presidential l candidates have a debate ahead poll. rench socialists are looking for a new leader as francois hollande decided not to run for a second term. this is the for the in modern french history a leader doesn't seek re-election. hollande is suffering from record low approval ratings and said he would not run again if he didn't improve the french economy. leaves the left wing wide open in the upcoming election.ial > after months of speculation francois hollande has announced he won't be running. i'm aware of risks involved in my entrance into the and i don't think it would come together. o, i have decided not to be a candidate in the presidential election. >> earlier in the day hollande as giving out medals so tomorrow of the country's olympians. typical of how he tried to shrug off the reports ratings tumbling lowest for a % the president in a generation. some of this has been of his own this graph shows much has perhaps come from anaging the country at a very difficult time. >> the experience has brought me he humility that is is indispensable to being in believe office. of trials i have had a strong capacity to resist adversity. but power, the exercise of places of power and the rights of power have never to see lose my ability things clearly. >> hollande will continue to country until the end of his mandate in may next year. >> from the left to the right, have been pouring in from across france's political spectrum. we have more. francois hollande's decision to run for a second term has resonated across the political spectrum. >> i'm not surprised. the real s emphasize ituation of the current administration and failure of the socialist party. candidate is ht's seen as a strong contend are. custom tip for her to win. react. quickly to > his term ends in political shambles and decay of power. withdrawal has turned it search for a new left wide open. one was scathing about the time hollande chairing he failed to keep a program to smash unemployment which remains at about 10%. >> this is a huge admission of shouldn't be calling for amnesty. >> the end camp manuel valls was openly voice to his praise for the president feel decision, a brave dignified decision and i have always expressed my respect for man and his position. >> the full range of nominee is while the socialist party has begun accepting primaries due the at the end of january. > for more on this i'm joined by our french politics editor. following the campaign until the election. when heard the announcement last night was it a surprise to you? >> absolutely, a total surprise. to me it doesn't matter but to his chosen tragedy as well, even -- close entourage. those who work with him much kept in the dark. ly only told his close advisor e and others watcheded and i he would say.at we even thought at the beginning when he defended his policies put in place that is why i'm going to run again so for all a major shock the comment stators and -- commentators and act torsion. next?at is >> all the eyes are on his prime manuel valls. there was a major clash because anuel valls had indicated through speeches and an interview last weekend he was people were and so saying his openly challenge of as indeedhe president this feels the case. -- this was the case. everyone understood that manuel valls could not run but it is opposite. what we are speaking today the prime minister is in eastern that and it is unlikely he will declare his candidacy today although no one can be anything. about there is a big meeting of the socialist party tomorrow in the expectation is that he will announce his probably turned prime ignation as minister because he could not carry on. when the prime minister resigns be president has to physically in france so this ould be sunday or monday but clearly manuel valls according to the polls the one taking the other contenders who have already declared themselves for the socialist at the end of january. > we heard hollande say he was standing down to encourage unity but is there a good move -- is a good move for the socialist party? > some would say it is good for him but he is also one who watches the polls and understood this primary which he was ted for himself probably going to turn into an anti anti-francois hollande referendum so decided to leave the stage. two formerre already inisters of manuel valls and francois hollande. they have said they are going to whoever will represent francois ation of hollande because they think his not ms were pro market and leftist so there will be a major battle within the socialist designate their own candidate and there are already candidates on ng the left that will not participate in this primary. one the far left and center left. so the likelihood is you will on the ee candidates left and each up each other's otes and far right candidate and conservative candidates and according to all the polls the a face-off one and francois fillon so the a major task to find a candidate and be a contend.e that can >> mark, thank you very much. cross to the united states where donald trump has started his so-called thank you tour. he took to the stage in ohio in his first imagine public his election.ce at the start of his address some a led for the need to unite divided nation. he returned to the brash tone campaign.d his he bragged about the size of his victory and criticized the y. the crowd chanted build the wall and lock her up fact that donald trump says the wall could be part fence and he has no desire pursue criminal charges against his former rival hillary clinton. surprise de the announcement for his choice for defense secretary as former mattis.james andrew hillyer has the details. u.s. president-elect making a key announcement in style.l trump at a rally packed with loyal support e supporters. we are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. but we are not announcing it until monday so don't tell anybody. >> general james mattis is a battle dog hardened former marine corps officer. combathis first taste of in 1991 when he led an assault war.e first gulf mattis fought in afghanistan and role here he played a key in the battle of fallujah. head 3 he stepped down as of u.s. central command. trump's latest cabinet pick sign that the r president-elect aims to steer new foreign policy in a direction. mattis has called iran the most enduring threat to stability and peace in the middle east feel his nomination cover a clear.ratic lordle to -- hurdle to clear. he needs to have been a civilian congress could approve legislation to get past the rule. >> this sunday austria holds its presidential elections and candidates square off. the vote is a rerun of the that is held in may and got a narrow ell victory but it was overturned. victory would make him the first foreign head of state in the european europe. clashed in a y heated televised debate. between us is ce for you there are no good things about the european union. right lie you wn want austria to exit the e.u. lie. is a >> down right lie i'm fed up with this. told un. our listen, and viewers are deaf or blind will have their opinion on who of us is a liar. lying again. >> let's cross now to vienna here anthony mills joins us live with an update. it was a that one clip heated and tense debate. how does the tone reflect what the ve seen throughout campaign? >> it was certainly the most of the moderated televised debates. the yours ofome of an unmoderated televised debate run-up to ld in the the election when they got aggressive but this time the not able to prevent them from going at each the with guns blazing in verbal sense and with personal attacks as well. any sense that they might have gone into there from the outset about the issues from the start in a restrained anner, those suggestions were wiped right away as soon as the vern al attacks came with bell bellen suggested nothing will allied e to restrain an politician who suggested his ather may have been a nazi and holfer suggesting as he read from a book that his spy for may have been a east germany during the cold war. hat carried over then into the debates about security, membership of european union were discussed but were overridden by this extremely tone and indeed the term lie or lying or a variation thereof was used more than two dozen times during the debate. reflection of the aggressive spirit in which it was conducted. from the votedays and how are things looking in terms of the outcome? too close to call in the sense that the most recent putt holfer 52% to but within the margin of error. for that reason every vote counts. last time around in the annulled lost by 31,000 so hey are out to argument every vote which may explain the tone of the debate. holfer seeking to portray as flop flop eaper. it ith every vote counting is open to question what effect the aggressive tone of this debate may have had. may have turned some people off of voting altogether. they may have been watching and was not hemselves this a debate conducted in presidential style. that will election choose austria's head of state many viewers got the impression from the tone of the was sort of his beneath the dignity of highnders for that kind of office. >> anthony, thank you for that. anthony mills from vienna. it is time for a look at the headlines.iness hi, charles. with ll start in france the country reacting to the news from president francois hollande that he will not seek a second term so we will talk about the french economy. >> hollande vowed not to run and to his poor economic performance. one thing he said was contingent a second term was inversion of the french unemployment. let's look at that particular area. when he took office there were close to three million without france onal activity in and this kept growing until he in april of ise 2014. that kept rising until it eached the apex in february of this year with over 3.5 million unemployed. the amount has 3.5pped it is now just under million people but too little too late for hollande. saw a similar picture with g.d.p. stagnated then expanding before contracting again in mid 2016. it is back up again but shows in the french economy has been stuttering. hollande had run on bringing the budget deficit g.d.p. the of european target and he was not able to keep that. willovernment estimates it 2017 but too it little too late. stock markets are trading in negative territory currently. is loom uncertainty large and a no vote could be bad and his announcement put a works you see below 1% and french and d.a.x. and frankfort down 1% and t-si milan down 0.7% and let's move to the u.s. where donald he is convinced a company not to move jobs to early seeming to score an p.r. coup by keeping over 1,000 jobs at air conditioning from moving carrier to mexico from indiana. however, details on the deal are involve huge d federal incentives. in mexico there's been a lot of the tainty surrounding arrival of trump as head of united states vowing to policys that would hurt trade causing the peso to dollar adding e to uncertainty the governor of saying can central bank he would step down. >> the mexican peso tossed by winds of change lately. first the presidential campaign of donald trump with his tear up trade agreements and build a border wall. > i will have mexico pay for that wall. >> now it faces an shake-up.ative the central bank governor announced thursday that he would from his post effective july. 1% peso quickly dropped against the dollar. a move he denied was tied to his resignation. >> it is an exaggeration to hink movement in the rate is attributed to my decision. happened at what has is a reaction to changes in international interest rates. >> karstens had suggested in the ampaign a trump presidency would hit mexico like a hurricane. softened victory he mexican ctions and a billionaire said the trump plans economy.oy the u.s. at a bloomberg forum in mexico city thursday he hoped instead trump uccessful administration. us back to ake middle class and they make to create five million jobs. rhetoric he campaign was harsh trump's policies mexico remain to be seen. back 's finish by heading to the future the cult sci-fi latest sneaker innovation with the first of hyper adapt sneaker by marty mcfly and second installment he travels to 015 that was the future back then and meets his son wearing sneakers that are self-lacing. been working on this escape for 10 years apparently nd the first version is available for $720 in the states this friday. built into hanism the sole that contracts or xpands to perfectly fit the foot. you can press on buttons and you have to charge the batteries month. they stayed is not a gimmick but something they are banking on the future. maybe you can get yourself a pair? the future n it for at $720 a pop. >> it is the first model. maybe they will get cheaper. >> i help so or otherwise i will my shoes with my hands. thank you for the business. our press review. >> i'm joined in the studio. a look at what is grabbing headlines. we are going to start here in the bombshell news that francois hollande will not run for re-election. won't. the front pages as you imagine have been having a field day. with the left wing paper with the headline without me. with a somber image of the utgoing president his head bowed and back is turn ed. on the other side of the thehere is a stillll of the tv and he ent of the looks more than a little the caption is "the end." >> there's a hraurbg editorial. who wasn't resident really a president this piece ees a loss opportunity in the way hollande announced he would not run in 2017. instead of trying to pass on or optimistic vision underwhelming for sever justification as he -- -- self-justification as a sad epilogue to a sorry term. >> we have one paper giving his take.cement a warmer >> yes a much warmer tone. elegance.adlined f hollande had decided to run the french left would have been thrown into complete disarray. by pulling out he has avoided a bitter and cruel fight. the paper said it is rare to lucidoll significances is that they are willing to put side their political ambitions for greater good. >> the fact is he is suffering approval d low ratings. >> he is. he hung himself witith his own uncompromising headline us that he has always promised that he would not run he didn't d term if succeed in significantly lowering unemployment. number of le the unemployed people is starting to go down it is too little too and that is why he was so unpopular. >> with hollande's decision a focus shifts to the prime minister manuel l valls but als role he played in this. >> yes. it is reminded us that usually a job is to ter's protect the president to shield he has not ack but according to model the paper. by announcing he was ready to step n should hollande down he is presenting hollande thinly veiled threats and he lose done nothing avoid a constitutional crisis. >> let's cross to the united tates where we have the president-elect donald trump on a so-called thank you tour and stops in ohioking as well as indiana. what storyry are y you picking ? in is a piece in "washington that trump wasay celebrating the fact that air onditioning company carrier opted to keep jobs in the states thanks to $7 million in incentives. but the amazing thing here is a crowd e he addresses of carrier employees trump admitted he didn't actually promising to keep the jobs in the states until he saw a piece about it on the news which he went about securing a compromise with the business. we read that this behavior doesn't bode well for the promises trump has made that many people will have taken seriously. and there is a piece america oesn't need a deal maker in chief. on the same story it ridicules's keeping pproach to 1,000 carrier jobs in indiana. for ys it is rare presidents to get personally involved in the bargaining on ess and that the return investment of time is vanishi so getting thell macroeconomic policy right is uch more important than micromanaging individual companies. head to we go let's australia where there is an interesting story out of there morning herald. >> yesterday the paper is reporting a group of australian school students uccessfully recreated an antimalarial live saving drug at pill. the patented drug went from $750. to that was overnight. e enforced a dramatic price hike. it was a move that made him into omething of a public villain and he did originally8úxúa1ú@ñó narrator: this is grace, a business woman in kigali, rwanda. eight years ago, she was starving and unable to feed her children. many of her family had been massacred in one of the worst gegenocides of the late 20thth century. but today, thanks to an innovative program, life is good. she earns up to $200 a month from her furniture business and employs 11 people.