where the farria, right candidate lost the presidential rate to the left-leaning candidate, alexander van der bellen. our correspondent is joining us from their banker at how secure was this win for alexander van der bellen? was it a sure thing? >> absolutely not. certainly in the last month before the reelection, both candidates stepped up their campaigns. pulls said that he managed to gain some more votes from disillusioned conservatives and previous nonvoters more than his rival, norbert reithofer -- norbert hofer, had. he wanted austria for the austrians, was protectionist. the top reasons for voting for and appellant is that he was outward looking. reasons. the main analysts today are saying as many as 42% of austrians to voted yesterday voted for alexander van der bellen to prevent their country from electing a far right wing president, which could mean a shaky start for him when he becomes president in january, that he may not have full support for his ideas. he was seen by some as a lesser of two evils. genie: we have a different result from what we saw in italy. there is some construction g

alexander van der bellen was basically campaigning for open europe to stay the course. en it was a decisive victory. van der bellen gained 53% of the vote. hofer only gained 46% of the vote. the deciding factor is women voters. 62% of women actually voted for van der bellen. it was on the fears of change. britain exiting the eu was a factor. nobody wants to see austria leave the eu and the trump election also played into this. many people worried about populous coming into power as well. the trump bump did not help the populous party here. >> atika shubert, thank you. >>> a crushing setback for the establishment in italy. prime minister matteo renzi confirming he will resign today after suffering a resounding defeat in the referendum sunday. renzi's plan to reform the constitution and revive the economy rejected by nearly 60% of the voters. let's go to milan and bring in nina dos santos. it became less about changing the laws and it became a referendum of renzi's leadership, didn't it? >> reporter: that's right. it became a gamble he lost in spectacular fashion just as d

alexander van der bellen, a 72-year-old economist backed by the green party beat him again by a decisive margin. exit polls showed 53% for van der bellen, 47% for hofer. behind me you can see both candidates. hofer and van der bellen, giving interviews to the state broadcaster explaining exactly why they believe voters chose the way they did. >> i think it is an historic day for austria, for several reasons. for the first time a presidential election had to be repeated. and it was not just a reputation. in fact it was a new election. because, you know, conditions change. the growth around us has changed. we have the brexit vote in great britain, in the united kingdom. we have the election of donald trump in the united states and so on. in six months, many things happen. >> voters were worried and anxious but not just about immigration which hofer railed against. but also austria's place in the eu and fears that the so-called trump bump would bring populist and isolationist parties into power seems to have pushed voters the other way. my gut tells me to be worried, this woman said. and i'

the left-leaning independent candidate, alexander van der bellen, is running against norbert hofer, the leader of the right wing "freedom party" who opposes benefits for migrants and is critical of the european union. francois murphy is the bureau chief for reuters in vienna, and he joins me now to discuss the ancois, in every article about the austrian election, you also read a sentence about brexit, the u.k. exit from europe, and about the election of the donald trump as president of the united states. is there a sense that austria will follow in this line of rejecting establishment parties and people and go anti-establishment? >> well, you could also argue that it's actually britain and america that were following austria since, as you mentioned, this is a re-run of an election that was first held in may. and in may, the far-right candidate norbert hofer came very, very close to winning. so in a way it's very hard to say which way this wave is headed in. >> stewart: where are the lines divided in the country? who is voting for whom? >> there is actually a very similar picture to what

he's running against alexander van der bellen, a left of center candidate. mr.er bellen won in may but there was a rerun because of voting irregularities. norbert hofer heads the nationalist freedom party. supporters say he'll put ordinary people first. critics charge he sells pro-gun, anti-immigrant policies with a smile. jones goes in search of the man behind the politician. >> a soft-spoken aeronautical engineer turned politician who carries a glock. norbert hofer hopes to become the eu's first far right head of state riding the tide of a popular tsunami that could transform europe's political landscape. 45-year-old hofer walks with a cane, the result of a serious hang-gliding accident and carries a glock pistol on the campaign trail signaling his strong advocacy for gun rights. hofer's foray began when he joined the freedom party. traced its roots after world war ii. -- ten years ago it was battling for 6% of the vote. but the last decade has seen a political shift in austria and in europe. partly fueled by one growing concern. >> the world finds itself faci

by alexander van der bellen. he's the left candidate. he won by a margin of just 30,000 votes, which is why, when hofer's party, the freedom party, fpo, demanded a recount of one district, they decided that they had to do it all over again because there were -- the votes were mishandled. so as a result, we're now at this point where we're doing another election. turnout so far is good. we're waiting for the candidates, van der bellen and hofer to vote. but if norbert hofer wins, as you point out, he will be the first far right leader in western europe since world war ii. he's campaigned strongly for stopping immigration altogether and stopping what he describes as islamization. he's very much gags the migration of mugs limo owe there are a lot of fears of a far right nationalist -- the presidency is a very ceremonial role here in austria. not a lot of power to it. there is some power but mostly a symbolic victory if he wins. >> i see. what about the fact that their neighbor, germany, has a different stance on migration and refugees? >> r

voters sided with the pro-eu presidential candidate alexander van der bellen, defeated the candidate this with global affairs correspondent elise lavin. it appears the tide is changing, clearly, in europe afters historic british vote to leave the eu and the election be here in the u.s. of donald trump. what does it say about the political climate in europe right now? >> it's a mixed message, wolf. obviously both of these votes were playing in to these fears, this distrust of immigrants, distrust of more strengthening european integration. fears of islamic extremism, and both of those votes played into that. and also, these votes were an affirmation or indictment of europe, and in the case of italy that really sent shivers down the spine of europeans who feel italy voted no to a stronger europe. the whole european experiment. and in austria, alexander van der bellen was much more of a pro-european candidate over norbert hofer of the freedom party, rather more of an anti-free trade, anti-immigration, anti-eu kind of stance and also a lot of the kind of similar themes, these populist th

meanwhile on the opposite side of the spectrum, alexander van der bellen, who preached moderation and tolerance defeated norbert hoffer in austria yesterday. the election was a redo of sorts, van der bellen won back in may,. joining us now live from vienna, austria, bill neely. bill, two votes, two very different results. what's it mean for the european union and key american allies going forward? >> good morning, ali. generally, not good news for the european union. matteo renzi was known as demolition man. he pledged to kick start italy's economy. well, he's been demolished by the referendum and kicked out of office. he will formally resign this afternoon. after a really stunning defeat, 60-40, not even close, a hull of anger from italy's 33 million voters who have seen ten years of economic stagnation, so there will be a bit o a financial and political crisis in italiment here in austria, the populist wave was stalled when the far right candidate failed to win austria's presidency. there was a sigh of relief from europe's leaders, but that is short lived. there will now be election

in austria's election for president, the pro-european candidate alexander van der bellen defeated thear right fpo's norbert hofer by a wide margin, in an election result few had expected. it was a very different story, though, in i italy, where prime minister matteo renzi has resigned, after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. the driving force behind his defeat was the populist five-star movement of beppe grillo. well, in spite of their setback in austria, are europeans antiestablishment parties unstoppable, or can the political mainstream launch counteroffensive to contain them? to talk about that, i'm very happy to be joined by the austrian journalist ewald konig. he writes for a number of publications, including germany's "die zeit." he says, "the eu won't be able to easily resist the populists, but it will have to live with them, and become much more convincing." also with us today, alan posener, an an anglo-german author, and regular commentator for the newspaper "die welt." he says, "europe suffers from modernization fatigue, and that explains the vote in italy, and t

. >> in austria redo of its presidential election the left- leaning candidate alexander van der bellen emerged the winner up against the far right populist norbert hover who hoped growing anti-establishment anger was in his favor. we were in vienna during the final days of paining. >> i think some of the rather right wing voters felt supported by the trump election. they feel like oh, you know, if the u.s. can do it, we can do it too. we can finally be against the establishment. >> conversely she told us president-elect donald trump's surprise win motivated her to go out and campaign for the liberal candidate. van der bellen, today's winner. >> in italy today the choice was a simple si or no. but the constitutional changes in question were far more complex. italy's prime minister mateo renzi said voting yes deals a blow to bureaucracy, among other things the changes would centralize power and stream line the lawmaking process. the role of the senate would be reduced and the number of senators cut. >> you see change happening regardless of how this comes within yes, change is probably g

alexander van der bellen was up against far right populist norbert hofer. hofer hoped to tap growing anger. >> i think some of the right wing supporters feel supported by the trump election. they feel like, oh. if the u.s. can do it, we can do it too and finally be against this detriment. >> germany's foreign minister called the win a good sign against populism in europe. >>> the prime mis zealand is stepping down. john key is resigning after eight years as new zealand's leader. he said he wanted to leave while he was still on top of his game. >>> and fidel castro is now in turn in the city where he declared victory in cuba's revolution. raul castro placed his brother's ashes in a granite boulder in the eastern city of santiago. the ceremony yesterday ended nine days of mourning on the island for the long time leader. hotel fire in paeckkistan. the fire broke out this morning in karachi. some of the victims are foreigners and hotel guests tied bed sheets together to try to escape. some had to jump before they reached the ground. 50 others were injured. the

part"" lost the presidential election run-off to left-leaning, former green party leader alexander van der bellen, who is pro-european union. >> see more images from fidel castro's funeral procession at pbs.org/newshour. >> stewart: although rape has been considered a war crime since the end of world war i, a new documentary takes an in- depth look at the difficulties of prosecuting mass rape in international courts. the film, called "the uncondemned," reviews the landmark case about rwanda that changed how mass rape could be prosecuted as an act of genocide. "newshour weekend"'s ivette feliciano has more. >> reporter: in the spring and summer of 1994, an ethnic cleansing campaign in rwanda left 800-thousand people dead, even while united nations peacekeepers were on the ground and the rest of the world did virtually nothing to stop it. toward the end of a civil war, rwanda's government, then run by its ethnic majority, the hutus, systematically murdered 70% of the country's ethnic minority, the tutsis. as the toll of the carnage became clear, human rights groups successfully pressured the united

that right-wing populist movement has suffered a setback with alexander van der bellen set to be austria'sis a green party backed candidate, running as an independent. do you see this as a turning point? that a pro-european candidate can win, and maybe it is not all about right-wing populist movements sweeping over the continent? >> no, in short. i think this is the limit to populism in a core european state. it is very much around memories of the 1930's and 1940's. i think the extreme right wing are going to struggle to get into power, even in places like austria that have a record of skirting with that. >> what about france? >> france is a slightly different story. because marine le pen's agenda has shifted, actually, towards more social policies like larger consumer tax giveaways and benefit giveaways. i think there is a risk, that because she has moved away from the more flowery rhetoric, if i can put it that way, and copying some of trump's electoral strategies that she could do very well in the second poll. >> the french prime minister, manuel valls, has confirmed he will run for the

alexander van der bellen defeating norbert hofer. hofer campaigned on anti-immigration austria first platform. the race was watched lo eed clo across europe. germany's vice chancellor calling the outcome a clear victory for good sense. a crushing setback for the establishment in italy. prime minister matteo renzi confirming he will resign today after suffering a resounding defeat in a referendum sunday. renzi's plan to reform the constitution and revive the economy was rejected by nearly 60% of voters there. let's go live to milan and bring in nina dos santos. it is interesting the referendum he pushed initially and then it back fired leading to him resigning. >> reporter: the only thing that seems to be certain around here is uncertainty itself. that is the voice you hear on the streets of milan, alison. david cameron fell on his sword after calling on one in the united kingdom and the brexit and united kingdom with the plans to stream line the political system and end the gridlock that plagued italy for years. uncertainty against t

alexander van der bellen ran as an independent and took almost 52% of the vote as he defeated nobert hofer. this comes within a resurgence of the anti-immigrant right wing parties around the world. the french president will make an announcement at 5:30 p .m. u.k. time. his announcement did not say what he would announce, but valls is expected to declare his 2017dacy in france's presidential election. president hollande said he will not seek reelection and valls previously said he would run if hollande did not. president-elect donald trump used twitter to renew criticism of china after a backlash over his phone call with taiwan's president. he tweeted that beijing did not ask the u.s. for permission to devalue its currency or to build up its military presence in the south china sea. facing complains that trump -- beijing complains that trump blood to decades of legal protocol by speaking directly with tsai ing-wen. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. and this iston bloomberg. just getting some services data

alexand alexander van der bellen. >> a mixed message there. >> austria is a much more complicated situation than italy. >>> we do have a heartbreaking update for you now in those deadly wildfires in tennessee. the bodies of that missing mother and her two daughters have been identified by authorities. consstance reid and her kids were at home when the fire swept through the city of gatlinburg. her husband had been pleading for help in a search for them last week. the death toll now stands at 14. that is so terrible. we saw him just struggling with the unknowing of where they were and it's terrible to get that heartbreaking update today. >> too many in his situation. but the best to him and those who are trying to help him keep it together right now. >>> we're just reporting on happenings in austria and italy. the effect of the new wave of populism is going on right here. the president-elect calls it his america first policy as part of this new movement to shore up his populist roots. we'll talk to a trump supporter in congress about the implications on people's lives next. end him a helping

a left-leaning candidate, alexander van der bellen, won sunday's election.mpaigned heavily to maintain stronger ties with europe. his far-right opponent talked of leaving the e.u. and barring migrants. russia and china today vetoed a u.n. security council resolution, calling for a seven- day truce in the syrian city of aleppo. eleven nations supported the measure. the u.s. deputy ambassador spoke after the vote. >> we had a chance not to end, but to briefly stop the ongoing butchery in eastern aleppo. we have failed because of a cynical act. with a wave of their hands, russia, china and venezuela showed that they don't want the suffering in eastern aleppo to end. >> woodruff: fierce fighting continues in aleppo, with government forces closing in on rebel sections. the war in syria is driving a record united nations appeal for humanitarian aid. the world body asked today for more than $22 billion for 2017. roughly a third would go to help displaced people inside syria and those who've fled to other lands. back in this country, north carolina's republican gove

the center right leader alexander van der bellen defeated the far right candidate norbert hofer. der bellen called the vote pro european. etx is higher by .8. all these political developments are coming ahead of the european central bank meeting on thursday, where the council will discuss the need for further stimulus and the consensus is for mario draghi and his council to extend quantitative easing for europe by six months. we'll have to see if the conversation turns from politics back to central bank policy, which has been the key driver behind european asset sets. >> all right, thank you so much, see seema. >>> when we come back, our david faber sits down with a big name in private equity. scott sperling live from the no labels conference in washington, where earlier nelson pelt discussed everything from his investments to outsourcing, to donald trump. >> his tax plan, if he gets the kind of tax reductions he's talking about, we will wind up having more employment, more companies coming back to the united states, whether they have gone to ireland or they are still america and

green leader alexander van der bellen who won 53% of the vote celebrated his victory. >> i will try to be an --n-minded, liberal minded, federal president of the republic. amy: in other news from europe, italian prime minister matteo renzi has announced he will resign after his plan to reform the constitution was rejected by voters. this leaves italy in a state political turmoil. the rejection of the referendum was hailed as a victory by several antiestablishment and anti-immigrant groups in italy. in news from louisiana, the naacp and other groups have staged a series of protests after authorities released a man suspected of shooting and killing former nfl player joe mcknight in a possible case of road rage. the suspect, 54-year-old ronald gasser, who is white, was released without being formally charged even though he admitted shooting mcknight, who is african-american, multiple times. police said they are still investigating the incident. jurors in south carolina are scheduled to resume deliberations in the case of michael slager, the white police officer who was caught on video sho

alexander van der bellen ran as an independent and took him 52% of the vote as he defeated norbert hoferomes in the face of a resurgence of right-wing anti-immigrant parties around the world. the french prime minister valls will make an announcement at 5:30 p.m. u.k. time. thousands expect him to declare his candidacy in france's 2017 presidential election. president francois hollande said last week he will not seek reelection. president donald trump has used twitter to renew criticism of china after a backlash over time aaiwan's president. trump tweeted that beijing did not ask permission to surge its military presence in the china sea, or devalue its currency. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. this is bloomberg. matt? matt: sebastian, thanks. let's take a look at banca monte dei paschi. it has opened up. it is down by just 6.2%. so, not quite as nasty as had been expected. it closed friday at 19.50 and now it is trading down to 18.41. it has already lost more than 80% of its value year to date. price to boo

green party candidate who is standing as an independent, but supported by the green party, alexander van der bellenrade and wants to keep austria tightly into the european union. and then we have norbert hofer. what is interesting about him, yes, he is from a right-wing populist and skeptical with resistance to immigrants and refugees coming into the country. he questions austria's role in the eu, but the distinguishing others, heen him and is not advocating immediately a withdrawal from the eu. if you look at the constellation of the european populists, he is the conservative one. joe: interesting. what are the key issues? is it about immigration and refugee issues? theirit is and about role in the modern world. there are a lot of people who think it is ok -- who are confused by free trade and its dynamics. the difference between europe and the u.s. come on the fringes of europe you have a human catastrophe, this demographic catastrophe and a huge number of dislocated people who are swarming toward europe. and again, it is one of the questions dominating every democracy in the eu -- how many of th

and so alexander van der bellen was elected.ut as one austrian said to me today, if you'd told me in the spring that a leader in his 70s who was a failed green party leader would now be the president of the austria, i would have told you that you were joking. but isn't that, chris, the story of 2016? i saw a photograph today of the g-5 meeting in germany, in hannover in april. there were five leaders there. barack obama, well, he's going. francois hollande, approval rate of 4%. he's not standing for president. david cameron, gone. matteo renzi, about to go. the only one standing is angela merkel and she is looking now like a very lonely leader in europe. she said today she was very sad about the italian result, but that europe was on the right track. i would say many of the 500 million voters in europe would say angela merkel, you're wrong, europe is on the wrong track. this is a period, as i said at the beginning, chris, extraordinary instability here. >> yeah, it's so much like the issue we saw back in 1968, where everything i

alexander van der bellen appears to have defeated a right-wing candidate. official results are expected in the next day or so. against populism in europe in the wake of the brexit vote. >>> new images of the emergency landing at the san antonio airport. take a look at this plane. you can see the nose gear dipped down, collapsed right there as the united express plane touches down. a few sparks flying there. emergency chutes deployed. all 55 passengers were able to evacuate safely. >>> another flight to tell you about. this one started in philadelphia with 132 passengers on board. maybe you know where this one was going. [ baby crying ] >> that crying is thanks to passenger number 133. an expecting mother obviously giving birth while the plane headed to orlando. it diverted to charleston where ambulances were on hand to bring the family to a hospital. i have one question. you're not supposed to fly after a certain point in your pregnancy, how did this woman get on a plane? >> she was about to pop. >> it could have been early. >> it could have been. >> i bet