36 past the hour. incumbent french president emmanuel macron will face far-right challenger marine le pen in a run-off after both advanced in the country s first round of voting this weekend. this is le pen s third attempt at the presidency. she ran against macron five years ago when he won in a land side to become the youngest serving president in french history. yesterday s voting showed a much tighter race with macron securing 27% of votes to le pen s 24%. the far-left contender was on track to come in third at 22%. let s bring in roger cohen. he covers diplomacy for the new york times. his new reporting entitled macron to face le pen for president as french gravitate toward extremes.
Immigration, class issues and so forth. can you say a little bit about it? that was the most interesting statistic in your piece, roger. yes, richard, you are absolutely right. there had been a barrier of the extreme right against le pen. as you know, france had a terrible experience of extreme right governors during world war ii. the defense of the republic demanded that extreme right be kept out of power. now this has faded over the past five years, this sentiment. it is partly that liberal politics have become somehow more standard, more acceptable and more part of the mainstream. we had donald trump in the united states. marine le pen was very quick to congratulate viktor orban in hungary on his fourth consecutive victory recently. there was a makeover of le pen, a milque toast makeover, she
Disenfranchise the american people and bring about the outcome we want, this is, you know, pretty good again, i m not a lawyer but whether it passes muster in the court of law, in the court of public opinion this tells you what you need to know. yeah. let s also recall even before the text messages were sent rudy giuliani, the president s personal attorney, was talking on election night that donald trump should come out and declare victory while votes were being cast, come out and say, we won, and let the chips fall where they may. joining us, msnbc legal analyst joyce vance. your thoughts on these texts? i think joe just gave a pretty good closing argument for a criminal jury to hear in this case. these texts provide some of the pieces that we ve been talking about over time. you have heard many of the legal analysts say one of the most difficult challenges the justice department would face if it wanted to bring a prosecution is
Plus, liz cheney says there is enough evidence to refer former president donald trump for criminal charges. and there s new reporting on donald trump jr, who was texting his dad s chief of staff about their plan to overturn the election results days before joe biden was even declared the winner. we ll also have more on new york city mayor eric adams positive covid test on his 100th day in office, and the number of new cases among lawmakers who attended a function in washington, d.c. last week, that continues to grow. and we ll give richard haass his props. oh, why not? we have to. it is extraordinary how well he played yesterday. wow. four strokes behind. sung jae-im is the leader. look out for scottie scheffler. yeah, that was richard haas
Through the lens of history. we watch ukraine s struggle for survival with a leader that donald trump tried to shake down. i mean it is the offense factor is way up. joyce vance, thank you so much for joining us this morning. still ahead, we return to our coverage of the war in ukraine after an incredible visual show of solidarity with the ukrainian people. british prime minister boris johnson joined volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv on the streets of kyiv after russia s failure to capture the capital city. former world champion and boxer of the kyiv defense, wladimir klitschko is our guest. plus clint watts joins us at the big board to break down russian troop movements. we are back in just two minutes.