thousands of emails and documents from his campaign posted online, most of them material said to be routine but according to authorities here it s been combined with fake news items and it seems to sway election, russia in the past has been suspected in meddling in macron s campaign and even in the united states have been spreading the word. so far no sign of an impact on leader macron, remember he s a centrist, independent, reformer, proeu, pronato and he has something like a 20% lead over far right populist candidate marine la pen. she is antieu, antiimmigrant. now there s a scheduled ban on political activities today so authorities are trying to keep a lid on this leak but the campaign manager for la pen tweeted some positive comments earlier today, la pen s positive tone about russia and support coming from moscow have some people thinking about the russian connection again
we also did hear though from people that don t like that either candidate and that, indeed, could play a role. remember that no major party candidate is in this run-off, got knocked off in the first round of voting, major u.s. figures are weighing in though, this vote is so important. former president obama taping in support of macron, in the past president trump has spoken favorably about marine la pen. yesterday the white house said that they would work with whoever wins tomorrow s election. eric. eric: thanks so much. we will be on it tomorrow. laura. laura: and republican lawmakers in the house winning round one of the battle over health care reform, but their senate colleagues could be planning some major reforms of their own. setting up a knockdown, drag-out round two. new satellite images suggest that north korea kim jong un is building artificial islands in the yellow sea, possibly for military use. general jack keane weighs in on
most of the material is reported fairly routine but according to authorities mixed in fake news clearly, the election was attempted to be influenced, so far no sign of an impact on front runner macron, centrist, proeu, pronato and right now he has over 20% lead in the polls of far right populist candidate marine la pen, he s antieu and antiimgreant. antiimgreant. she says she s for france. now, we spoke with some poll incomes the streets of paris, they haven t heard too much about the hack. authorities are trying to keep a lid on it. we heard a lot of support for macron in the french heartland, though, where the smi is slammed la pen nationalist message is playing well.
of course, people within congress are also questioning some of these, you know, preexisting conditions and medicaid and so forth and any time that you hear medicaid cuts and premiums rising obviously the american people are concerned and it s not just coming from media, it s coming from washington. but congressman, gary palmer, thank you for trying to clear it up for us, we appreciate it. thank you. happy to, thanks, julie. greg: newly hacked emails from french presidential candidate emmanuel macron now surfacing everywhere online. it comes hours before voters head to the polls in run-off in france s presidential election between macron and nationalist candidate marine la pen. greg palkok live in paris following it all. reporter: dejavu all over again.
polite. translator: i am talking about the party of the far right. the one that you lead. the party that spreads lies on social media which encourages hatred but less journalists who dispense brutality everywhere. we have never molested anyone. translator: you did on several occasions. at my meetings you have threatened and beaten people and i have experienced that. that is the truth, ms. la pen. so it is your party, the party of the far right which has no resemblance to our country. an interesting campaign. marine la pen is anti-european union pro union, pro putin. la kro lacrone, pro union. or you could look at this way. president obama is endorsing president trump won t endorse because such presidents won t do