this and more we have cnn chief international correspondent. if michael flynn did have this discussion with the russian ambassador to the u.s. before mr. trump took office it violates the logan act and what does that mean. that s a matter of internal u.s. legislation and clearly a matter for the united states and what can be said is that from this end certainly the spokesman for president putin has just like the americans denied that that substance was discussed in contact. he does admit that michael flynn, national security advisor did talk to the russian ambassador in washington but denied the substance of it and of course we do have to actually remember there s two sets of sanctions we re talking about. the one specifically that mike pence seems to be referring to were the ones put on russia in response to the accusations of russian hacking and other such material and activities during
falling behind the rest of the world in math and reading skills. a detective charged with assault for being allegedly part of that biker attack. we begin tonight with the government shutdown day nine. tonight s shred of a sliver of a glimmer of possible hope for an end in sight. how s that for a sentence? people actually talking to each other on the hill. amazing. with me on the panel tonight, cnn chief international correspondent, cnn senior analyst, cnn political commentator and in the fifth chair new york times op ed columnist. let s start with the shred of the sliver of a glimmer of a hope to an end of this. chief congressional reporter dana bash is on the hill. reporter: are you sure that s not a dr. seuss book? if not maybe it should be a new one. we ve had enough dr. seuss in this shutdown. no more green eggs and ham for me. well put. i m having trouble reading it to my 2-year-old anymore.
were completely shut out of the final vote. let s get right to cnn chief international correspondent chris amanpour. macron wasn t even a contender early on. how did we get to this point? i cannot tell you the feeling here right now. it has exploded in joy. 65.9% for e mmanuel macron according to the projections. that is even more than he was expected to get in the last two weeks of the second round campaign. and marine la pen, the extreme right wing nationalist, has got less than 40%. this is a big, big deal. the entire world certainly the democratic world, certainly the western world, has been watching this election, because it is not just important for france, but for europe and for everyone.