these are celebrations at christ the savior cathedral in moscow. president putin was among those who attended. the church has backed what the kremlin says is a special military operation in ukraine. leading the mass, patriarch kirill said he hoped the conflict would end quickly but did not condemn it. to france, where campaigning has ended and now the wait begins for the presidential election run off on sunday. incumbent emmanuel macron is facing off against far right rival marine le pen. ms le pen hasn t been in front of the cameras today, but we did get this photo opportunity with mr macron, on the beach near his home in le toucquet, on the english channel. some voting is already taking place, in france s overseas constituencies. special polling stations have also been set up for french nationals in other countries, like here, in new york. in all, around the world, 48.7 million people are eligible to vote in the french presidential election. my colleague reeta chakrabarti has been
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on making sure that civilians can be evacuated from azovstal. let s turn to france. campaigning has ended and now the wait begins on the eve of the french presidential election run off on sunday. incumbent emmanuel macron is facing off against far right rival, marine le pen. the pair have gone head to head before and while opinion polls suggest the french president still has the upper hand. still has the upper hand there are suggestions his challenger could perform better than she did in 2017. let s cross live now to paris, where my colleague reeta chakrabarti has been following events. thank you, celia. i m joined now by christophe bertossi from the institute for democracy. when emmanuel macron was elected five years ago, he campaigned as a centrist, attracted support from left and right, yet today this feels like a more polarised electorate than before. than before. you are right and i thinkthat than before. you are right and i
desperate to go back and start rebuilding. in some cases to see if their homes are still there, their friends are still there. that is an even more difficult situation for them to have to deal with. unexploded ordnance, the memories of what went on in those towns, so i think even though we see these small steps towards ordinary life, it will still be a long time before a beautiful thriving city like this one gets back to the glory that it had before this invasion began. for the moment, and i, thank you very much, and a foster in kyiv. anna foster in kyiv. to france, where campaigning has ended and now the wait begins on the eve of the presidential election run off on sunday. incumbent emmanuel macron is facing off against far right rival, marine le pen. ms le pen hasn t been in front of the cameras today, but we did get this photo opportunity with mr macron, on the beach near his home in le toucquet on the english channel.
president, as you heard from gary, is going to go ahead and try that again and again. steve bannon meanwhile, he s one of those for that we re getting ready to hear from. if he does that show up, the committee made a clear they would hold him in criminal contempt. what happens then is that process goes on to the president, the current president biden, who can then decide what to do from there. and we don t know, again if, that is going to happen. also, the committee issuing for additional subpoenas this week. to stop the steal rally organizers, so we know what direction they re headed in. julie tsirkin and gary grumbach, thank you for starting us off on sunday. for more now let s bring in jeffrey jacobovitz. he represented three white house employees during the clinton scandals. an msnbc political analyst and democratic pollster fernand amandi. good morning to both with a view. thanks for being with us. fernand, according to the hill here, trump has told associates he is eager to ann