President macron s ruling coalition. These days however some the loudest cheers come not for le pen, but for the partys more youthful president , Jordan Bardella. The paris born leader of the party has become a Household Name in french politics and over a relatively short period of time. His popularity could steer the french far right to its biggest win yet, in a nationwide election. So what is it, that is driving that support . We have sent our correspondent Hugh Schofield to the Cathedral Town of sens, 100 miles south east of paris, to find out. Theyre on a roll and they know it. Today, the National Rally is so far ahead in the french polls that their biggest worry is supporters like these taking a massive victory for granted and not turning out. Thats why the partys president has come to this market town. Selfie hell, of course, but all for the cause. This is the new face of frances far right. Jordan bardella is personable, popular, but above all, very young. And atjust 28, hes lead
everyone, happy father s day to all. welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. thanks so much forhaom joining e this morning. todak yoy expanding the base. president trump meeting with black voters, congressionalt republicans, businestrs leaders. all to unite around his agenda. ripping through blue states as blacks, hispanics and young people pivot to trump., while joe biden fund raises and hobnobs with hollywood thisfu weekend. wit all of this as senate republicans fight back againstae what they call biden s weaponized government.ck vowing to block any biden nominees until after the election. coming up, texas senator ted cruz holding ag merrick garland intion contempt of congress. missouri senator eric schmitt oo joe biden s doj, and its moves to take down joe s number one political enemy, donald trump. florida congresswoman annaa on paulina luna on president biden makes it to the election or will he pushed to withdraw after more gaffs on the world stage in i
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
The European Union. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. May day means a bite and barrows festival in this lancashire village. And people seem keen to peddle their politics. But the election was not the main concern here this morning. A different sort of contest was. Ready to shoot. The tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. And their message that wrecks that negotiations are going to be tough and that theresa may is best placed to handle them sits at the heart of their election campaign. But this tough . A german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at number ten between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. It describes deep disagreements between the two sites. According to the paper, the Prime Minister and the Eu Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks, and the prospects of a quick trade dea