about the 21 year old us national guardsmen accused of leaking hundreds of highly classified government documents. macron s controversial pension reform becomes law in france, but after weeks of angry protest , is this a win for the president or a little more than a period victory? they trusted him trusted his judgment. of course, it makes things more difficult for me why i broke filled in somewhere. father questions. plus heartbreak and hope for the first time we re hearing directly and the parents have evan chris covic, the american reporter detained in russia. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with sarah. the us is scrambling to safeguard sensitive information after catching the man who allegedly leaked a trove of classified documents. 21 year old jack to sarah has now been formally charged under the espionage act for taking and transmitting national defense information. the government is now rethinking who gets access to classified material. the department of defense
i think that s a so, uh now there is frustration and anger. uh you know, regarding the way the reform was passed, as was very well explained by your correspondent. on the one hand macron, the pretty fresh president did not reach out to the moderate unions did not make much effort to, you know, to cater to, you know, to get close to the moderate union leaders, and on the other hand, uh, there was an accumulation of procedures used together to minimize the debate in parliament. so both in the upper house and the little house and so there is a feeling that you know, one could manipulate the institutions in france to essentially do whatever you want . so there is a strong feeling that one man, uh, decides about everything in france so that that s the resist feeling. now i
would make him the first french president about 20 years to win a second term. senior national correspondent kier simmons is near paris with the very latest on this. here. we have seen a stretchy stream of voters here in the town of gordonville, about an hour outside of paris. you can see people voting right now. that is important, because there are fears that there might be a lower turnout. there is a real sense of not knowing who to vote for among many people that we have spoken to. people who don t like maria plan, and don t like emmanuel macron. it is a very divisive election, which le pen has described as a far-right. there are questions about her ties to russia. she is against large amounts of immigration. she says she will cut taxes. on the other hand macron s had five years in power. there are those who described him as elitist part of the
US President Joe Biden has discussed the Ukraine situation with French President Emmanuel Macron over the phone, ahead of the latter meeting with Russian Pres
US President Joe Biden has discussed the Ukraine situation with French President Emmanuel Macron over the phone, ahead of the latter meeting with Russian Pres