we re passing each other all the time. it is great to be with my good friend, dana this morning. president biden insisting he told the truth, denying he lied when asked about his previous statements claiming he never had discussions with hunter about lucrative business arrangements overseas despite the fact they were traveling together on a number of these trips. karl rove saying if the president is telling the truth he should have said something to hunter to get him to stop. this was all in public. when hunter biden joined the burisma board it stunk. and the vice president of the united states, his father, was in charge of encouraging the ukrainian government to crack down on corruption and his own son was participating with a corrupt company in a corrupt act. he should have had a conversation with him about it and said what in the heck do you think you are doing? get off that board and stop trying to make money off my name. dana: david spunt standing by at the justice d
The story of London Marathon runner who sacrificed his own race time to help an exhausted athlete reach the finish line. I was like shouting in his ear, saying, come on, come on, we can do this, we will finish. Its 200 metres. Ill stay with you. And a british woman is recovering after being attacked by a shark while swimming off a Remote Island in the South Atlantic. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that france now faces just under a fortnight of intense campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who emerged last night as the two remaining candidates for the presidency. Mr macron is running without the backing of one of the traditional parties and ms le pen, leader of the National Front, is also regarded as an outsider in a race thats transformed the old patterns of french politics. Mr macron won 23. 8 of votes in the first round, while ms le pen took 21. 5 . The turnout was high, at nearly 79 . Live to paris for the latest with christian fraser. A very warm welcome to paris
Of the 21st century. When sport is about more than about winning. The men who embodied the marathon spirit. Maybe i was a bit overzealous in my support. It was wonderful. It was needed, needed to kind of hit home as well. Yes. Coming up in the sport on bbc news. 11 months on, can rafa and newcastle return to the Premier League . A win against preston tonight in the championship and theyll be back at the first time of asking. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders who have left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons En Marche Party which is barely a year old won the most votes. Hell face Marine Le Pen. Its more than 20 years since the Front National made it to this stage of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu, and for brexit. Heres our paris correspondent lucy williamson
Since ive been gone . What has been going on. And. Hes back. Barack 0bama has returned to The Public Eye with a speech in his hometown of chicago. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in paris. If you ever wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. French voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. In almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesnt even have a party and an older, far right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. The two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second round vote on may the 7th. The meteoric rise of Emmanuel Macron has been remarkable he resigned from the Socialist Party a year ago and no one thought hed do this well. Equally showstopping is Marine Le Pen, whos transformed the Front National and made it a force in this race. The bbcs Lucy Willamson has this report. Two years ago, he was a new face in politics.