provocative tv entertainment news at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> now to news beyond our shores, major controversy about to play out monday in france. it is the first day of a new law banning burqas, face coverings some muslim women wear s.religious freedom under attack, or is this a matter of equal rights for women? cnn international editor joins me now. there have been some small protests this weekend, so what's going to happen on monday? >> well, we're expecting to have a silent protest march against the full covering of the face and the burqa ban that's in place. now, i want to stress that this does not extend itself to women wearing the head scarf or the chadora which is the longer veiling, just for people who are covering their face, women who are covering their face, and it's looked at -- they are saying it's a security threat of some sort because of the fact that you can't see their faces, but the women are saying, go ahead -- >> you were saying. they don't cover themselves because of religious reasons. the face at least, these are