mr. wilders.job for the deutch is to try to get a parliament together but that is the headline really, that the populist, anti-islam candidate that was ahead in some opinion polls prior to today's election did not get close to winning. now it is not over yet for the european union. we have the french elections in april and runoff for marine le pen, getting a lot of support and germany later on in the year but as it stands right now holland votes for their current prime minister and saying no so the populist candidate geert wilders. melissa. melissa: ashley, thank you. david: joining me is a eu politics reporter at "the wall street journal" she is on the ground in the netherlands. valentine that, i imagine you've seen some of the headlines. some of the headlines they're writing political demise of geert wilders but he just sent out a tweet saying you haven't seen the last of me. so even if he's not winning in this election, he claims he is going to still be around for the next. >> yes. for re he ll

mr. wilders.p how significant the fact he's leading and whether it's likely whether or not he'll become prime minister? >> it is significant. it is a trend that's occurred across europe. we've seen marine le pen in france, the alternative for germany. the far-right parties that are anti-immigrant and not shy about it which is relatively new in european politics. the trend in the netherlands, geert wilders, his numbers actually started coming down the last week or so. this happens with some regularity in dutch elections. this happened five years ago, geert wildersing with er ers w well until five weeks before the election. now the markets believe he could finish second and that the current prime minister, mark rutte, center of the more mainstream party will couple together a government at some point. so you have not seen real movement on dutch yields, the euro move on this. markets are focused on the french elections next month where you have a much better chance of marine le pen becoming president

mr. wilder is not going to be leaving the next government. put a 10% probability on the chance of nexit anytime soon. anna: thank you very much. dean turner from ubs wealth management. tomorrow, the dutch go to the polls. manus: we will be looking at them after the radio show. let's talk about toshiba you are considering selling a -- anna: they made the announcement as they gained approval to delay the release of third-quarter earnings for a second time. our aged technology managing editor joins us. great to have you. another delay from toshiba. remind us again of what is causing this delay. >> that's right. today was supposed to be the day that the company finally reported its earnings for the quarter, ending in december. instead, it said it can't produce those final results and soft an 6 -- and sought an extension. instead it is saying it will sell a majority stake in westinghouse. the problem is that is trying to get its hands around the problems in the nuclear unit. it has been struggling to complete a few construction problems in the uni

mr wilders attacked his credibility, and urged him to close the country's borders.d 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, warned this could be one of the biggest snowstorms in recent memory, and urged residents to stay indoors. if you must go out, do so for as limited a

for his part, mr wilders said the real problem was that turks waving turkish flags on a dutch streetlowing 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 negative signal from a country which doesn't have a great record on censorship. are you surprised? i think yes because in a way, the reference that is being

mrs. a.h. stearns. a highway in the wilderness. i looked at that thing and i thought, i never heard of mrs. a.h. stearns and i bet very few people have. a highway in the wilderness sounds like john the baptist. and it sounds like this is a 19th century religious tract that might be kind of interesting. but probably isn't. but i looked at it and it turns out that mrs. stearns's highway in the wilderness was her calling to teach at an african-american school in morristown, tennessee. near chattanooga. in the 1870's. that makes this book really interesting. because it's just full of what life was like at this school for, quote, colored people, in tennessee in the 1870's. so, this -- and i can't find that anyone has this book. well, that's always interesting for a book dealer. if nobody is selling it, or alternativetively you can't find it being held by any institution, then that's a book that you can feel fairly confident, given its subject matter, that somebody's going to want. i'm suddenly very interested in mrs. stearns and want to catalog this book carefully and thoughtfully and in a way that i

mr. wilders got a big chunk of the vote. >> i think prime minister may is doing that, even though she wasn'ted. she's trying to -- >> long debate on that front. >>> my article is in politico. angela merkel meeting donald trump at the white house. politico writing about the free world meeting donald trump. the german chancellor is the only leader in europe who has a plausible claim to moral leadership. merkel was always going to be listened to carefully on morality and given her longevity always respected, but it was her decision to accept 1 million refugees which established her moral credentials, especially since no other mitt cal leader has taken such a political risk. president trump has gone after her for that. not a popular position in the united states. >> it's hurt her domestically. we look forward to that meeting. i wonder if president trump knows what her nickname is back in germany. mooty, which means mother. she is the mother of europe and the mother of germany. maybe there's a german nickname of daddy she can give to donald trump. >> she doesn't seem like one for funny names. >>

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mr. wilders voting. both gentlemen looking happy about what is going on.ou 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 european populism this year takes place in the netherla

mr. wilder's comes -- the first round in france is on april 23.rporate news right now. mark tucker will be the nonexecutive chairman of hsbc. on octoberrt at hsbc 1 and the first major task will be to find a successor to the ceo who led the bank for more than six years. joining us now is stephen morris and carl weinberg. always a pleasure to speak with you on surveillance. give us a sense of why the markets like so much the appointment of mr. tucker? : he has a good record of growing financial services in asia which is where hsbc fortunes will have to live. they are in the middle of the process to split off from the bank and they will be hoping that mr. tucker can appoint a new ceo. that is his biggest first job in charge. that will help restore revenue growth which is declining. whilst the bank still pays a dividend, which not a lot of u.k. banks do, and it is keeping shareholders happy, i think they're hoping the new chairman will be able to drive performance. francine: who would be the ideal ceo? they will have experience working in the u.k. an

mr. wilder's party. that is the anti-europe party that was slipping in the polls.eral line is the party. that is been gaining in the polls. overnight we had yet another poll showing perhaps the wilder's party is down even more. amsterdam, take us through election day. define this asan the rotterdam moment. a significant drop for wilder's. the far right freedom party. dropping to number five in the polls. turnout is about 15%. that's ahead of normal. that's good for the parties that want to go head-to-head. rotterdam moment, this was the fight between the netherlands and turkey. send ministerso to lobby for the referendum. the prime minister here fought back valiantly on the tv. the other thing we have to consider is the trump effect. wilder's went to the polls this morning. he was asked, immigration islam and integration are the issues. what about trump? and we are our own people. i am not donald trump. i am from the netherlands. i believe that what is happening in america can happen all over the world. >> he think it's a global phenomenon. can the dutch draw a fir

mr. wilders got a bit of the margin over the weekend. >> we have to go, theresa may was given the power byt 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 customers' data was not compromised this morning in a security breach that didn't happen. wall street, no

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

mr erdogan‘s powers. but with the dutch election next week, the government there feared it could provoke tension and feed the anti—immigrant geert wilderscampaign trail, the dutch prime minister said he wouldn't give in turkish blackmail. this morning, on television, he made clear that he threatened the netherlands with sanctions, and of course we cannot negotiate under such threats. so then we decided, the foreign minister, the french prime minister and myself in a conference call, that it was better for him not to come to the netherlands. his country having been occupied by the nazis, mr rutte reacted bluntly to the fascist comparison. it's a 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

mr erdogan‘s powers. but with the dutch election next week, the government there feared it could provoke tension and feed the anti—immigrant geert wildershe campaign trail, the dutch prime minister said he wouldn't give in turkish blackmail. this morning, on television, he made clear that he threatened the netherlands with sanctions, and of course we cannot negotiate under such threats. so then we decided, the foreign minister, the flemish prime minister and myself in a conference call, that it was better for him not to come to the netherlands. his country having been occupied by the nazis, mr rutte reacted bluntly to the fascist comparison. it's a 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 — pain

mr putin. the british people havejust made it clear they want to go in that direction. in the netherlands, geert wildersof seats. things are moving in europe in the direction of the ideas and policies i represent. and if you win in may, does that spelt the beginning of the end of the eu? but the eu is almost already over. rather than waiting for its chaotic collapse, i suggest we organise its transformation into a europe of nations, while respecting the wishes of the european peoples. have you noticed that all the referendums on the subject of the eu that have been organised in the past 15 years have been lost by the eu? all of them, without exception. have you seen that poland is saying no, i then want to join the euro. when a few years ago they were begging to join. it's over, the eu is shining with the light of a dead star. thank you. emily speaking to the french presidential candidate marine le pen. we've got some french election news, the wife of the presidential candidate francois fillon has been placed under formal investigation. this is part of the continuing fakejobs inquiry. she spent the day

europe's most divisive politicians, geert wilders is hoping to emulate donald trump's anti establishment victory while maintaining a dutch veneer. >> i'm no mr. trump. i am my own man. so we are having a dutch campaign here about dutch issues and not about america. >> reporter: the would be prime minister's manifesto is only one page long. it's a full frontal attack on islam. >> it certainly is a threat. it's an existential threat. i'm not talking about all the muslims, but the islamic ideology of violence of hate of submission and not of assimilation. and i believe islam and freedom are incompatible. so if we want to stay free countries also for our children and grandchildren in the future, we have to have less islam in our societies because the more it dominates and the stronger it becomes the less freedom we will have. >> reporter: this mosque in rotterdam is the country's biggest. if wilders gets his way, every mosque will be closed down. the koran will be banned as will islamic scarves in public places. at friday prayers, security guard rocalita angelista celebrated his conversion to islam. according to a recent survey most dutch people

wilders understands culture and demographics are our destiny. we cannot restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. critics say mr.is supporting white nationalism. >> south korea's ousted president has thanked her supporters and says she is sorry she couldn't fulfill her presidential duties until the end. that's according to a congressman who spoke on park geun-hye's behalf. park left the executive mansion on sunday after a court upheld her impeachment on friday. >> the northeast united states is bracing for a powerful winter storm expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds to cities including washington, philadelphia, and boston. the national weather service warns new york could be hit with up to 18 inches of snow. that's almost half a meter. >> well, the battle over replacing obamacare is heating up and republicans are divided on exactly what they want in a new health care law. >> yeah, u.s. house speaker paul ryan says the house republican health care plan is the solution or at least a good start. but senator rand paul is making clear the senate will not pass the bill without significant changes. >> when you

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.

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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

the indications are that mr rutte and his governing centre—right party will remain the largest party, holding off the challenge from the far—right leader, geert wildersesident 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. so, no celebrations for the anti—eu anti—immigrant geert wilders