we have cbc s kelly so who is with the macron campaign. where supporters have begun their celebrations. charlotte reed is at marie le pen s space. welcome to you both. karen, first to you. to the victor, let s get the reaction where you are. alex, good evening to you from paris. the party is just not stopping here. apparently i am standing in the victors camp. the exit polls have just been released. 58.2 for macron, verses for le pen. keep in, on these extra polls here in france are very reliable. they are taken from actual ballots, samples from how people actually voted. not just interviews of those passing votes. so, it is reliable. i can tell, you the music just started and we ve a lot of support, but that sun, underneath this, it is very different from five years ago when emmanuel macron was a challenger. he was a man with a vision. . i think it was a fairly
where the results of today s elections could have an impact on the future of nato. as well as the fate of ukraine. french president emmanuel macron is facing off against fareed or mentally le pen. we will have a live report from there just a few minutes. as we get the 9 pm hour for kyiv, still no word on a meeting in ukraine today. president zelenskyy said he will meet with lloyd austin and anthony blinken. and the announced that trip yesterday, but u.s. officials have yet to comment. on it nbc news has not confirmed the trip. however, they say that heavy weapons will be at the top of their agenda. zelenskyy is optimistic about a change that he has seen in talks with u.s. officials, saying he hopes u.s. actions will help back up their words. we now have seen this shift in our western partners, attitudes especially seeing a change in speed in parts of the