now the former conservative party leader, lord howard is joining state of the nation on wednesday.he break, we'll be discussing his excoriating critique of our blair era human rights laws and how they're impeding our ability to tackle illegal >> what you do is you say, what's the kind of steel that we are able to produce in the uk and therefore steel that is competing directly with uk steel will have to meet uk standards. steel that we're not producing in the uk doesn't have to of course, meet a uk standards cbam is going to do because it's going to help protect european steel as well. that's because it is too much of a blunt instrument and we need more granularity. i think that the problem often is that people say, we've got this measure , say, we've got this measure, it's not working. so let's have no measures at all. no, let's make the measure work. >> let's have free trade would really be the answer. well, we disagree on that. as bjorn said , disagree on that. as bjorn said, let's allow technology to deal with it. ultimately , i think we with it. ultimately, i think we agree on

hedge fund leader scott bessent and financial executive howard lutnick, who is a cochair of trump's transitionm. >> what in the world are we doing? we are letting the rest of the world eat our lunch. >> norah: and robert costa joins us now. there is a lot of jostling going on behind the scenes for a cabinet position or something in the white house. >> robert: there is a lot of jostling, norah, but behind the scenes, president-elect trump i am told by sources, is sitting back and listening. he is seeing who is coming to him. who is recommending certain lawmakers or businesspeople? no final decisions on a lot of cabinet picks yet, but they are moving quite quickly. >> norah: a little more than 70 days now until inauguration day. thank you, robert. president-elect trump was propelled back into office by red shift across america. take a look at this map. it shows how dramatic that shift was. the red arrows facing right are counties that switched from voting for president biden in 2020 to electing trump this year. it was pretty much everywhere. while the majority of latinos voted for kamala harris,

of asia where our colleague emily caught up with the oaktree capital chairman howard marks on the global financial leadersummit. he gave his thoughts on the recent stimulus measures and asked about the changing interest rate environment. >> the stimulus announcement itself doesn't change my mind. i'm still optimistic on china's long-term possibility as long as they execute well and as long as they remain constructive with regard to the rest of the world. you know, they -- none of this is going to work unless they are an active, cooperative member of the world community as today's forum indicates the desire to do, but, you know, they have great resources and purposeful and organized. respectful of the role of the private sector. i think these are -- and they need growth to satisfy their ambitions, so they have to provide monetary and fiscal policy and remain a cooperative member of the world community. with that, i think the outlook can be good. >> now emily also asked the hkex ceo how big a risk donald trump's return to the white house could be to the market. >> we did see some risk before leading into th

the trump transition team's co-leaders linda mcmahon and howard lutnick, who we should remind you, both named as cabinet picks, have repeatedly said they plan to sign the agreements but they have missed multiple deadlines to do just that. joining us now, national politics correspondent for politico, adam ren. good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start with your new reporting, which highlights donald trump's ties to project 2025. we should remind viewers, of course, project 2025 was closely linked to the trump team during the campaign, after democrats made a real issue of it, trump tried to distance himself, but yet as he staffs up, it seems like he's back in their embrace. >> that's right, jonathan. throughout the campaign his campaign manager said that this was toxic for them, toxic issue for them. you know, howard lutnick, his transition manager, said that this group had made themselves nuclear. and yet in recent days we have seen him pick a number of people, whether it was fcc commissioner brandon carr, whether it was john ratcliffe at cia or tom homan at the bo

howard, a civil rights leader in mississippi. howard was greatly empowered in his activism by the fact he lived in this all black town black controlled town of mount bayou and gave him a secure platform which was relatively free from white coercion. beginning in 1952, howard's group, called the regional council for negro leadership had all kinds of activism and pre-rosa parks and spoke in montgomery a little over a week before rosa parks refused to give up her seat and was in the audience, fun fact. his group was called the negro council of meeting row leadership and get over 10,000 people at these rallies and speakers like thurgood marshall and singers like mahelia jackson and promoted boycotts over service stations who refused to provide bathrooms. and mount bayou was involved in the emmitt till case including an informal but quite extensive interracial investigation of the crime trying to find witnesses and evidence and so forth. howard was a mentor to such future civil rights figures that are much more familiar today. i'm tryi

well, america still the global leader when it comes the economy. donald trump has just named howards been co—chairing the transition and he is fully signed up to donald trump's plans to implement wide—ranging tariffs. but not everyone is in favour. yesterday walmart�*s cfo, john rainey, said it was likely the retailer would have to raise prices on some items if tariffs take effect. "we never want to raise prices," he said. donald trump says trade wars are easy to win. we are going to have so many adjustments— going to have so many adjustments come - going to have so many adjustments come in. | going to have so many- adjustments come in. they're going to stay here because we're — going to stay here because we're going _ going to stay here because we're going to _ going to stay here because we're going to protect- going to stay here because | we're going to protect them with— we're going to protect them with tariffs. _ we're going to protect them with tariffs. the _ we're going to protect them with tariffs. the word - we're going to protect them with tariffs. the word tariffl with tar

howard c.m. funds dot com. >> i think the next leader needs to be somebody hell-bent on getting trump's agenda donethe most important thing he has a mandate we have to get his nominees done, we are to get his tax cuts and in all of the legislation passed it's a simple as that. maria: that was florida senator rick scott making the case to be the next edit majority leader, the leadership that will be held later this morning at 9:30 a.m. eastern and to secret ballot votes, senators will decide between rick scott, john thune and john cornyn. after the first of the candidate with the least amount will be eliminated the two remaining will face off in a head-to-head to decide the next majority leader. all of this behind closed doors in secret missouri senator eric schmitt and the senate armed services transportation committees in the joint economic committee said a great to see you, thank you for being here yeah my right is that your supporting rick scott. >> i haven't decided a year everybody this morning we had a great forum last night where we had a key with a and you would be surprised how little we d

howard kurtz says in one key state after another focal black leaders are worried about warning signsmmunity as turnout is not meeting expectations in urban areas. but of course after tomorrow the polls and predictions and prognosticating will be a memory and we will know who was right and who is wrong. stuart: hopefully he'll get a clear-cut decision, that would be nice wouldn't it. thank you very much. still ahead kimberly brought the daughter of nfl legend jim brown endorsing donald trump. she'll tell us the issue she thinks matters most. nikki haley making her case on why trump is a better choice for president. her argument next. ♪ will hi, i'm damian clark. i'm here to help you understand how to get the most from medicare. if you're eligible for medicare, it's a good idea to have original medicare. it gives you coverage for doctor office visits and hospital stays. but if you want even more benefits, you can choose a medicare advantage plan like the ones offered at humana. our plans combine original medicare with extra benefits in a single, convenient plan with $0 or low monthly p

you have howard let nick, who has been sitting with the president-elect, looking to choose new leaders. scott has been advising the president-elect. what is the dynamic? kailey: they seem to be duking it out for the role. you are seeing it over the airwaves to some degree. scott bessent was on fox. they are both close to the president-elect. it is unclear when the decision will come down but we know based on bloomberg's reporting that trump is gravitating toward someone who will resonate more with wall street. that does not mean there are not other names in contention. robert lighthizer might be in the mix. j clayton. we are still watching the republican senator from tennessee, bill haggerty. this is one of a slew of economic oriented decisions donald trump will have to make. including those on his council of economic advisers. we are waiting for a picks for other roles like the ustr, which robert lighthizer held. another set of pix that will require senate confirmation. sonali: we are out of time. that is kailey leinz. coming up, we will switch gears and talk about the private equity

leader. i spoke to somebody the day of her concession speech , wednesday, at howard university, they said theyot sound like a politician ready to lay down . i think there are a lot of options for the vice president. the real question is, has anyone spoken to the vice president about what her options are? two, do americans want to hear from her? one of the real questions , real problems of her campaign was whether or not she was able to articulate why she wanted to be vice president. that question will follow her if she did run again. >> she has a stronger profile now despite the loss, then before joe biden dropped out . her reputation as vice president and favorability was quite low we saw that shift turned quickly. what did you make of , you know, looking at this, if she does run for governor of california, gavin newsom would be up quite soon, what that would look like in the sense of a state position instead of , she has been in this national conversation for the last several years? >> i think she would have to wrestle with herself on whether or not being the governor of california is enough

howard of the new york times, thanks for talking with us. hilary: thank you. ♪ william: the united nations climate change conference - cop 29 -- is underway in azerbaijan. leadersr's meeting are being pressed to address - among other things - the rising threats to environmentalists and defenders of human rights. ali rogin looks at the challenges facing these activists around the world. ali: close to 200 people died defending the environment in 2023. that's according to a new report by global witness, a uk based environmental watchdog and advocacy group. latin america accounted for 85% of the documented killings. and for a second year in a row, colombia is the most dangerous place for activists. but experts say the lack of data from other parts of the world is obscuring a more pervasive trend. jonila: filipino environmental defenders are experiencing various forms of attacks, such as from terrorist tagging, vilification, surveillance, intimidations, up to abductions, killings and having trumped up charges. nonhle: to do this kind of a work, i don't feel safe at all in south africa because there's quite a lot of death threats that is pointing at me. now, those de

leaders. we also know that musk has pushed for a few appointments that didn't happen. he tried to endorse rick scott. he was pushing howardnick to take the treasury slot. he has major involvement. his actual influence we know it is at least limited in some ways. >> what you think the holdup is on nominating somebody for treasury? >> trump has been looking to fill two key requirements sometimes in conflict with each other. he wants to make sure someone who fully embraces his agenda and fully commits. that is something that trump and others feel steven mnuchin slow walks in the furst administration. he also wants to choose someone who won't the market. he does not want to disrupt the positivity we see since he was elected. you cannot always find someone who has a full throated embrace of tariffs saying they want a universal tariff and that they will implement those, but is also a friend of wall street. >> fascinating to watch. coming up, the new fuel feeding bitcn'rerdois co run . we will be right back. drop everything and get some magic of your own during the xfinity black friday sale. xfinity internet customers, our best

leader moving forward. and now they've got the start that work while trump is in the white house. howardut in terms of biden world? >> they were complaining that there were too many cooks in the kitchen, that their operation was sort of a frankenstein team pieced together by vestiges of the obama people who came in and her own people. but one decision in the end that i find pretty interesting is where they focused their resources because they were getting signals that this might be insurmountable. when i was in philadelphia watching her give thest last each of her campaign and doug emhoff came out op on stage and held her hand as she was walking off, that was not the woman who thought she was going to be the president of the united states. that was the picture of someone who likely knew they were losin- howard: unlike many in the media. jacqui heinrich, thanks very much for joining us. >>> next on "mediabuzz," a look at the incoming trump administration. rnc co-chair lara trump in a moment.ou ♪ ldst. it's gonna get nasty later. like you know, to check the weather first, before sailing. h

leaders that he's receiving. number two, it's going to be his first meeting with the transition team that's been run by howard lutnickda mcmann. his focus now turns to his cabinet. his advisers feel like that was his achilles' heel in his first administration. some of the folks under consideration, for secretary defense, senator cotton, mike pompeo. senator marco rubio is under consideration for secretary of state. for chief of staff suzie wilds who has been spear heading the campaign, brook rollins and elise stefanik under consideration for ambassador to the united nations. i'm also told he's focussed on looking at the policies, the proposals he promised this time around. he's very keenly aware of the people who elected him. he's looking at this broad coalition. he feels like he has a massive mandate. last time there was disorganization. they weren't expecting to win. they kind of -- the senior campaign official told me they forgot who brought them there. this time around they want to keep the people who elected them at the forefront and focussed on getting things done on energy, economy, no tax on tips proposal. th

. >> in the book night of the assassins, author howard bloom tells a story of hitler's 1943 effort to assassinate three world leadersr., josef stalin and winston churchill. in the middle of world war ii, these men were planning to meet secretly in teheran. the nazis wanted to kill them. connecticut-based writer howard bloom says his initial idea was to tell the tale of operation long jump in his note on the back on sources, he write, i wanted to write a suspenseful character-driven story of men, heroes and villains caught up in a teps, desperate time, who needed to find courage and cunning to do their duty for their countries and to fulfill their own sense of honor. announcer: author howard bloom with his book "night of the assassins" on this episode of book notes plus with ourost, brian lamb. it's ale on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your pcasts. ♪ announcer: take the c-span now mobile video app with you on election night so you won't miss a moment. catch live updates from the presidential race and stay on top of key state races that could shift the balance of congress. no pundits, no spin, no

leader. that was taken in secret and elon musk candidate came in third. that was strike 1. than elon musk lobbied donald trump to choose howard lutnick for treasury and again he went public urging donald trump to choose howard lutnick and donald trump instead chose howard lutnick for secretary of commerce which ranks far below treasury in the hierarchy. elon musk failed in his attempt to lobby his new best friend, donald trump, on who should be secretary of treasury. that was strike 2. the choice of matt gaetz was made by the three people most disconnected from reality, elon musk, matt gaetz and donald trump. they hatched a plan and donald trump immediately and and temporally announced matt gaetz for attorney general with elon musk full support. than elon musk went to work lobbying the senate publicly to confirm matt gaetz. he just needed to convince 50th next year's 53 republican senators to vote for matt gaetz. here is how he lobbied those senate republicans. that gates has three critical assets that are needed for the ag role. a big rain, a spine of steel and an ax to grind. he is the judge dread america needs to clean up

leaders in this collective mission. view this as the beginning, not the end. that was the gist of the vp wants remarks at howardversity yesterday that seems what hastily organized. an invite was texted to supporters just hours ahead of time and msnbc news is reporting the harris team did not spend much time writing a concession. they thought her initial remarks were just going to be about keeping the faith during a days' long vote count. >> while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fuels this campaign. the fight for freedom, for opportunity for fairness and the dignity of all people. that is a fight i will never give up. >> peter: we don't know how exactly the vice president plans to keep up that fight as a private citizen come january. back to you. >> peter: hey, peter. you mentioned that donald trump was invited by joe biden to go to the white house before the inauguration just to work things out. did you see the lead of drudge right now is the conservative publication national review said they gave some advice to joe biden. joe biden should pardon donald trump of all the pending charges,

leader. that vote was taken in secret among senators and elon musk candidate came in third. that was strike one, then, elon musk lobbied urging trump to choose howard lutnick and he instead chose him for secretary of commerce which ranks far below treasure in the hierarchy of the cabinet. elon musk failed in his attempt to lobby his new best friend in politics, donald trump, on who should be secretary of treasure. that was strike two. the choice of matt gaetz for attorney general was made by the three people in trump world most disconnected in reality. elon musk, matt gaetz and donald trump. trump immediately announced matt gaetz for attorney general with elon musk full support. then, elon musk went to work lobbying the united states senate publicly to confirm matt gaetz. he just needed to convince 50 of next year's 53 republican senators to vote for matt gaetz. and here is how he lobbied those senate republicans. matt gaetz has three critical assets that are needed for the ag role, a big brain, a spine of steel, and an axe to grind. he is the judge dreadamerica needs to clean up corrupt system and put powerful bad actors in prison. i promise you 8

receiving congratulatory phone calls from world leaders and assembling his new white house administration. in her concession speech at her alma mater, howard university. vice president kamala harris told the crowd to accept the election results, but to keep fighting for their ideals. >> the outcome of this election is not what we wanted. not what we fought for. not what we voted for. but hear me when i say, hear me when i say the light of america's promise will always burn bright. >> now, president biden released a statement last night calling harris a tremendous partner and public servant, full of integrity, courage and character. >> well, democrats will have to fight, really fight to have power and to have a strong voice in washington. now that republicans have won the white house, as well as probably both chambers of congress, the two main political parties are calling for national unity elece american people know the challenge of charting a path forward. we talked to a uc berkeley political science professor who says bridging the gap won't be easy, but it's necessary. >> as you can pass tax cuts with just a majority in the senate, so t

leader matt hall. tremendous guy. steve, great businessman. the most generous person i know, gives a lot of money. every time there's a hurricane, he wants to give money and he's just great. and howard, he's working along with my children and linda, who is fantastic. and they're working on transition. i said, don't worry about transition. let's win this thing for us and we'll work on transition. but he's one of the most respected people on wall street. we built his firm after it was taken out of the world trade center by that horror shall act. long ago now, but it is still very emblazoned in all of our minds. so howard, thank you very much. thank you very much. [applause] and migrate children, should i have them come up real fast? [cheers and applause] don, eric, tiffany, loretta, michael. come on up here [applause] and we had ivanka sitting home watching every second of it, and we have my beautiful boy, barron. he knows more about computers than anybody. i closed up his computer and he said, dad, i'm going to take 2 minutes to figure that out. all of the sudden the damn thing open up. i said, barron, you got to turn it off. there's no way. i put a separate code in. he is operating

howard lutnick is going to head the commerce department. former wrestling executive and sba small business administration leader linda mcmahon secretary of education for medicare and medicaid services. trump's pick for the secretary of the treasury appears to be fluid and up in the air, though the "financial times" is reporting private equity billionaire marc rowan has emerged as a top contender. joining us now to talk about how the incoming administration is taking shape, west virginia senator shelley moore capito. she's the incoming republican policy committee chair and, i don't know, i guess there's about 15 different names we can go wherever you want with this. do you have any insight into treasury at this point, senator, or do you know what we know? >> i sort of know what you know. it's going to be an exceedingly important appointment because of what the president ran on. he ran on economic growth and world dominance in terms of our own energy and also our own economics, so i think he's looking probably at each of these candidates carefully to see how they will fit in and what their past has shown they can move forward. i look forward to it.

howard lutnick plays bad cop on tariffs to the world. does that work in practice? the other component is bessent is going to spend a lot of time traveling the world, meeting with other world leadersf whatever lutnick is doing on the other end. lutnick is going to have to be supportive of whatever bessent's doing. >> no, this is a very complicated economic team and i mentioned the u.s. trade representative. usdr still to come. chairman of the council of economic advisors still to come. director of the national economic council still to come. those are big jobs still out there. some of the pickest jobs that are left. the core cabinet is filled. i'm told for the other positions like this resolution of treasury which came friday night at the beginning of a 65 minute fuse lad of i think nine picks in just over an hour, that it's reshuffled the deck a little bit. that's what those conversations are going to be about in the next day. very focused on that economic team and how andrew as you point out those pieces will fit together. >> although if you look -- >> my question is given that you've been following washington for so long this just sounds like one big ufc fight taking place here

leaders, fdr, joseph stalin, and winston churchill. in world war ii these men were planning to meet secretly. the nazis wanted to kill them. connecticut-based writer howard blum says the initial idea was to tell the tale of operation long jump. he writes "i wanted to write a suspenseful, character driven story of men, heroes come and villains caught up in a desperate time who needed to find courage and coming to do their duty for their country and fulfill their own sense of honor." >> author howard bloom with his book "night ofsins" on book notes plus with brian lamb. book notes plus is available on the mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> track up-to-the-minute results for the national campaign down to the coressional districtel on c-span.org/results and results by state on the presidential and governors races. stay informed on election night online at c-span.org/results. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we joined by benjamin hovland, u.s. election assistance commission chair. welcome to the program. guest: it is great to be here. host: start by telling us about the election assistance commission program. guest: we are of small feder

leader in connectivity. powering possibilities. comcast business. power's out. >>> hi, everybody. how are we doing? it's almost 4:00 in new york. we're moments away from vice president kamala harris's concession speech at howard she takes the stage. it is of course not the history she had hoped to make but it will be an important message to the country and to everyone who fought alongside vice president kamala harris in this unique and unprecedented and deeply abridged contest for president. in a race whose contours are still being unearthed, the people of this country spoke clearly and across every part of our nation about their deep dissatisfaction with the status quo. at this hour donald trump has won 291 electoral votes and at least 71 million votes, a historic re-alignment potentially under way, an unprecedented rejection of an urgent bipartisan plea for decency, democracy and access to women's health care. but as in 2016, when in the ashes of hillary clinton's cracked glass ceiling speech the winning biden coalition began to assemble itself, listen closely today to the stirrings of a new coalition willing to listen to what voters had to say last night and prepare to fight for our democracy anew. unlike

wing—commander howard, leader, spoke to stephen and anne earlier on about the importance of today , whichimportance of today, which is much deeper. >> almost like peeling an onion, really, of a set of considerations that are be thinking about every remembrance. and that's to do with, of course, paying our respects to those who've lost their lives, but remembering also that a great many people who have been put into those very challenging circumstances forever carry the sometimes extreme physical injuries that have come with that, because they've been involved in an incident that's cost them arms and legs or whatever. and the mental stress stays with a lot of people to , to the us, where of people to, to the us, where in some breaking news overnight, president elect donald trump has won the state of arizona, meaning he has now won all seven swing states. >> the white house announced yesterday that president biden hasianed yesterday that president biden has invited donald trump to a meeting in the oval office on wednesday. it comes as the president elect has begun appointing his top team. l

wing commander howard leader spoke about the importance of today's events . importance of today's events>> much is much deeper , almost >> much is much deeper, almost like peeling an onion , really, like peeling an onion, really, of a set of considerations that are be thinking about every remembrance. and that's to do with, of course, paying our respects to those who've lost their lives. but remembering also that a great many people who have been put into those very challenging circumstances forever carry the sometimes extreme physical injuries that have come with that, because they've been involved in an incident that has cost them arms and legs or whatever , and the and legs or whatever, and the mental stress stays with a lot of people to , to the us. of people to, to the us. >> now, where overnight, president elect donald trump won the state of arizona, meaning he has now won all seven swing states, the white house announced yesterday that president biden has invited donald trump to a meeting in the oval office on wednesday. it comes as the president elect has begun appointing his top

earlier on, stephen and anne spoke to wing commander howard, leader, about the importance of today. >> mish. there's a much deeper , >> mish. there's a much deeper, almost like peeling an onion, really, of a set of considerations that are be thinking about every remembrance. and that's to do with, of course, paying our respects to those who've lost their lives. but remembering also that a great many people who have been put into those very challenging circumstances forever carry the sometimes extreme physical injuries that have come with that, because they've been involved in an incident that's cost them arms and legs or whatever , and the and legs or whatever, and the mental stress stays with a lot of people to , to the us where of people to, to the us where overnight , president elect overnight, president elect donald trump won the state of arizona , meaning he has now won arizona, meaning he has now won all seven swing states. >> the white house announced yesterday that president biden hasianed yesterday that president biden has invited donald trump to a meeting in the oval office

former conservative party leader michael howard joined the state of the nation tonight to discuss hisxcoriating attack on tony blair's revolutionary human rights law that has threatened the constitution of the united kingdom. elon musk is set to lead the department of government efficiency. doge, named after his favourite cryptocurrency rather than the rulers of venice. as a former minister for government efficiency, i very much hope he succeeds. plus, as nigel farage revealed earlier, the full extent of allison pearson's treatment , we will be extent of allison pearson's treatment, we will be discussing the state sponsored assault on the state sponsored assault on the most valuable of all our liberties freedom of speech . liberties freedom of speech. state of the nation starts now . state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most formidable panel conservative cabinet minister, as was sir john redwood and the historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop. as always, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views. mail blog @gbnews. com but now it's your favourite

serious world leader in attendance, the reverend starmer has bucked the trend, former tory leader lord howard has launched a scathing attack on our human rights laws, as powerful judges continue to get the final say on illegal migration over democratically elected politicians. meanwhile , elected politicians. meanwhile, remembrance day has faced calls for decolonisation, with activists claiming the day ought to reflect on the cost of colonial conflicts . plus, labour colonial conflicts. plus, labour has been warned that its war on beautiful architecture is fuelling misery and loneliness across the uk . i will be joined across the uk. i will be joined by the author of the report shortly. state of the nation starts now . starts now. i'll also be joined by my panel telegraph columnist tim stanley and the author and broadcaster amy nicholson . as always, as amy nicholson. as always, as even amy nicholson. as always, as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views, mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> jaco