Transcript for France votes in closely-watched election between Le Pen and Macron

Voters go to the polls today in France big presidential election our chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran is on the scene in Paris and carried that election is well royal by these last minute charges of hacking. Probably by Russia. It seems that way but I have to tell you George talking to voters here they're in different they're dismissing some suspicious and angry at if if this was a hack. Intended to change the outcome of this election it came too late and I think because it came. After the hack of Hillary Clinton people are very very suspicious I don't think it's gonna have that much of an impact. Let's talk about where the race stands right now the focus of any of that front and endorsed by President Obama we saw that endorsement at the end of the week when we look on the nationalist. Has as has said very nice things about president trump they've been aligned and a lot of different issues right now the crime has a huge lead we've seen surprises before. Is a giant lead right now that the London book is haven't met an odds on favorite turnout is important and so far today. Now while turnout is not as robust as it usually is in this country where. French people go to the polls it is tracking with the expectations of pollsters a higher turnout is good from a prone it is high enough right now so far. But things to look good for him is no question that he is the odds on favorite today let let's let's. Well what that would arming particularly for the United States right there Marie Le pen of course right in the nationalist wave. I as well we know if she were to win she would pull back. From NATO she would pull out from the European Union we know a lot less about what the crawl would be. Well he is very much pro European wants more European integration. And if Lecrone should win. You'll have this interesting situation where Angela Merkel in Germany. And perhaps mental not crony in France are really the leaders of that liberal free world that American presidents used to lead. But with the Donald Trump essentially backing away from free trade and from other climate agreements and things like that the the internationalist. Party in the world will be led. Probably by Germany and France you you've been covering these elections all across Europe you think this nationalist latest hit a wall. It does seem as if the chaos of the early days of the Donald Trump administration has. Cooled the nationalist populist fervor here and in other countries. McCain Cameron thanks very much.

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