asked, is this the final blow for nicholas sarkozy? it is the second time in less than a year he has been put under formal investigation. it is not just bad news for his presidential bid. it is also bad news for his political career overall. as you said, he did not actually managed to become president in 2012, and yesterday he had 12 hours of questioning. he is having a hard time for something that ended up not working out for him. bit more.l us a this is not the first time sarkozy has been questioned by judges. paper,ou open up this basically you have him standing behind a table, a judicial dossier looking rather sad, rather for loan. sarkozy,surrounding they allege that he will be trying to issue -- if you want to read more about nicholas sarkozy and the judicial affairs surrounding him, you can. genie: all this looks quite bad, but it could be worse. >> it could be a lot worse. it looks bad, but it could be worse. he is not being investigated for fraud. "slate" is saying the investigation is minimal but still hurts. it is not good f

hi there, david, sarkozy has been told he's under former investigation.emind us how this all unfolded. >> yes, all during the course of this day nicolas sarkozy has been questioning magistrates who are looking into the pygmalian affair. it's something that this company put $20 million worth of false invoices in an accounting system. this allowed that money to go into the election coffers of nicolas sarkozy, which meant that he had twice the amount of money for his campaign than president franÇois hollande. let me tell a bit more about what is under investigation means. it's essentially the forerunner to trial. we don't know if that's going to go ahead, but he's going to be put on assisted witness status on charges--allegations of fraud, forgery and abuse of trust. these are serious sets of allegations. he could be involved in legal proceedings for several months yet. this is really the most serious set back for nicolas sarkozy. >> what does this do for his political future? >> well, nicolas sarkozy, it's well-known, has ambitions to stand against presiden

this investigation threw sarkozy a curve ball. a court case could take months, and that would make it hard to win the nomination in the november primary. staying in france, the national assembly approved extending the state of emergency law by three months, deputies gave the green light by 231. the law gave police powers to put people under house arrest. it was in response to the november paris attacks that killed 130 people >>> let's get more on the breaking story at this hour. we have reports out of east asia telling us that the chinese authorities deployed a missile system to a disputed island system in the south cha. it was -- china sea. it was top of the agenda. china is not a member of the asian. we'll go to the heart of the story. our correspondent is there covering the gathering in california. how significant is this? >> well, this really, if confirmed would have been the first time this has occurred. they have been seen to have constructed waters. >> including taiwan. >> they have said any instillatio instillations. if th

sarkozy has denied any knowledge.ygmalion of the name a long time after the presidential campaign. reporter: a total of 13 people have been charged from bygmalion abuse ofd, confidence, or misuse of financing. a sad return to the paris state. eagles of death metal are playing for survivors of the bataclan. band members and fans have been speaking out ahead of the gig. three months on, the eagles of death metal are trying to overcome the trauma of their european tour. paris, aperforming in show front man jesse hughes will allow them to move on. >> there is a lot going into this. it is intense for everybody. that is kind of what it is supposed to be. it is not supposed to be easy. i am grateful that i get to do it. reporter: all of the bataclan survivors were invited, but many declined, saying they did not feel ready. others hope the show will allow them to resume a life that froze on december 13. >> it is a way to close the loop, turn the page, and say life goes on. reporter: psychiatrists have warned the experience co

another strong contender is former president nicholas sarkozy. he staged a political comeback to take the reins of the party and is not officially announced he will run in the primary contest. taught everyone has welcome his return. -- not everyone has welcome his return. on sunday, most left of the center-right convention when sarkozy delivered his speech. sitearkozy: journals the is hard to unite. -- it is hard to unite but it is indefensible. reporter: former president sarkozy has been criticized for a gap increase seen as too right-wing by some, including one who is present for an alliance for the centrists. meanwhile, the ruling socialist seem amused by the division undermining the opponents. >> now there are seven candidates. soon there will be 10, maybe even 11. it is a football team, no longer a primary contest. socialists haven't decided whether to organize a primary contest despite calls from the more left parts of the party. 'sesident francois hollande allies said that as the incumbent leader, he should not be subjected to a primary el

government-- and i detest sarkozy and i know he's a xenophobe and he's a bigot, and i don't support him on anything-- but on the other side is the right wing, the muslim right wing, that claims that the face veil has a role in islam. and i mentioned that feminist in 1923, hoda shaarawi. as far back as 1923, she removed her face veil and said, "this is a thing of the past." and yet here we are, almost 100 years later, still arguing over the face veil. so for me, what the face veil does is... well, i'm against those two right wings, so i'm firmly in the middle. but if a woman chooses to cover her hair, fine, as long as it's her choice. i chose to wear it, i chose to take it off. the human face, to me, is central to human communication. if i was sitting here in front of you, maria, with my face covered, our dynamic would be very different. and i believe what the face veil does is it equates, dangerously, piety with the disappearance of women. it tells women, "the closer you want to get to god, the more you must disappear," and i don't believe this is what islam is. >> hinojosa: well, w

former president nicolas sarkozy is a leading voice supporting the constitutional change. far left groups and the greens are opposing it. hererench politics editor told us earlier that the law changes not quite a done deal just yet. guest: you have to go through both chambers of parliament on an equal footing and that is unusual. that's because it is constitutional reform. usually the lower house of harlem and has the upper hand in the senate has less weight on the decision. are on equal footing, so you will have a normal vote in the lower house of the assembly on this package broadening the state of emergency and this controversial stripping of citizenship proposal. the vote was the part of bill of the constitutional reform, not the bill, that is meaning that in striding the state in the constitution. the other part which is the controversial proposal to strip citizenship is much more controversial. we are seeing very heated debates today in parliament and arm-twisting going on saying that france is under a terrorist threat as a way to tell the socialist mps to follow the

you can see the small there is nicholas sarkozy. so thrilled tom find francois hollande sleeping in their bed. by stabilizing and stealing ideas from the right, francois hollande is stabilizing the right. people wonder if this is a good political strategy. genie: this alarming spread of traditionally, spread by mosquitoes, but there is a new development there as well. lookingery ominous front page. this is the enemy, the mosquito, of the zika virus, is on the verge of turning into a massive pandemic. there is been that case in texas, and the china daily in their cartoon today are focusing on the potential explosive spread. those are you are -- those other words that we hear from the world health organizat

former french president nicolas sarkozy is placed under formal investigation for it illegal campaign funding.

. >> former president nicolas sarkozy is the subject of a formal investigation. magistrates questioned kofi sarkodie about claims he broke spending limits during the re-election bid in 2012. sar cosy denied knowledge of the overspending. it's not clear if he'll be charged with a crime. the investigation is likely to dog him for months when he runs for president next year. >> a strike in democratic republic of congo sent a strong message to the country's president. many of the streets were empty, there was a few customers in stores. critics of joseph kabila suspect he may try to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term. most shops were closed and public buses empty. >> reporter: the government positioned the police in different parts of the city. that sired people coming to the -- scared people coming to the mark. here in the market it's empty. we need the government to take things seriously, that the head of state understands that his entourage is lying. >> today was the anniversary of a pro-democracy administrator 24 years ago. >> a deadly ri

former french president, nicholas sarkozy, charged with illegal campaign financing.nvolves thetion invoice system between his party and the company that allegedly concealed on authorized overspending. been fined more than $400,000 in that case. cbs and drew 25 million viewers for the grammy awards, fewer than last year's edition, the smallest since 2009. on the positive side, the network said it's all access live streaming rose since last year. taylor swift 13 grammy awards, including album of the year for 1989, the first solo artist to win that twice. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists and more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i am mark crumpton. alix: let's get over to julie hyman looking at the 13 f filing from berkshire hathaway. >> we are getting all these filings out a little while ago. as you pointed out before the break, berkshire hathaway has a , onetake in kinder morgan point 19%, but it is causing up pop in shares in the after hours. other changes by berkshire, eliminating the stake in chicago bridge and iron, also raising th