douglas flint is the bank's chairman, a role he has held for six years.uring his tenure, flint has helped guide the bank during its economic realities and this year's rise of populism has brought a raft of new political realities. in an exclusive interview, i sat down with douglas flint and asked how he would rate 2016? douglas: very interesting year. a lot of things were unexpected. we have achieved a lot of things in 2016. pretty turbulent market. at the beginning of the year, then things quiet down a bit, and we have these two unexpected political events -- the brexit referendum, the presidential election of the united states, which produced results that were not expected. that led to some volatility and uncertainty a great deal of thinking about what the implications would be, but we closed 2016 with both those events being factored in better than expected. so, it has been a very nteresting year. lots of surprises, but i think one of the great things was how well markets and institutions of the markets coped. francine: what will 2017 bring? ore of the

his warning echoes douglas flint, who earlier called for the two-year leaving period to be extended. boeing's biggest competitor itself in aommitted run-up to the inauguration. airs has a factory in alabama that employs over 1000 people. >> we have decided four years ago to invest in america not only because it is a big market for us, but this is the biggest place to be regarding aerospace. we create jobs. that, you don't know that we are probably procuring more u.s. equipments they are competitors. -- than our competitors. bloomberg. ♪ as you have been hearing, donald trump making the headlines. pointed words for china and senate confirmation hearings. rex tillerson once a stronger presence in asia, does he not? it seems to be putting it out anyway. >> it is not necessarily happening according to rex tillerson. he says the south china sea flashpoint, and china's moves on what has been reported to be weapons on this reclaimed claims -- rexhina illegaln calls those actions and extremely worrisome, of the russia's taking crimea. -by u.s.d by fewest senators whether we should take aggre

douglas flint is the bank's chairman, a role he has held for six years. the bank during its economic realities and this year's rise of populism has brought a raft of new political realities. in an exclusive interview, i sat down with douglas flint and asked how he would rate 2016? douglas: very interesting

. ♪ francine: we heard from douglas flint of hsbc.mark carney, being grilled by mp's. asking about the repercussions and how they will handle brexit. francine lacqua and tom keene, in london for the week. navigate the weakness that is pound. tom: what is your next big moment for the brexit debate? help our global audience. francine: in the next two to three weeks, one is we are expecting a theresa may speech, and the second one is of course the supreme court decision on whether article 50 -- tom: february, right? francine: it is actually in january. kevin cirilli is in washington, our washington correspondent. he joins us now. before we get to the president-elect and the meetings taken quietly on capitol hill, the 44th president of the united states will speak tonight to the nation from his chicago. what will be the surprise in his speech as president o obama will speak about a better america? kevin: obviously we are living in a very inc. is is than political time, but this is a president who ran eight years ago on hope and change and