00:00So Emmanuel Macron is on his way now to Djibouti for a scheduled trip.
00:04He always goes abroad to see French troops serving overseas at Christmas.
00:09But he's flying to Djibouti from Mayotte, where he was also meant to be spending a couple of days
00:14visiting communities devastated by Cyclone Tido.
00:17There's been an enormous impact on the island of the natural disaster, a major loss of life,
00:22and the president has been seeing some of the people and visiting parts of the island
00:26that have been hit by the cyclone.
00:29There was, however, footage that has been released of very angry exchanges.
00:33The president shouting, the crowds shouting back at him.
00:37They are demanding that the state do more.
00:40They didn't believe him when he said the state was prepared for the arrival of Cyclone Tido.
00:45And at one stage, he did actually swear at the crowd using an excretive that the president has had a liberty to use,
00:52but we're not at liberty to use on air.
00:55But it certainly was a very strong way of describing the situation from the president,
01:01certainly explicit language.
01:03That was a nighttime visit to one community.
01:07I should also add, though, Paul, during the day today, so earlier in the morning, Mayotte time,
01:13the president was quiet.
01:14He was visiting other communities.
01:16He was contrite.
01:18He was reserved.
01:19He was very tactile, hugging people who have been impacted by the cyclone.
01:24So it does appear that perhaps there was a word in the ear of the president overnight
01:29that his reaction to the crowds last night was certainly not becoming potentially of a man in his position.
01:37And we have seen a reaction today.
01:39If you did interpret his body language this morning, certainly, as I said, more quiet.
01:44And he was contrite.
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