i'm hammer, jim jim emanuel mccaul is re elected president of france for a 2nd term. he's the 1st person in 20 years to achieve the feat. but the result from the 2nd round run off seems more a sigh of relief than a grand victory. micron defeated marine le pen who achieved the strongest ever result for a far right candidate. 28 percent of eligible voters didn't cast about. that's the highest abstention rate since 1969 makram promised to be a president for everyone, including those who only voted for him to keep le pen out attention now turns the legislative elections in june. both the far right and far left hope to win more seats and put pressure on microns agenda. bernard smith reports from paris ah, emanuel micron gamble that a short but intense election campaign would be enough. it was his comfortable margin of victory over marina pan, gives him a 2nd term of the lease a palace. only 2 presidents before him have managed that. in his victory speech, makram promised that his next 5 year term would be different, said the new readiness of up this new era will not be a c