i have miriam from iran, i have a lady from poland, a gentleman from india, another from kosovo. how worried are you? i am a bit worried. i was looking forward to hillary winning and being the first woman president. (tm and being the first woman president. you have been talking about immigration all night. is this why you are worried? he is a threat to the presence of future immigrants in the country. that is a real trend. we have seen what he has expressed about immigrants, which doesn't help us. but you're in this country legally. why would you be worried? am extremely worried, because he stands against everything we believe stands against everything we believe in and why we are here in the first it has always been about a country that accepts everybody, all nations, and now we have potentially ej nations, and now we have potentially a president that is against everything we believe in. miriam, is that what you feel? absolutely. i am a generation iranian american, and coming here was filled with opportunity. 1 coming here was filled with opportunity. i was able to get my degree

emphasize britain's historic links to poland. has: they u.k. secretary accused mark carney of trying to stall the brexit process after the sunday times reported that carney had held private meetings for the executive to gain support for a plan to let british companies remain in the eu single market for at least two years after brexit. yousef: such arrangements won't be needed after what he calls the "bureaucratic web" of the singles market. david owen is still with us. carney ishink mark stating the obvious, and i mean, basically, we go through the process of article 50 and that is all about -- london, for of financing, for german companies for example using london for financing, what they were doing that in germany. we all know this. it is stating the obvious. we don't want to face a cliff. yousef: how much appetite is there going to be for a transition on the european side? david: absolutely. if you can't get financing in london -- anna: new yorker somewhere else. david: you have one of these. -- if everything fell off a cliff, then a lot of

is poland's strategic partner. mark: resident duda said he was reassured by mr. trump, whose campaign rhetoric raised questions about his commitment to the military alliance. the final rush of public opinion polls in italy reveals voters are leaning toward rejecting constitutional reforms. four surveys showed the no camp in the lead. prime minister matteo renzi has promised to resign if voters reject the reforms which he says would streamline government decisions. german chancellor angela merkel may provide more details this weekend about whether she will seek a fourth term. chancellor merkel will hold a conference in berlin. the parties congress is in early december. cleveland school district will replace hundreds of drinking fountains, outdoor spigot, and other water fixtures after high lead levels were found in the water at 60 buildings. nationwide testing found that 9% of drinking water sources in school buildings in the u.s. exceeded standards set by the environmental protection agency. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and ana

poland is important to the british economy. to say everyone would suffer if we are too harsh on britain. haven't got time to ask you out who is the big philip in town. you'll have to read his article. the european closes next. you are watching bloomberg. ♪ mark: it is a 11 a.m. in new york and midnight in hong kong. 30 minutes left in the trading day in europe. vonnie: this is the european close on bloomberg markets. mark: we are going to take you from washington to paris and cover stories out of germany and the u.k. and next hour. here's what we are watching. jeremy corbyn speaks to bloomberg. stay tuned for his take on government support for business, brexit, and president-elect donald trump. vonnie: then the latest in european politics. the former french minister posting a surprise first place finish in the surprise -- in the primary. in germany, angela merkel confirms she would indeed seek a fourth term. brazil bonds could sidestep the recession to post some of the world's biggest gains

poland -- anna: this is pre-u.s. election. >> it is. poland optimism is high, sweden, norway. almost around the periphery, if that's a polite word. in terms of where sentiment is, there is sentiment in italy -- yousef: just ahead of the elections. >> exactly. and the u.k. is the outlier on every measure. yousef: perhaps turkey is one of the laggards? >> turkey is a laggard, yeah, with the coup attempt. you seem to have the highest level of optimism outside core europe, the big countries. there has also been a rise in spain and ireland, economies that have moved from recession to strong growth. it has been a strong upsurge in sentiment. anna: how big an outlier is the u.k.? we have a focus on capital expenditure and hiring in the survey. how far behind the rest of europe are british companies falling? >> pretty much at the bottom of the universe of 17 countries. i was staggered by the u.k. results. we have done two surveys since the referendum. thethe first sentiment fell offa cliff. the second one, for months on from the referendum, there was little recovery. although the econ

the white line is brazilian stocks, poland, and then the purple line india. these are what they say you should buy. it in in hunt hedged -- unhedged baskets. and they will buy out of them if it is above 10%. that is trade exposure. and that is how it will be. scarlet: it goes back to inflation. in a stronger dollar. commodity stability. we will be keeping an eye on these and how they play out over the year. with hedgetensions funds. and looking at kentucky and their portfolio, why they are taking a stand against high fees and low returns. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: time now for first word news. president-elect donald trump all meet saturday with people who will be interviewing for jobs or offering him counsel. this morning, a spokesman gave reporters an update. >> one of the thing that's important to point out is these meetings the president-elect is holding initial thing that -- he is meeting with the best and brightest, the most qualified people. also to give advice and counsel how to besties on put together a team and enact a successful agenda. invitees

if you look of the rise of populist movement in poland and , and inand austria germany. and in france and the brexit vote. it is also important to understand that we have dissatisfaction coming from the left. if you look at spain and jeremy preaches witht he labor in the u.k.. there is dissatisfaction from politicalof the spectrum and mainstream politician, this is a lesson, a brexit and this election, ignore those concerns at their parol. do you get called back? john: first of all, i represent the united states of america, i was appointed by president obama and fully intend to serve through the remainder of his term. of theforget that 70% ambassadors are career foreign service folks, only 30% of us are noncareer ambassadors. when a new administration comes in, there are a lot of models how you view with it, sometimes an administration will look of his situation and ask for someone to stay longer and other times they will flat out asked for a particularly for the noncareer ambassadors, a resignation effective january 20. in terms of what happens to the , weent set of amb

there is a rise of populist parties to the taken over poland and hungary. elected ineatening france, germany, and the netherlands coming up. and of course, there is putin, who divided europe 25 years after the cold war ended. the multiplicity of crises, this is the most important, tenant to the added state -- continental to the united states. david: also, brexit challenging the existence of the european union. united states president point of view, what can they do to affect of those european issues? that we are aink global country. our next president has got to pay attention to all parts of the world. the issuer we can be most active is helping to contain vladimir putin. following the annexation of crimea in the division of ukraine and his earlier invasion of georgia in 2008, putin is trying to we divide the european continent to the south and west of the russian federation. nato is going to be moving under u.s. leadership, battalions of troops into estonia, and our three baltic allies and poland. firming up that position and rebuilding u.s. military capac

other markets like poland and romania where we are also investing, where we do see strong growth potential as well. there are number of markets outside germany where our digital model and growth, economies are growing. potential toy of succeed in go further. what can that rise to going forward? year we grew 20 plus percent in profitability and exceeded one billion. we are not talkingmall numbers. we are talking very significant branches. probably the second biggest franchise we have. with a strong commercial momentum. onbranches, totally based the digital platform. we think that is the future. i confident about the ability to continue to develop that franchise. manus: there is a shift in these yield curves, shift in the bond market. do you buy into it or do you think it is a five by night moment in the bond markets? small uptick, that is good. would not claim victory yet. we are looking at a sustained low rate, we're planning on sustained lower rates after 2020. we set ourselves up to be able to grow earnings per share in a low rate environment. we believe we can do that by virtue of the c

we have more from our exclusive interview with the president of poland. plus, knocked out at the first hurdle. nicolas sarkozy is out of the residential race, but what do the remaining candidates mean for political risk in france? matt: welcome back to bloomberg. we are taking you to the european open. looking at a shot of new york city as it went up out there. here in berlin and over in london, we have nejra cehic, matt miller. the markets in full swing. we are looking at green arrows across the board for european stocks, at least as far as the national indexes are concerned. the ftse of 0.25%. the dax and the cac both up of about 0.1%. energy and mining stocks lead the way. just a littledown bit, but the national indexes gaining across the board. measure? bit of subdued trade on the stoxx 600. i am looking at how some the industry groups are performing using the gr function on the bloomberg. we are seeing commodity producers leading the games, up 1.4%. all metals on the london metal exchange rallying today, resuming those games. commodity producers a bi

is poland's strategic partner. mark: well they did not specifically discuss guarantees for eastern europe, he said he was reassured by mr. trump whose comments during the campaign raised questions about his commitment to the military alliance. former french president nicolas sarkozy is heading to a presidential primary as a front runner. he will likely face national front leader in the two-way presidential runoff next may. he is attempting an unprecedented comeback after being defeated by incumbent francois hollande in 2012. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. we're going to check quickly on u.s. majors as we head towards the halfway point in the u.s. session. the dow is down by about two tens of 1%. the s&p 500 down a quarter. as is the nasdaq, one quarter 1%. most sectors are lower today but modestly. let's get more details from abigail doolittle. abigail: we may have major averages down

there are some countries in europe, from poland to the baltic countries, that are extremely worried because they got the perception sometimes that the president-elect of the united states was closer to moscow then to the commitments taken inside nato. important it will be to reassure the -- to reaffirm those commitments. commitments are not necessarily against russia. on the contrary, i believe we should keep dialogue with russia. but it is critically important for nato members and for the world to know that stability will prevail, and that the big alliance that has been led by the united states of america is not at risk. manus: brexit is the other huge issue at play. there is posturing on both sides, was a man well. -- jose manuel. how do you perceive the british decision as they go toward invoking article 60? jose: to be honest, i think the british government has not decided exactly what strategies follow. there are doves inside the , between ae party more tough position hard brexit those-- brexiteers and that want to remain in the single market. before you have the elections in france an

they will host her opponent from poland. she prepares for brexit negotiations to start in march. she wants to hold one-on-one talks with all of the 27 eu leaders. castro hasf fidel raised questions about what president-elect donald trump will do with u.s. policy towards cuba. he did not repeat his campaign promise to reverse president obama's normalization process. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. now let's talk about what the fiscal policies mean for the u.s. economy. the north american head of economics and timothy o'brien the executive editor of bloomberg gadfly, and the uathor -- author of "trump nation" and was sued by trump. off with what we from thened president-elect. has anything is done surprise do so far? i am thinking of the tweets. this is bizarre. he will become president. he said without series photo front he would've won the popular vote. >> i think donald trump uses twitter and social media very effectively. have to assume he will use it with the republican

i think select local currency much higher yield advantages -- russia, poland, resilient -- they could certainly offer good returns. david: but then you have a lot of fx risk? carl: certainly, but you have such a high rate differential, russia is at 9%, so you could be wrong on the currency and still be ok. alix: so that brings us to the news of the day. opec and the rally in oil. how do you play this? carl: it is a game changer to to come together. the supply-demand in balance in the world -- oil was very small and the number i saw this morning is about that so we are now more in balance. we are bullish on energy bonds, particularly low-cost producers and the more conservative balance sheets. oilidn't buy them on jumping today but it is the icing on the cake. david: are you worried about stagflation? that weat all concerned will get inflation going up but the money won't be spent in a way that we will have actual growth? a lowi would say that is probability event. it isn't one we consider to be very probable. it is certainly a tail risk. david: ok, that was carl eichstaedt. great to h

nato is going to be moving battalions of troops into estonia, latvia, lithuania, as well as to poland, firming up that position, and also rebuilding u.s. military capacity in europe, i would hope that would happen under a new president. that is the best way to contain putin and give the europeans some stability so that they can deal with these other problems that you rightly say need european solutions. david: still with us is ambassador burns, now professor burns. we now know the next president is going to be. what advice do you have for him about what he should do with respect to russia. nicholas: i think donald trump needs to rethink and recalibrate what he said about russia on the campaign trail. trump is going to be at least experienced president in american history. him thata team around can help the europeans to hold the line against putin in ukraine and the baltic states. this is an existential crisis. putin has been taking territory over the last eight years. he has his eyes on the baltic states and we need to firm up nato's military position. you can't disregard putin becaus

look at poland. the european perspective it has. we have an interest in seeing the relationship being a good one. we have a lot of historical tides. this must not keep us from where ever we feel there are great differences of opinion. but again, with political means work fors trying to settlements. this is what i will continue. i the question on whether will put of the candidacy, i will do so at the appropriate time and not today. chancellor merkel: our country is divided. an american president who did so many things erased so much hope all over the world. do you think you have to put too much of a strain, too much demand on the americans and to what extent do you think your success may be affecting the rest of the world, the security? there are nuclear weapons in germany. willie you want to be now, madam chancellor, to see the new administration tried to make a europe and germany less dependent on the united states? are you afraid of this wave of popular -- populism hitting the germany? you are morema, sober when you describe your

>>> kingfisher has pooftd 1.8% rise in third quarter sales boosted by strong demand in britain and poland. europe's largest home improvement retailer says it remains confident it can deliver on its ambitious growth plan. >>> american bank citigroup has joined jpmorgan at the top of the g-20 systematically important banks. the 30 lenders are required to hold extra capital corresponding to the level of risk they represent to global markets should they collapse. citi and bank of america and wells fargo had their capital bumpers increased by several billion dollars while hbsc and morgan stanley were deemed less risky. there's a very, very simple reason as to why some banks were increased. it's the dollar strength. >> should have known. at the same time speaking of dollar strength, euro weakness ecb has added citibank's irish arm to its supervision list. the holding company has around 46 billion euros in assets and houses the u.s. lenders, european retail banking operation. >> ecb president mario draghi warned about reading too much in european markets reaction to donald trump's election victo

in 2003, we were in poland. we came across a small shop

look at poland and the european perspective. we have an interest and a lot of historical ties, of course, a history that we share. this mustn't keep us but with political means and this is what i'm going to continue to work on with all my heart. i will do this at the appropriate time and this is not today. >> translator: your country is divided. you as the first african-american president who did so many things so differently who raised so much hope all over the world, do you think that you have perhaps in a way put too much of a strain, maybe too much demands on the americans? and to what extent do you think may well be a threat to the rest of the world, to the security and will you want to be now, madam chancellor you try to make europe less dependent and this wave of populism hitting europe as well and the outstanding politician, you are more sober than when you describe your partner. how difficult is it to take leave of your partner? >> my guiding principal as president has been to try to do the right thing. even when it's n

with putin or pull us out of an arrangement with our allies or put a question mark of countries like poland and japan and korea. these are the kinds of things that lead to volatility and that worry investors. >> i want both of you on the record. tony, listen, would you trade -- we were talking about vote trading. what is the purpose of the whole thing as far as you see it in. >> here is the trick. if you want like gary johnson talking about the 5%. if you are a libertarian in a battle ground state you might not want to vote for gary johnson because you are afraid that they will make it more likely that donald trump will win the state. you trade with someone in a safe state to vote for gary johnson for you. >> do you think this is -- >> drain the swamp because this is so corrosive to american democracy. the founding fathers are rolling over in their graves right now. >> that is the ideal. >> thank you so much. >> kelly, before you go to break i want to tell you something. modesty doesn't become a television reporter. when you tell people about what is happening election night you are not say

i know for instance in poland the situation is close to panic. >> and, gary, we appreciate you join us. wish we had more time. the book is "winter is coming." please come back. >> thanks very much. >> gary kasparov on the latest between u.s. and russia. no drug has eli lilly, more on latest advancements, next. >>> and the second season at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnbc. ♪ guyhey nicole, happening here? this is my new alert system for whenever anything happens in the market. kid's a natural. but thinkorswim already lets you create custom alerts for all the things that are important to you. shhh. alerts on anything at all? not only that, you can act on that opportunity with just one tap right from the alert. wow, i guess we don't need the kid anymore. custom alerts on thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade. >>> welcome back. eli lily making a bill bit on its alzheimer's drug. meg tirrell sat down with the incoming ceo to discuss the potential game-changing treatment. meg? >> kelly, that's right. incoming eli lilly ceo, dave ricks, a huge new chapter for the company, depending on the

for us we have factories in italy and poland and turkey and scotland and the united states. and so, you know, i think the idea of sort of disruptive trade policy and tariffs to bring things back to the united states can be difficult. for us we bought the second oldest shirt maker in the united states last year. we are making sure it's in the u.s., but it's a smaller portion of what we do. it's very high end. >> what percentage and what's the difference in terms of the cost? >> it's about 2% of what we do. >> sales. >> yeah. we do that in the united states. small factory in richmond, virginia. majority of what we do is ready to wear. o go online, get a nice shirt. that would be $145. in virginia it starts about $300. you work with a master pattern maker. >> how much of that difference is the spoke part which is more expensive to have a shirt made for you? >> the made in the u.s. is going to be premium. labor cost. and then just the customization there. i would say you are going to get a significant bump in terms of labor cost. >> give us three things that donald trump can do

deals with poland, with the eastern block and with russia, the early challenges for the foreign policy of the president elect ronald reagan. >> reagan spent much of his career blasting the soviet union, attacking any republican or democrat who said we can negotiate. he had been the leading opponent of the detente, the policy of trying ease relations with the soviets. what he disliked about detente, they were hitting the negotiating team as equals. reagan thought there are two super powers, but we have moral superiority because democracy is inherently good and sovietism is inherently bad. >> the only morality they recognize is what will further their cause, meaning they reserve under themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. i think when you do business with them, even at a detente, you keep that in mind. >> and everybody was like oh, this cowboy is shooting from the hip, actor, doesn't he understand that's not diplomatic. boy did he get the soviets' attention, but there was tush tushing about whether this was appropriate for the president to say. >> ronald reagan had

russia has a much larger army than poland. they could cross that border very easily. what deters them is the expense the west will be united and the sechbls unity and the steadfastness has traditionally come from the president of the united states. it is very interesting to see how merkel responded. the chancellor of germany. she said this is great as long as it is about shared democratic, liberal democratic values. what she was saying, if you're going to be the leader of a free liberal democratic world, we're delighted to be partners. but that's the criteria. >> there has to be consternation, there is breks it. for a lot of them, it is not a popular thing. you're seeing the rise of the right in france as well stoex notion of this quest for change is not something stopped after brexit and donald trump. >> this reaction to migration, which is at the heart of it, could kind of unravel the entire western project as it. were after world war ii, the united states helped to build this very stable order in the western world that has produced peace and prosperity. people forg

someone told me poland lost its independence twice and were wiped off the map. for us our security is guaranteed by the words of the american president. that deters russia. they could cross the border easily. what deters them in the sense the west will be united an the sense of unity and steadfastness has traditionally come from the president of the united states. it's interesting to see how merkel responded, the chancellor of germany to the election. she said, you know, this is great, as long as it is about shared democratic, you know, liberal democratic values. she was saying if you are going to be the leader of a free democratic world, we are delighted to be partners but that's the criteria. >> there has to be consternation, there is brexit and donald trump. and for merkel she's admitted as many as a million migrants in to the country in a lot of realms in germany that is not popular. you are seeing the rise of the right in france, as well. the notion the quest for change is not something that has stopped after brexit and donald trump. >> and this reaction to

britain does, poland does. that message will be listened to. this country has a very heavy debt. the people of greece will listen to president obama about debt relief. they hope that president-elect trump -- >> and there goes nic's signal. >> i would say we appeared to have lost the feed. >> nic is always such a pro. i'm sure he was wrapping up. >> the president's got a strange job to do. the president has to sell president-elect trump to the world right now. it's clear this is not something that president obama foresaw or wanted to do. now this current president who is really doing back flips right now to smooth this transition and create confidence domestically and internationally goes overseas to tell america's allies and nato allies that trump will be here for them. >>> later this morning, vice president-elect mike pence is talking cabinet positions with donald trump. up for talks today, education and commerce and state. these picks could come anytime. including today. the meeting comes among what one insider called a knife fight over key an pointmenppointmeapp. the sharp pit

what we did at other parts of the world at different times, what we did in the czech republic and in poland and in the former soviet union, which is to help the human rights activists, independent journalists, many which i have personally met and told me that since president obama's engagement of nearly two years ago, life in cuba for them has gotten worse. they had seen more arrests, more beatings, more jailings. and they see money flowing to the castro regime, but not going to the cuban people. and so i would hope that we would be recalibrating our policy to engage human rights activists, independent journalists inside of cuba so that they can push for the type of freedoms that we enjoy and just gave thanksgiving for yesterday here in the united states. >> so can you kind of paint the picture of what you envision if you want to see people of course enjoying more freedoms in cuba, do you believe the u.s. can help facilitate that by continuing a momentum that has been set particularly by the obama administration in terms of talks lifting embargoes, how do you see the u.s. engaging in what y

poland's former foreign minister explains, america's influence and its commitments have been our security blanket. they have allowed europe's national rivalries to stay dormant. if you take away those guarantees, europe could get very unstable. and remember, the european union is the world's biggest market and america's largest trading partner. for the united states globalism has provided enormous advantages, with 5% of the world's population the u.s. dominates the global economy from technology to education to finance to clean energy. millions and millions of high paying american jobs are dependent on trade and foreign investment and that number is growing fast. america maintains the world's reserve currency, giving it a huge economic advantage. the benefits of growth in globalization have not been shared equally and the pace of change causes cultural anxiety everywhere. but these are reasons to invest in people. upgrade their skills and better integrate communities. they are not reasons to destroy the most peaceful and productive international system ever devised in human history. for m

with russia and ukraine is in a fight for its life right now as are some other european allies, pols poland, some of the baltics. they want to stop russian expansionism and i tell you like many other presidents i'm sure that mr. trump wants to reset the conditions with russia, but you have to go about this very carefully. when he talked to russia the other day, when he talked to mr. putin on the phone, the reaction after that conversation in syria was multiple bombings of aleppo, and a greater intensity by the russian government against that nation. >> general flynn is not shy about using the phrase. he uses radical islamist terrorism and said law is spreading here in the u.s. and he once tweeted this the fear of muslims is rational, and he re-tweeted something about jews that he later apologized for. what do you think that this pick would mean for u.s. relationships with the muslim world? >> well, i think that we've got a problem right from the start. you know, it just exacerbates the problem that many people perceive trump has with the muslim world and maybe they have with mr. trump. this

a german, from a european perspective, i can only say again russia is our neighbor and just look at poland and the sort of european perspective this has. so we have an interest in seeing this relationship be a good one. we have a lot of historical ties of course, a history that we share. but this mustn't keep us from wherever we feel there are very grave differences of opinion to raise them with them. but again with political means. and always trying to work for political settlements. this is what i'm going to continue to work on with all my heart. so on the question whether i will put up a candidacy, i will do this at the appropriate time and this is not today. >> translator: -- press agency, mr. president, your country is devied. you as first black president, first african-american president, did so many things differently, raised so much hope around the world, do you think perhaps in a way put too much of a strain, too much demands on americans? and to what extent do you think your successor may well be a threat to the rest of the world, to the security, because there are, after all, nu

it divides europe, the eastern european countries like poland and of course ukraine will be terrified. there will be other countries in western europe that will think, well, maybe we can start doing business with russia. so the whole structure of the atlantic alliance begins to fray. that is one of the things putin has very openly been trying to do. >> we know that, you know, first question, listening to you talk about putin and russia, president obama, who -- just a reminder to everyone, president-elect trump will be meeting with at the white house tomorrow. president obama has constantly been saying to world leaders that this man doesn't have the temperament to be president. he has dismissed trump over and over again. how could that constant criticism, you know, hurt, sway thoughts of world leaders, who we have to do business with? >> oh, i think they had pretty -- their thoughts about this were pretty well established. look, the pew foundation did an opinion poll, i think about a year and a half ago, 15 countries around the world, asking who would they prefer, what were their favor

what i heard in places like poland and ukraine is eastern europe is going to be sacrificed at the altar of a kind of putin/trump bromance. >> well, some feel that way. of course, hungary's president actually is an admirer of putin and you have people like nigel farage who was jut taking a selfie with trump just blocks from here, a big supporter of putin, et cetera. i think the obama administration failed on russia and this is a place where trump can turn it around. that relationship is going to be better. it was of course the republicans that said they were going to trip out under trump support for arming ukraine with their platform, despite the fact that most of the republicans wanted to keep it there. it was trump that said that ukraine is basically russian anyway. that russians don't have anyone in southeast ukraine. trump hates the idea of the u.s. exceptionalism, that's really music to putin's ears so they're going to work much more closely together and i expect that u.s. sanctions under trump against russia are going to diminish. but there's no question that will make other countr

troops now heading to poland in the next few months. they're going to be placed in a town that is only a few miles away from where russia might attack nato at some point if it does so. and the british are sending about 800 troops over to estonia. many people believe right now we're already in the middle of a full-fledged cold war with vladimir putin. >> brian todd reporting for us. brian, thanks very much. jim sciutto, what are you hearing about the fbi's look into ties between the trump campaign, some senior advisers there, former advisers, and russia? >> there have been at least some ongoing, no fewer than three investigations of ties of people close to donald trump to russian interests. paul m paul manafort, his ties to a pro-russian leader in the ukraine. carter page, a former policy adviser. but also roger stone. no evidence of criminal activity found yet. and bigger picture, no evidence of coordination or certainly criminal ties between donald trump himself and russia or russian interests. on the flip side, though, when you do tal

look at poland. the poster child for democracy in europe over the last 25 years, where a new party in power has subordinated the judiciary courts and media to its authority. look at russia, where the democratic tradition so promising in the 1990s has almost vanished. look at turkey, where a once reformist leader has decided to accumulate power and erode traditions of freedom and democracy that were rare in the middle east. it doesn't feel like it could happen in america, the oldest constitutional democracy in the world, with many checks and balances. but in fact, it takes one man, one party, one vote to break long-standing traditions of constitutionalism, and the system can morph. we now face the prospect of a candidate refusing to accept the outcome of the election. of mobs protesting and perhaps hoping to change that outcome because they have been fed lies about voter fraud, of congress refusing to legitmo mimize the election by threatening investigations, inquiries, impeachment. these poisonous al

look at poland. the poster child for democracy over the last 25 years with a new party in power, look at russia, where the democratic tradition so promising in the 1990s has almost vanished. look at turkey, where a once reformist leader decided to accumulate power and erode traditions of freedom and democracy that were rare in the middle east. it doesn't feel like it could happen in america, the oldest constitutional democracy in the world with many checks and balances but in fact it takes one man, one party, one vote to break longstanding traditions of constitutionalism and the system can morph. we face the prospects of a candidate refusing to accept the outcome of the election of mobs protesting and hoping to change that outcome because they've been fed lies about voter fraud. of congress refusing to legitimize the election by threatening investigations and inquires and impeachment. these poisonous attitudes affect the impartial institutions of law and justice such as the fbi. these might seem like

what i heard in places like poland and ukraine is eastern europe is going to be sacrificed at the altar of a kind of putin/trump bromance. >> some people that way. of course hungary's president actually is an admirer of putin and you have people like niej l farage taking a selfie. i think the obama administration failed on russia and this is a place where trump can turn it around. it was the republicans that said they were going to strip out under trump support for arming ukraine. despite the fact that most wanted to keep it there. it was trump that said the russians don't have anyone in southeast ukraine, trump hates the idea of the u.s. exceptionalism, that's really music to putin's ears so they're going to work much more closely together and i expect that u.s. sanctions under trump against russia are going to diminish but there's no question that will make other countries uneasy because it's the idea of shared values that brought the europeans and americans so close together and that's what trump will throw away. he views alliances as much more transactional, the way he views his bus

we're talking poland, ukraine especially, some of the baltic countries. those are critically important. you mix that with mr. trump's former statements about what he's going to do with nato, not looking for the return on the investment of what we do there but basically just a money down line. that's very disconcerting. and nato does a lot of things. counter piracy, cyber warfare, intelligence sharing. all of those things are important. >> phil mudd, what are you hearing from the brothers and sisters in the intelligence community, donald trump had been outwardly negative towards the status of intelligence gathering in the united states during the campaign, does that matter to them or are they just about the job? >> i would say both, chris. most of them are just about the job. you're trained to go in the office and say whoever the american people elect, we support them. that said, in the coming weeks there will be some critical points that they focus on, namely what is the interaction with intelligence officials and president-elect trump or president-elect

and i got more people living inside me an poland. >> trevor: welcome desus nice and the kid mero! ( cheers and applause ) all right! welcome to the show, gentlemen. >> thank you for having us. very large tv studio. >> trevor: you guys don't have this? >> i mean, we've got some stuff on this. >> nothing like this. >> trevor: do you have an audience? >> no. >> because that's like metal detectors and security. our budget is not that high. >> trevor: why are you worried? the first thing you go to, metal detectors? >> we're from the bronx. they're essential in the bronx. >> trevor: you're from south africa -- >> you're from south africa, very similar. >> trevor: not exactly. they both carry guns, though. you came from the bronx. i've loved following your story. i first came across you on twitter, then listened to fahd wast, you have a cult following that has grown with you. and what i love is how people describe the two of you -- fresh, unapologetic. >> raw. >> urban, in your face, graphic! >> trevor: are they just trying to say black? >> they are! ( laughter ) >> you can say urban. >>

sanders: and furthermore, what we understand -- you know, my dad came from poland, and if we went around this room, you'll find people from 100 more countries all over the world. what we understand is our strength, our uniqueness is our diversity. we should be proud of it. [cheers] sen. sanders: we should be proud of it and we are not going to allow trump or anyone else to divide us up. we've got a lot of work to do as americans. in the next five days, we've got to do everything that we can to elect secretary clinton and on the day after the election, we're going to go back to work to make this country what we know it can become. thank you all. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: and now, it is my very great honor and privilege to introduce you to the next president of the united states, hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] [chanting "hillary"] mrs. clinton: thank you. wow. thank you all. i've got to say, -- thank you. thank you. i've got to say, after hearing from these two extraordinary men, i feel all fired up and ready to go for the next five days. [cheers and applause] mrs. clinto

when barack obama and hillary clinton came into office, they gave away the nuclear defense of poland and the czech republic to reset the relationship with russia. i was on a panel, much like this, about six months ago with secretary gates who was the defense secretary. i said something to him that has always troubled me. i said to him, when do we get a return for that? and he said, the spanish word, nada. he was opposed to it. now, that is a stupid negotiation. i don't know if we ever should have given away the nuclear defense of poland and the czech republic to start with. but if we were going to do it, we had to get something in return for it. donald trump will probably go to congress and he will go to the world with an agenda that is a little beyond what he needs so he has room to negotiate. just like everyone of you do in business. you don't put your house up for sale if it is a $2 million house and you want to million dollars for it, at $2 million. you put it up at $2.5 million or $2.6 million. you understand business, if you understand how to negotiate, if you understand how to

it is surprising that at a very successful nato summit in warsaw, poland, president obama had to raise bilaterally very uncomfortable questions about colons constitutional court -- about poland's constitutional court and its internal democracy and health. those are the issues that are so tough for an alliance. it's going to mean that the alliance cannot be as strong as possible. i will close on a note that goes back to the public knowledge and public support. nato is not the most popular. -- the most popular in many nato countries. what i find in the u.s., we talk about the united states and nato. no, it is always a we. we are nato. the u.s. air man, soldier, sailor, marine is a nato soldier, sailor, marine. we have to start talking about this as it gets inside that lives inside of us. what i found so interesting in public support -- i was involved at the state department during the 2002-2004 nato enlargement, when we brought in seven countries in central and eastern europe. we went across the country. -- across the country explaining why that was important to build support. we need to

when barack obama and hillary clinton came into office, they give away the nuclear defense of poland and the czech republic to reset the relationship with russia. i was on a panel, much like this, about six months ago with secretary gates, who was the defense secretary. i said something to him that has always troubled me. i said to him, when do we get a return for that? and he said, the spanish word, nada. he was opposed to it. now, that is a stupid negotiation. i don't know if we ever should have given away the nuclear defense of poland and the czech republic to start with. but if we were going to do it, we should have gotten something in return for it. donald trump will probably go to congress, and he will go to the world, with an agenda that is a little beyond what he needs, so he has room to negotiate. just like everyone of you do in business. you don't put your house up for sale if it is a $2 million house and you want to million dollars for it. -- and you want to million million for it. or put it up at $2.5 million $2.6 million. if you have no experience in doing that, you do s

when barack obama and hillary clinton came into office, they gave away the nuclear defense of poland and the cejka republic. to reset the relationship with russia. and i was on a panel much like this about six months ago which secretary gates, who was the defense secretary, and i said to him something that's always troubled me. i said to him, what did we get in return for that? and he said the spanish word, nada. he was opposed to it. now, that is a stupid negotiation. i don't know if we ever should have given away the nuclear defense of those countries to start with. if we were going to do it, we had to get something in return for it. so donald trump will probably go to congress, and he'll go to the world, with an agenda that's a little bit beyond what he needs so he has room to negotiate. just like every one of you do in business. you don't put your house up for sale if it's a $2 million house and you want $2 million for it, at $2 million. you put it up at $2.5 million. or $2.6 million. and then you ebleds up at $2 million. if you understand business, if you understand how to negot

, who talked about -- he was a historian -- he talked about the famous battle between lithuania and poland. he could read english, german, lithuanian, and polish. he printed out before he met me all the articles about this battle and read them all. he said, "basically, what i see is that, well, lithuanian versions tell the lithuanian version of the story. the poles are telling the polish version. the germans aren't even telling it. english actually told both sides of the story and actually explains why there was a historical conflict about the sources and what other people believe." i said, "it does not surprise me." if i ask people who are born in the u.s. or any english speaking country who invented the airplane, like, that is the simplest second-grade answer. the wright brothers invented the airplane. we all know that. apparently, if you ask french people the same question, you get a different answer. [laughter] mr. wales: it is not because there is any genuine jihad missed conflict between the americans and the french over who invented the airplane, people just know of things that they

it is surprising that at a very successful nato summit in warsaw, poland, president obama had to raise bilaterally very uncomfortable questions about poland's constitutional court and its internal democracy and health. those are the issues that are so tough for an alliance. it's going to mean that the alliance cannot be as strong as possible. i will close on a note that goes back to the public knowledge and public support. nato is not the most popular in many nato countries. what i find in the u.s., we talk about the united states and nato. no, it is always a we. we are nato. the u.s. airman, soldier, sailor, marine is a nato soldier, sailor, marine. we have to start talking about this as it lives inside of us. what i found so interesting in public support -- i was involved at the state department during the 2002-2004 nato enlargement, when we brought in seven countries in central and eastern europe. we went across the country explaining why that was important, to build support. we need to do that everyday, not just build up for when an important ratification happens. we have to start