Political experience just held office as a finance minister and is now president. Im Elizabeth Prann joined by leland and Marine Le Pen came out a few short moments ago after polls closed to concede the race. She called on her supporters not to give up on her message. I would also like to call the patriots to join us to be able to participate in decisive political combat and will begin tonight more than ever in the coming months. France will need you long live the republic. Long live france. Elizabeth as you know, we saw the president elect Emmanuel Macron was at the podium. When he does start speaking will take those comments life but as you know a new era dons for the french republic. A host of challenges for the 39 yearold victor. He is expected to come out shortly and we will take those remarks as i mentioned. Meanwhile, our Foreign Affairs correspondent greg joins us in paris with the very latest. I greg mikhail is. Things are moving fast. Its been an hour since the polls have clo
let s love france. from tonight and for the next five years, i am with humility and with devotion, with determination i will serve france in your name. long live the republic. log france. elizabeth: you been listening live to emmanuel macron. he s taking the podium they are in front of the loop. he had a very optimistic speech. he said that he wants to serve the people of france. he had an idealistic outlook and certainly a tone of unity. i want to bring in our own greg. i want to get your reaction. i want to talk with you about what s ahead for this very young present. he has a lot of work to do in bridging and bringing everyone together. he has a lot of work to do, elizabeth. our viewers hued heard your emmanuel macron.
elizabeth: greg, reporting live. thank you very much. leland, it was a certainly a different tone. it was a concession speech about an hour ago from marine le pen who vowed to fight on him for the security of france. there s no ignoring the fact that a third of the voters voted for this other candidate. leland: you think about what that other candidate stood for and it is sobering. 11 million people supporting marine le pen to that in a minute but first let s bring in one of emmanuel macron s supporters and benjamin joining us from paris. hopefully, before joining us and you pop too many champagne, congratulations. thank you, leland. leland: what struck me in this speech is it s almost kennedy asked in the idealism, the looking forward parts, what he promised, the bringing together but something struck me, a new page of history based on hope. what does that mean that is the
paris with the very latest. i greg mikhail is. things are moving fast. it s been an hour since the polls have closed and were looking at the victory for an eight. a defeat for the far right rival , try nine. he is about to speak at his headquarters just a few blocks from where we are right now. the 15th area of paris and then will be moving on to a big victory celebration in front of the louvre museum. the exit polls have just come out from the various networks show about a 65% margin for emmanuel macron and 35% for marine le pen. voters going for a 39 -year-old moderate, pro- european union, pro- nato and promising a program of reform. still being a little short on details. he is brand-new to this business he has never held public office before. marine le pen is a nationalist, protectionist method, the economy has been hit very hard
political experience just held office as a finance minister and is now president. i m elizabeth prann joined by leland and marine le pen came out a few short moments ago after polls closed to concede the race. she called on her supporters not to give up on her message. i would also like to call the patriots to join us to be able to participate in decisive political combat and will begin tonight more than ever in the coming months. france will need you long live the republic. long live france. elizabeth: as you know, we saw the president-elect emmanuel macron was at the podium. when he does start speaking will take those comments life but as you know a new era don s for the french republic. a host of challenges for the 39 -year-old victor. he is expected to come out shortly and we will take those remarks as i mentioned. meanwhile, our foreign affairs correspondent greg joins us in