let's talk to fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps."hen we talk about china and how he's railed on china on trade and the south china sea, what do you expect to come out of that meeting? >> it will be very interesting, because round one went to xi jinping. if you remember, trump began his vice presidency during the transition, he said he was going to reach out to taiwan, he did reach out to taiwan, and he said, why should we not have relations with them, until i can resolve trade deals with china. the implications being he was going to use taiwan as leverage to force the chinese to do better on trade. xi jinping responded to that by essentially freezing all contact with the united states. he told all his ambassadors, all the foreign ministry, don't deal with them on anything, whether it's north korea, whether it's iran sanctions, whether it's u.n. peacekeeping, nothing, until we get clarity on whether donald trump will personally affirm the one china policy, which is what the chinese want to hear, that taiwan is essentially part of chin

>> tom, thanks very much. >>> joining us fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps."ermany is one of the most important relationships the u.s. has, along with great britain. both those relationships today are under strain, i guess you would say. >> there are two elements. one is that trump is almost pathologically impulsive. everything he does is spasmodic. he praises merkel to the skies when she is up. he kicks her when she is down. it is a momentum play as it were. part of it is that trump really doesn't get the atlantic alliance. ever since he was a real estate developer in the 1980s, he has been on this kick that nato is useless. all these allies should pay their way. he doesn't understand the achievement of the european countries that after 400 years of warfare have come together. he doesn't understand how important america was in creating that peaceful, prosperous europe. so that piece of it you can feel the kind of philosophical gap between merkel and him. merkel, when he got elected, she did say something nice. as tom pointed out. but she finished that stateme

it is premiering tonight with fareed zakaria host of fareed zakaria gps.u've called this the most powerful man in the world. why that name? >> we thought about it a lot. obviously the united states, obviously china is more powerful than russia. rush is a major world power. thousands of nuclear weapons, u.n. security council borders three continents. the power of the president is dependent on the power of his country and how much he can exercise that power in a completely uncon strained way. vladimir putin can exercise power more effectively, more ruthlessly and more freely than any leader in the world. in china you have a communist power, politburo standing committee. in the united states you have checks and balances. putin has nothing which allows him to enter feern in the internal affairs of countries all over the world. if you put that package together, he rises to the top. >> we have one viewer who ask not going to like the title of this documentary. he may like what you just had in the clip there which was the motivation potentially for any interferen

i'm fareed zakaria. a crazy week in world affairs, the trump administration accused the obama administration of spying on trump tower. >>> and angela merkel met with president trump, a man who once accused her of ruining germany. how did that go? >>> then, president trump this week slashed budgets for agencies trying to tackle the global warming crisis. our last president

i'm fareed zakaria.h the ever swirling controversies concerning the trump white house and its ties to russia. today, we have the other side of the story. long time putin spokesman tells me what russia did and did not do and how putin and the russian people view the american accusations. >> we did not have and do not have any intention to

this is what putin's long-time aid told cnn's fareed zakaria. >> the answer is very simple. no.r is very simple. no. the fact that russia is being demonized in that sense is very strange to us. and we are really sorry about that. the whole situation takes us from -- takes us away from the perspective of getting our relationship to a better condition. >> 16 u.s. intelligence agencies say the opposite. we want to discuss this with fareed zakaria, who has a special on this coming up in a little bit. fareed, how do you think russia and vladimir putin are viewing the trump administration? >> i think that there is a change, actually. the russians began very favorable. when trump was elected, they literally popped champagne in the russian parliament. they had people raising toasts in russia, it was wall to wall coverage on russia tv, which is state-dominated. now people who watch russian television and observe media closely say they've gone quiet on trump, because they're now worried that the fact that russia so obviously had a favorite is redounding against them, it's hemming trump in

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you.legations about trump's inner circle and its relations with russia. what is going on? plus north korea, china, isis, all that with two former national security advisers tom don lin. and the president's immigration plan. he told americans

cnn's fareed zakaria is here, host of "fareed zakaria gps" right here on this very network. fareed, let's talk about all of this. let's start with angela merkel. because two of the most powerful people in the world met today at the white house. they met to talk about trade and terrorism and europe and international relations. but all everyone was talking about was this. watch this. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess by you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> here's my question. did you see the look on angela merkel's face when the president made that joke? what's going on here? >> you couldn't have two more different people. angela merkel is this east german daughter of a minister, physicist, deeply analytic and also somebody who is deeply committed to the western values of liberty. she was born in a communist dictatorship. and while all of that is going on trump was doing what he was doing in new york in the 1980s and going on the howard stern show and boasting about his infidelities. this is two very, very different people. but i

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york.begin today's show with the latest on the swirling allegations about trump's inner circle and its relations with russia. what is going on? plus, north korea, china, isis, all that with two former national security advisers, tom donealin and steven hadley. and the president's immigration plan. he told americans it would save billions of

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i'm fareed zakaria. we'll start with the ever swirling controversies concerning the trump white house and its ties to russia. today, we have the other side of the story. long time putin spokesman tells me what russia did and did not do and how putin and the russian people view the american accusations. >> we did not have and do not have any intention to interfere in someone's domestic affairs especially in america's domestic affairs. >>> then the head of president trump's economic advisory council. blackstone ceo stephen schwartsman. first, here's my take. this week we've watched the perfect illustration of a country fighting the last war. the trump administration has now devoted weeks of time, energy and political capital to rolling out its temporary travel ban of citizens against six muslim majority countries which have collectively not committed a single deadly terrorist attack in the united states over the last four decades. meanwhile, the white house is response to a devastating barrage of wikileaks

i'm fareed zakaria. we'll begin with a crazy week in world affairs, the trump administration accused the obama administration of spying on trump tower. >>> and angela merkel met with president trump, a man who once accused her of ruining germany. how did that go? >>> then, president trump this week slashed budgets for agencies trying to tackle the global warming crisis. our last president obama's secretary, an mit physicist, what he thinks of the energy challenges we now face. >>> also amal clooney is taking on isis, trying to fight the terrorists the best way she knows how, not with a gun or a bomb, but with a legal brief. >> this is a global threat and it deserves a global threat. and it needs a judicial one, not only on the battlefield. >> clooney describes the horrors of isis's crimes and how justice can be served. finally 75 years of world history told through cia maps, through central moscow, to central baghdad. >>> but first, here's my take. we do not yet have the official agenda for next month's

i'm fareed zakaria. we'll begin today's show with crazy week in world affairs. the white house accuses great britain of spying on trump tower. rex tillerson said u.s. policy towards north korea has failed for 20 years. >>> angela merkel met with president trump. a man once accused her of ruining germany. how did that go? >>> then president trump this week slashed budgets for agencies trying to tackle the global warming crisis. i'll ask president obama's energy secretary what he thinks of the energy challenges we now face. >>> also, amal clooney is taking on isis. trying to fight the terrorists the best way she knows how. not with a gun or a bomb but with a legal brief. >> this is a global threat. it need a global response. part of it cannot only be a judicial one but also on the battlefield. >> they explain the horror of isis' crimes and how justice can be served. >>> finally, 75 years of world history told through cia maps. from the eastern front to cuban missiles, central moscow to central baghdad. >>> first, here's my take. we do not yet have the official age

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you. the latest on the swirling allegations about trump's inner circle and its relations with russia. what is going on? plus north korea, china, isis, all that with two former national security advisers tom don lin. and the president's immigration plan. he told americans it would save billions of dollars. really? we'll crunch the numbers. also has the storied american dream been taken over by the canadian dream. author scott gilmore claims that the dream has moved up north and he has the figures to back it up. then big data and the elections. did all that information like facebook collect about you help donald trump win the election. we'll explore. now here's my take. the first time i met general petraeus he said something that surprised me. it was the early days of the iraq war and i asked him whether he wished he had more troops. so he answered in a different way. i wish we had more foreign service officers, aid professionals and other kinds of nonmilitary specialists he said. the heart

as you say, peskov was on fareed zakaria yesterday and said russia is being demonized.t was in response to a question as to whether or not russia was involved in hacking around the u.s. election. let's listen to what dimitri peskov said. >> answer is very simple, no. the answer is very simple, no. the fact that russia is being demonized in that sense comes very strange to us. we are really sorry about that because the whole situation takes us from -- takes us away from the perspective of getting our relationship to a better condition. >> so all of this, john, keeping with the russian narrative we've been hearing since a lot of these allegations started, saying what's going on in the u.s. is hysteria as dmitry peskov put it in another video, saying russia had nothing to do with hacking in the u.s. elections in november. >> may not be quite as simple as he suggests. frederik pleitgen, thank you so much. >>> tonight on kn we have a documentary that explores the question of whether vladimir putin used his power to elect donald trump. it airs tonight at 9:00 eastern on cnn.

i'm fareed zakaria. >>> we'll stewart the ever-swirling controversies concerning the trump white house and its ties to russia. today, we have the other side of the story is, long time spokesman dimitry peskov tells me what russia did and did not do and how putin and the russian people view the american accusations. >> we do not have and we will not have any intention to interfere in someone's domestic affairs. especially in america's doe pest i can affairs. >> then, the head of president trump's economic advisory council. blackstones ceo steven schwartzman. the businessman billionaire will tell me what affect trump's plans will have on american wallets and the global economy. but first, here's my take. this week, we've watched the perfect illustration of a country fighting the last war. the trump administration has now devoted weeks of time, energy, and political capital to rolling out its temporary travel plan of citizens of six majority muslim countries who according to the libertarian cato institute have not committed a single deadly terrorist attack in the united states over the la

and your own fareed zakaria pointed this out, it doesn't matter if it's true or false, but got to theat by making things up and people continue to fall for it. >> do you think it's a personal issue where he can't admit it's wrong or he was wrong or made a mistake or do you think it's more strategic? >> i believe and most people have studied that president trump believes he's about as narcissistic and egotistical as we've ever had in office. no matter what he's done in "apprentice," his favorite words were "you're fired." think about the ego behind that. i don't see him backing down and i don't think it has really hit him yet, the magnitude of the office and everything he has said has an impact and ripple effect around the world. just yesterday with angela merk merkel, quoting a news story from fox news about this report that the british spy agency was in fact tapping and then said, i wasn't saying it was true or not. i'm just repeating what was said. i mean, it's preposterouprepost. >> the british shut down that report completely. >> they would never do that. >> the full house is expe

. >> [laughs] >> bill: we know that when fareed zakaria heard that, and his mind, he is going, holy,have this be the headline because i hate trump. the guy hates trump. and that is why he didn't ask it. a 5-year-old would have said, well, who was talking to them, you know? [laughs] >> i agree with that. i think another point that is worth introducing here, bill, the fact of the russian ambassador is a man about town in washington. for as long as i have been there covering news, you see the russian ambassador at all kinds of places. i sat next to him at dinner one night. they are always jovial and approachable and friendly. that doesn't mean that they are serving a great cause. but all kinds of people, of all persuasions, run into the guy and meet with him. it happens all the time. it is completely ordinary. >> bill: and they were messing with the u.s. election, so, they were going to cultivate -- >> or trying to. >> bill: they were trying to -- mischief is the word. did you see the "60 minutes" thing last night leslie stahl did about the putin people that got poisoned and hit in the

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. >> fareed zakaria is joining us right now. he put this documentary together. your team did a great job. tell our viewers a little more about this documentary. >> what we really tried to get at, wolf, was who is vladamir putin? in many ways, he has become the most powerful man in the world. it's not just cnn that says that. we say that, but forbes list of the most powerful men in the world has trump number two. putin is number one. how did he get there? and what are his aims? what is he trying to do? why -- you have 17 u.s. intelligence agencies that said he meddled in the american election because he wanted hillary clinton to lose and trump to win. why? that's what we tried to get at the heart of. >> why did he hate hillary clinton so much? >> the story really goes back to -- well, two things. one, hillary was always a russia hawk. but in 2011, something very important happens. the arab spring breaks out. protests start occurring in syria, in egypt against these long-time dictatorships. we look at it and cheer it on. of course, in the kremlin, they look at it

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>> i think that was a conversation he had with fareed zakaria. >> you read that quote out.do you believe that quote, they don't med until the internal political affairs of other countries? >> the point i was trying to make is that i don't -- i don't -- i'm not here -- i made very clear i was not there as part of the trump camp -- trump campaign. i was there at as a private citizen. >> as a private citizen, do you believe russia meddles in the internal political affairs of other countries? >> i don't know anything about that. >> you don't know anything about that? >> based on that intel report, it's all politics. if you raid -- >> i have to jump in here. i have only have an undergraduate degree so i'm not as educated as you are, but i've studied russian and the soviet union a fair amount. you honestly can say -- you have a ph.d. you honestly can say about you don't know whether russia meddles in the internal affairs of other countries? >> in the context of my life all the approach by the clinton campaign to drag my name out -- >> you're not making sense. you can tell me, yea

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