This story a short time ago from the hill, temperature officials said today that the u. S. Needs to confront russia for providing arms to the taliban. Speaking to reporters in kabul, afghanistan, defense secretary james mattis and hyten nick olson did not get into specifics, but general nicholson said hes not disputing reports that russia is providing support to the taliban. Heres more of that story in thehill. Com, and that briefing is on our web site at cspan. Org. A look now at france 24s coverage of yesterdays elections as farright candidate Marine Le Pen and independent centrist candidate Emanuel Marcon won the first round in frances president ial elections. The runoff is may 6th. Their ricketily speeches follow. Victory speeches follow. So there we have it, Emanuel Marcon ahead of Marine Le Pen, 21. 7 of the vote. This means that for the First Time Ever in the history of the fifth republic, the two mainstream parties are eliminated after round one, the socialist and the conservat
ah monday bunker. this is al jazeera live from london, also coming up and go over in action in beirut. protests against a devastating financial crisis that showed no sign of easy increase reports of sexual violence. linked to m. 23 rebels in the east and d. r. c. survivors turn to each other for support and more than a quarter of the world without access to clean water. the un says a global war, the crisis is imminent. ah, welcome to the program, a u. s. federal reserve as analysis hiking interest rates by $25.00 basis points to 5 percent. the fight says the rise is aimed at raining in inflation does cause the cost of living crisis. policy makers have indicated that could be one more interest rate hike this year. for that recent term on the banking sector will weigh in on economic growth the federal reserve working with the treasury department and the f . d. i see took decisive actions to protect the u. s. economy and to strengthen public confidence in our banking system. the