the green beret had event last night and i was honored to be the mc and they have paid an enormous price that still does not get attention. they lost nine green berets in the last months alone. [laughter] martha: we will see you tomorrow, bye, everybody, have a good day. jenna: we are going to take you to berlin in a moment where we are waiting president obama and the german chancellor as well to hold a joint news conference as mr. obama stresses to european leaders that the u.s. will commit to nato. jon: germany is the main stop of the obama presidency. europe's leading economy is an important u.s. trading partner as well as key nato member and host of thousands of u.s. troops

on the ground there. as president obama tries to assure the global community about the new american political landscape an editorial in the wall street journal caught our eye in a piece called the new trump democrats, quote, even by the normal standards of post election shot it's hard not to go a gog at the skeptical of democrats trying to figure out what hit them and what to do about it. let's bring in dan, editorial page editor for the wall street journal. i'm not sure if you were able to hear nancy pelosi's news conference. technology is important and we have to build an economy that lifts up all the american people . that's something that democrats have lost the ability to do over the years. >> yeah, i think so, jon. i believe that the democrats don't even recognize the real economy out there anymore and, of course, the pretext for all of this is the postmortems at

the election and the democrats decided they have to do something to reach out to trump voters, blue-collar white workers out there in places like wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan and ohio who they lost. i mean, think about that a little bit. these are the people that voted democratic from the presidency of franklin roosevelt through bill clinton. how does the democratic party lose constituency that voted with them for nearly 80 years and i think the reason is that this generation of democrats which is basically completely focused on re distribution of the federal budget that's lost connection completely with the private economy and the way the private economy works. jon: i want to share with viewers a line with the piece that i thought was pretty pointed, you said for the democrats, america's daily life of work, profit and loss across 50 states is an alien phenomenon that sends them revenue, the way a pipeline transmits national gas.

thepipeline in the 4 trillion-dollar federal budget. some would call this re redistribution. >> i really, do, jon. all of the regulations were passed during the obama era, dodd-frank, trying to put the coal industry out of work. they have an idea that they can suppress the private sector, the money, taxation transmitted back to washington as nancy pelosi will be redistributed in a way that works for everyone. this is an ideology on the east coast and west coast. everybody in between including democrats is upset that they have taken down the garden path by the liberals and the west and

east coast and now nancy pelosi is facing a challenge for her leadership from two ohio democrats, marcy and representative tim ryan who said has been too long, democratic party has been flying over our region and it is a hilarious to me, jon, that the press is now out there trying to rediscover the trump voters as if they are the biggest archaeological dig. uphill for democrats to reconnect the way people live their lives and work out there in the economy. jon: great column. daniel, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: in the meantime president elect trump holding high-profile meeting todays. on the guest list today eight potential cabinet picks including retired four star general jack keane, a frequent guest of our program as you likely known and south carolina

governor nikki haley. doug is watching the door for us, doug. >> interesting sign that is the transition team is taking on a greater process of regular order, a little bit chaotic. we got off a conference call with the rnc, conference calls a daily event even on the weekends. the guests who visited donald trump yesterday including mike flynn, general mic flynn, mike pompio, iva and many others. a list of the guests that trump will be meeting today. governor hailey as you mentioned, jeb, rick scott of florida, jack kean who he recollects is familiar to fox news viewers and he said that he has now had telephone conversations with 32 world

leaders and that brings us to prime minister abe of japan who will be meeting with donald trump this evening. a meeting brought with a pitfall that comments donald trump made about japan, accused japan of manipulating currency and threatened to pull u.s. troops out of japan unless pointing out more money for their own defense. that said abe is playing very, very smart. he's on a charm offensive. he dropped the trip to perú, speaking engagement there to come to new york city to meet with donald trump and according to one observer, he knows how to handle strong men. so we will see how that goes this evening. jenna, back to you. jenna: thank you. jon: we want to bring daniel to give take of this transition that's about to take place. what's your overall assessment

of the people that donald trump has been calling in for meetings, daniel? >> well, this list that doug just read to us, i think, is very positive, these are three of the strongest republican congress meb in the house. time price, mike pomeio. of all the names that i have seen floated out there for treasury secretary the best that i saw was jeb. i tell you something if he appointed jeb secretary of treasury, you could put the growth of the economy in the bank. he's that good. so it sounds -- i heard last night leonard leo was coming to talk to him about supreme court picks. some of these are excellent people that trump is talking to. this transition has been a work

work-in progress. but those guys, they are strong, this looks positive to me. jon: touching on what we spoke earlier, democrats, ironically, two of the most liberal democrats, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders in the u.s. senate are both saying they can work with donald trump. they can work with this administration. do you really see that happening? >> well, there is a footnote to that, nancy pelosi said the same thing. they can work with donald trump if he becomes a progressive democrat, essentially. elizabeth warren says if he tries to cut taxes they are giveaways to corporations, then she will fight him tooth and nail and the democrats, the left-wing democrats in the senate are determined to obstruct donald trump unless he does business with them and i think the only common grounded they really is infrastructure spending. the question for those democrats that are up for reelection in

two years senators like joe of west virginia and heidi of north dakota, do they wanting to down the rabbit hole withelizabeth warren and bernie sanders. i suspect minority leader chuck schumer would sit down with trump and cutting corporate tax rate. jon: republicans were defending 24 senate seats, that reverses next time around. there's going to be an awful lot of democratic defending seats. >> 10 of them are in states that donald trump won. so they are at risk and, i think, that, you know, the kind of people that trump is bringing in as i was just mentioning, tom price, they know how to work with democrats. as i say, secretary of treasury, he would be able to work with people like chuck schumer. the wasn't thing about what is

going on now that politics is returning to washington and steering the eight years of obama's presidency is basically been a political desert. barack obama didn't do retail politics. you will see a lot give and take between trump presidency and schumer democrats. jon: it'll do fascinating to watch. wall street journal. thanks. jenna: a lot to take in these days. jon: rich material out there. jenna: vice president elect mike pence is on capitol hill with meeting of congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle this on top of busy schedule of mr. trump's transition team and can be described as unconventional season, what kind of vice president will mike pence be? >> today pence says he is looking to working with lawmakers on capitol hill where he once served as member of the house. we caught up with him on the

hill just moments ago. >> very humbling to be back. we are excited to bringing back the trump agenda forward. >> he is already hands on with the transition team, he's leading the charge, putting together cabinet possibilities and other top trump key players, for many the trump-pence pairing was a contrast of two backgrounds and demeanors and we know it worked well in the campaign trail. pence's introduction to america during vice presidential debate illustrates how he will help to govern. >> he knows the issues and able to articulate them without going on and on and on. all in all, he showed us, he showed the american people what kind of vice president and clearly mr. trump liked what he saw very much and gave him increasing and is now giving him, really, extensive authority with the transition.

>> the power of the vice presidential rose steadily in recent decades from lbj that didn't start having much power under president kennedy, primarily attending funerals to dick cheney who was criticized as being too much of a voice in the bush 43 administration. as for pence, he comes in as one of the most political vice presidents some say we have ever had. a former congressman, now serving as a governor and pretty unique resume and radio talk show host. we understand trump will lean on him heavily as a bridge to capitol hill which he will need to do to get agenda moving, jenna. jenna: we will be watching, thank you. jon: she was murdered months ago. big development in the case of a new york woman who was killed after going jogging near her mother's home in massachusetts. what was spotted in the area right before her murder? plus battle to retake the last

major isis stronghold in iraq. we are live with that next

jenna: could you change prediction in the next five days or is it pretty much set? >> i have given my qualification for the first time ever. i'm not like some of these republican congressman flip and flop and flip-flop back. no way. jenna: i can't wait to see what's going to happen. professor, we will talk to you in a few days. >> don't skewer me if i'm wrong. jenna: i would never do that, you know that. professor just daying before the election predicting a donald trump win, he actually called it several months earlier and professor has gotten it right in every presidential election since 14984 -- 1984. as promised, distinguished professor of history in washington, d.c. professor, congratulations.

your qualifications, they were no need. what do you think of the results? >> well, you know, i feel vindicated in this sense that i demonstrated that to understand elections, you have to look at the deeper forces that drive the ou my system doesn't look at polls, it forgets the pundits, it doesn't look at the day-to-day events of campaigns, it looks at the patterns of history indicating that elections are primarily judgments on the strength and performance of the party holding the white house and as we discussed, my system revealed vulnerabilities of the incumbent democrats, despite all of the issues with donald trump and the donald trump campaign. i'm also very pleased to see the polls get -- not the pollsters but polls. polls are not predictors.

they are misused as predictors, they are snapshots at a given point in time and you don't know where they're going to stand at another time. they have all the screen for likely voters and they don't know who is actually going to vote. so when they say the error margin is plus and minus 3-5%. so the real error maybe much larger, and by the way, analysts of polls like nate silver, they know better nate silver is a clerk, he just compiles polls. jenna: we will have to invite him to respond. i'm not a huge fan of polls and it bothers people sometimes. one of the themes that we have explored in this election in this post election period is changing demographics and regionalism and what i find interesting about your work that doesn't pertain to the 13 different points directly and i

was wondering of the 13 points that you look at true or false questions, what do you think emerges as the most -- is there an important question that applies this time around or equally important or tipping point during your work that really indicated a trump win? >> jenna, i'm going part the curtain and reveal the secrets of the magician. all my keys are equally weighted. when you look at prediction systems, they have multipliers on the factors. the problem is the multiplier changes unpredictably every four years. i i don't have to worry about multipliers, all we have to do is count to six. the two key that is stood out for me this year, though, even though they are equally weighted, number one the lack of a real policy accomplishment in the obama second term, comparable to the affordable care act in the first term.

in a sense, and this is ironic republican obstructionism worked and secondly the lack of a major foreign policy accomplishment, comparable to the dispatch of bin laden, if obama had started the invasion of mosul a little bit earlier, maybe he would have completed it before the election and had a big victory for the democrats to run on. jenna: interesting. what do you think either party could learn from your system about how to better campaign and have more success? >> they would have to completely change the way they campaign if they want to listen to me. number one, get rid of all the negative ads. i mean all of them. they don't work. they have never, ever turned an election and instead of spending your money on these useless offensive negative ads, focus on building a mandate for governing. tell the american people exactly what you stand for, what your big theme is and what you're

going to do as president. the american people never get it. that would build a mandate for governing, once you're in office, you could achieve the accomplishments that would win you keys to get you to be reelected. the way we campaign now doesn't really build a basis for governing. jenna: interesting. make america great again seems to fit some of that. what you're talking about. you don't have any questions like this for the lottery and super bowl? >> jenna, i have been approached for gamblers and i've turned them all down because i don't want to end up with cement shoes. jenna: great to have you back on the program. jon: astounding prediction and held true. a hot air balloon crashes in the middle of a city and it's all

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jon: right now crime stories we are following. new developments in a murder mystery out of massachusetts. that's where new york city woman was when killed when she was killed when she went jogging near her mother's home over the summer. now investigators say a dark colored suv was seen parked in the area at the time she was murdered. police now questioning two people in the disappearance of a connecticut man after a body was found in a shallow grave in new jersey. police sources say they believe he was stabbed to death at a party there after finding evidence of foul play. a key ruling in the case of a south carolina man about to go

on trial for the murder of nine worshipers at a charleston church last year. the judge deciding that competency will not be public. right to fair and impartial trial will be tainted if the hearing were open. jenna: faa is investigating a hot air balloon crash landing in philadelphia. the basket hit the ground hard and dragged across the park, people nearby went over to help. they were able to hold to the basket to keep the balloon being blown to the streets. the closest place to land and not the safest because there's homes and power lines all around the park, no injuries were reported. jon: breaking now in the battle to defeat isis with iraqi special forces pausing their push into islamic large major stronghold mosul aster ror group launches deadly attacks in civilians and troops but there

is progress. iraq's shea militia on the verge of driving isis out west. greg live in iraq. >> jon, you are right. iraqi forces are pausing today. isis did not pause, two deadly affect reports getting from the eastern side of that city, isis car bomber and a sniper left several iraqi soldiers and civilians dead and others were injured. there are new reports also of mass graves found to the south of mosul, 200 said to be executed by isis. all of this fight asking pushing many residents of mosul to flee and pushing others to republican renudgies. take a look at what we saw today. >> each of these stacks represents 30 days worth of rations for a family of five. folks here show information, come over here and pick up the sacks of wheat and flower and

take them back at tents at the refugee camp. basics just to get by. they have been active for years, christians as well as muslims, one staffer of the charity out of the camp he feels like the charity is making a real difference. we also spoke with a refugee from mosul, 42-year-old father of five, ali mohamed, he held personalize the story for me, he said he and his family live like prisoners under isis for over two years. he was arrested twice and whipped by the militants, his crime smoking is forbidden under isis. he like many others fled last week between isis and iraqi soldiers in his neighborhood car bombs going off, rockets going off, he said it was very dangerous and he's happy now to be in a safe place and one more thing, jon, at least he and others there have a little bit of a light at the end of this dark tunnel.

they do believe that isis will eventually be driven from mosul and they can get back to their home, their city, it's going to take a while, though. back to you. jon: let's hope sooner than later. thank you, greg. jenna: president obama in final foreign trip as commander in chief and awaiting meeting with angela merkel. we are live with that story. new charges in the new york and new jersey terror attacks, what that means for this suspect as he enters the plea today?

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jon: right now a quick look at happening now. a live report from the courthouse. wild fires in 7 southern states threatening air quality for many people. when residents in a hart-hitting region can expect relief? after 11 seasons, duck dynasty will come to an end. jenna: fox news alert from berlin, moments away from joint news conference with president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. kevin. >> hey, jenna, the president's final journey to germany. he wants to send a strong

message not just to europe in general but particularly in germany, decision piet all of the changes -- despite changes, nothing will change. let's listen as they address reporters. >> we met, we saw each other when he gave a speech and we met again at g-7 and today he is again here, so eight years are coming to a close. this is the last visit of barack obama to our country to germany. i am very glad that he chose

germany as one of the sort of stops of the trip and thank you very much, thank you for the friendship and reliable friendship and partnership he demonstrated very difficult and our relationship, let me pay tribute to what we have been able to discuss and bring about in difficult hours come to mind as i said, those that had a bearing on the corporation ofenm grateful that barack obama as president very much put protection on the agenda due to islamic terrorism all over the world and threat of isis, we recognize how important the cooperation with the intelligent services, we need this corporation, let me say from a german perspective very clearly,

our bilateral relations are very good and close in the areas of business, as the economy, the united states of america were our most important trading partner. both for germany and the european union, the european union and the united states of america are the big important economic areas for us which is why i've always come out strong in favor of concluding a trade agreement with the united states of america. we have made progress quite a lot of progress. it cannot be stopped, those negotiations but will keep what we have achieved so far and i'm absolutely saddened that one day we will come back on what we have achieved and build on it. because that is my deep conviction, globalization and i think where we share this conviction is that globalization needs to be shaped politically, it needs to be given a human face but we cannot allow to fall back into pregloballization times. the conclusion of trade agreements that go beyond the

scope of tariff agreements are most important and pleased that we were able to bring this to fruition between canada and the eu. we have made great progress particularly if we look at one of the great global issues namely climate protection. without engagement of the current administration and leadership of barack obama as this paris agreement would never have come about. there has been a change in the attitude in the united states towards that agreement but there's also a better cooperation with china, so last year we were able to conclude a paris climate agreement which will lead the way for the rest of the world, which is ground-breaking and together we will see sustainable development goals of agenda 2030 for the whole world and this is, indeed, sea change that we see here and will be implemented. another point that i wanted to mention here particularly the engagement and commitment to

africa for our europeans, africa is an neighboring continent and it's in our vested interest, we as germans but also we as members of the european union will have to deal with it. it would at the top of our agenda. there are lots of areas that we cooperate and fight against isil, for example, here germany was able to contribute to a certain extent in certain areas. we will continue to do so, for example, in supporting in air policing, plus we also have to acknowledge that the united states of america bears most of the burden and responsibility. i take your remarks seriously, barack that the european union as a whole but also germany needs to recognize that this is our alliance, common alliance and transalantic alliance and step up our engagement because in the long run we will not be

allowed to accept the imbalance as contributions we gave to alliance and we understood the message and we have start today react. we have worked very closely together in afghanistan, we are continuing to do so. i'm very pleased that this military engagement together with a political road map that we've developed, we were able to continue, we want to bring about political solution there. we worked very closely together on the issue of annexation of crimea and russia's attempt to actually conquer ukraine and actually they did so, conquer part of the territory. we tried to come to peaceful settlement. so our interests are very much aligned, attempts are very much aligned, we continue to build on what we have already achieved in the last months of the administration and we will continue also with the new administration. this is the end of an 8-year

cooperation that was very close, indeed. from a german point of view, german american, european-american relations are a pillar of foreign policy. we have a platform, democracy, freedom, respect of human rights that we would like to see respected all over the world and also a peaceful world order. we have shared those values, we continue to share those obviously and we will continue to cooperate with the new administration. today word of gratitude is at hand, thank you very much for the close and intensive cooperation. >> wonderful to be back in berlin. this is my sixth visit to germany. it will not be my last. i have somehow continued to miss oktoberfest so that's probably something that is better for me to do as a former president

rather than as president. ly have more fun. it's also wonderful to be back with my great friend and ally chancellor merkel. as i reflect back over the last eight years, i could not ask for a steadier or more reliable partner on the world stage often through challenging times. so i want to thank you for your friendship, for your leadership and your commitment to our alliance and i want to thank the german people for the incredible partnership that our countries have been able to establish all of these years. you know, last week marked the 21st anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. the united states was proud to stand with the people of germany as this nation and this continent reunited and rebuilt and reached for a better future and it's a reminder that the

commitment of the united states to europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share, values that angela just mentioned, our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people. in our own countries and around the world. our alliance with our nato partners has been a corner stone of u.s. policy for nearly 70 years in good times and in bad and through presidents of both parties because the united states has a fundamental interest in europe's stability and security. the commitment that angela and i share to this guiding principful has formed the basis of our conversations this afternoon. we discussed our efforts to keep our countries competitive and to create jobs and opportunity on both sides of the atlantic, the negotiations on agreements like ttip have been challenging and obviously at a moment where there's concern about

globalization and the benefits that accrueded particular people, it is important that those negotiations and channels of communications remain because ultimately what we have shown over the last decades is that markets and trade and commerce can create prosperity in all of our countries, that's it's not a win-lose situation but it can be a win-win situation. at the time that when the european project is facing challenges, it's important to show benefits of economic integration by investing in our people and working to reduce inequality both within and across our countries. i reiterated our hope that negotiations over united kingdom's exit in eu will be conducted conducted in smooth and orderly transparent fashion and preserve the economic and

political and security relationships between the uk and eu. and i continue to believe what i said that the eu remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements and that those achievements should not be taken for granted, that they need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we have seen on this continent in contrast to a divided europe of the previous century are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together and that we are willing to uphold principles that have resulted unprecedented prosperity and security

throughout the world. with the threat of climate change becoming urgent, angela and i urged to advance global cooperation, both of our nations were proud to join the paris climate agreement which the world should work to implement quickly, continue global leadership on climate in addition to clean energy. it's going to be critical to meet this growing threat. of course, we discussed our commitment from countering cyber threats and ensuring that iran lives up to nuclear deal. i commended angela for our leadership along with president ulam to working in resolving the conflict in ukraine. we continue to stand with the people of ukraine and for the basic principal that nations have control of destiny and russia complies with the

agreement. as part of the coalition against isil, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure. here in berlin this week coalition members are meeting to ensure we remain unified and focused on our mission to destroy isil. we are grateful for vital contributions germany has made to this fight, training local forces in iraq, sharing intelligence, providing aircraft including the recent deployment of additional nato awax and as iraqi forces continue deliberation of mosul, i'm pleased that nato will begin to begin training additional forces in iraq which started this january. we also continue to stand united with germany and our nato allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in afghanistan. on syria, it's clear that the attacks on civilians by the assad regime and russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and a negotiated end

to the conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in syria. angela and i also agree the need of a comprehensive and humane response to the crisis in syria and for the influx of migrants and refugees from around world. we need to build on the progress achieved at the un refugee summit which yield commitments of 450 nations and organizations. the united states is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and i want, again, to commend angela and more importantly the german people for the extraordinary leadership and compassion that you have shown in the face of what i know is a very difficult challenge. you are not alone in trying to deal with this challenge. this is not an issue that any one country should bear but is in need of an international response and i not only intend

to make sure that we have put in place more robust support from the united states, but i'm hoping that that continues beyond my administration. on this final visit, i am reminded of the visit before i became president, it was eight years ago. i had no gray hair but i believe today what i said then. if you want a model for what is possible, if you want to see how to build a peaceful and prosperous and dynamic society, then look at berlin and look at germany, look at chancellor merkel. her personal story helps to tell the story of incredible achievement that the german people have embarked on and, i think, it's something that you should be very proud of. it is not inevitable that we

make progress. it requires hard work, sometimes it may seem as if progress is stalled but what the history of post war germany shows is that strength and determination and focus and adherence to the values that we care about would result in a better future for our children and grandchildren and on behalf of the american people, i want to thank the german people, i want to thank chancellor merkel for your deep friendship and your steadfast partnership. [inaudible] >> thank you very much. mr. preponderate, --

mr. president, you and president elect have very different views on russia. after meeting him last week can you assure that a trump administration would support strong sanctions against moscow, similarly what have you told president putin about u.s. elections and advise with european countries and would you like to see your friend angela merkel run for reelection next year? [laughter] [speaking in native tongue] >> showing off. >> has the american president come to a sense that the policy of success or and climate change and russia and are you concerned that the common european policy towards russia will collapse and after the election of mr. trump would you as a sign of civility,

wouldn't you actually have to declare that you are going to be a candidate again? >> well, i try to make it a rule not to meddle in other people's politics. all i can say that chancellor merkel has been an outstanding partner. and chancellor merkel is perhaps the only leader left among our closest allies that was there when i arrived. so in some ways we are now the veterans of many challenges over the last eight years and although we have not always been in sync on every issue in terms

of core values, in terms of her integrity, her truthfulness, her thoughtfulness, her doing her homework, knowing her facts, her commitment to looking out for the interest of the german people first, but recognizing that part of good leadership on behalf of the nation requires engaging the world as a whole and participating effectively in multilateral institutions, i think she's been outstanding. so it's up to her whether she wants to stand again and ultimately up to the german people to decide what the future holds. you know, if i were here and i were german and i had a vote, i might support her. [laughter] >> but it's -- i don't know

whether that hurts or helps. with respect to russia, my principal approach to russia has been constant since i first came to office. russia is an important country. it is a military super power. it has influence in the region and influence around the world and in order for us to solve many big problems world, it is in our interest to work with russia and obtain their cooperation. i think we should all hope for a russia that is successful, where

its people are employed and the economy is growing and they are having good relationships with their neighbors and participating in big issues like climate change. so i sought a constructive relationship with russia and what i have also been realistic in recognizing that there's significant differences in how russia views the world and how we view them. the values that we talked about, the values of democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity, those

things are not something that we can set aside and so on issues like ukraine, on issues like syria we've had very significant differences. and my hope is that the president elect coming in takes a similarly constructive approach finding areas where we can cooperate with russia, where our values and interests align, but the president elect also willing to stand up to russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms. and i don't expect that the president elect will follow exactly our blueprint or our

approach, but my hope is that he does not simply take a real politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we cut some deals with russia, even if it hurts people or violates international norm or leaves smaller countries vulnerable or creates long-term problems in regions like syria, that we just do whatever the -- is convenient at the time. that will be something that we will learn more about as the president elect puts his team together. i am encouraged by the president elect's insistence that nato is a commitment that does not change and his full commitment to nato as the foundation for

our international security, i think, is very important. and finally in terms of my conversations with president putin, these are conversations that took place before the election. as i indicated there has been clear proof that they have engaged in cyber-attacks. this isn't new. it's not unique to russia. there are a number of states where we have seen low-level cyber-attacks and industrial espionage and, you know, other behavior that we think should be out of bounds and i delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize russia's intelligence gathering will

sometimes take place even if we don't like it, there's a difference between that and them meddling with elections or going after private organizations or commercial entities and monitoring carefully and respond appropriately if and when we see this happening. i do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and develop frameworks and international norms so that we don't see a cyber arms race. a lot of countries have advance capabilities and given the vulnerabilities of our infrastructure and our economies to digital platforms, we have to

be careful in making sure that this doesn't become a lawless low-level battlefield and we've started trying to put together some principles that were adopted in the g-20, g-7 but a lot more work remains to be done on that front interman. >> translator: well, allow me, if i may, to underline, first of all, that i'm very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the united states of america -- because it is, it follows democratic principles -- is working smoothly, because this is all about the american people, it's about the destiny of the american people, the outgoing administration is sharing its knowledge, its expertise with the incoming

administration. and this, to us, is a sign of encouragement to continue the good cooperation that we have built between the united states of america and the federal republic of germany that is in our mutual interest. so we will continue this, i will continue this with, i approach this with an open mind, and i'll do it on the basis of a deep conviction with president-elect donald trump. secondly on russia, i can only repeat what the president said previously. this is all about respecting certain principles, and i'm saying this from a european vantage point, from a european -- from a german vantage point, sorry. the fact that for over 70 years we have been able to enjoy peace, to live in peace very much depends on territorial integrity and sovereignty of each and every european country being respected. in view of the european history,