Their happiness. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. And im Hannah Vaughan jones live for you in london. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Polls opened in france around three hours ago in a president ial election that could now shape european politics for years to come. The former economy minister Emmanuel Macron, you can see live pictures of him there. He is just to cast his vote, presumably for himself, in le touquet france. He is 39 years old and a relative newcomer to french politics. He surprised his skeptics by successfully creating a new movement. Its called on march. He went into sundays voting as the strong favorite campaigning to keep france in the European Union. However, his opponent, far right candidate Marine Le Pen, she wants france to quit the European Union and also has plenty of support throughout the country. She has argued for closing frances borders and severely restricti
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m george howell. we re following up on questions about the former national security adviser, michael flynn. what did the trump transition team tell him about his contacts with russia s ambassador? a former u.s. official tells cnn transition team members warned flynn in november about the risks of communicating with the russian diplomat and that such conversations were likely being monitored by u.s. intelligence. this was weeks before flynn reportedly spoke with the ambassador about u.s. sanctions on russia. flynn subsequently resigned. let s get more now on this story with politico reporter sylvia borelli, live for us in london this hour. let s talk more about this. so, with news about flynn, he was warned about these contacts