influential voices in global finance. he was made governor of the central bank of france following extent of being governor for 12 yea rs. before extent of being governor for 12 years. before that, he was the vice president of the european central bank and has worked with every leading financial institution. he has been tasked with making the case for paris as a financial hub following brexit. is he making too difficult a cell and damaging ties with the uk —— sell. christian noyer in paris, welcome to hardtalk this is the fourth president that you are serving under in some senior capacity. emmanuel macron is a former banker. is he the right president at the right time for france? well, first, thank you very much for inviting me. i think yes, absolutely. for the first time for many years, we have a president who was elected with a clear political programme for deep economic reforms, and he has a clear mandate to make difficult reforms in the labour market, and the tax regime, to have something much more business friendly, and this is going to take place quite rapidly. sol friendly, and

a result of the typhoon. here in france, the french government is looking to make changes to the labor code. officials are meeting with trade unions and business leaders at the labor ministry to discuss the proposed reforms. chris, somewhat of a test for president emmanuel macron who has promised changes for france. what exactly is being proposed today? macron's argument, one that he made during the presidential campaign, is that years of sluggish economic growth and high unemployment have been caused to an extent by the labor code which he feels is too rigid to work in the modern, globalized economy. as such, he wants to liberalize parts of it, terms and conditions to be negotiated on a company by company basis rather than across sectors. he wants to make it easier for multinationals to lay off staff and wants to put an end to some of the high payment supported by unemployment tribunals. he is not going as far as some of his right-wing opponents during the election. wanted a radical shakeup of the economy. but he is going further than his predecessor, francois hollande. de speak

live over the next hour. france prepares for a shakeup in the world of work. the government is announcing new reforms that could transform the status quo for employers, employees, and the economy. floodwaters are receding slowly, but the worst could be yet to death toll set to rise as tropical depression harvey moves into indiana. we get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. remembering the woman known as the people's princess 20 years after her death in paris. diana spencer still inspires tribute around the world. we will be looking at how much hurricane harvey might have crossed the u.s. southern state in what's being dubbed by some as the worst storm to hit the country in recent memory. ♪ >> you are watching france 24, i'm olivia sala's are. here in france, the government is getting back to work with a happy project. it is announcing sweeping labor reforms that hopes to tackle the country us unemployment problem. employment law was a key campaign issue in the presidential election and emmanuel macron pledged to change things up. minister has been sketching out t

facility to make guns and planes and tanks and even trucks on the scale that were being made in france at the time. but there was one thing that the united states was particularly good at, and that was telecommunications. now, this particular picture i'm showing you is a world war i poster, trying to recruit men to operate telegraph, telephones and radios, and the size of the font on the radio makes you think it is important but, in fact, the primary instrument of general ship in world war i was the telephone. now, of course, it had been invented in the united states by alexander graham bell who like many great americans was an immigrant. he came from scotland and invented the telephone over here. it was superior at this time than these other technologies because, first of all, the telegraph -- imagine this. the telegraph is morse code so somebody has to take the message sitting at a desk, they have to type it up, they have to send it to somebody, a cowerier who takes it to someone else so it is slow. the other technology was the radio. that sounds good, right? but radios at this time

the so fears in france the interior minister reveals two hundred to seven teacher how this had returned to the country while a much vaunted effort to tackle radicalization flounders. had to trouble in the house of trouble with his national security advisers loyalty is in question given security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. and feeling the heat over make the beacon activists who forced a butcher in california to hang an animal rights side of the stalls with. good morning for me kevin owen here in moscow this is r.t. international and first in this half hour of news it's been revealed that around two hundred seventy just at this of recent return to france after fighting in iraq and syria some are been arrested and the courts are currently playing through the cases of the others numbers being revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high in an attempt to try and rein in optimism and extremism fran said open the first day of radicalization sent nearly a year ago but the facility has already hit the

♪ "> welcome to the "france 24 newsroom. i am molly hall. here are the headlines we are following. tosung's tycoon is sentenced -- years in prison. he was found guilty of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury. the search is on for the ousted prime minister of thailand. she skipped a verdict in a negligent case brought against her. hurricane harvey is set to strike texas. the storm strengthening as a barrels toward the u.s. gulf coast. ♪ molly: those are the top stories we are following this hour, but we start with a developing story out of afghanistan. there were reports a shiite moscow has come under attack -- mosque has come under attack. police say there are sounds of explosions and the gunman are still inside the mosque that was crowded with worshipers. it's located in a northern neighborhood of kobul. a member of afghanistan's shiite clerical counsel was quoted saying at least two people have died. we will have more in the coming our. -- hour. of samsungaire heir group has been sentenced to five years in jail. he was found guilty of bribery and other corruption charges. his 6-

more from our exclusive interview with the economic minister of france, le maire. this is "bloomberg surveillance" and i'm francine lacqua in london. there is quite a lot going on and quite a lot of things we need to keep an eye on. european stocks are edging higher, bolstered by resource companies after iron ore surged. friday's data seem to lead to gains. amongst the biggest gainers, i andooking at bhp billiton anglo america. oil, $39.43. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs. reporter: north korea is threatening to take action of justice in response to u.n. sanctions imposed over intercontinental ballistic missile tests. that is according to the korean central news agency. south korea's foreign minister briefly spoke with his northern counterpart yesterday, urging him to respond to the offer to resume talks. +++ group of mercenaries attacked during the early hours of yesterday morning. speaking on television, maduras said this was an assault on a ford in valenc venezuela. >> i have asked for the maxim sentence for those involved. there will be lonel

♪ anchor: thank you for watching france 24. this is live from paris. let's take a look at the headlines. the french president gets his first major foreign-policy's beach. he says there can be no security without stability. the fight against terrorism. tensions escalate after north korea launches a missile over japan into the pacific ocean. the south korean prime minister calls it an unprecedented threat to security. after millions of dollars of damage in catastrophic flooding, there are fears the worst is yet to come. the president duda to arrive in texas for the response of tropical storm harvey. minister has a radical solution to ending the gender pay gap in the country, taking money out of spending corporations accounts. more of that in the business update. ♪ anchor: the french president says fighting terrorism is a top i already of french diplomacy. this, in his first major poor -- his first major foreign-policy speech. he focused chiefly on terrorism and ending financing to human trafficking and he spoke to nearly 200 envoys who attended the event. take a listen. [frenc

revealed. this was. the worst. fears in france the interior minister reveals two hundred seventy two had this have returned to the country much more to the effort to tackle radicalization flounders. more trouble in the house of trumpeting to report now is national security advisers loyalty is in question for giving security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. feeling the heat over meet the reagan activists who forced to butcher in california i'm going to animal rights side in the stalls window. good morning for me kevin i was just in ten of the morning now here in moscow watching r.t. international thanks for company so first in this half hour news bulletin it's been revealed that around two hundred seventy jihadists of recent return to france after fighting in iraq in syria some have been arrested and the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers being revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high in the time to try and rein in the extremism france had opened its first day radical

this lunchtime fears in france the interior minister reveals two hundred seventy two how this have returned to the country or the much vaunted effort to tackle radicalization flounders. more trouble in the house of trump suit now is national security advisers loyalty is in question for giving security clearance were former top aide to president obama. and feeding the hate over me to the reagan activists who forced to butcher in california to hang an animal right side in the stalls window. of his r.t. with me kevin oh in this our first in this next thirty minutes of use we're going to start with this it's been revealed around two hundred seventy jihadists of recently returned back to france after fighting in iraq and syria some of been arrested and the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers being revealed by the french interior minister also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high in an attempt to try and rein in extremism france had opened its first day radicalization center nearly a year ago but seems the facilities already hit the b

, let me tell you. the united states sent iron and food and blood and muscle and bone men to france to fight in world war i and other parts of the globe, but primarily on the western front. because it did not have the facilities to make guns and planes and tanks and even trucks on the scale that were being made in france at the time. but there was one thing that the united states was particularly good at, and that was telecommunications. now, this particular picture i'm showing you is a world war i poster, you know, trying to recruit men to operate telegraphs, telephones, and radios and the size of the font on the radio makes you think it's important. but in fact, the primary instrument of generalship in world war i was the telephone. and of course it had been invented in the united states by alexander graham bell who like many great americans was an immigrant and he came from scotland and invented the telephone over here, and it was superior at this time than these other technologies because first of all, the telegraph, imagine this, telegraph is morse code so somebody has to take

france's defence. 20—3 disco. but also rendered finally by a french bumble at the final whistle. so relieved for england and the realisation that the world cup double is still possible, but if france were tough to beat, four times champions new zealand who beat the us is a earlier, wait in the final two claim the trophy they think is rightfully theirs. and so it is a fairy tale final for this world cup, the two best sides in the women's game going head—to—head for the title, here in belfast on saturday. at the end of the summer of sport that has seen women contest that cricket world cup, the football championship, the solheim cup to namejust cup, the football championship, the solheim cup to name just a few, in front of the television audience of millions, this is another chance to showcase the very best of women's sport to an ever expanding audience. thank you. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here's kirsty wark. tonight, as donald trump's' new—found commitment to the war in afghanistan and his generals sinks in, we speak to the mercenary backed

about this kind of risk. let's look at the ft. tiny story here. france urges fairer taxation of us tax. martin, you spotted this, what is it about? —— us technical companies. the french and the german companies. the french and the german companies have put some proposals to the next european council meeting in finland next month and they are complaining that the french economy minister has said that as b&b, which is france's second —— which has france as the biggest market has paid something like £99 in france in the past year and they are not paying any tax on the millions they are making. it is familiarfrom google and so on. these multinational corporations which are operating across, making huge amounts of money, and not paying tax in the countries they are based on. this is a european attempt to find some way of ensuring that what our fair taxes are paid by these companies. in the european union, there might be a fair chance of getting them to pay within the european union but it's probably requires an international effort and not all countries will feel so inclined. that

was. i. is in france the interior minister reveals two hundred seventy jihad is to return to the country while a much vaunted effort to tackle radicalize sation flounders. video appears online showing the arrest of a sixteen year old german girl who fled to join i saw its feet you risk getting the death penalty in iraq and more trouble in the house of trump now he says his national security advisers loyalties in question giving security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. there come to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour it's been revealed that around two hundred seventy jihadists have recently returned to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested and the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers being revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high in the temp to rein in extremism in france had opened its first the radicalization center nearly a year ago but the facility has already hit the buffers to charlotte to

very. seriously send us an e-mail. i. i was i i was. i. in france is two hundred seventy jihadist returned to the country with a much vaunted effort to tackle radicalize ation floundering also this hour new video appears online showing the arrest of a sixteen year old german girl who went to join islamic states it is feed she risks getting the death penalty in iraq and begin activists force a future in california to hang an animal rights sign in the shop window. good afternoon is just turned four o'clock here in moscow a watching r.t. international's good to have you company now our top story this hour around two hundred seventy jihadists have recently come back to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested in the course of currently ploughing through the cases of others the numbers were revealed by the french interior minister he was so highlighted that the terror threat from maine's extremely high well in the attempt to try and rein in extremism in france has opened its first to radicalization center nearly a year ago but the facilities already hit the buffe

fears in france the interior ministry reveals two hundred seventy jihadists have returned to the country while a much. try to tackle radicalization has floundered. more trouble in the house of trouble to now his national security advisers loyalties in question giving security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. over meet the beginning activists who forced a butcher in california to hang an animal rights side why did this. morning eight am here in moscow this is our international for a good morning for me kevin zero in and first in this half hour of news that has been revealed that around two hundred seventy jihadists of recently returned to france after fighting in iraq and syria some of been arrested and the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers have been revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted the terror threat remains extremely high in an attempt to try and rein in extremism france had opened its first day radicalization center nearly a year ago now but the facilities already hit the buffers as charlotte dubin

i was i i. was. i. was in france the interior minister reveals two hundred seventy jihadists have returned to the country while a much vaunted effort to tackle radicalize ation flanders. also on the way more trouble in the house of trump now his national security advisers loyalties in question forgive me security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. feeling the heat over meet the reagan activists who forced a butcher in california to hang an animal rights sign in the stalls with. two o'clock here in moscow are you watching r.t. international now it's been revealed that around two hundred seventy jihadists have recently returned to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested in the courts are currently ploughing through the cases of others the numbers being revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high and to rein in extremism in france had opened its first the radicalization center nearly a year ago but the facility has already hit the buffers the charlotte dubinsky now reports. it was

see all of it as how ambivalent the character was which is the reason why in france unlike in america or maybe in other countries of the world too in france is. it is still attacked for his ecological actions in the in the fifty's compromises he needed the money to be a good deal the numbers of everything from and simply to to move the boat and so he got his contract with british petroleum to help them find oil wells in abu dhabi and so he contributed to the destruction of the environment in the in that part of the world but he spent the rest of his life. making this major mayor cool. and so i think it's very unfair but he should be criticized on his attitude in the fifty's you know he refused to have the famous film the world of silence which you want to go as i was saying he refused to have it altered he could have removed a few images to give himself a better image no he took full responsibility to show the world that this was the attitude in the fifty's that you could use dynamite to get items of samples of fish to study or that you could use young baby whales as a bait for sharks

around the world with juliette saly. juliette: france is working with germany and other partners to plug loopholes that have allowed companies like google, apple, facebook, and amazon to minimize taxes and grab market sharing europe at the expense of their own companies. speaking to bloomberg, the french finance minister said his country will propose a rule for real taxation at a meeting of european union officials due in september. >> the first step of the european level would be a tax compensation between france, and germany, and i am quite convinced that will be no later than 2018, we should be favorite with germany to have a common corporate tax which should be of theis of hamas asian 19 member states. white house chief of staff john kelly has moved quickly to remove chaotic, unruly team. on his fifth day on the job, the retired four-star general told to staffers whatever their former allegiance is, he expects all of them to put country first. the president second, and their own needs and priorities last. president trump has spoken to south korean counterpart about north korea's

going to invade poland, then there will be a war, but there will be a phony war along the border. france will not do anything. all britain will do is put a third of a quarter of a million of troops to help france. -- help the french. they will have a numerical superiority and they will do nothing. nobody at this time feels that poland is going to lead to a war. that there might be some way to adjudicate things. the pores and conservatives. shouldn't use that derogatory term, but there are members within britain that think they could still do business with hitler's. he is much more praiseworthy franklin roosevelt or joseph stalin. he admires the british. he invades here, nothing happens. he has already carved off large parts of czechoslovakia here. east russia has been joined to germany. austria does not really exist. it is part of germany. look how enormous that area is. germany had the second-largest economy to begin with, traditionally, in the world after the united states. now people think he will be happy with that. no. in april of 1940, just six months later, he has gone into denmar

live in belfast this evening wear the red roses take on france in their quest for back—to—back world cup finals. five nil up, celtic look to wrap up their place in the group stage of the champions league. they take an 8—1; aggregate win. and there's stilljust two seconds in it at the vuelta a espana, but chris froome holds the leader's red jersey after stage four out of 21. yes, hello and welcome. england's women will continue the defence of their rugby world cup title when they play france in the biggest match of their tournamnet so far. we're at the semi final stage and france await. kick off in belfast in a little over an hour's time, which is where we can cross to join kathryn downes who's live there for us tonight. and kat to match that challanege, we're hearing england will field their strongest team so far? they will put our best on the side yet and may well have to conserve energy as well because it looks like the side going through to the semifinal, to the final i'm sorry, will be new zealand. they are looking on imperious form taking on the usa in the first semifina

like france and germany. they tend to be at no nationalist, less educated, white, rural . the trend in the u.s. is that they can be younger, which is something that was not the case in the past. they tend to be more protectionist. and they see themselves as aggrieved. they are the losers of globalization, losers of this pluralistic vision, this openness at the heart of post-cold war america and the west. sarah: it puts trump in a weird position because on the one hand, the neo-nazis have strong anti-somatic associations, yet trump's grandchildren are jewish. where does that leave him? tyson: it is extremely perplexing because clearly they are aware of the hatred, the visceral hatred these groups have for jews, for blacks, for women. many people in his own administration. yet they are willing to play footsie with him. it's a very faustian bargain, and what has to ask a dangerous this is. sarah: tell us about the significance of charlotte. tyson: charlottesville is a really important city in u.s. history. it's the home of thomas jefferson, the drafter of the declaration of independenc

i'm fine thank god dot com. nnova warm welcome to you if you're just joining us here at the france twenty four news room it's nine pm here in the french capital and these are our headlines. the twenty two year old a suspect behind the barcelona taglines week is shot dead. by s spanish police he was killed in a small townn not far from the city. in total now f fifteen people have dd and over a a hundred and twenenty more wounded. in those attacks it's like. cons for america's longest running military mission are expected to be revealed this monday after repeatedly promising to bring us troros home. trump now expected to ease his opposition and listen to us generals who say they have to stay. and the secret service in the u. s. says it needs more money to continue protecting the president. and his family over a thousand agents have already reached limits in overtime as trunks travels most weekends to properties of florida new jersey for virginia . we start this hour old news in spain where the man suspected of running. pedestrians in the center. salona last week. been shot dead by po

>> welcome to the france 24 newsroom. good to have you with us. all the latest out of spain. a minute of silence in barcelona. the spanish king and prime minister on hand as they pay tribute to the victims of the attack. thenhunt underway in country at a suspect is on the run after two attacks in barcelona and cambrils. attackle killed in the with 13 in barcelona and 100 injured. five suspects shot dead in cambrils after a car ramming wounds several people, one woman has died from her injuries. ♪ >> a manhunt is underway in spain, though it is searching for a suspect after a van rammed into crowds of people in barcelona. 13 people e killed and 100 injud when the vehicle sped down the historical las ramblas promenade late thursday afternoon. another situation hours later in a resort town of cambrils, a car drove ininto pedestrians, , injg at least seven people the police opened fire and killed five suspects. authorities say one woman in the city has died from her injuries. bringing the death toll from the two attacks to 14. las ramblas walkway reopened to the public this frida

today" starts right now. >>> good monday morning to you. i'm frances ra very a. my co-anchor is in texas right now covering tropical storm harvey and the devastation following the record setting hurricane. he'll join us just in a moment. >>> right now, the waterlogged city of houston is bracing for even more catastrophic flooding from harvey after the nation's fourth largest city was pummelled with up to 2 feet of rain. an unprecedented 50 inches of rain could hit several areas by storm's end. and the situation could not be more dire as the national weather service puts out several tornado and flash flood warnings overnight. five to ten more inches of rain could hit the area in just the next several hours. and right now the army corps of engineers has begun releasing the waters of two nearby dams in an effort to stem some of the flooding. >>> overnight voluntary evacuations have been ordered for some houston neighborhoods as police urged the public to stay safe. there have been over a thousand water rescues in the last 72 hours, with more rescues certain as the rain persists. bill

story behind the gift from france. which was unveiled on october 28th, 1886. after 21 years of planning, fundraising and construction. i'm ranger chris mullen from jacksonville, florida. folks, i have a great job. i've been working with the national park service since 1999. i've been all over the united states. i got my start in alaska. and klondike gold rush, national historical park. spent a few summers out there. i went to my home town of jacksonville, worked at a small little park on the banks of the st. john's river. fort caroline national memorial and went to the outer banks of north carolina, worked at our nation's first national sea shore. cape hatteras national sea shore. i moved to north to new york city and i've been working here at the statue of liberty at ellis island for seven years now. i've got a great job. we want to protect these special places, not only for today, we want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. here we are at the statue of liberty, our nation's most famous national monument. a gift from the people of france. given to us, the people o

♪ spirit --eloper and viva la france. paris will be the winner from brexit. >> we will win the race. the race of attractiveness, because we are making the right decisions and standing firm. the u.s. and china have agreed to impose you when sponsored sanctions on north korea in its attempt to deter its nuclear program. will the actions make a difference to pyongyang? friday'sr stalls after job fueled rally. asian stockse with back at a decade hundred -- at a decade high. ♪ it is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." anna edwards is out of the office of the next couple of days. one market that is not pausing. on friday, ther dollar. it had a jobs report that delivered. it had everything entered the market could have wanted, but still the dollar there's seem to be in charge. bears seem to be in charge. have a look at this. week moving200 average look like? this is the 200 day moving average. if it breaks this level, you are potentially looking at a more dramatic reversal of fortune. gary cohn startup -- thought to shore up the market. he is going to the hamptons this weekend for charity and

some good news for coffee drinkers. >>> "early today" starts right now. i'm frances rivera. my co-anchor is in houston following the recovery efforts as tropical storm harvey continues to batter that area. he'll join us. millions are waking up to rising flood waters and onslaught of rain and at least three deaths have been linked to harvey and all out search is under way after six members of a family tried to escape harvey and there is a search for them. about 280,000 are without power in the state. over 2,000 individuals have been rescued. the national guard roughly 12,000 now mobiled while citizen rescuers plunging themselves in the water to help where they can. here's texas governor greg abbott. >> if not the largest, has to be categorized as one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. and to see the swift response from the federal government is pretty much unparalleled. >> when all is said and done, fema predicts over 450,000 people will register as disaster victims. nbc's dylan drier is in the houston this morning. dylan, no letting it up it seems right behind you it

france and this lady have descended from there with economic choking in a turbulent migrant crisis fracturing that one rock solid partnership here's how it all unraveled. emmanuel macron would like you to think he leads the e.u. even shows it's music to his victory march. try telling that to italians though they've just had their hands slapped away from a huge deal to buy one of france's biggest ship building ports. wanted fifty fifty but rome was so upset they've sunk the deal entirely. nationalism and protectionism are not an acceptable basis for establishing relations between two great european countries to work on joint projects you need reciprocal trust and respect. he and i am announcing that we took the decision to exercise the preemption right of the state of s t x this decision has been taken in total agreement with the president of the republic and the prime minister his decision has only one purpose defend the strategic interest of france in terms of label constructions. it's not just macro his business dealings getting italy's base his attempts to solve the libyan crisi

around two hundred seventy gehad this of recently returned to france after fighting in iraq and syria have now been arrested and the courts are currently plowing through the cases of the others the numbers have been revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high there in an attempt to try and rein in the extremism france had opened its first de radicalisation centenary year ago but the facilities already hit the buffers. reports. it was billed as a front seat to its program with jihad ists was the country's first radicalization center when it opened last year ati's police was here. and this is rehab for extremists once inside psychologists here will provide therapy and counselors will teach students about citizenship. but just months later the shutters down so where did it all go wrong. at a cost of two point five million euros per year knowing that people were treated none finished the course one resident from this center was even a rested for having links to behind the paris tax cheats and fifteen while leave from his reha

sit just stripped nine pm here in paris you watching france twenty four with me thomas waterhouse these the top stories we're covering for you at this hour. trump touches down where heartbeat maitland full view s. president begins toward storm ravaged texas. with water levels set to rise even further fresh evacuation orders had been issued. with thousands still in need of shelter. the un security council is scrambled together f for an emergency session to discuss pyongyang's. this after the regime in north korea fired yet another missile from it shows this time. packed japan. on day two of his first visits to the holy lands the un secretary general saves a two state solution. to the israeli palestinian conflict talk now be abandoned. antonio guterres heads to gaza this wednesday after meeting palestinian prime minister. in the west bank first then it's now four days since hurricane harvey barrels in from the gulf of mexico and yet there is still no letup for rescue teams in seven states. fresh evacuation orders have been issued in the city of houston with a series of dams and leve

genie: you're watching france 24. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. french police on the hunt for a car that ran into a group of soldiers this morning outside paris for racing away. six were hurt in the incident in the upscale suburb. trump says threats from north korea will be met with "fire and fury." that's in response to a new threat from north korea to strike the u.s. territory of guam. protests in nairobi as the man who looked set to be the loser in the presidential election since his presumed loss was rigged. the election commission is looking into the claim. ♪ police in paris say they driverthe lookout for a and a vehicle that ran into a group of french soldiers just outside the french capital. six were hurt in the incident this morning. the anti-terror unit is investigating. france is still in a state of emergency in the wake of terror attacks from two years ago. >> military hospital on the outskirts of paris is the main military hospital and it's where two of the six soldiers injured have been brought. their lives are not said to be in danger. the minister of

societies in europe. the problem of populism will stay with us, and the election of macron in france, or other votes that have gone in a benign direction, this should not make us complacent about this phenomenon. if you look at afd, now at 10% in the polls, and entering the german bundestag for the first time, this is a telling example that populism has arrived. francine: what does it mean for an investor? i don't know if there's a linkage between donald trump's election and the populist policies that he is maybe putting in place and brexit. martin: certain bouts of volatility will be more the norm than it has been in the past. we will probably see more sudden and unexpected market moves that will probably move back to the longer term trajectory. we are in a very low volatility environment and we have seen certain spikes of volatility, which have been short-term. vstoxx, theat the somer-term average is 24, of them triggered by political events moved the volatility to areas around 20. what this means is that once you have a regime of volatility which is low, triggered by a very benign

cut production levels? and in politics, an exquisite interview with the finance minister in france. he says things are changing in france and the nation will prevail over frankfurt when it comes to bank business post exit. -- brexit. we are about 30 minutes into the trading day in the united states and a julie hyman is here. it should be the beginning of a quiet month. julie: so far today at least as the major averages are up, but no big gains. the dow has been fluctuating between gains and losses. it looks like it could be the 10th straight day it is up. and another record, we will see if the s&p 500 manage to catch up this week. we have seen the growing divergence as the dow has been the outperform or. to dig -- outperform her. to dig a little more into that, we are looking at the past 10 sessions and the gains it has seen. some of them have been hefty. it looks like it is still the longest winning streak going back to february, the 10 session winning streak we are watching for the dow. i am getting individual movers. there we see much more movement and the increasing lack of cor

afghan embassy in france because you need to some paperwork to stand but some people they must force them force the authorities are going to thirty's to take their people back you mentioned that the afghans have to be sent back because they're asylum applications will be rejected but i mean afghanistan is a many people will say a very dangerous war torn country i mean surely there's a question of morality here as well is it safe sending these people back to a country where likelihood of death or injury kidnapped set or is very high it's the case but officially for the for france anyway. afghan afghanistan is not in war anymore so they are not entitle to claim massive i'm. really here i understand what you're saying they're considering it can be done but it can be dangerous anywhere in the world we've got to accept all the people saying it can be dangerous in their country. so i think you need to nations i've got to deal with it as well to really say and consider where it stands us where it's not the hundreds in any case for france afghan i've got to go back and like to turn to the qu

weather with our meteorologist frances dinglasan. >> gray clouds once again. live doppler 7 and satellite image showing us the clouds and the fog that is starting to retreat back to the coast. it is still in parts of the bay. and temperatures will be in the 50s, 60s, even 70s in the next hour. then we'll warm up for lunch time and the clouds will pull back to the coast. still 60s there. but we'll see 60s and 70s around the bay and even 8 0s inland. we'll be a little bit cooler in some spots and we have got an even bigger cooldown on its way. i'll tell you more coming up. >> frances, thank you. we are following the latest developments in charlottesville, virginia. this morning a somber mood as an investigation begins the deadly violence there. a 20-year-old ohio man is accused of plowing into a crowd of demonstrators, killing at least one person and injuring 19 otrs. it happened after violent clashes between white nationalists and rprotesters. abc news reporteter meganun hug joins us live now from charlottesville. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are stan

weekend. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. it's been less than 24 hours since there was a clash on the streets of charlottesville and the president has yet to outright condemn the alt-right groups at the sen of the of it all. even after heather heyer was mowed down by one of the members. fields jr. is set to appear in court today on second degree murder charges. >> while the president has not explicitly called out the hate groups by name his vice president is. here is vice president mike pence speaking to peter alexander overnight. >> we will not tolerate hatred and violence of groups like the kkk and the neo-nazis. they have no place in the american debate. >> still members of the president's own party are calling for a more forceful denouncement of white nationalism. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more this morning. >> reporter: for a presidency forged by blunt talk, what donald trump did not say is politically deafening. >> hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: the president seemed alone in spreading blame for the violence. his omission choosing not

genie: this is france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. donald's son-in-law and advisor jared kushner is in the middle east. he is sitting down with israeli and palestinian leaders in hopes of restarting the peace process. dutch police make a second wrestling to the threat that prompted the cancellation of a show last night. relateda second arrest to the threat that prompted the cancellation of a show last night. the tropical storm lisa trail of destruction across southern china with 12 people killed. a a tropical storm leaves trail of destruction across southern china with 12 people killed. the french legend will get his star on hollywood's famous walk --fame at a very young age 93. first our top story live from paris. and has promised he will reach peace in the middle east and what he has called the ultimate deal. his son-in-law jared kushner is meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders today. there is little optimism the visit will restart the long stalled peace process. let's go to jerusalem. what is the likelihood ja

years after her death. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you, i'm frances rivera. another threat emerges, a major chemical plant near houston has exploded according to the plant's owner, arkema, local officials reported two explosions and smoke coming from the site hours ago. nbc's julia bagg is in houston near the chemical plant. what's the latest from there? >> this morning we know about the two explosions and i saw the plume of smoke myself coming up from the plant earlier this morning. now firefighters have pushed us back to where we are, where it's apparently safe, they've blocked off this road between houston going northeast to beaumont. what happened here at the plant is that hurricane harvey dumped so much water it flooded the generators, they lost power, that means the refrigeration system failed. and then the chemicals that they use here got too hot and that's what put this place at risk for explosions and potentially a fire as well. people who live in this area, within a mile and a half, they've been evacuated for days. we also know that ten deputies a

end of the year. france's image. bruno lemaire speaks to bloomberg says his nation is determined to come out on top. >> we will win the race because we are taking the right decisions and we are standing firm. market gettingnd it wrong when it comes to inflation? let's have a look at what is happening to european equities 30 minutes away. it is mixed today, some up, some down. -- bondorex front, commodities and cbs is your final three columns. factoring -- manufacturing and construction causing a temporary blip. this chart very clearly shows, industrial.s gdp is strong orders pointing to a pickup in manufacturing. it is unlikely a turning point for the german economy. business confidence is at a high. lagging domestically behind france, spain, and italy for the first time in 12 years. -- i thought we would track the cac 40 against the stoxx 600. the blue line is the cac, the white is the stoxx. here is where we knew the results of the first round of the presidential election. that was the high of the cac 40 this year. macron emerged the winner. that was the highest back then since 20