joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company coming up here on cnn newsroom, the young u. s airman accused of leaking highly classified documents online, formally charged with violating the espionage act. we ll have an update just ahead. victory in court for french president emmanuel macron on pension reform, but at what political costs as the protests continue. and in california, winter of torrential rain and snowfall is revived a long dead lake and in the process destroyed vast stretches of farmland will take you to the scene of a climate catastrophe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. the us government moving quickly with its prosecution of that suspected leaker of classified documents. one day after his arrest, 21 year old air national guardsman jack teixeira, formally charged under the espionage act, the leaks exposed to a wide range of highly classified information, including eavesd
may the first day usually marked by being labor protests. cnn s frederik blacken now with more on the story from paris. the green light for french president emmanuel macron s pension reform bill met with red flares by protesters as you can see the people here voicing their anger after the decision of the constitutional council, and many of them are saying they will continue to go out on the streets and protest even after this decision, the ruling made by members of the french constitutional council, known as the wise men, gives macron the go ahead to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. for election. e acted very badly against us against the people. he s not a democrat autocrat ahead of the ruling police barricaded the country s highest constitutional authority after outbursts of violence on thursday, the 12th day of