Macron, Le Pen head to runoff for French presidency

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France's far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron will advance to a runoff to decide the country's next president on May 7 after they took the two top spots in the country's first round of elections on Sunday. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Malcolm Brabant joins Hari Sreenivasan from the National Front Party headquarters in Hénin-Beaumont, France.

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