good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
on the way with more rain in the extreme weather center. and the rain continues this saturday here in washington. hope it s a little drier where you are at home. i m leland vittert. elizabeth: great to be with you, i m elizabeth prann. voters in france will have a runoff that will have a global impact. one campaign trying to deal with fallout after claims it was the victim of a massive and coordinated hacking attack designed to destabilize the election. the french are about in a 48 hour blackout period before the vote takes place. greg palkot is in paris, france with the latest. hi, greg. hi, elizabeth. taking a page out of the u.s. election playbook, the leader here in this presidential elections here in france has been hit by a massive cyber
attack. thousands of e-mails and documents seized have the computers of campaign safer of emmanuel macron, they were posted online. while moist of the material is kind of mundane, it is combined according to authorities today, with fake news
Swaying this election. now, no one has assumed responsibility, but the macron camp have complained that there have been russian hacks against its system, and right-wing sites even sites in the united states have been spreading the word about this latest data dump. so far no sign that the candidacy of macron has been affected. he s a sent tryst, he s independent and pro-e.u., pro-nato, he s a reformer x he has something like a 20% or more lead on his far-right populist rival, the anti-immigrant, anti-e.u. candidate, marine le pen. now, there is a campaign ban in effect today that is a ban on all activities, so there hasn t been a lot of comment about this. authorities are trying to keep a lid on it, but the campaign manager for le pen has tweeted a question that perhaps this raises questions about her rival. now, it is le pen s comments