it has emerged that the gunman who killed a policeman and wounded two others in paris was known to the french authorities. karim cheurfi was shot dead by security forces on thursday evening after he opened fire on the champs elysees. the paris prosecutor said he had served a prison sentence for the attempted murder of two police officers. the issue of security has dominated the final day of campaigning ahead of the first round of voting in the french presidential election on sunday. thomas fessy reports. the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. armed police and gendarmes have been a common sight in the streets since the 2015 shootings in paris. 50,000 of them have been deployed across the country. security has been stepped up around famous tourist sites, like montmartre, in the capital. the french are also used to the presence of soldiers patrolling their cities. when the campaign started, many in france believed it would be defined by terroris
personnel and police officers are being deployed across france in preparation for voting in the country s presidential election after the killing of a police officer in paris. terrorism dominated the final day of campaigning on friday, and security has been increased before polls in mainland france open tomorrow. 0ur reporter is in paris. welcome to a busy market. right in the centre of the city. the background to this election is anything but ordinary. tens of thousands of extra security personnel are on the streets all over france. we can see armed police walking around this market at times. a real strange contrast to the normal life revolving all around that security. national security for us that security. national security for us to the top of the political agenda by the events of boast evening when a police officer was shot dead on the champs elysees just a couple of miles from here. the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. armed police a
is still a fair distance to go. all in the name of art. it looks like beatrice had the best of the weather for that weekend. what is happening for the rest of us? i tell you what, there is a real surge of cold in coming our way. there will be an echo of winter heading our way, but not in the short term. in the short term, we have some sunshine and it s not looking bad for the london marathon, if you re running it tomorrow. right now, lots of clear skies across western areas, but cloud in the east and the south. so a bit of a mixed day as far as the skies are concerned, some of us having sunny weather, others overcast. tonight, the skies will create a course many areas. orkney and shetland will have temperature is not far of freezing and some frost in rural areas for some of us on sunday morning. the weather starts afresh in london for the marathon and will stay cloudy for most of the day. temperatures will hover around 11 or 12 degrees. on monday and tuesday, we expect the te
it s difficult, tiring. more tiring than expected. one leg down and there is still a fair distance to go. all in the name of art. people can do the gardening if they want, it is list next week that will see big changes in air, a bit because happiness, echoes of winter. any short term if you want to do the gardening, it is fine, dry with sunshine. there could be a bit of frost on the way but nothing too cold. might be a nip in the af in some areas. right now clyde gast isaac boss eastern and southern areas, largely sunni across many central and western parts particularly wales. through this evening, showers across the north of scotla nd evening, showers across the north of scotland and north east. the rest of the country, dry with clear skies. temperatures will dip away. towns and cities they are around five celsius, rule by around 5 degrees lower than that. tomorrow, nice day for the london marathon, starting quite fresh with sunshine but not too hot. lots of dry weather acro
So definitely very dangerous conditions out there. and that s pretty much what s going on across the state of utah and throughout the rest of the west it does extend into parts of the northern plains. just a very widespread storm. this is all due to an artic front that s really sinking down here and the worst of it going on across salt lake city right now where we are looking at delays. airport there, snowfall rates of about 1 to 2 inches per hour. and even more as you go into higher elevations. now, that storm that brought on that severe weather across northern illinois yesterday already continuing to move off to the east. not today shepard that one across the west we have to watch coming up for wednesday, national opt out day not looking too good weatherwise. shepard: maria happy thanksgiving. thank you. you too. shepard: all in the name of art. one man going through unusual surgery to insert a camera into part of his body. that s still ahead. plus, avoiding health insurance