christine: yeah.id: so he called you to be minister of trade, and you went back and served as minister of trade for a couple of years. christine: yeah. david: and how did you like the job? christine: i loved it. i really loved it. it was a massive change in my life, geographically, socially, financially, as well. david: i assume the income was not the same as you had before? christine: it was like divided by 10, that's what it was. but i loved it because -- i think it was the job i most enjoyed in government, actually, because i was selling france around the world. and i think president chirac, he knew that i was this strange animal coming out of private sector and private life and corporate life. but i think he had a lot of respect for me, and i had a huge respect for him. david: then sarkozy does get elected president of france. christine: and he asked me to be minister of agriculture, which i had no clue about. but i was prepared to learn. david: but you did that for just a few months. christine: i

christine: no.ne reason i joined was the managing partner was a woman and she was a role model to me. david: baker mckenzie was one of the largest law firms in the world and it was based in chicago. at some point, how did you get to be the head of the entire firm? you are a woman. it is a male firm. you are from france. it is an american firm. how did you get elected to be the managing director and moved to chicago? christine: i would love to think it was merits and the quality of the work i was doing. it is interesting. i begin managing her of the paris office. gradually i was doing a decent job. i was picked up on the nominating committee who selected me to join the executive committee and i was the first woman to be on that committee. i went back to practice. happily. they came back to get me. by that time, it was a mess. the i.t. budget was out of order. the knowledge management system was a disaster. management was not trusted. the nominating committee had a tough time selecting somebody. it is

christine: yeah.avid: so he called you to be minister of trade, and you went back and served as minister of trade for a couple of years. christine: yeah. david: and how did you like the job? christine: i loved it. i really loved it. it was a massive change in my life, geographically, socially, financially, as well. david: i assume the income was not the same as you had before? christine: it was like divided by 10, that's what it was. but i loved it because -- i think it was the job i most enjoyed in government, actually, because i was selling france around the world. and i think president chirac, he knew that i was this strange animal coming out of private sector and private life and corporate life. but i think he had a lot of respect for me, and i had a huge respect for him. david: then sarkozy does get elected president of france. christine: and he asked me to be minister of agriculture, which i had no clue about. but i was prepared to learn. david: but you did that for just a few months. christine:

i am christine mhundwa. welcome to the program. authorities are continuing eruptions -- say that continuing eruptions could cause more webster hit the coastline like the one over the weekend. with a 370 people lost their lives when a huge wave swept the coast of sumatra. nearly 130 people remain unaccounted for. more than a thousand have been injured. >> a child's cry. the giant wave lifted and buried in rubble for 20 minutes. -- buried him in rubble for 20 minutes. this is on the sumatran side of the some understrength -- the strait. there is the recovery of the dead. hundreds of people lost their lives. most would have e scarcely know what hit them. -- known what t hit them. >> all of a sudden, the wave came. i was here. afterwards, i ran over there to a crowd of people who were holding a celebration. a motorbike of swept over there. i came back here at 2:00 a.m.m.o try toto get my bike. i could not. it was bururied under the debri. >> this is the second deadly tsunami to strike indonesia this year. people are asking why the earl

christine and joe. >> abby, thank you. the impact of the shutdown is about to get real for federal employees working or home unpaid. credit cards from holiday shopping, rent, electricity, a lot of people have bills to pay in the new year. the u.s. office of personnel management tweeted advice to federal employees on how to deal with the financial situations. >> this is beyond-beyond. one suggestion federal employees offer to do chores in exchange for rent payment. one letter reads, i would like to discuss with you the possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance. painting, carpentry work in exchange for partial rent payments. >> navy federal credit union offering help to request or receive pay on loans. the effects stretching to space. nasa's horizon probe is on target for the new year's eve ran rendevous. >>> the deaths of two migrant children in u.s. custody and now investigations are under way. democrats seeking action after the deaths. and dianne feinstein is seeking for treatment of immigrant children. ki

. >> 18-year-old christine chap pa. >> yeah. >> christine lived in a neighboring town where she was earning as reputation as a softball superstar. >> christine was a softball icon for this town. >> brittney selby was her friend. >> she was the comic relief in our group of friends. >> christine's sense of humor was a perfect match for molly's. >> molly definitely brought out christine's crazy side. it was never -- never a dull moment with those two. >> but for this group of girls, crazy and dull were relative terms. >> we were not the party kids. we never drank or anything like that, we would go to taco bell, we would go to coffee shops and we would go to parks. >> which is exactly what molly and christine decided to do on a warm summer night back in june of 2012. their destination, violet andrews park. >> that place seemed safe to you? >> yeah, it did. >> all of the parks would -- >> we would go at night all the time. >> before heading out, the two called brittney asking if she wanted to join them. brittney took a pass. >> they had asked me to go but i had a volleyball game the next morning

nina, anxiety is high. >> reporter: it is, christine. the eu made it very clear they are in no mood to tear open the 585-page withdrawal agreement they spent the last year and a half negotiating with the uk. theresa may is there trying to meet eu leaders to get support and then meeting with the heads of the eu commission and council later on today to try to get some legally binding reassuran e reassurances that the back stop agreement with ireland and northern ireland which is part of the uk, will not remain a permanent sticking point that the two sides have to negotiate over in the future. it is likely the assurances will be brought to the house of parliament. a lot of this is political theater. speaking of the political theater, we have the leader of the opposition having been granted an emergency debate in the house of commons by the speakers because the opposition parties are actually furious they are robbed of the opportunity of voting down theresa may's deal. they were not consulted on the last-minute change on the parliament timet

christine and dave. >> thank you.n addition to that, president bush will be eulogized by brian mulroney and jon meacham. donald trump will not speak. president p s are asked to give eulogy, but plans were in place before trump was elected. >> all of the living presidents are expected to attend the funeral on wednesday which should make for interesting political theater. putting aside predecessors he harshly criticized. george h.w. bush will wear socks honoring his naval service. >>> special counsel robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing memo for michael flynn today. the document could provide details about what mueller knows and where his investigation is headed. flynn was forced to resign as national security director in february of 2017. the white house says he was let go for misleading vice president pence about conversations with a russian diplomat. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and he agreed to cooperate. >>> the special counsel also expected to file a memo for paul manafort by friday. at leas

dave and christine. >> thank you for that. soon after the 2016 election, russian operatives got the top threat to the trump campaign. they targeted pages to create the russia probe as nonsense. >> the russian influence campaign targeted african-americans as part of a broader effort to suppress voter turnout among democrats. the report goes on to say other ethnic groups were the focus of one or are two facebook pages or instagram accounts, the black community was targeted specifically. >>> james comey, now the former fbi director, now targeting the republican party for not standing up to the commander in chief. he had a second round of closed door conversations with the congress. >> he is lying the fbi and attacking the -- he is lying to the fbi. he is attacking the rule of law. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matters and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone has to stand up in the fair of fear of fox news and fear of their base. stand up for the values of the country and

dave and christine. >> thank you, jessica.s president bush and his family were a strong presence throughout houston, it is no surprise thousands of mourners lined up, some waiting more than ten hours to pay respects. >> i'm happy i came. i would have spent town hours waiting in line. >> george bush was our president. >> washington was where the late president built his career. his state funeral yesterday at the national cathedral was filled with emotional farewells. >> george herbert walker bush was america's last great soldier statesman. a 20th century founding father. >> i believe it will be said that no occupant of the oval office was more courageous and more principled and more honorable than george herbert walker bush. >> he loved a good joke. the richer the better. he would throw his head back and give a good laugh, but he never, ever could remember a punch line. i mean never. >> in the inaugural address, the 43rd president of the united states said this. we cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger b

i actually hope that christine blasey ford does not disappear. the meat...ly experienced it once a month? sexual harassment? absolutely. recent occurrences are very fresh in my mind and raw. christine blasey ford, that dominated the news. i cannot wait to see dominated the news. i cannot wait to see the results of these on wednesday. meghan markle? she is not your first choice but she has dominated this year. what is the correct era? i initially also like raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brian. raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. —— brianlj raikkonen, 32—year—old director of black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. -- brian. i like the black panther. more than 2000 families separated at the us border with the trump immigration policy. interesting that donald trump is also on this list. we shall see. thank you for your company and have a really good day. hello. as we go through the week that temperatures dropping across the country. on tuesday, quite cloudy for most of us and chil

dave and christine. >>> thank you.resident trump and kpixi jinpi will agree to a pause in the trade. they keep the tariffs at 10%. in change, china said -- in exchange, china said it would purchase other goods from the u.s. to help the imbalance. the two countries have 90 days to make progress. in a tweet, the president said china agreed to remove tariffs on cars it imports from the u.s. which is 40% currently. the president did not say what the tariff level would be. in addition to the temporary truce with china, justin trudeau and outgoing president nieto signed the usmca. >> we get rid of nafta. it caused tremendous amounts of unemployment and loss and company loss. that will be terminated. so congress will have a choice of the usmca or pre-nafta which worked well. >> each country's legislative bodies needs to approve the agreement before it goes into effect. >>> roger stone says he has never been in touch with wikileaks founder julian assange. a draft special counsel document indicating prosecutors are looking into

christine and dave. >> thank you, sunlen. in addition to that, president bush will be eulogized by brian mulroney and jon meacham. former senator alan simpson. president trump will attend the funeral on wednesday at the national cathedral, but not speak. presidents are usually asked for eulogies, but the service was already in place before he was president and there is another president in the family to speak at an the certify -- at the service. >> all of the living presidents are expected to attend the funeral on wednesday which should make for interesting political theater. at least an astonishing photo op. putting aside predecessors he harshly criticized. george h.w. bush will wear socks honoring his naval service. he started as an 18-year-old naval aviator. the last world war ii veteran president of the united states. postal service will suspend service honoring the former president george h.w. bush. >>> special counsel robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing memo for michael flynn today. the document could provid

i'm christine romans. >> i'm joe johns.s begin with the president back on the way home to washington after he and the first lady swept into iraq. paying a visit to u.s. service members. >> we came to al asad to share our gratitude to you to keep america strong and safe and free. >> the president making good on the promise to visit troops fighting one of the wars he has scorned as a mistake. the secret flight from washington to the air force base caused some anxiety. >> i had concerns for the institution of the presidency, not for myself, personally. i have concerns for the first lady, i will tell you. if you would have seen what we had to go through with the darkened plane with all windows closed and no lights on whatsoever. anywhere. pitch black. i have never seen it. i have been in many airplanes. all types and shapes and sizes. i've never seen anything like it. >> first time he's ever taken that trip. the president remained on the ground for three hours shaking hands and taking selfies and signing autographs. a week afte

i'm sure christine wanted those facts.ave, i have never seen a fan base grow so quickly as atlanta united has the last two years. the most passionate fans i have seen in a long time. they want to take home this cup saturday. >> not just atlanta. the whole sport growing here in the country. at least as far as mls goes. that league is growing faster than the other pro leagues. does it have a keeper like the stanley cup? >> paul is here. he said i cannot touch it at all. he said don't touch the cup. >> paul, nice work for us this morning. thank you. andy scholes, good stuff. romans, over to you. >>> thank you. the final farewell under way in texas for america's 41st president. live pictures here with his burial just hours away. more next. go big this holiday at t-mobile. when you buy one of the latest sumsung phones you get a free 50" samsung 4k tv. you gotta be kidding me. seriously, no! [announcer] seriously. get to a t-mobile store today. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 hours, you'll s

. >> reporter: fayetteville offer to reinvestigates cases like christine's. girl's night out at a local bar in 2007. christine and some friend had been drinking and ran into guys they had seen around town. >> i regret leaving with one of them who i thought was a nice guy. >> reporter: then what happened? >> he took me to an apartment. i consented to be with him, and he said he had to leave the room and he came back and he had three of his friends with him. i told them no, i told them that's not what i wanted. i was fearful that if i made a noise or fought back that something worse would happen. so i just laid there and took it until it was over. the guy that i had consented to was laying next to me and i just asked him to take me home. >> reporter: christine says her roommate found her distraught and in tears and encouraged her to report the rape. every time a rape kit is collected, the victim's body is treated as the crime scene. a nurse asks questions like did he ejaculate inside of you, did he kiss you, lick you? for three to five hours a nurse swabs the m

. >>> i'm christine romans. it is monday, december 24th.e begin with the defense secretary james mattis forced out of his job two months earlier than planned. he an announnounced his resigna thursday. the departure triggered by the president's decision to withdrawal troops from syria. mick mulvaney defended the decision to pull the troops out of syria. in the next breath, mulvaney admits the supporters don't understand the consequences. >> he went against the recommendations of mattis, mcgurk, dunford and pompeo and bolton. who is he listening to? >> a bunch of people. >> that is his national security team. >> we recognize the fact this is unpopular within the beltway. we recognize it is unpopular with the defense department. >> do they know what the stakes are of pulling u.s. troops out and leaving the syrian defense force to the turkish slaughter and the issues for iran? >> ordinary americans have no idea. they elect the president so he does. >> the one thing the president did not immediately recognize was that mattis was resigning in pro

i'm christine romans. >> i will stick with smocking gun. i'm dave briggs. 5:00 a.m. in the east. a source close to the president tells us he is concerned he would be impeached when democrats take over the house. the source says the president is anxious although he is not certain it will happen. a separate source says white house aides says collusion is not a problem, but sources say the only issue which may stick is campaign finance hush payments to alleged mistresses. >>> a busy week ahead for the trump defense team. paul manafort may face new charges or harsher charges over the breach of the agreement with special counsel robert mueller. and robert mueller also has an issue with michael flynn's sentencing memo seeking no jail time. tomorrow, michael cohen faces sentencing in new york and maria butina has a plea hearing. more on that in a moment. >>> and on friday, a sentencing request for michael flynn and then a dispute with special counsel robert mueller and a witness. that's all we know. if you are keeping score, we have 16 associates who had contact with russian associates.

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> this is the worst year for stocks in a decade. >> we waiting for santa. >>> we could find out today what compelled michael flynn to lie to the fbi. the former national security adviser is set to be sentenced today with the contacts with the russian ambassador during the presidential transition. following the judge's order in the 11th hour, special counsel robert mueller has released a memo giving details of the fbi interview where flynn lied. >> flynn allies, including the president, latched on to the fact that flynn was interviewed by peter strzok who was later fired over anti-trump texts. flynn allies suggest he was tricked into lying because he did not have a lawyer with him. the memo with the questions and answers debunks that claim. white house correspondent kaitlan collins with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, flynn is expected to be sentenced in a d.c. court today. we know special counsel robert mueller has recommended little-to-no jail time. where this ge

merry christmas eve. >> good morning, christine.gumbo in new orleans because they took care of business in the big easy. drew brees with the team down in the fourth quarter and 90 seconds to go. a two yarder to michael thomas. it is ruled out at the one, but upon review? the stripes gave who dat nation the touchdown. then the steelers drive for the touchdown and juju smith-schuster driving, but doesn't make it. they need a rally to make it to the playoffs. >>> look at head coach sean payton in the locker room? you are rolling full throttle into the post season. look at those boys go. >>> in seattle, the chiefs fight for home field in the afc. three touchdown passes and this from patrick mahomes. up by three and seattle's russell wilson has a magic touch too. to doug baldwin to the 1 yard line. the seahawks score securing the win and nfc wild card berth. >>> how about this for pressure? jake elliott with the field goal attempt. make it and you defend your super bowl title. elliott right down the middle. eagles win 32-30. the champs a

dave and christine. >> thank you, boris. a new poll showing americans find the president is lying about the russia investigation. in the nbc poll, 62% think the president is not honest of russia. a new cnn poll has mixed news for the president. from the first in the nation caucus state. 2/3 of iowa republican voters would definitely vote to reelect mr. trump if the general election were held today. the caucus is to pick the candidate. the state party should welcome challengers to the president. >>> the future of obamacare once again up in the air. a federal judge in texas striking down the entire affordable care act as unconstitutional. you may remember back in 2012, the supreme court did uphold the law claiming the individual mandate was a legal tax. last year, the tax was reduced to zero and the judge cited zero tax means zero individual mandate. the argument without it, the whole law is false. >> the affordable care act covers people with pre-existing conditions. it lets states expand medicare. these are really popular pa

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.t is monday, december 3rd. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we are remembering 41. tearful tributes this morning for george herbert walker bush. he died friday night at the age of 94. the same aircraft that took president trump to buenos aires for the g20 will bring mr. bush back to d.c. for the last time. at a ceremony today, vice president pence will deliver remarks. listen to former secretary of state james baker. >> one of the aides who assisted him physically said mr. president, secretary baker's here. he opened both eyes and said hey bake, where we going today. i said jefe, we're going to heaven. he said good. that's where i want to go. little did i know or he know, of course, by 10:00 that night he would be in heaven. >> also making the trip to d.c. today is mr. bush's labrador sully. that is sully lying next to the president's casket. bush 43 writes, as much as our family will miss this dog, we are comforted to know he will bring the same joy to his new home that he brought to 41. more n

christine, joe? >> all right. thank you for that. the boy's death comes just weeks after 7-year-old -- a 7-year-old died less than 48 hours after being detained by u.s. customs and border patrol agents. >> yet again these tragedies are happen i happening because congress and the administration have not adequately provided the resources. both in personnel and infrastructure to adequately take these folks in. >> now the head of customs and border protection is ordering immediate action. the new steps include secondary medical checkups on all children in cbp custody, adding composite for medical assistance from partners like the defense department, fema, and health and human services, and partnering with i.c.e. to transport migrants to family centers or local charities that can provide temporary housing. >> cbp is offering options to relieve crowds at the border. i.c.e. has offered to drop off 1,200 migrants there in the next few days including to veronica escobar, a democrat. 411 migrants were brought

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.rtial government shutdown unless president trump and congress can reach a deal on funding for a border wall. the white house is demanding $5 billion for the wall, which, remember, mexico was going to pay for it. congressional democrats rejecting that request. the white house senior adviser stephen miller taking a hard line on "face the nation." >> we will do whatever is necessary to build the border wall and stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. this is a very -- if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a fundamental issue. at stake is whether or not the united states remains a sovereign country and establish and enforce rules for entry into the country. >> "the new york times" reports that house republicans have a more immediate problem. members retiring or defeated in november don't want to show up to vote any longer. many have been skipping votes since the midterms and gop leaders are unsure if they will ever return. chuck schumer says they are not sure if they have the vot

why, christine?ow, look, it's that saying we've all heard, the cover-up is often worse than the crime. and i think it's just basic logic, basic common sense that if you haven't done anything wrong, you're completely transparent and put everything out there. but if you're worried you did something wrong or you know you did something wrong, you hide it and you try to obfuscate. that's what they're doing here over and over. and if they didn't do anything wrong, which i believe they did, they're making it a million times worse for themselves. so, if there's nothing there, show your cards and tell the truth. otherwise, you're just making more clouds and more doubt against yourself. >> right. i mean, look, my junior counselor's mind, rick, my concern is this -- i don't think there are going to be any crimes. if i'm representing the president, i'm not worried about them bringing illegality his way. i don't think they can. i believe the doj guidance on it. i haven't heard for reason to believe they've asked

dave and christine. >> athena jones, thank you. washington and bring in political reporter jeremy hurd. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> a three-year sentence for the fixer. what does this mean for donald trump? >> i think it is hard to underscore how significant this is for the president. he is obviously in recent weeks and months gone after cohen and accused him of being disloyal. he was part of the inner circle during the campaign and closest to the president that we have seen charged. this is the biggest sentence we have seen in the probe. it is certainly the most significant legal jeopardy and political jeopardy the president has seen so far with the russia investigation. the question, of course, now is where do we go from here? we have seen republicans which have not jumped on the band wagon and thought this is a dangerous situation for the president. mr. cohen said he will keep talking and cooperating. >> that is interesting. this is not the end of the cohen story. this may be the beginning. he doesn't report to pri

. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday. december 14th. >> cheers to that. >> we begin with president trump breaking his silence on the form former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen. deno he did not ask him to break the law. in an interview with fox news, the president downplayed cohen's work. >> more public relations than he did law. he did stuff. you would see him on television. he was okay on television. years ago, many years, like 12 or 13 years ago, he did me a favor. he was on a committee and so good and responsive. i said he's a nice guy. he was a lawyer. because of that, i did it. in retrospect, i made a mistake. >> the president's new explanation for the hush payments is the latest version of the ever changing story. he once said he didn't know about the payments. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no, no. >> why it michael cohen make that payment? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael's an attorney. you have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to mak

i'm christine romans. >> i hope not. i'm dave briggs. that is more than 1,000 texts per month for our teenager girls. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we start with the massive news from the capitol. a three-year prison sentence for michael cohen. another bombshell for an already shaken white house, prosecutors striking a non prosecution agreement with ami. the national enquirer parent company. >> in exchange, ami admits making $150,000 to silence karen mcdougal. >> i have spoken to allan about how to set the whole thing up with funding. yes. and it's all the stuff. >> news of the deal with ami came moments after cohen's sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. cohen's false testimony was shared with the white house and it's possible president trump knew cohen would make false statements under oath. >> not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. we ha

and i'm joined there by my colleague christine one of our in studio for more on this story now christine obviously the protests have morphed into calls for a new government and the opposition has voiced their support for this would you say that this is still a grassroots people's movement you know that's a very important question and and in fact if you look at people you listen to the things that they're saying very much still is the reason that got people out of the houses when they came out about seven days ago is still the reason they're coming out and people say the country's economic woes aren't going to change until we have political change and so yes we see a lot more coordination from the unions for example the voice of support by the opposition but this is still very much sudanese people coming out and saying all governments failed us economically surely political change is what we need now the president omar al bashir has promised economic reforms what is it promising narrow that's a very interesting question listening to a city he came out any such a people i will be changing

christine, dave? >> drew, thanks for staying on it. >>> make it a plus 40 for house democrats in the midterm elections. on thursday, the republican, valadao, conceded to cox, the democrat. the balance of power in the house, 235 for democrats and 199 for the republicans. the north carolina race remains to be called. >>> a new consensus candidate to replace jeff sessions as attorney general is emerging this morning. 68-year-old bill barr was attorney general in the early '90s during the h.w. bush administration. lawmakers from both parties speak highly of barr. they said he'd be easier to confirm in this highly polarized political environment. barr would be robert mueller's boss, of course. he's expressed confidence in the special counsel, who worked under him burg barr's earlier stint as ag. barr said mueller's investigation wouldn't dbecomin a witch hunt. he expressed disappointment that some members of mueller's team gave to democratic candidates. >>> another wild day on wall street. news of the arre

i'm christine romans. >> i'm joe johns.ying an 8-year-old boy died while in their custody. >> these things are happening because congress and the administration has not adequately provided resources. >> to have it happen in custody twice is beyond words. >> the american people are caught up in the political brinkmanship. >> for him it's about pleasing his base. where does that end? i don't know. >> financial markets are struggling as a dismal december. >> they are raising interest rates too fast, but i think it will straighten out. >> i would plead for the president to reconsider what is a very dangerous course. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is "new day," wednesday december 26th. it's 6:00 here in new york. alisyn and john are off, and erica hill here with john avlon. and announcing border medical checks on every child in its custody after the second death of an immigrant child in just a month. >>> the p

christine. let's get to the story around brexit.ister theresa may could be forced into a brexit that keeps the u.k. inside the eu single market if she loses that crunch vote that will take place on tuesday. according to reports, administers expect her to announce that she is delaying the house of commons vote, with the odds stacked against her in parliament, administers saying there is no plan b. founder -- yound don't think they will pull this vote, you think it will happen, and it is going to bt to buy what margin she loses. >> delaying the vote will not improve her chances. she is between a rock and a hard place. this is not something she wanted, but if she loses by more than 100 votes then she has lost the confidence of her party and she will likely resign. there will be political uncertainty, if not chaos in the u.k. so what are the potential outcomes? you could have a new conservative leader trying to therenfidence again, but is time to renegotiate another deal so the majority of mps in parliament are remainders. so either you

christine: it's not often in those situations that a woman arises.so with synchronized swimming, you became a member of the national team of france. christine: yes, but i did european championship and many international events. david: did you experience a lot of discrimination? christine: when i interviewed with law firms, where i was told back in those days that i would never make partnership because i was a woman. >> would you fix your tie please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. all right. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist.

i'm christine burke. this is bloomberg. manus?anus: theresa may has warned emmanuel macron and angela merkel that the brexit deal is dead unless they compromise. that's after the european leaders rebuffed her request for help. meanwhile, the idea of a second referendum is being privately discussed with reddish ministers raising unprompted. even theresa may has floated it as a possible outcome. director and cio is here. i've not given you a difficult job than. by the way, we put this into the dtv library, not that anyone needs to understand the scale, but we have it in the dtv library -- gtd library. you've said a soft brexit is your preferred probability outcome, even after last week? guest: that is correct. but wewer than before, need to keep in mind any time eu is involved in negotiations, there's a tendency to go down the wire. it's like a last-minute softening of conditioning's by the eu is still possible. there are other options on the table. and then the second referendum, which is growing. manus: would a second referendum a

dave and christine? >> indeed it was. jeff zeleny, thanks. >>> after the tense public exchange with president trump in the oval, nancy pelosi met privately with house democrats and mocked the president's desire for border wall funding saying, quote, it's like a manhood thing for him. as if manhood could ever be associated with him. pelosi also revealing in their private session the president returned a familiar campaign promise that mexico is going to pay for the wall. and the house democratic leader suggested they gain the political upper hand with president trump by taking personal responsibility for a potential government shutdown. >> it was really a remarkable, remarkable turn of events yesterday. >> yeah. >>> a federal judge in california ordering porn star stormy daniels to pay nearly $300,000 in legal fees to president trump's lawyers in connection with her failed defamation suit. they had asked for more than twice that amount. nonetheless, trump attorney charles harder calls it a total victory for the president. i

dave and christine. >> jeff, thanks. "the new york times" is reviewing the donations to the 2016 inauguration committee and pro-trump super pac. "the wall street journal" first reported an investigation in the inauguration and confirmed the reporting by cnn. but "the times" goes further with the investigation of people from middle eastern countries, including qatar and uae used straw donors to disguise contributions. >> sources tell "the times" that paul manafort, then the campaign chairman says tom barrett create the super pac. he told investigators manafort viewed the pac as an arm of the campaign despite laws meant to deny that coordination. >> more than $100 million was raised for the inauguration. the inauguration committee said it worked in compliance with all applicable laws and disclosure obligations. >>> federal prosecutors set to file a reply to former national security adviser michael flynn's sentencing memo. special counsel robert mueller's team will likely respond to the issues not addressed last week. muell

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.y ahead for developments in the special counsel's investigation. closed door testimony from james comey the opening act. we're also expecting two court filings from mueller's team, involving pau

it was the polar opposite of kind of the rhetorical range that was offered christine blasey ford. but historically the kind of women's anger that's been held up as a model has been anger that's been deployed on behalf of fundamentally conservative i would argue regressive politics on behalf of a white patriarchy. so that's the anger of right

i'm christine romans. >> i'm joe >>> president trump, if you want to open the government you must abandon the wall. >> this is a made-up fight so the president can look like he's fighting. >> the president is really being peculate. he will be a tough act to follow. >> the president deserves somebody that can advise him with his trust. >> the president is looking for yes-men in the job. this is obviously not normal. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to our viewers around t the world and in the united states. john avlon and i are taking the reigns. negotiations between the white house and senate democrats aappear stalled. the trump administration now warning the shutdown could last into the new year. >> but the chaos before christmas doesn't stop there. president trump abruptly forcing out mattis two months early. cnn has learned senior military officials are worried about the upheaval the president is causing, and global markets remain jittery. >> here's a look at just a few of the problems. for trump, a war every day. we have a

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christine blasey ford breaking her silence for the first time since that dramatic testimony before congress. why she is speaking out now. >>> the moment between santa and a very special little boy that may bring you to tears. >>> good evening, everyone. another ally of president trump is implicating his campaign in the illegal payment of hush money to women who claimed to have had affairs with him. that bombshell following today attorney, michael cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison for his part in those payoffs and other crimes. cohen's story now backed by someone else close to the president who is also now cooperating with prosecutors. our pete williams joins us with details. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, the same prosecutors who charged michael cohen with violating campaign laws by arranging to pay hush money to two women today announced a deal with that other man involved in those payments. they both now say it was done to influence the election, despite president trump's insistence that it was not. the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump is now pre