kristof: he is an automotive expert. welcome to the show. >> there are a few civil cases looming, but the big stuff is behind him, so to speak. kristof: $4.3 billion. earlier, vw were solving claims with regulators, dealers, and customers. is that manageable? >> absolutely. it's a bit more than they put aside for this but for a company the size of volkswagen, it is definitely manageable. kristof: can we draw lessons from this settlement? >> not really. the legal system is very different. we know the u.s. is the most troubling territory in terms of legal cases. things will not get close to these kind of amounts in europe. >> what are the problems vw is facing? >> think it has more to do with publicity and it is kind of carrying on ? volkswagen can bring in new stories and try to get a more positive message here again. in the case is going on in europe, this will continue to hit the news. >> six executives have been charged in the u.s.. as the current and former most senior management cleared of any possible charges? >> i'

as well as nick kristof for the "new york times." nick, starting with you. the president saying, it looks bad, maybe it will get better overtime. >> yes, we'll see. the problem is that trump hasn't -- you mentioned he talk about skepticism about intelligence. he's gone beyond that. he suggesting that they had bizarre purpose in delaying -- >> they are out to get him. >> out to get him manipulating intelligence of the we want a president skeptical but we don't want a commander in chief who is disparaging those folks representing the cia. i think it's not just folks in the intelligence community, it's the folks at state through out justice department, throughout the government who see this as a test as whether commander in chief can accept but information and due that do that in a reasonable way. >> about the people he going to work with in washington, but it is extreme public and inappropriate the way he as persecuted those issues if you want to call them, he has prior to getting the job. he is not president yet. >> i really there was early tension between pr

kristof will explain why 2016 solve the strongest performance in years. we will be back. >> make your smart tv even smarter. the dw smart tv app. what you want when you want it. up to date, extraordinary. in depth. you decide what is on. find out more. >> one out of eight people is suffering from hunger. join the fight. >> live from berlin, our top stories. donald trump's choice to head the cia has taken a tough stand against russia. russia acts aggressively around the world and he said it is clear that russia interfered in the recent u.s. elections. the new u.n. secretary-general says a deal on unifying cyprus is close. after decades of division he is mourning the international community not to expect when he says could be miracles. along with the ministers of britain, greece and turkey, negotiators are discussing security issues pivotal to a unity deal. the two sides still have a way to go but he says progress is being made. the island has been split since 1974. let's go to our correspondent on the story for us in geneva. good evening to you. the talks

start with dana bash and david chalian and nicholas kristof, it is official that donald trump is going to hold his own press conference. so let's talk about it. what do you think he'll say to the press? what would the press want to know? >> notice he says having a general news conference. remember we were looking for -- initially he said he would hold a mid january news conference about the topic of how he's going to separate from his business and clear up any concerns about conflicts of interest with his business interests. i'm sure that will be a topic at this news conference, no doubt, but i think donald trump is indicating he's looking to have his first press conference since july. and i'm sure he's going to get a lot of questions about his views on u.s./russia relationships, relationship with putin, thoughts on the hacking, he'll get a lot of questions on the business relationships of trump organization and how he is separating himself from them. what kind of wall is going to be built between he and his two adult son children that are going to run the business while he's running t

writing about, so you don't write about the same thing and with some than others to coordinate, nick kristof is my partner on the page. he is great about it. the other day, for instance i was going to write about the press conference and nick says he is going to write about the press conference, then he came in, not doing it because there's a big breakthrough in my work on anti-child sex trafficking and i will do that and i say this all the time, that is the great thing, he is perfectly aware, more aware than anyone in the world if he goes to the sedated risks his life and almost killed and he is buried between 2 weeks and writes about women, children dying, he won't get as much traction and we all know now how many clicks we get for every story, doesn't get nearly as much, to falls out of bed and writes donald trump is a big weenie, really terrible but he does it anyway because he believes in the mission so much but that was just day and nick made it as we have researchers who fact check for us which is the most glorious blessing in the history of the world. any errors in the column no matt

. >> nick kristof. nice to see you. >> today did the reporters get information and did the press secretary supply it? >> the tone was better. sean spicer tried hard to come across as genial. but while the tone was better and he was forthcoming. at end of the day he said it was unquestionable that the audience at the inauguration was getter than it was before. that is wrong. you can add the tv numbers, the wash post counts he comes in fifth. when you speak from the white house podium says things that are unquestionable, is wrong. >> i was thinking about you watching this, you have covered drops and refugee camps you can seen people eat bugs and leaves, we have seen wars. we are back here bickering about crowd sizes, what do you think about this. >> boy, i think there's a general recognition within the trump administration. this was not a sensible fight to have. and i don't think it was one that spicer picked. they tried to move in a new direction. i trout it was troubling that the sean was again trying t

. >> put nick kristof's quote up.want our children and world to admire our president and that is where obama is strongest and trump weakest and goes on to say be more appreciative of first family set impeccable standard for all the world. that's high standard. can the trump administration hold it? >> no. its hard to set that standard. in my mind like dwight eisenhower, almost unimpeachable, governed with such honesty and integrity and leaving with 60% we keep talking about and growing reputation and legacy of eight scandal-free years will look harder in history. already looking at bog of what will happen in the first days of the donald trump presidency. when you rank on ethical standards barack obama is highest, up with some of the great american leaders. >> and you look -- i don't know if it's stage craft or crafted, but the barack obama image, and no scandals, look at picture first lady tweeted today looking out south lawn at monument and consider president-elect trump writing inaugural address at desk at mar-a-lago

now here to say a few words is nikki kristof, head of federal affairs at uber. thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much. next for having me. i lead government relations here for uber -- for uber here in washington. ande has been a parlor game d.c. of comparing the 2009 inauguration to this year's inauguration. i will not leave you in suspense. there were more uber rides this time. 2010. not exist until in the first five and a half years of our company's existence, we talked about a billion rides. we clocked our second aliens ride after the first month of 2016. today there are 700,000 americans driving on the uber platform. those drivers earned the united states $9 billion last year, and 5000 of those drivers are from the great state of wisconsin, from which ails our 54th speaker of the house, paul ryan. as he tells me, there is only one uber driver in janesville. so i have been given a task. thank you so much for having us. there is a lot to disagree about now, but one right thing we can agree about is it is a humdinger of a time to be here. we are thrilled t

discuss with "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof and -- senior adviser to the trump campaign.rand new information that donald trump is saying will keep the sanctions against russia but added if russia is really helping us, why have sanctions if doing great things. what is your reaction? >> would be surprised if russia started doing great things but i imagine what donald trump has in mind is cooperation against isis. it's been i think in the forefront of the mind of a lot of people who work on national security matters that russians ought to be concerned about islamic radicalism in their own country and would be wise to cooperate with us in dealing with it. if something like that should come about, i suppose what donald trump said is understandable. i think the chances are pretty small. but perhaps not zero. >> do you think it's understandable that sanctions might be removed nick? >> you know, i mean the fact he said for a time makes me think maybe that's on the agenda. and every new president seems to come into office thinking these are reasonable people, i can make things wor

. >> and talk about when they had more power, democrats, because there's a showdown, nick kristof looming on obama care, the republicans want to repeal and replace and thousands of people will lose health insurance. >> not so much that the republicans want to repeal and replace but seem to want to act now to repeal and then have that be effective in 2019 or 2020 and then not replace right away. breaks down the intricate architecture that depends on all these pieces being together. 22 million people have gained health insurance. health insurance prolongs lives. if you have health insurance your mortality rate drops 20 to 40%. idea of tear down the roof today and replace with unknown thing in a few years, even republican policy wonks are just horrified at this. >> because what do they say, obamacare which was romney care before that which was hillary clinton care before that. >> and clearly a lot of elements of obamacare deeply unpopular and overall it is but areas that are popular. parts that are pomular are only possible because of the unpopular parts like the mandate. >> donald trump has

nicholas kristof with the "new york times." thanks for coming in. get reaction on president's -- going to start rolling out immigration policies tomorrow starting with the action on the border wall which he outed on the campaign and setting new preferences for visas. is this the extreme vetting he campaigned on? >> working on cutting off syrian refugees, aim is to stop that entirely and cut off refugees associated with countries associated with violence like syria or iraq. had a that catches up is i talked to young woman nominated for nobel peace prize, former sex slave. she would be blocked. persians would be blocked as well. it's retreat from bipartisan policy over the last few decades. >> listen to this exchange from the white house conference. jeff zeleny questioning about the false voter fraud claim. >> said the president believes there was voter fraud. i wonder if you believe that. you were with the republican national committee at the time and reince priebuss with was -- i don't -- he's very comfortable with his win. electorial based system.

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kristof, how is it possible that volkswagen, and not just volkswagen, but audi and porsche, bounces backis diesel gate scandal with such a strong amount of global sales? >> the key reason is china. the chinese market in china, the amount of diesel cars on sale are very tiny, basically. it is almost nonexistent in terms of market volumes, so the impact in china from the diesel , andal has been very small china is the biggest market for the volkswagen brand for audi and the biggest market for porsche, so where we saw demand in the u.s. declining somewhat, china has proved a very stable sort of growth. guy: what will the rest of the year look like? >> for the rest of the year, i think the key aspects that almost all manufacturers are currently looking out for is how the u.s. market is going to develop. we have seen very strong growth in terms of volumes in the u.s. for years, and for gm, for ford, for toyota. volkswagen seeing a bit of an exception because of the diesel scandal, they had to stop selling diesel cars in the u.s., which accounted for 20% of the line up in the u.s., so dependin