the success of mr. rutterojected to win more seat than any pollster had anticipated, as these exit polls turn out to be correct, i think that his success is precisely because he did embrace some of anti-immigrant rhetoric and tougher stance on the sizable muslim population that lives in the country, one million that live here in the netherlands, and for instance, he had this whole diplomatic ruo earlier in the week with turkey. david: that's right. >> voters liked that -- david: even though mr. wilders may have lost this election he succeeded pulling the prime minister more to his side on the issue of immigration? >> yes. not as far as far as banning the koran in the netherlands but still a tough stance for mr. rutte saying act normal or leave. that is his slogan. david: should mention what we're seeing on left side of the screen if you can put that up, is the euro, the euro got a pop as a result of this information. we'll coop you informed but appears mr. wilders lost. >> the people always win. david: thank

vitriolic argument between turkey and the netherlands over canceled rally on sunday has allowed mr. rutte to seem strong in the face of fierce criticism, and most commentators agree that favored him in the last few days. laura: marine le pen in france will be watching this very closely indeed. what is the message for her, do you think? reporter: well, i think marine le pen would say do not compare mean. i am my own woman, i've got my own party, and the situation in france is quite different. i think she would also point to the fact that geert wilders and other politicians have cap into a real frustration that people have with what we might call the western consensus around issues of immigration and free trade and she might say, look, it's true, there are a huge number of parties in the netherlands and it makes it hard for anyone -- any one party to poll really highly. we cannot draw conclusions about how she might do in a completely different electoral system when the french presidential election comes around. laura: thank you. 2 russian intelligence agents and 2 hackers have been charged

his country having been occupied by the nazis, mr rutte reacted bluntly to the fascist comparison. razy remark, of course. i understand they're angry, but this is, of course, way out. germany, too, was branded nazis by mr erdogan, after it blocked turkish rallies, unprecedented language among nato allies. president erdogan has an advantage with europe, turkey the most active route for migrants, and its role crucial to stemming the flow. he has used it as a bargaining chip, but the eu is getting increasingly frustrated with the turkish strongman. this is a classic erdogan political tactic, painting turkey as the victim of western oppression, and himself as the protector of national pride. he thrives when he and his country are seen as the underdogs, and this growing stand—off with europe will rally his nationalist support base, which he needs for a referendum victory. so vintage erdogan, pleasing his supporters, horrifying his opponents, and reiterating the sense that polarised turkey is drifting ever further from europe. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. let's stay with that story. so

his country having been occupied by the nazis, mr rutte reacted bluntly to the fascist comparison. crazy remark, of course. i understand they're angry, but this is of course way out. germany too was branded nazis by mr erdogan after it blocked turkish rallies — unprecedented language among nato allies. president erdogan has an advantage with europe, turkey the most active route for migrants, and its role crucial to stemming the flow. he's used it as a bargaining chip, but the eu is getting increasingly frustrated with the turkish strongman. this is a classic erdogan political tactic — painting turkey as the victim of western oppression and himself as the protector of national pride. he thrives when he and his country are seen as the underdogs, and this growing stand—off with europe will rally his nationalist support base, which he needs for a referendum victory. so vintage erdogan, pleasing his supporters, horrifying his opponents, and reiterating the sense that polarised turkey is drifting everfurtherfrom europe. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. so why are turkish officials taking

mr rutte defended his economic record over the past five years, and his decision to stop those two turkishdutch—turks at rallies over the weekend. mr wilders attacked his credibility, and urged him to close the country's borders. the north—eastern united states is hunkering down for the worst snowstorm of the season. 50 million people along the eastern seaboard are under blizzard warnings. schools are closed, and thousands of flights and trains are cancelled. it has even forced the postponement of a visit by the german chancellor, who is due to meet president trump. nada tawfik reports. satellite images showing the scale of the nor‘easter hitting the eastern seaboard. and, as the snow falls, it has promised to worsen dramatically, quickly. it has proven already treacherous. in wisconsin, chaos on the roadways. 40 cars involved in a crash on the interstate, in the midst of the storm. blizzard warnings are in place from pennsylvania to maine, and in new york, where as much as 20 inches is expected by tuesday evening, a state of emergency has been declared. new york's mayor, bill de blasio, w

mr rutte defended his economic record over the past five years and his decision to stop two turkish ministersat turks waving turkish flags on a dutch street had shown where their loyalties lay. he attacked the prime minister's credibility, criticising him for allowing record immigration. turkey says it won't allow the dutch ambassador back into the country, as their damaging diplomatic row continues. the new disney movie beauty and the beast hits cinemas across the world but in malaysia its release has been postponed. no specific reason has been given for the decision but a spokesperson for disney reportedly told malaysian media that the film had caused controversy because it included a gay character. it comes after a russian mp petitioned to ban the film for that same reason. earlier i spoke to garethjohnson — managing director of the webmagazine gay star news which specialise in lgbti issues. i began by asking him what his reaction to the news was? on the face of it, pretty disappointing. we are reading between the lines of it but with russia making it an adults only movie, this sends a neg

with most of the votes counted, mr rutte's centre—right party has beaten geert wilders and his anti—euht people have been injured in a shooting at a school in the southern french town of grasse. the attacker, who was armed with a rifle, two handguns and grenades, is reported to have been involved in a dispute with the headmaster. it is not being treated as a terror attack. a former british cyclist has told the bbc that he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins when riding for team sky. josh edmondson says he admitted it to team sky in 2014, but that it was "covered up". team sky say they did not report the incident because edmondson denied self—injecting, and because they were concerned our sports editor dan roan has this exclusive report. he was one of british cycling's top young talents, a team—mate to legends, but beneath the surface, former team sky rider, josh edmondson was struggling to deal with the pressure and for the first time, the 24—year—old has broken his silence about the depression he suffered, telling me he linked it to the controversial pa

it's not a shoe-in that mr. rutte can form a government. it is fragmented.arties on the electoral roll here. any one of five or six could get double digit number of votes in the parliament which could mean a complicated and elongated process of forming a government. the dutch normally take three months to form a government from polling day to having an effective government. mark rutte, though he's seen in poll position to put a government together, he may have to call on allies and other parties including the likes of the pda, the labor party, the left wing green party, green left as well. the like of the d66, a progressive liberal party, et cetera. it gets very complicated. we don't think geert wilders will win this time around, but putting a government together, that could take a while. >> it does get complicated especially when you talk about 1 28 parties. when you say the right wingers may be in control washhat does t mean? >> in france, you have marine le pen, in germany you have the afd. in the netherlands, you have geert wilders, a man under 24-hour s

mr erdogan. dutch prime minister mark rutte said that mr cavusoglu's visit would be a threat to public order.ver possible human rights abuses following last year's failed coup against president erdogan. earlier, mr cavusoglu gave this comment to cnn turk on the likelihood of his visit to the netherlands being blocked. translation: if the netherlands cancels my my permission to fly today... they are constantly threatening that. if they do that there will be harsh economic and political sanctions against the netherlands. this will not go unanswered. if you cancel my flight permission, there will be heavy consequences. earlier my colleague maxine mawhinney spoke to our correspondent mark lowen in istanbul. he explained the reaction in turkey. it started off last week with germany banning turkish ministers from coming to germany to speak to the diaspora there for campaign rallies. austria followed suit. there were bands in switzerland. and now the netherlands at actually banning the plane of the turkish foreign ministerfrom banning the plane of the turkish foreign minister from branding banning t

mr erdogan. dutch prime minister mark rutte said that mr cavusoglu's visit would be a threat to public order.celled in other parts of europe including germany due to fears over possible human rights abuses following last year's failed coup against president erdogan. earlier, mr cavusoglu gave this comment to cnn turk earlier, my colleague maxine mawhinney spoke to our correspondent mark lowen in istanbul. he explained the reaction in turkey. it started off last week with germany banning turkish ministers from coming to germany to speak to the turkish diaspora there for campaign rallies. austria followed suit. there was a swiss city that banned turkish ministers. and now you have the netherlands actually banning the plane of the turkish foreign minister from landing in rotterdam. it is really unprecedented for this to happen. what is equally unprecedented is the reaction from turkey. the turkish government is calling the governments of other nato allies nazis, nazi remnants carrying out nazi practices. 0n the one hand, you might think this is a chaotic collapse in relations between turkey and

mr erdogan. dutch prime minister mark rutte said in a facebook post that mr cavusoglu's visit would be a threat toher parts of europe including germany due to fears over possible human rights abuses following last year's failed coup against president erdogan. earlier, mr cavusoglu gave this comment on the likelihood of his visit to the netherlands being blocked. translation: if the netherlands cancels my permission to fly to day they are constantly threatening that, if they do that, they will be harsh economic and political sanctions against the netherlands. this will not go unanswered. if you cancel my flight permission there will be heavy consequences. this seems to be escalating a bit. it is. it started off last week with germany banning turkish ministers from coming to germany to speak to the ministers therefore stop austria followed suit and was a swiss city that band turkish ministers and now you got the netherlands actually banning the plane of the turkish foreign ministerfrom banning the plane of the turkish foreign minister from landing banning the plane of the turkish foreign ministerfro

the dutch prime minister mark rutte has condemned mr erdogan‘s remarks. been willing to consider a planned event in a turkish building, such as a consulate. but he said it wouldn't respond to ‘threats‘. this morning on television, he made clear that he threatened the netherlands with sanctions and of course we cannot negotiate under such threats. we decided it was betterfor him not to come to the netherlands. he described the dutch as nazis. what is your reaction to those remarks? crazy remarks. i understand he's angry but this is way out of line. there has been criticism here of a female judge who has warned women who get drunk that they are putting themselves in danger of being targeted by rapists. lindsey kushner qc said what she called ‘disinhibited behaviour‘ could put women in danger. the comments have been described by the campaign group rape crisis as outrageous and misguided. francis fitzgibbon who's the chair of the criminal bar association says he agrees with the judge. it's unusual for the judge to make those kind of wide—ranging comments that

prime minister rutte voting earlier on. we saw mr. wilders voting.n looking happy about what is going on. we'll bring you coverage as we work towards getting exit polls and an understanding of what those polls will mean for financial markets. just checking whether it is -- you must be having a drink this morning. very important to make that note. anyway, we have some great coverage. manus cranny is in amsterdam. he is going to the hague tomorrow for fantastic coverage. we're working our way towards the federal reserve decision. that will be a little later on. then we get what happens in two tomorrow with the smb and the bank of england. bloomberg television up next, it is "bloomberg surveillance." francine lacqua and tom keene byl be joined by the ceo allianz global investors. more implications for the equity markets and what is happening with the dollar. 0.2% to the is positive. surveillance of next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: ahead of the fed, the dollar dips and the pound rebounds. today's main event is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. test for litmus eu

mr erdogan has again called the dutch "nazis", and described the netherlands as a "banana republic". the dutch prime minister mark rutteemanded an apology. not our usual image of the netherlands. this was the wound the dog left behind as riot police used considerable force against turkish demonstrators. they were angered by the dutch government's refusal to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support of president erdogan. he is counting on the backing of more than a million turkish citizens living in europe to expand his powers back home in next month's referendum. but his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them. the second turkish minister turned back by the dutch government. she returned to istanbul defiant. translation: in holland, holland as a country that speaks of freedom and democracy, we were faced with very rough and hard treatment. it is ugly of europeans who talk about women's rights and tell us how we should treat women in turkey. all this followed president erdogan‘s far—stronger language at a rally, denouncing the dutch as "nazi remnants and fascists". those words have infur

in the last month he has lost ground and rutte has gained ground. mr.ot a bit of the margin over the weekend. >> we have to go, theresa may was given the power by parliament yesterday to declare the process beginning for brexit. >> exactly. the big headline there, the bill has fully gone through parliament, she hat power to invoke article 50 when she wants, and she has the ability to negotiate when she wants. the pound has fallen today, down about 0.6%. she is given a speech today, she will probably outline then when she's likely to invoke article 50. probably not today, but by the end of the month. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a blizzard shutting down much of the east coast, it's a big business generator for company generac. and the fed and the markets are in focus. jim grant from grant's interest rates, he gives us his read on the pace of rate hikes. >>> and later, the gop health plan under fire. max baucus weighs in on the latest report from the congressional budget office. stay tuned, you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc. this just in. 50 million cu

mr erdogan has again compared the dutch to nazis today, and called the netherlands a "ba na na republic". its prime minister mark rutteed an apology. not our usual image of the netherlands. this was the wound the dog left behind as riot police used considerable force against turkish demonstrators. they were angered by the dutch government's refusal to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support of president erdogan. he is counting on the backing of more than a million turkish citizens living in europe to expand his powers back home in next month's referendum. but his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them. the second turkish minister turned back by the dutch government. she returned to istanbul defiant. translation: in holland, holland as a country that speaks of freedom and democracy, we were faced with very rough and hard treatment. it is ugly of europeans who talk about women's rights and tell us how we should treat women in turkey. all this followed president erdogan‘s far—stronger language at a rally, denouncing the dutch as "nazi remnants and fascists". those words have infuriated

mr. wilder's could become the largest party, the one of the things we know now is that he is not going to form the next government. anna: it's interesting that ruttes jumped on that significance of the dutch election. we were talking about how this is like the quarterfinals in terms of populism, saying i am not playing -- this is clearly a part of the story playing out in the dutch legislature. talk about putting the coalition together. how difficult will it be to form a coalition? how much more difficult will it be this time, or not so? >> given the broad spread of votes that we are seeing, according to the opinion polls, it looks like a coalition would have to be formed between three, maybe even five parties. u you are awareill o but a coalition between two is difficult. depending on how the vote turns out, it could add delay. that said, markets are braced for that. we expect to see a quick resolution to the situation in the veterans. that has its positives and negatives, but it does make things difficult for the netherlands at a time when european governments need to be working together. manus: the other piece that bloomberg intelligence has do

the indications are that mr rutte and his governing centre—right party will remain the largest party,olding off the challenge from the far—right leader, geert wilders. president trump has suffered a fresh setback in his efforts to ban immigration from mainly muslim countries. blocked his second travel ban just hours before it was due to take effect. us officials have charged two russian intelligence officers in connection with a massive cyber attack on the internet giant, yahoo. they say the two conspired with criminal hackers to breach half a billion accounts in 2014. and the top story here in the uk: the chancellor, philip hammond, has been accused of a humiliating u—turn after he said he wouldn't press ahead with raising two interest— rate hikes months. the central 23:5 of —7 two interest— rate hikes months. the central 23:5 of the 77 two interest— rate hikes months. the central 23:5 of the us 77

mr rutte's liberal party lost seats but is still the largest, seeing off the far right challenge.inished second, but fell far

with most of the votes counted, mr rutte's centre—right party has beaten geert wilders and his anti—euregman, author of the book utopia for realists. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us first of what you make of the results from this election? well, there have been a lot of reports in the international media about” reports in the international media matthel reports in the international media mat the failures of populism and about the failures of populism and that somehow, the trump result, the brexit revolt, hasn't happened in the netherlands. but i think that is a complete fallacy. actually, just a complete fallacy. actually, geert wilders's party won five seats in parliament, and the big change has been in the past ten and 15

a me efilfifilafiéi by many a big test of the way the winds of populism party of prime minister mark rutte. mrn an anti—immigration platform. he's pledged to take the netherlands out of the eu, is hoping to stop geert he warned today that this ballot will set the tone for other i know. internationaljournalists are very in this. this is are very interested injhlilblsis after. american we have the upcoming elections, we have the upcoming ereeeh and german .— elections, we have the upcoming eseeeh and german elections — elections, we have the upcoming erefiie and german elections i a - french and german elections for a big democracy like the netherlands to makei point, to stop this ‘ the wrong sort ‘the wrong sort of toppling over the wrong sort of nnmulism toppling over the wrong sort of ;:;;:;.i;;: and toppling over the wrong sort of m and there is still a risk populism. and there is still a risk that we i thursday morning and see 'to is to is the the latest. poll, centre—right party is projected to centre—ridht party is proiected to 31 seats out of a total of g

in their final tagged debits. ' prime minister mark rutte, he described his plan to close mr wilders said he felt the netherlands no longer belonged and blood on their hands. prime minister rutte said the comments were our chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports. so i have to find some of my voters, now. for the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, the final day of campaigning he is marginally ahead in—the polls,= but he has been drawn into an extraordinary and deepening row with president erdogan of turkey.

that's the verdict of the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, whose party is on course mr wilders. whose prime minister.