switzerland may not be in the e.u. but it could still be facing its own version of brecht's it the swiss people's party has received permission to collect signatures. support of a referendum to end switzerland's free movement agreement with the e.u. the move would hand back to the country full control on immigration at the moment the current policy allows a use citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and vice versa now the s.v.p. has until july next year to collect one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will be considered by the government and parliament and before being put to a vote the co-president of the youth wing of the s.v.p. is convinced the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement we are the biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen this was people's party has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure this race people will vote

for most of the year davos switzerland is a quiet town of under twelve thousand people as the highest town in europe of monks the swiss alps most of the winter is about snow and winter sports there is skiing and snowboarding and skating but the week before and the week of the world economic forum this city shifts and tremendously transforms fashion during the forum week one is as likely to see folks on sidewalks with old school wingtip shoes and briefcases as they are with people with skis boots and poles even buildings shapeshifter just days ago there's a pizzeria dance club that is transformed into what is now called crypto h.q. a local longer a shop blue lemon for this week is a temporary home to sales force but cloud computing company costs for these rentals can run in the tens even hundreds of thousands of dollars a church was even transformed further week into a money making venture as they run out the establishment even nations like argentina and ukraine have rented various buildings we've interviewed guest this week at the india house and the russia house and the local economy

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and switzerland is just a great place. great investors and you have a lot of our stock in the united states. so i have helped to make switzer lntd ev switzerland even richer and i'm very happy about that. the stock market is up almost 50%. and i will say this with convincing conviction, had the opposing party won, in my opinion, because they would have added additional regulations to already the tremendous regulations we have, i believe the markets would have been down anywhere from 25% to 50% instead of being up almost 50%. i believe we've done a great job and a lot of people are happy about it and in a littling while i'll be speaking about it. but i want to thank you for honoring us. we have tremendous respect for you. congratulations on the election. >> thank you. >> andite an honor to be here. >> thank you. >> thanks, everyone. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone. >> we are taking a listen there to see if there would be any shouted questions to the president, particularly over the allegations made last night. b

switzerland may not be in the e.u. but it could still be facing its own version of brecht's it the swiss people's party has received permission to collect signatures and support. a referendum to end switzerland's free movement agreement with the e.u. the move would hand back to the country full control on immigration at the moment the current policy allows e.u. citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and vice versa the s.v.p. has until july next year to collect one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will be considered by the government and parliament in before being put to a vote the co-president of the youth wing of the s.v.p. is convinced the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement we are the biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen this was people's party has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure this race people will vote for t

switzerland may not be part of the e.u. but it's meeting one step closer to staging its own version of breaks it is with people's party or s.v.p. has received permission to collect signatures in support of a referendum to end the country's free movement agreement with the european bloc which could see switzerland take back full control of immigration matters at the moment to open border policies that allow e.u. citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and vice versa the s.p.p. has until july next year to collect one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will be considered by the government and parliament in before being put to a vote because the president of the youth wing of the sea s.p.p. is convince the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement. we are the biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen this was people's party has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a se

switzerland money will be poets of the european union but it is moving once the closed staging its own version of we're exit the swiss people's party the s.p.p. has received permission to feel like signatures in support of a referendum to end the country's free movement agreement with the european bloc it could see switzerland by full control over the masses of immigration at the moment open border policies allow e.u. citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and violence of some of this we pay has until july next year to collect one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will you be considered by the government and the parliament in the before being put to a vote the co-president of the youth wing of the s.v.p. is convinced that the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement. we are the biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen this was people's party and has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure this race

switzerland is a great place, so many friends in switzerland, great investors, a lot of our stock in the united states so to make switzerland even richer and very happy about that, the stock market is up almost 50% and i will say this with great conviction that had the opposing party won, in my opinion, they would have added additional regulations to the tremendous regulations we have i believe the markets would have been down anywhere from 25% to 50% instead of being up almost 50%. we have done a great job and a lot of people are happy about it and did a little while i will be speaking about it but i want to thank you for honoring us. we have to be disrespectful you and congratulations on the election. and tremendous respect for your country and it is an honor to be here. jillian: donald trump talking to the president of switzerland in davos talking about meetings with world leaders last night, saying a long way to go but out in the fact that cut regulations, made tax reform, the stock market has gone up. we will see what comes of today. rob: a lot of people, this is going to come b

it is 10:31 in switzerland. the president is eager to swear to tell the truth and talk to special counsel robert mueller. the president made that commitment when he popped by john kelly's office when his staff was meeting with reporters. listen. >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> you want to? >> just so you understand, there's no collusion whatsoever. no obstruction whatsoever. i would love to do that. i would like to do it as soon as possible. here's the story. >> do you have a date set? >> i don't know. i guess they're talking about two or three weeks. i would love to do it. i would say subject to my lawyers and all of that. i would love to do it. >> that comes at a critical moment a day after cnn is foc focusing the investigation on the firing of michael flynn and james comey. the story following president trump to switzerland now. he has just landed in zurich on the way to the economic forum. he has to get on a helicopter and pop over to davos in the mountains. cnn's jeff zeleny joins us with the late

. >>> president trump will soon arrive in davos, switzerland for the world economic summit. but the focus remains squarely with the face-to-face date with robert mueller. >>> new details surrounding the kentucky school shooter and we'll hear from the parents of one of the victims. >>> the crockpot controversy surrounding the latest "this is us" episode and an appliance fire. >>> and the shot of a lifetime for one very happy young man. "early today" starts right now. >> nailed that. good morning. i'm philip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. president trump is on his way to davos, switzerland this morning where he'll be promoting his america first agenda at the world economic forum. the president says his goal is to get people to invest in the united states, tweeting before his departure, "our economy is now booming. our country is finally winning again." mr. trump will be the first

later that was a big head nod to china remember that even before he touched down here in switzerland the president signed off on trade tariffs on solar panels on washing machines up to fifty percent some people say on some of those tariffs provoking from china and from a south korea who those trade tariffs were aimed against he said that we want a free and fair trading system perhaps the irony is though that the body the all the traits fair trade is the world trade organization in geneva which the united states president has also said that the u.s. wants out of he also made head nod again to china referring to intellectual property theft which he said washington would no longer tolerate now in a major trade deals as you know better than anybody else taking years of painstaking negotiations through the business leaders gathered in davos believe that he will actually read buddies deals or are they just moving on now without the u.s. . but of course a year ago we saw president rip up t.p. pay on the sidelines of the world economic forum we have heard from white house officials that he m

switzerland may not be in the e.u. but it could still be facing its own version of it the swiss people's party has received permission to collect signatures in support of a referendum to end switzerland's free movement agreement with the e.u. the move would hand back to the country full control over immigration at the moment the current policy allows e.u. citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and vice versa that the s.p.p. has until july next year to collect one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will be considered by the government and parliament before being put to a vote the co-president of the youth wing of the s.v.p. is convinced the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement we are the biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen this is people's party has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure this is people will vote for that ini

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now switzerland may not be in the e.u. but it could still be facing its own version of briggs it goes with people's party has received permission to collect signatures in support of a referendum to end switzerland's free movement agreements with the e.u. the move would hand back to the country full control over immigration at the moment the current policy allows the e.u. citizens to live and work freely in switzerland and finds versa the s.v.p. has until next july to collect nearly one hundred thousand signatures if successful the proposal will be considered considered by the government and parliament in burned before being put to a vote the code president of the youth wing of the s.p.p. is convinced the public would vote in favor of stopping free movement. we are to biggest party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen there is people's party has launched that initiative against mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure thi

because party in switzerland we are the strongest party and we have made a lot of initiatives and in two thousand and fourteen there is people's party has launched that initiative to get. mass immigration so why shouldn't it work a second time and i'm sure there is people will vote for that initiative that we can stop that treaty movement to deal with the european union in two thousand and fourteen referendum there was indeed overwhelming support to cut immigration from the e.u. but in the end quotas one never imposed by parliament instead en pais agreed on a solution to give unemployed domestic workers preference over e.u. nationals seeking jobs in switzerland now with face care again believes the amount of new new arrivals is unsustainable that we have got massive problems with mass migration and we want to stop that we had a migration at the early to switzerland for it with about eight hundred thousand persons that's really a threat to our democracy way to lend always wants to remain remain independent neutral and free and then the parliament and the government of switzerland had

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we will go to switzerland shortly. president trump is eager to talk to russia special counsel robert mueller. the president unexpectedly dropped by john kelly's office when his staff was meeting with reporters. listen. >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> you want to? >> just so you understand, there's no collusion whatsoever. there's no obstruction whatsoever. i'm looking forward to it. i would love to do that and i would like to do it as soon as possible. good luck, everybody. here's the story. >> do you have a stadate set? >> i don't know. two or three weeks. whatever they want. >> it is a critical moment in the russia probe. a day after cnn confirmed the special counsel investigating the firings of james comey and michael flynn. the story following president trump to switzerland. he is on the way to the world economic forum. a helicopter flight away in the beautiful mountain setting of davos. that is where our jeff zeleny is with the latest. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, christine. the preside

-- davos, switzerland. begins friday at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. next, chancellor angela merkel. she is spoke on the rise of populism in the region. this is 35 minutes. [applause] chancellor merkel: my colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, let me say i am delighted to be back in davos. i hear that finds the in a very special place. let me remind all of us that, 1918, 100 years ago, the first world war came to an end, which is called the seminal catastrophe of the 21st century. even worse catastrophes were to follow.

to avoid paying taxes in twenty fifteen the wave of revelations swept through switzerland a new i.c. i.j. investigation named swiss leaks disclosed later on twenty thousand offshore companies being serviced by h.s.b.c. swiss division the bank was forced to pay one point nine billion dollars in compensation to u.s. authorities. switzerland's jealously guarded reputation as a country that could be relied upon to keep banking secrets was in serious jeopardy . the problem is switzerland actually got so greedy they pushed the abol up so far that they were after anybody in the world with any money dictators drug dealers terrorist financing all of this the had money in switzerland so wish and you should just call the cia in langley virginia and say did you folks have any accountants went to it and see if they answer you. twenty sixteen it was panama turn the publication of the panama papers decimated the country's second largest offshore registration company on second. experts began to talk of a capital outflow into other jurisdictions primarily the united states. panama papers you're right

to avoid paying taxes in twenty fifteen the wave of revelations swept through switzerland and why c.i. j. investigation named swiss leaks disclosed later on twenty thousand offshore companies being serviced by h.s.b.c. swiss division the bank was forced to pay one point nine billion dollars in compensation to u.s. authorities. switzerland's jealously guarded reputation as a country that could be relied upon to keep banking secrets was in serious jeopardy . the problem is switzerland actually got so greedy they pushed the album up so far that they were after anybody in the world with any money dictators drug dealers terrorist financing all of this the had money in switzerland so wish and you should just call the cia in langley virginia and say did you folks have any accounts in switzerland and see if they answer you. twenty sixteen it was panama stone the publication of the panama papers decimated the country's second largest offshore registration company. began to talk of a capital outflow into other jurisdictions primarily the united states. the panama papers you're right is just a s

train to air force one landed in zÜrich, switzerland. he is en route to davos to the president bringing his america first message to the global elite. will he get an icy reception. lauren: the trump administration making waves at davos that the u.s. dollar falling to a three-year low after treasury secretary steve in mnuchin said a weak dollar is good for business. cheryl: investors looking for comments whether of the dollar or the economy or trade. the features all pointing higher. trendier investors watching her comments out of davos. mixed bag in europe. cheryl: stocks in asia hit by the weak dollar. the nikkei down over 1%. the shanghai composite down a quarter%. "fbn:am" starts right now. lauren: 501 am in new york. good morning, everybody. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone. davos on everyone's mind today as the president makes what is an interesting appearance at the world economic forum. turn through the first u.s. president to visit since 2000. cheryl: 18 years since these arrived in davos. raking is h

switzerland, the most democratic in europe, the one place politicians fear the electorate because they can call a referendum on any of these issues. we have seen this move in switzerland and austria with big parliament will changes taking place across europe. jillian: there are 40,000 refugees in switzerland in 2016, that number changes year-to-year but my question is do you agree with this and how do you see it playing out? >> i do agree with the move. if somebody wants to get citizenship in a country, to prove they can speak the language, in the course of the last three years integrated and make friends in the community, show that they are prepaid to pay their way, if they received welfare during that period it is like paying back taxes and i think the swiss are wholly justified in doing this. >> the far left, people almost embarrassed to call themselves american in a lot of cases have this view of europe and nations like switzerland as shining examples of what america should hope to be if we can get there. these people call for open borders and socialistic policy when they see switz

rob: donald trump in switzerland to appear on the world stage, what we expect when he delivers his america first strategy to a very skeptical crowd. >> in order. >> what would you like to order? jillian: she can order things for you, play your music but now alexa is predicting who will win the super bowl. "fox and friends" first continues right now. ♪ ♪ i know i am going to be okay ♪ ♪ party in the usa ♪ yeah ♪ jillian: anyone who knows me, a huge miley cyrus fan. come on. rob: i saw you. 5:01, watching "fox and friends" first on thursday morning. jillian: might not be possible. thank you for starting the day with us. let's start with a fox news alert, breaking overnight fox news exclusively confirming the department of justice is starting to recover the missing text messages from the anti-trump fbi agent. rob: donald trump is looking forward to being interviewed by robert mueller about russian collusion. griff jenkins has new details unfolding this morning. >> reporter: the president stunned reporters with an answer whether he is willing to speak with robert mueller saying he

friday night after giving an unabashed sales pitch at the economic forum in switzerland. >> i'm here to deliver a simple message. there has never been a better time to hire to build invest and grow in the u.s.>> reporter: is america first promises has the world watching his decisions about nafta and potential restrictions on steel aluminum and chinese products.>> we support free trade. it needs to be fair. it needs to be reciprocal.>> reporter: in switzerland he made several media appearances the scene to quell controversy. theresa may condemned trump's re-tweeting of a far right british groups unverified videos about muslims. on british tv the president gave a near apology.>> racist people. i will certainly apologize if you would like me to do that.>> reporter: he met with the leader of the african union whose group criticized the president alleged expletive in describing african countries.>> people are going to say what they need to say publicly to not alienate trump in the u.s. and its power. because of strategic purposes these countries have.>> reporter: political science profess

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin could that coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take the little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in a market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cool their crypt their coin their coin their cur

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin kodak coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take the little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in a market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cars their crypt their coin their coin their currency

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin kodak coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take a little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in a market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cool their crypt their coin their coin their currency t

when he was over in switzerland he did this. and now it's part of the cycle and we wonder why. >> and it's a way to steer the news away from the good news, taxpayer did make your own adventure in this admin. you can speak about switzerland or robert mueller or anything that you want! >> anything i want? [laughter] [applause] i shouldn't! [laughter] about robert mueller, i would guess that i think it is a bigger deal than you do greg. however, again, he did not actually do it! and any good therapist will tell you that the way to happiness is you are supposed to live in the present. and i think we should all try to live in the present. i think it will be really bad did actually fire him. just probably is why he did not actually do it! [laughter] [applause] do you know what is funny though? your advice about living in the present is the only way that like, i was so critical of trump. but when he was elected, i choose to live in the present. i had to stop being like, this guy is crazy or is revolting. as ed lived by his actions and

maria: welcome back live and davos, switzerland. leaders around the globe gathered for the world economic forum and we will be broadcasting throughout the week. our first hint of what we can expect from the speech of the form later this week. yesterday the tribe administration announced new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines and primarily asian manufacturers. i spoke with chairman e. o'brien moynihan about the latest round of america first policies later today. >> you know, the united states trying to make itself a bit more competitive from a tax rate for regulatory framers that had a workforce, energy, substantial energy resources. as that changes, the dynamic will reverberate a bit in the world. there is an attitude about here for the administration, free trade, fair trade, but that is a subtle but real question which is the balance treating a little bit. trendy joining me now is the chairman and ceo of ms. sonia to be shia alliance, carlos go on. good to see you. great to see you here in davos. you and i had conversatio

president donald trump has told leaders in switzerland that america is quote open for business but the u.s. won't tolerate trade practices he sees as unfair trump was delivering the closing remarks to this week's world economic forum in davos switzerland one of his key messages to the business and political elite grows in the united states spills grows for economies around the world. the anticipation was palpable politicians and high flying executives waited in line for over an hour to get inside the hall where donald trump would deliver his speech the first u.s. president to do so since bill clinton two decades ago. and eventually has plenty of pomp trump arrived on stage. he didn't mince his words. as president of the united states i will always put america first just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also but america first does not mean america alone when the united states grows so does the world in what's being viewed as a disguised reference to china he demanded a reform to trade system we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit t

why skip out on her husband's trip to switzerland? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. ♪ >>> breaking news, we got new details about the scale of the russian evacuation as it penetrates deep into the white house while president trump's lawyer tries to walk back the president's stunning declared readiness to speak under oath with the senior counsel. we have our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. we begin with our political correspondent, sarah murray, what are you learning? >> wolf, the president's lawyers looking to send the message they are cooperating with the special counsel as well as russia probes in congress, releasing an outline in the ways in which they believe they have been transparent, highlighting the fact that dozens of officials and former campaign aides made themselves available for interviews. >> the mueller investigation spread deeper into the white house than previously known with more than 20 white house staffers voluntarily talking to the special counsel, including communic

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin could that coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take the little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in a market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cool their crypt their coin their coin their cur

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin could that coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take the little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in them market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cool their crypt their coin their coin their

lauren: you have world leaders, business leaders and top posts, switzerland. stock markets globally are on fire, but there is anxiety out there and it's caused from this complacency. are we ignoring geopolitical tensions? are we ignoring politics? what's going on? >> we are hearing this from claims domestically and internationally as well. the truth is the economies are going better on a global basis. a lot of raising to say fundamentals are improving. the challenges are brown valuation and that underlines the opportunity here for stockpicking. this is a time when not every company will be treated the same way in understanding a particular business models, how they will be able to compete across the market becomes particularly important. lauren: a lot of talk about the u.s. dollar quickly. treasury secretary in the nation -- mnuchin chair and a weak dollar. future a weak u.s. dollar. >> right now that is clearly positive for american exports. you do have a weird phenomenon. that's where it goes back to the broader theme is still a lot of reason to be positive

gavin ram john, cbs news, london. >>> during president trump's time in switzerland he said he was honored by an investment announcement by apple's ceo tim cook. early this month, apple said it planned to contribute $350 billion to the u.s. economy over the next five years. apple is one of the many big american companies that are moving money from abroad back to the u.s. because of the tax cuts for corporations. >>> and fedex is committing more$3.2 billion in wage increases bonuses and pension funding. the company also plans to invest $1.5 billion to significantly expand its indianapolis hub over the next 7 years. fedex says it believes that the tax cuts will likely increase its profits in the long run. the new law cuts the federal corporate rate from 35% to 21%. >>> president trump returns to washington this evening to face a controversy. a "new york times" report claims mr. trump was considering whether to fire special counsel robert mueller. the former fbi director looking into russian interference in the 2016 election. the president criticized the report before leaving for davos saying

. >> all rightmp has arrived in switzerland ahead of the world economic forum. >> air force one touched down a short time ago. later today he will be the first sitting u.s. president to attend since bill clinton in 2,000. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with what we should expect, jan, good morning. >> reporter: white house officials are remaining tight-lipped about what the president will say at world economic forum but likely topics include tax cuts, and deregulation and many people are wondering how president trump's populous message will be received. president trump is in davos switzerland for world economic forum but shortly before take off the president held a impromptu press conference with reporters where he insisted his administration tax cuts and deregulation will make the u.s. more appealing to foreign investors. >> i'minging there to bring back a lot of money, invest a lot of money in this country. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin arrived before the president, he surprised many economist by praising a weaker u.s. dollar claiming it helps with trad

glad to have you with us from switzerland. take a listen what gary cohn said that he was going to talk about. this was from yesterday. >> the president is going to davos to speak to world leaders about investing in the united states. moving businesses to the united states. hiring american workers, changing the direction of our economy to be one of the biggest and best most efficient economies in the president has done. he's gone around the world. >> mike, that's something anybody could have assumed that he was going to do. what else do you know about what the president trying to accomplish on this trip? >> we're told the president will have a three part message. by the way, an interesting little behind the curtain from axios was the french president who helped lure the president here. we've been surprised president hasn't done more these out of box appearances. people were talking about should we go into the lions den of davos. in a call with president marrone, the president played on his ego a to be fun. the vice president al

president trump set to deliver a major speech at world economic forum in davos switzerland. lauren: one of the speeches america is open for business. >> good morning, lauren and cheryl, right now president is meeting with elaine, wrapped up a meeting with rwanda's president but the main event is the closing address at the world economic forum where president trump will talk about creating business and free nations working on shared goals as he arrived in davos, he spoke to reporters, here is what he said. >> the united states is doing fantasticically well, better than we've done in decades, stock markets are incredible. businesses are coming in to the united states, i think it's going to be a great message that people are going to like to hear it. >> the president with unapologetic message that america first and america is open for business and despite skepticism from european leaders he's gotten outpouring praise from europe's powerful ceo's, the heads of volvo, adidas, spurring investment. >> biggest investment program. [inaudible] >> i like to thank you first of all for h

we need to talk about switzerland this is a little small country and i'm going to compare it to the fact that here i mentioned at the top of the show kodak coin kodak coin is one hundred something year old company it used to produce you know film for video and for like you take a little snapshot on your vacations and you would take the little roll of kodak film to your you know the print shop and have it printed a few weeks later now their shares have soared over doubling after they announced they're going to come out with their own cryptocurrency so in a market right now it seems first mover to announce that they're a block chain or they have a crypto coin is soaring they're benefiting from it it shows that people have an appetite for investment in anything related to crypto now switzerland you and i have talked about them since two thousand and eight since the financial crisis when they were basically their currency the swiss franc is treated kind. as a commodity everybody pours into it during bad times their the value of their cool their crypt their coin their coin their currency

welcome to the business and it's day three of the world economic forum in davos switzerland all eyes are on u.s. presidents donald trump landed in switzerland today trump traveled straight on to davos where he's likely to peddle his america first policy even before his arrival he's been the talk of the town w.'s been pursuing core top with the c.e.o. of u.s. software company a technology in doubles earlier this morning to get his assessments on the administration in particular its tax policy. the new tax reforms have been very good for almost all business is very good for ca we are thirty five percent tax payer twenty one percent you can see that that's a big difference we will take that savings we get a tax reinvested into the company into r. and d. and expansion so we're very happy with the tax point there's a being more jobs that's what trump wants i think you get to see more jobs and we're going to see bigger and facilis on digital transformation from all companies and i think you're going to see when they're deciding what to do with the savings they get from the tax plan they're

fall australia, switzerland, that don't fa ll over australia, switzerland, that don't fall over when they have a flu outbreak. the point about it is not the amount of money that goes in, it is about who provides that payment. generally speaking it is when it is a universal state system that it falls over. it is about inefficiency and incompetence, not about the mad money for stop in the end people like shouting the odds on that don't like shouting the odds on that don't like people pointing it out because to them the nhs is a cult, our national origin. you can't touch it in politics in case you die. you don't want to defend it, you don't get to use it. and there you go. that attitude. homeless people should be cleared out of winter for the royal wedding, apparently the call from a local council. the royal wedding, apparently the call from a local councillj the royal wedding, apparently the call from a local council. i think it is someone who has a lid flies are treated if you time is. you think people would learn not to use social media, or indeed the comment in the way they do. the

to avoid paying taxes in twenty fifteen the wave of revelations swept through switzerland a new i.c. i.j. investigation named swiss leaks disclosed later on twenty thousand offshore companies being serviced by h.s.b.c. swiss division the bank was forced to pay one point nine billion dollars in compensation to u.s. authorities. switzerland's jealously guarded reputation as a country that could be relied upon to keep banking secrets was in serious jeopardy . the problem is switzerland actually got so greedy they pushed the album up so far that they were after anybody in the world with any money dictators drug dealers terrorist financing all of this the had money in switzerland so we should you should just call the cia in langley virginia and say did you folks have any accountants went to it and see if they answer you. twenty sixteen it was panama turn the publication of the panama papers decimated the country's second largest offshore registration company found seca. experts began to talk of a capital outflow into other jurisdictions primarily the united states. the panama papers you'r

in davos, switzerland. three hours until the president makes his speech in switzerland. we will bring it to you live if and when he does speak with russia special counsel robert mueller. expect one question. did you attempt to have me fired. we learned donald trump ordered the firing of robert mueller last june. one person familiar with the matter tells cnn the president backed off when white house president don mcgahn threatened to resign rather than carry out the order. >> the story reported by "the new york times." the president already responding to the mueller news in typical trump fashion. jeff zeleny traveling with the president. he joins us live from davos. he has that reaction. good morning to you, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. on a sunny and snowy day in dav davos, the president as you saw, continuing his meetings here. he will give a speech in three hours time about the american first business agenda. the white house still focusing, consumed, if you will, by the bo bombshell report that the president six months ago tried to order the fir

to denounce trump's visit and the entire gathering several smaller protests took place elsewhere in switzerland including geneva marty chappell involved takes a closer look at what is on the agenda at the us for. the world economic forum is well underway here in the scenic town of davos nestled in the swiss alps and the guest list is chock full of political heavyweights such as may merkel mccrone and to many surprise trump no one expected mr america first to even consider participating in a forum whose boast the globalist idea of creating a shared future in a fractured world and yet he's slotted to be the last speaker of the event and will most likely use the opportunity to soapbox about his own brand of economic nationalism and all the political elite continue to enjoy the conference and rub elbows the i.m.f. has warned that the current economic climate has caused voters to lose faith in them voters in many advanced economies have soured on political establishment doubting their ability to deliver broadly shared growth in the face of tepid real wage gains reduced labor shares in national incom