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But, karl, if le pen were to actually win, wouldnt that have a dramatic effect on europe and the european union? >> certainly. in fact, if three of the candidates win, it will have a dramatic effect. we have le pen on the far right, we have two others, francois philon saying we ought to have a better relationship with putin. so this is -- they have a two-stage election, so were going to have the first round, two people will be selected by tomorrow. and then on may 7th well have two that are goin...

Unprecedented as well, thomas. now, another winner here are the pollsters. as i mentioned, this is actually a vote that unlike brexit, which happened last year, and last years u.s. election in which saw the upset victory by donald trump, the pollsters here actually called this one right. so thomas, we are seeing some vindication for those unlucky pollsters here in france. >> that is good news to come out of this. matt bradley following it for us. thanks so much. i know youll be busy over the nex...

Wishing you love, sleep and play. pampers all right. some breaking news with the votes being in for the frances pivotal race. marine le pen will face off with the centrist candidate emmanuel macron for the final vote on may 7th. macron held a comfortable lead over his nationalist rival. joining me from paris, matt bradley. matt, the results coming in and this was highly anticipated but was emmanuel macron intended or expected to take the lead over le pen to this may 7th final? >> thats right. ...

Where there are a lot of migrant communities, the turnout is low. in it paris, it is sort of average but on the low side. so i think probably right now what we know about the turnout suggests that marine le pen is in a pretty good position to get into the second round. but we dont have any idea about is who is the other candidate. >> now christopher, remind me, if someone were to get over 50% of the vote, does that mean there is no need for a second round on may 7th and is that possible today wi...

On the fact that there is a potential crisis around the corner in europe. france is having a vote on sunday in their presidential election. there are four candidates who are neck-and-neck. two candidates are going to come out of that vote and they are going to compete in a may 7th presidential election. okay? so two people will come out sunday. one of those two is going to be president of france. one of those four is marine le pen, who is the far right populist nationalist leader of the national...

Into french elections". tell the folks what you mean and why it was notable? >> brian, a lot of people in america might not be focused on the fact that there is a potential crisis around the corner in europe. france is having a vote on sunday in their presidential election. there are four candidates who are neck-and-neck. two candidates are going to come out of that vote and they are going to compete in a may 7th presidential election. two people will come out sunday. one of those two is going t...

The center left spoke president obama and progressive values, thank you for this discussion, barack obama. a spokesman for the former president, says france is a leader on liberal values, obama offered no official endorsement during the call. also running in the race, a far right candidate who also wants -- far left, excuse me, who wants to withdraw from global alliances. some have compared him to bernie sanders. on the center right, francois holland. if there is no majority winner, this ale fac...

Become famous for brexit vote. break here. some people are using the term frexit. i dont know why we need a term for all of this. listen to what nigel farage had to say. >> if la pen was to win, then brexit, frankly, was nothing. it will be the end of the european project. connell: that is dramatic, andrew, the end of the european project. what do you make of it? >> im not necessarily sure thats a great thing for the united states. i mean, if the european fractures totally, then all have you is ...

Sensing a shift toward either candidate in the wake of this latdest terror attack? >> well, actually, the polls taken after the terror attack suggest that emanuel macron, the centrist, is stronger than ever. but you really cant trust that. as you point out one in three voters claim to be undecided. i think in france you have to take that with a grain of salt. a lot of people say theyre undecided when asked by pollsters but in fact theyve made up their minds. and the truth is we just dont know ho...

Two or three years. is the fact that were not focused on what to do in the next presidential election, 2018, to prevent russia from doing what theyre doing now. why arent we focusing on that. >> and michael just to say its been speculated they are players in the french election, that its happening on a rolling basis as we speak. >> thank you for cuing that because i was going to jump in. and i think people should focus on that again. i mentioned marine le pen was at the kremlin one on one meetin...