ago. cnn s isha sesay has been covering this story extensively and has the latest for us. reporter: after more than three years in captivity, it is the news that people around the world, not to mention the families, have been waiting for, that 82 of the missing chibok schoolgirls have finally been released from boko haram captivity. according to treats put out by the nigerian president bioharri, this release came about as a result of lengthy negotiation and there was a swap of boko haram suspects that was done in order to free these girls, who will be transported to the capital of nigeria on sunday, may 7th, where they will be welcomed by the nigerian president. the nigerian president also in tweets goes on to say that a number of people were involved in this effort to free these girls. he thanks a number of individuals, including the government of switzerland, the international committee of the red cross, local and
buhari, the release came out as a result of lengthy negotiation and there was a swap of boko haram suspects, done in order to free these girls, who will be transported to the capital of nigeria on sunday, may 7th, where they will be welcomed by the nigerian president. the nigerian president also in tweets goes on to say that a number of people were involved in this effort to free these girls, and he thanks a number of individuals, including the government of switzerland, the international committee of the red cross, local and international ngos alongside security agencies of nigeria. this really is a momentous moment with three years having gone by. some had begun to doubt whether any more girls would be released. as you may remember, some 21 were released in october of 2016, and after that, there had been largely silence. we had heard no word of negotiations to bring about the release of more girls. but here we are on this day,
untested and never before elected emmanuel macron from the center, neither left nor right coming up and saying, no, this is our alternative vision. and now this is going to be the battle going forward for the next couple of weeks until there is the second round sunday, may 7th. you know i cover the markets. we were watching the global markets here and the french stock market is up some 4%. the euro is up and here is why macron the market participants say is the best possible scenario for staying in europe, for france the second biggest economy in europe, staying in the european union for there still to be a euro no, return of the french franc. the conventional wisdom has been up ended quite a few times over the past year or two. what are people thinking about maybe a surge from marine le pen over the next couple of weeks? well, let s break that down a little bit. you re absolutely right, the markets are pleased and they re