major protests happening right now in france and a final decision on french president macron s pension reform plan is expected tomorrow live in paris, with the latest breaking overnight an appeals court rules an abortion pill will remain available, but adds new restrictions on who can get them and how it is being described as a one in 1000 year event. catastrophic flash flooding drenching parts of florida some areas recording an estimated 20 plus inches of rain. it s closed and international airport, the broward county mayor says it s the most severe flooding he s ever seen. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. happening right now. in france. what you see right here. protesters setting fire to dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whethe
dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whether or not french president macron s pension plan can go through. we expect that ruling tomorrow and ahead of that today . some 600,000 people are expected to take to the streets as we re already seeing. several schools in paris have canceled classes over concerns of violence. so why are people so upset? the simple answer is the french president is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. while the reforms are already controversial. it s the manner in which macron is going about it. that really has people up in arms. the government, which did not have a majority to approve the change, used what s being described as a constitutional loophole to sidestep a full parliamentary vote to push it through cnn s fred pleitgen standing by in the streets of paris. he s on the phone with
that question at the heart of the deescalation. but also then perhaps much more substantially, michael, even as the world seeks peace this is also a meeting about preparing for war. what nato allies are going to be looking at today are the specifics of extra resource that is have been pledged or already moved to europe and nato s eastern flank. how the resources will be organized, what will happen should russia invade. all right. melissa, thanks for the update there. melissa bell in brussels. let s now go to moscow. that s where we find our fred pleitgen standing by. the russians are talking about diplomacy, which is a good thing, of course. this troop withdrawal, small as it is. bring us up to date on developments there. reporter: hi there, michael. the russians are making a big deal out of the troop withdrawal
you have serious hawks. oh, yeah, john bolton is a serious hawk. that doesn t matter because i want both sides. national security advisor had this message for iran. neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. u.s. expected to level major new sanctions on iran. for the latest we turn to fred pleitgen standing by in tehran. it does not appear tehran is in any mood to back down. reporter: yeah, you re absolutely right, dave. i have a little bit of breaking news right now. it seems as though iran is shooting down the notion of
adviser john bolton telling cnn s jake tapper european firms that do business with iran could possibly face sanctions. listen. president trump said this week, quote, any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. is the united states going to sanction european companies that do business with iran? i think the issue here is what the europeans are going to do. if they re going to see that it s not in their interest to stay in the deal, we re going to have to watch what the iranians deal. they d love to say in the deal. why shouldn t they? they got everything they wanted from the obama administration. but i think the europeans will see that it s in their interests ultimately to come along with us. cnn correspondent covering every angle of this story. we have our fred pleitgen standing by in tehran, iran. but first, matthew chance following the story live for us in moscow this hour. matthew, with javad zarif s visit