ian bremmer, help us here with the clinic on the state of federalism in europe. i would suggest that after strasburg, it is under threat, am i right? ian: sure. renzi last week and he told me clearly that when he walked out of the meeting, it was because he wasn't seeing leadership from europe and on july merkel in particular. that is what happens when your leaders get weaker and they are facing challenges. he has his own referendum. the u.k. is leaving. who are we excited about right now? the netherlands? no, they are having an election. you can find a place in europe right now, it does not exist. so we are seeing a crisis of legitimacy with the government and the only thing that would give you any cause for pause is the fact that the americans may decide to elect their own challenge to the global order in the few weeks. love the fact that you say there is not much you are excited about politically and then we come into the u.s. -- a little bit of european bashing. ian bremmer and stephen gallo. we are getting breaking news. downstairs there is an extremely inter

ian bremmer joins me now from new york. he is the president of the global risk consult ansi eur asia group and i'm pleased to have him become on this program, welcome. >> g20, obama's trip to asia, how would you assess it. >> the big question is how does the united states get better outcomes when it is negotiating position globally is deteriorating. and obama yes, towards the end of this term, that's part of it. but it's broader than that. i mean china always makes it hard on the united states to get what it wants, especially in china's backyard. and that is is only getting more challenging. we saw it, obama leaving out of the bottom of his plane, and sort of you can only take one journalist along with you to a meeting. and all of these things that make the americans look weaker on the international stage than they have historically. the g20 itself, of course,s with not very much. but the direct by lateral meetings-- bilateral meetings, the rush arnes and the turks on the one hand having their bilaterals looking close, the

ian bremmer. stay with us. allen has been a fixture in washington political coverage for a number of years. he was at the "washington post," at "time" magazine and then he was at political hwerwhere had a led playbook cal which was required reading from the white house and everyone else in washington pretty left that position and is now forming a new think tank. what are you doing and how did you make the decision and what should we expect? mike: thank you very much for welcoming in. i'm at political through the -- i am honored to be with political covering the most exciting race of our lifetime. political, which started with three people. financed by the albritton family. 460 people around the world. in florida, albany and new jersey. charlie: based on the premise that there was a deep interest in politics. mike: when we started come people thought we were nuts. for a a few reasons. "the"hey said we were political. we were like facebook. and people said, political. what is that a spanish-language website? nobo