this hour, people in france voting for their next president and this is a crowded field. there are 11 people on the ballot but there are five major contenders considered. only the top two after today's voting ends, will face off on may 7th for the final round of voting and this election is of particular interest to the u.s. because two of the candidates are on really opposite end of the spectrum, far right national leading marine le pen is anti-immigration and pro-russia then jean-luc mellenchon. this is a bitter fight one that might have far reaching global repercussions. >> we are covering all of the angles of this story from paris. melissa is outside of a polling