here in the united states and around the world. you re watching cnn news room. it is good tahave you wio have . coming up to 9:30 this saturday morning. the headlines at this hour. u.s. president donald trump has hinted his conversations with fired fbi director james comey may have been recorded. it s widely seen as a threat to comey warning him to stay quiet. the president claims comey told him three times he was not under investigation by the fbi. a worldwide hacking attack. it s affected more than 99 countries so far. the harmful software locks down all files and then demands a payment in return for your data. many hospitals in the united kingdom also targeted and forced to cancel appointments. no group has claimed responsibility for the security breach at this point. in venezuela protesters have clashed with riot police in the
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decision for france. we appreciate the reporting from both of you. we ll stay in touch with you as well. well, the alleged hack of the emmanuel macron team came just days, of course, before this final round of voting and has drawn comparisons to suspected russian hacking in the u.s. election. the kremlin, however, taking a proactive stance, denying it was involved and calling allegations that it might have been pure slander. for more on how moscow s reacting, here s cnn s matthew chance. reporter: well, the reports of a massive hacking attack on the campaign team of emmanuel macron, the french presidential candidate, has drawn immediate comparisons with allegations in the united states that russian-backed hackers tried to influence last year s presidential election there. u.s. intelligence agencies say they have evidence that russian hackers broke into democratic party servers and released sensitive e-mails intended to damage candidate hillary clinton. the macron team say that s
she campaigned on an anti-euro, france-first message, and we heard that in her concession speech. leland: it was far from a coming together speech. elizabeth: right. the 39-year-old pro-business centrist backs a stronger e.u., macron was an ex-president of france. his campaign was the victim of a hacking attack, some including fake news on a file-sharing web site. that was late friday right at the cusp of a blackout period that is traditional, and so a hot of the voters weren t able to see a lot of the voters weren t able leland: there were some right-wing web sites that shared it, but it seems if these numbers hold that we re seeing, 66-34, not only had no impact, but this is a slightly larger margin than even the internals for the macron campaign were showing. they were thinking it was going to be about 60-40, it seems he has pulled out a more substantial lead at least in these early numbers. elizabeth: that s right. let s bring in our own greg
election. what sally yates could reveal when she appears on capitol hill, and health care backlash, members of congress facing some pretty angry constituents when they go back home to hold these town halls about the votes and why one lawmaker s defense is gettg a lot of attention today. happening now in france, the polls are open in this historic presidential election and at the same time police in paris confirming to nbc an area at the louvre museum has been evacuated after a security alert there. here is a live look at polling centers there and the centrist president emmanuel macron has a celebration planned at this landmark later tonight. again, at the louvre. the election pits two radically different candidates together. matt bradley is in paris with more on this. the effect of the hacking attack, while there has been somewhat of a internet blackout for voters to hear about it. reporter: thanks, thomas, and good morning.