and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the first round of france s presidential election is over. exit poll projections and early returns indicate controversial nationalist marine le pen will be one of the two candidates advancing to a runoff two weeks from today. the other will be centrist candidate emmanuel macron. it appears macron and le pen will each win about a quarter of the vote in a crowded 11-candidate field. incumbent francois hollande did not seek a second five-year term. sreenivasan: turnout was high by american standards. by early evening around 70% of eligible french voters had participated. making his first run for office, macron is a
The mayor responded by instituting an emergency hiring freeze, citing uncertain cost of the bill and looming legislation in the statehouse that could slash revenue from the city’s income tax.