french president in 20 years to win a second term. let s cross live to paris and talk to david eades. you join us at this rather wonderful spot overlooking the arc de triomphe, the famed ark, and it is a signal of success, i suppose, for emmanuel macron right now. he is the first french president in some 20 years to win a second term in office. he has been vowing to unite the country after his re election. looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of the vote went to him, 41.5, to his far right rival, marine le pen, in other respects that might look like a crushing victory, but he has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after his first term in office reflected partly in the abstentions figure, the highest since 1969
considering calling off the exploration so salvage work can start. face-off in the debates in south carolinament they talked about jobs, tax returns, health care and who s best qualified to take on president barack obama in november. newt gingrich lashed out at the media when asked to comment on his ex-wife s claims about their marriage. six nato troops are dead. their nationalities haven t been released. nato says there was no hostile activity in the area when the chopper went down. but the taliban are claiming responsibility. those are the headlines from cnn. i m zain verjee, world business today starts now. hello. and a very happy friday too you. welcome to world business today. activists strike back after celebrity-ebb endorse web site megaup load to shut down over privacy claims. google pulls back on the stock market. and why the captain of a wrecked cruise liner was ordering dinner and desert when he should have been evacuating the ship. all of that and more to