelam

the conservative presidential candidate has been dogged by allegations he paid his wife, penelope, for an imaginary job. the trumpow to administration. his choice for labor secretary pulls himself out of the running after republicans slam him for, among other things, hiring an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. why coming up this hour -- are so many french airports sitting unused? we will have that story in our business update. and a young kurdish beautician from iran -- much-needed pampering with free hairdos for refugees. that in more coming up on "live from paris." we will start first with a landmark trade deal between the european union and canada that was signed wednesday at the european parliament. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is in strasbourg , france, thinking the e.u. for that -- for approving that controversial trade deal. howe cannot understate important it was to get this deal right. trade needs to work for people. people who are struggling to make ends meet and raise their families. for people who worry that their future or their children's future will not

the conservative presidential candidate has been dogged by allegations he paid his wife, penelope, forn imaginary job.

mr fillon's popularity has plummeted since allegations his british wife, penelope fillon, was paid mores as his assistant for work she may never have done. and jobs done by his two children are also being investigated. he said he made a mistake, but also said his wife's salary was justified. but in 2007, penelope fillon gave an interview to a british newspaper, the daily telegraph, in which she said: and on monday, mr fillon was asked about that interview. translation: when she made that statement it was picked up by a programme which knowingly took bits of a sentence out of context. it was in english, it was for an english audience and the focus of the interview was actually i will not be sharee blair. the journalist who did the interview actually got in touch with my wife to say how shocked she was at the use of those bits. the journalist who did the interview, though, tweeted this: polls are now showing mr fillon is lagging behind his opponents, independent centrist emmanuelle macron, a former investment banker and the national front leader, marine le pen. and with the election 11 we

penelope—gate. it kicked off nine days ago. she hasther to their children and is there to support her husband. that's never been a problem. what has surprised and stunned everybody, notjust in their own party but across france is to discover that she had a full—time job as a parliamentary assistant and was then paid very handsomely and even by francois fillon's replacement. this is stunning, very bad news for him, bad news for the french conservatives, who don't have an alternative. it's very bad news for them. we have lost the line to paris. take us through what's happened. the way they have been doing it, appointing a candidate through primaries like the united states. that is relatively new in france. what happens if you lose the candidate between the primary and the presidential election? that is the big question, there are a few scenarios. the most improbable is to go through the process again. number one, it would be denying, this would be the second time for the socialists, let's remember also, juppe, he was another... we are in

that interview has really become the smoking gun in the alleged fake jobs scandal because it was dug up in the wake of the scandal. in which penelope fillon says she never worked as her husband's assistant, this despite him saying that she was euros toly a million be his assistant. a seeminglywas induced -- a seemingly innocent interview back then, obviously one that has taken a life of its own on now. molly: super bowl sunday in the united states will be coming up. a lot of focus will be on the halftime show. dheepthika: the halftime show will be watched by over 100 million people, so it is no doubt one of the big highlights of the super bowl -- this year, lady gaga is highlighting the 15 minute show. she is tightlipped about what she has planned. many wonder if she will use the show as her own pulpit. lgbtq andy vocal on women's rights. she once turned up to a ceremony in a meat dress. vxñolfqaooo/

he has been under increasing pressure to step down over allegations that he paid his wife, penelope, parliamentary assistant, despite little evidence of any such work. leaders of the eu are gathering in malta for their first summit of the year, facing some of the biggest problems in the union's history, in its smallest member state. they will be discussing the migration crisis from africa and the middle east, and the changing transatlantic climate, and over it all looms the prospect of brexit. 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly reports. the ceremonial cannons of the letter, installed by british imperialists and restored with eu money. the story of modern malta, in a one—gun salute. the cannons will welcome the eu leaders to their first malta summit. they won't have to look far around the coast for a reminder of their problems. african migrants, who mostly reached europe by boat from libya, are stranded here. they wantjobs, and documents, and a sense of hope. they are not optimistic they are going to get them from the eu gathering. it doesn't give us our right. they look at us li

down over allegations that he paid his wife, penelope, a large salary as a parliamentary assistant, despite little evidence of any such work. a tokyo court has the case of a man who developed leukaemia after working as a welder injapan‘s damaged fukushima nuclear site. the 42—year—old is the first person to be recognised by the japanese labour authorities as having an illness linked to the radiation leaked from the site. it was of course hit by an earthquake and tsunami. he's suing the tokyo electric power company. the british government has published a document setting out more details of its plans for the brexit negotiations. the brexit secretary david davis told members of parliament that changes would be phased in gradually. and that the uk would not find itself on the edge of a cliff. a zimbabwean pastor who fled to the united states after launching a popular protest movement has been charged with subverting a constitutionally elected government. evan mawarire, founder of the this flag movement was arrested at the airport as he returned to the country on tuesday. he faces up to 20 years in prison. the us has blamed russia for the recent

he has really taken a tumble tumble since opinion polls -- in opinion polls since these allegations were revealed that he hired his wife penelope fictitious job. genie: the could be more trouble ahead. more revelations this week about fillon's campaign spokesperson. florence: let's take a look at this front page. 'sey are talking about fillon campaign spokesperson. he also allegedly hired his wife as his parliamentary assistant. thisvp ruben martinez: los angeles, from the early 20th century all the way until today, is a city defined by immigrants arriving here in wave afafter wave. we're a cicity of immimigrants. it's all coming in a a human migration, a human journey, ultimately. tthat's how food gets around the world. we carry it with us in our stomachs and our bodies and in our culturere. those kinds of journeys, those kinds of migrations, are very los angelino. so, stuff starts to shift cculturally in all kinds of different ways. people start learning the language... but it's not just the immigrants that are changed. the immigrants are changiging the natives. and you can literally track a people's history and the history

penelope, will continue. >> the numerous elements collected by in -- investigators do not suggest the case should be dropped. reporter: the prosecution did steps.e any further it could send it straight to trial. franÇoise fillon hassaid he will step down if that happens on said he willl step down if that happens. for now, he is doing with the so-called penelopegate. he faces increasing criticism within his own party, and his popularity has plummeted. he announced a series of new measures, likely to woo far right voters. >> i propose reducing the age of criminal responsibility to 16 years old. when a 16-year-old or 17-year-old attacks a policeman, he has to know he will end up in prison. reporter: the stakes are high for fillon. polls show him trailing national front leader marine le pen. and centrist emmanuel macron. presidential hopeful emmanuel macron, meanwhile, has sparked controversy for comments a visit toon algeria. in an interview with local media, he described colonization as a crime against humanity, comments that have left the conservative and far right political extent was meant in france up -- political establishment up in arms. reporter: 55 years after algeria upon independence from france -- after

francois fillon, has apologised for employing his wife and children at public expense, admitting it was a mistake. but in a news conference, he denied allegations that his wife, penelope hundreds of thousands of euros. 0pinion polls suggest the claims have severely damaged mr fillon‘s chances of becoming president. lucy williamsonjoins us from paris. talk today of relaunching his campaign. what is your sense of how much of this damage is repaired? the fa ct much of this damage is repaired? the fact he made his appearance today tells you he knows it is serious. he came, he smiled, he apologised, he said that he accepted the public expectations of politicians had changed. but there was a lot of anger and frustration alongside the apology. he said he felt lynched by the media. that he had broken no laws, he had hidden nothing and he had done nothing that he thought was unacceptable that the time. that is where his critics say he is out of touch. but while he is talking about this in legal terms, voters are simply talking about it in terms of how a politician campaign his wife that amount of public funds. i think over the last few days it is really felt as if some local s

his wife, penelope, hundreds of thousands of euros of public money for very little work, while she was his parliamentary aide. mr fillon denies any wrongdoing. the united nations' climate chief hasonal agreements. but patricia espinosa says she is confident that worldwide action to tackle the issue will continue, whatever mr trump does. she is travelling to the us this weekend and hopes to raise her concerns with senior officials. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. donald trump will be the next president. much of america celebrated donald trump's election, but it was an environmentalists' nightmare, a president for fossil fuel, saying he would scrap rules on the industry and pull out of the un climate deal. the un's new climate chief was dismayed. i was very surprised. it felt like something was wrong. at the same time very quickly a reaffirmation of this is the more reason why we need to continue. china's massive renewables programme was one sign of the world's determination to carry on tackling climate change. china says it will show leadership if the us does pull out of the un climate deal. but even the us itself has a boom in wind and solar power. the election

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has and the salary was perfectly justified. his wifenference said worked as parliamentary assistance. longerowledges it is no seen as acceptable. reportednewspaper penelope000 over 15 years. 24 hours per day powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: president donald trump expected to speak at the air force base. we will bring you remarks as we get to his report area to we go back to trump's immigration order. white house correspondent joins us now. where do we stand legally on this? >> right now as of this very moment the immigration ban has been temporarily restricted. is nulltime being it and void until this legal battle is allowed to play out. case -- its case for lifting on the immigration ban. we are likely to see this battle play out from the east side of this debate from several weeks ahead. the could end up before supreme court, where there is a vacancy. appointed by republicans. to changetrump wants the balance by having his first supreme court justice confirmed. there is going to be a debate and eight right about that in the senate where they are vowing to block that nomination. have any sense what th

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has teamed up with allison oppenhiem to write a new children's book. >> wow. >> it's called "princesses wear pants" and comes out later this week. the book's star is princess penelope what they do that matters most. we'll have a special interview with savannah and ally on our website, today.com. this was a tough interview to get. >> congratulations. and ally, congratulations to you. let us get a check of the stories of the morning, here's your news at 8:00. >> reporter: i'm craig melvin in houston, texas, for super bowl li what a game it was. patriots players still sleeping as you might imagine. a lot of the fans getting back on the buses heading to the airport. there's a victory parade in boston tomorrow that they're trying to make. so many improbable moments last night. julian edelman catching that football off the opponent's shoe and that led to the james white, somehow, some way managing beginning to the end end zone. and overtime. that was the first overtime game in a super bowl and there he is, tom terrific the four-time super bowl mvp now, the five-time super bowl champ, the greatest of all time, here he is in his own words. >> to beat this team and to get d

has teamed up with alison oppenheim, wife of noah oppenheim, to write a new children's book. >> that's cool. >> it's called "princesses wear pants" and comes out later this year. the book's star is princess penelopeow they look but what they do that matters most. we'll have an interview with savannah and allie on our show. that was a hard interview to get. >> good scoop. >> she was holding out. >> way to go. savannah, congratulations. allie, congratulations to you. >>> let's look at the top stories of the morning. here's your news at 8:00. >> reporter: i'm craig melvin here in houston, texas, for super bowl li. and what a game it was. i'm in front of the team hotel here. patriots players still sleeping, as you might imagine. but a lot of fans getting back on the buses, heading to the airport. there's a victory parade in boston they're trying to make. so many improbable moments, like this one, julian edelman, catching that football off of the opponent's shoe. that led to this, james white, somehow, someway, managing to get into the end zone in overtime. that was the first overtime game in a super bowl. and there he is, tom terrific, the four-time super bowl mvp, now, the five-time super bowl champ