we what we are trying to build in hungary or what we are intending to build in hungary is a christian democracy you know based on christian values zurich achievement married based. society there are there are debates about that as well but all in all our interest is a strong grew up in the union because we didn't a strong european union hungary can be strong ok so there's the e.u. commissioner who actually voiced her opinion about hungary and the czech republic and poland voicing their concerns and their views and she said you know those are sandbags those three countries that could be thrown away could it come to that hungary czech republic slovakia and poland the. countries are members of the european union and the view of the members of the european union even more and this central europe in the region is currently the growth and of the european union are a growth rate is much higher than the european average everybody speaks about the german french cooperation when it comes to the issue of european competitiveness and bob if you look at the figures you will see that the trade between german

truth and democracy have to advance and it will ultimatel largely come from the public. christiani was thinking how spy craft and intelligence shifted over the years. it used to be taterest in mi secrets and details and trade secrets. now they are interested in people as a commodity, because th can do so much more wit that. >> yeah, the russian approach from the outset is different from how we think about it in the west. we tend to focus on state to statrelationships. going back to the soviet era, it was always i am going to anmmunicate with the peopl the parties in your country and use them as either unwitting or witting versaries or allies against you inside your country, these democracies, so that imo your population to my foreign policy position. we really cannot say enough how successful this has been., not only -- yetin may have tilted the election one way or the other, but he has won over an audience on social media that he can nudge today. many of the alternatght audiences out there support his policy positions -- nationalism, not globalism, anti-eu anti-nato. they on his

they on his behalf or unwittingly are advancing the cause against democracies in europe and the united states. christianyou say you a getting enough buy-in from the relevant agencies. i'm thinking back to the french election and the hacking of president macron's party. e person i'm speaking to on a balcony in paris was an old man. he was one of the legislators, and he did not understand what was going on. w much is that the probl around the west, that the legislators are behind the curve? clint: yeah, we are trying to communicate to people who do not understand social-media platforms the danger of what is going on on social-media platforms. the u.s. is far more vulnerable to this beuse we spent almost double the amount of time consuming news on our social media. europe has done quite a bit better on this. e is goingows, every to be consuming the information in the digital age, not the analog, and the more people increase that consumption, the more ty will be at risk. while europe, france, and germany did better and they saw what happened here and they saw what happened with brexit and they were more res

christiane amanpour in london. this week has seen strong men consolidate gains and democracy struggle to hang on to basic values and principles. the turkish president, erdogan, who was re-elected with sweeping new powers, sparking fears of a crack down on civil society. russian leader, vladimir putin, will get some important face time with president trump in helsinki next month. sparking concern with nato allies. especially in light of the cnn report that president trump called nato just as bad as nafta. this fresh off trump beating up on europe's long time leader the german chancellor angela merkel on twitter for her immigration policy. a worrying study by former president george w. bush and former vice president, joe biden. if found that more than half of all americans believe democracy is vulnerable in the usa. an idea that would have been unthinkable a decade ago when the likes of president bush and tony blair were wrapping up their terms in offices. well, blair is still speaking up, defending old alliances and a globalized world and calling on politicians to do their jobs and fight the false promise of populis

critics of american conservatism, making sense of the altar right -- alt right, and democracy, culture and america's christian denomination. second from your left is the digital organizing director of organizing for action, a nonpartisan organization that grew out of president obama's presidential campaigns. she has directed one of the largest digital communications programs in the country working to build healthier communities and empower agents of local and national change. in the center is a contribute an -- contributing editor who has written for the new yorker since 2011. he wrote reddit and the struggle to detoxify the internet, in the march 19 issue, available at your nearest internet portal. i urge you to read it. ned ryan is on the far end to your right, is the founder and ceo of a grassroots training organization, the son of former congressman jim ryan, he is a frequent to be common -- canommentator and his work be seen at the hill. finally, to my left and on your left, katie is a global politics and government director at facebook. prior to that, she was the chief digital strategist at the national

further emboldened to interfere in the western alliance, in the western democracies and in the solidarity amongst the allies. >> christiane, thank you very much. and thank you for joining me in this wild hour. "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thank you, kate, and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. we begin with breaking news. a remarkable confrontation on capitol hill. the house of representatives, the republican house, just voting demanding that the justice department do a better job of producing documents. that after a contentious house committee hearing, a confrontation between republicans and the deputy attorney general principally, but also the director of the fbi. rod rosenstein locked in a public feud with the justice department over their demands that they requested documents into the trump campaign. republicans say rosenstein, the fbi and the justice department are hiding things. rosenstein pushing back repeatedly, at times angrily, at that suggestion. >> i am the deputy attorney general of the united states, okay? i'm not the person doing the redacting. >> you're the boss, mr. ros

democracy itself is at risk. >>> good evening everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour. in london. the united states is seeing a surge in diversity, at least when it comes to candidates running for office in 2018. as pry marys are proving, it is a big year for fielding women and military and national security veterans. not only do they believe they bring unique experience to the table, because many of the candidates are democrats they hope to create a so-called blue wave in november's elections. my guest tonight, lieutenant-colonel amy mcgrath is three of those things, she's a democrat, a woman, and she's a vet. she was the first ever female to fly an f-18 in combat in aven afghanistan she was a novice to politics until she pulled off a stunner this month winning in kentucky this month. no stranger to politicians she'll run against a republican for house seat in one of the reddest states in america. this was the campaign ad that started it all. >> when i was 12 years old i knew exactly what i wanted to do when i grew up. i wanted to fly fighter jets and land on aircraft carriers be

would subvert not just this country's fundamental christian values but also mr all bands own political philosophy ideology he calls it in liberal democracy all of this of course had to be stopped first there was a border built border fence built in two thousand and fifteen and now they're going after those n.g.o.s pro-democracy pro human rights pro rule of law by implication as well anti or ban is my report. where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe on welcome in hungary alone slide when in parliamentary elections in april has encouraged prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups a new law is being debated that would criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that saying asylum seekers shouldn't be helped because if you are. you face the risk of being thrown in jail. i put that to mr all burned spokesman your ques

further emboldened to interfere in the western alliance, in the western democracies and in the solidarity amongst the allies. >> christiane, thank you very much. and thank you for joining me in this wild hour. "inside politics" with john king starts right now.

democracy on earth into a pariah nation. you know who's leading the charge? it's devout christiansho are fighting it at the local level of the state level to make sure that their cities and states never agree to boycott israel which is anti- semitism. that is what it is. i will explain why. [applause] i will explain why. when someone asks comes to me and says well, this or that church group, even church groups, this that academic reports to boycott israel. i asked him what number are we on your list? maybe were number 21 or 51 or 71 of countries around the world that they've decided to boycott because if that is the case i know i'm dealing with someone who has a principal and an organization that has a value and they put israel into this and i see my job as the ambassador to explain to them why they are wrong with the context in details and the nuances and complexities. the fact that this is happening by church groups or actual groups it boggles the mind. you have church groups in america that would call for the boycott of israel at a time when christians are in decimated in the mi

agencies to create these conservative christian organizations around the world, recognize them, and when they get into power they start dismantling their own democracies. the easiest way to destroy the democratic -- a republic constitutional republic is to have elections internally and take it apart yourself. oft: you talk about the orb influence around the president. do you address steve bannon in this book and the role he played? guest: i do. steve bannon was a senior advisor to the president, that he is also a student of the russian philosopher alexander dugine. he believes in breaking up the atlantic alliance. is not believe the axis between washington, d.c. and europe should exist at all. he believes that needs to be undermined at all costs and that should be replaced with an axis between moscow, the european capitals and then subservient united states. he has a website on the internet. goes that on twitter and tweets in russian. they say all of this publicly. steve bannon is a disciple. for thelf said he calls elimination of the federal government, or functions of the federal government. he now acts as his own version rasputind and going -- goin

democracy on earth, into a pariah nation. do you know who is leading the charge, in many communities? it is actually devout christians, who are fighting at the local level, to make sure that their cities and states never agree, to boycott israel. that is what it is. anti-semitism. i will explain why. i will explain why. somebody asked me, well, this or that -- a church group, even church groups -- this or that academic group wants to boycott israel. i said, what number are we on your list? maybe we are 21, 51, 71, of countries around the world that they have decided to boycott. if that is the case, i know that i am dealing with someone who has a principal, an organization that is a value, and they put israel into this white net. i see my job, as israel's ambassador, too! to them while they are of wrong. with all the details and nuances and complexities. -- to let them know why they are wrong, with all the details, nuances, and complexity. you have church groups in america, that would call for the boycott of israel, at a time when christians are really being decimated, and the middle east, christians are being decapit

christiane amanpour in london. it's world refugee day and this year it's landed right in the midst of an almighty political and humanitarian row over refugees. a row that is chanllenging the foundations of our democracies from europe to the united states. the pope even weighed in today saying it's immoral to separate families. but from the eastern front where hu hungary passed a harsh knew law to the united states, pope list leaders are having their stay. now after a torrent of criticism over his zero tolerance policy at the mexican border president trump said he'll sign something to keep families together. >> we want to keep families together. i'm going to sign something to do that. people in this room want to do that. they're working on various pieces of legislation to get that done. i'm working on something that will be pre-emptive. >>> but what to do when politics and displaced people collide. i asked phillipo grande. he reacted to trump's latest decision which was breaking just as we were wrapping up this interview. phillipe grande welcome to this program. >> thank you. >> just give me an idea of some of the stories you heard today. >> so many stories. you know, last night, as you said, i travelle

point here the democracy that's being referred to her problem here is that the voices on the right elements in hope party but more specifically elements in her sister party the christian social union in bavaria which has been making feelers to the government of the conservative as it were right minded sebastian courts in austria they don't agree with angela merkel and her position about how the borders should be managed which countries should take in migrants which should not and so her dynamic here is that her instinct is to be humanitarian and yes the vote would appear to be in another direction they certainly opinion polls here suggest that the position that the average german takes regarding immigration is not necessarily the one that anglo-american has been putting across for the past few years and that explains why her tone has changed in recent weeks also because as i say the very allies of her party have to be in effectively holding her feet to the fire saying we will not take this much longer giving her an ultimatum of this summit effectively to come up with some sort of solution and her problem is the solution that the very insistent party would accept is no

christian ideals. i think it was a result of his foreign education -- formal education in history, government and law. he wrote often about democracyand very frequent and he thought that because democracy rests on the consent of the governed that it is most moral form of government and he thought, as many people have before and since, that since the united states was the world's most successful democracy that it was a morally superior nation. he also believed in what he called moral force. this is a phrase used over and over and over again. what he means by it is the force that you have if you are a deeply moral leader or deeply moral nation and he actually thought that the greatness of the united states lay in its moral force, not in its wealth and this is quite different from many of his contemporaries who were all excited that the united states was now the richest nation in the world and it happened after 1900 -- you know when he comes to office people are still very excited about being that it is even richer than britain. ... his usual way of doing it, he would go to ask congress for something and he would make, he would say it

democracy on earth. do you know who is leading that charge against that in many communities? it's actually devout christiansgree to boycott israel who are anti-seminism. and i'll explain why. when somebody comes to me and says, well, this or that church group, even church group, this or that academic group wants to boycott israel. i ask them what number are we on their list? maybe we're number 51, 21, 71% of countries around the world that we want to boycott. if that's the case, i know i'm dealing with somebody who has a principle. an organization that has a value. and i see my job as israel's ambassador why they're wrong. with all of the nuances and complexts -- complexities. the fact that this is happening by church groups or economic groups almost boggles the mind. if you have actually groups in america that call for boycott at a time when christians are being decimated in the middle east. christians being decapitated in the middle east. we're the only country in the middle east that has a growing population the state of israel. four or five times it was. the only place where christians are truly safe in