his centre—right liberal party beat the anti—immigration freedom party into second place.ederaljudge has blotkedf f'” ”f hours before it was to take effect. the judge sited mr trump's nwnwm’fi-el tens of thousands of people have taken part in protests across brazil the retirement; ' 7 , r,— 5 yahoo accounts in 2014. mgfl'fgr'thg latestfingnfgigt newsi report. but france cauldl plus — into reverse. guzzler make a comeback—?— —— ~ é welcome. i é welcome. also 3:3 welcome. also in programme, the fed raises rates and china follows suit. no action in japan however. we will some that up ina japan however. we will some that up in a moment. we start with the elections in the netherlands — where as you have been hearing, prime minister mark rutte and his liberal party are on course for victory. he's seen off a challenge of geert wilders — who had pledged to take the netherlands out of the european union and ditch the euro. the euro has soared on the news, itjumped as much as 1.3% the biggest rise since last summer. it's been having a tough time of course since the uk's brexit vote.

party is one of four at the moment that is jostling for second place behind the liberal party. o be in any way involved in the coalition negotiations. the other mainstream parties will now be talking about trying to form a four or five party coalition over the next few weeks and months. but's quite a long process people here are quite used to it. has atherlands never single party winning more than half the seats in parliament. joe: the other big storyline seems to be the collapse of the dutch labour party and the strong performance of the green party. what is the significance there? bad for theeally labour party. this is their worst result ever since they were formed just after the second world war. quarters ofree their seats in parliament. a lot of those voters have gone to the green. some have gone to the centrist party in a couple of the smaller parties. the dutcha blow for finance minister. he's not going to build a carry on that job even if labor stays in the coalition because you cannot have a finance minister from such a small party really. the question is whether labor,

number one being the liberal party. if that is true, it will be a huge surprise here. margins are very slim. a very volatile situation. nearly half of the dutch voter is undecided. there could be another outcome and surprises. the polls suggests any other of the parties could come out first place. it does appear that mark rutte has gained support of his voters. he appealed continuously to them to go out and vote. he warned of rising populism. it also aims that the route between turkey and the netherlands was beneficial for him and his popularity. brent: the dutch election kicks off a series of important elections here in europe this year. will this be a test of strength for right-wing populism, do you think? >> well, of course, there are several other key election with right-wing populist parties involved coming up. the french election, for instant with marine le pen. she could end up in the second round, which is very likely. in germany, very likely to move into parliament for the first time. should geert wilders, first or very strongly, that could have an impact on t

complicated character as are a lot of people in the book. >> two things, one, democratic party to what extent liberals in the democratic party and the roosevelt administration, the roosevelt coalition recognize they weren't doing things in order to keep the coalition together, something johnson finally refers to a 64 being a great demarcation. i wondered about their attitude then which the roosevelt's chief advisers said he cared for fellows, southern fellows that liberals are using southern white segregationists votes, their numbers, to stay in power. >> beyond the scope of my book, sort of ends in 1933 with fdr's election and culminates with the death of justice holmes but you are absolutely correct, there's a lot of literature about this. i think this goes into what my book is about, liberals were late to the party when it came to race and even during the period 1919 to 1933, they weren't so great on race and were willing to overlook problems with race to get back into power. >> the administration went out a way to push people out so they ended did the up towards the democratic party even in the 20

one is, the democratic party, to what extent the liberals in the democratic party in the roosevelt administration the roosevelt coalition that -- was it -- they recognized that they weren't doing things for black people in order to keep the coalition together, something that johnson finally reversed in '64 being a great demarkation and so i wondered about their attitudes then, not harry but one of roosevelt's chief advisers says he cared for fellow but he cared more for southern fellows that liberals were using southern white segregationist voters to -- their numbers to stay in power. >> you're absolutely right. it's beyond the scope. my bookends in 1933 with basically fdr election and culminates with the death of justice holmes in 1935. you're absolutely correct. there's a lot of literature about this nelson and others have written about this, but i think that goes into things that my book is about that liberals were late to the party when it came to race and that even during the period of 1919 to 1933 that they weren't so great on race. and we -- were willing to overlook problems with race to c

currently running neck and neck with prime minister mark ruta's liberal party who refuses to go into power with him. >> we will not work with him. we will not form a government with him. >> a record 28 parties are competing for 150 seats. analysts say the ballots may lead to a five party coalition or a rare minority government. either way the results will be closely watched across europe. populist sentiment ahead of elections in france and germany where the far right have also been gaining ground to the detriment of more established parties. genie: in france, the scandal plagued presidential candidate francois fillon has been hit by new allegations. tois accused of failing declare a 50,000 euro interest-free loan to the authorities that ensure transparency regarding politician pocketbooks. fillon has already been hit by allegations that he paid his wife and adult children some one million euros in taxpayer money for jobs they didn't do. the first round of the french election is just weeks away and when you talk about the race, three names come up. fillon, marine le pen and the centris

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the conservative liberal party picked up 30 seats in the elections. the challenger came in third and campaigned on a platform of closing mosques and banning the koran. >>> a syrian diplomat is condemning a terrorist attack in damascus six years to the day after the nation's civil war began. at least 30 were killed in yesterday's suicide bombing inside an historic judicial building. it was one of two attacks in damascus. u.n. led negotiations are trying to stop the violence. that is set to begin next thursday. >>> to texas now where the senate there has passed a controversial bathroom bill targeting transgender people. but the proposal still faces big obstacles from becoming law from big businesses, the national football league and critics who packed the capital during publi people to use public bathrooms that correspond with the gender of their birth certificate. >>> the official start of spring may be four days away. but it surely feels like -- >> sure does. >> much of the east and parts of the south hit with bone-chilling temperatures, a deep freeze

what the liberal party might gain from this.k: his luster has diminished in thisinal furlong election. this certainly is going to give him a boost as we approach this big debate. what are we expecting in this debate? >> it is perfect timing after what happened in rotterdam. it will be about immigration integration. estimated that there will not be any public debate so this will be very exciting. it is our and called the prime minister's debate. what can we expect? mark: what are the polls telling us? to is ahead when it comes whose performance? >> the polls are not very clear at this stage. is more support. is a call that came out yesterday. say theye dutch people did a good job being tough on turkey. mark: great to see you. let's move forever to france. prime minister saying he would not let financial scandals deflect him from his plan. financial want the scandals to deflect him, but are they deflecting him? he's doubling down on his reform pledges, but are these scandals going to derail his chances to become the next president

mark rutte's conservative liberal party picked up 30 seats in the parliamentary elections. the populist challenger geert which woulders came in third with 19. he campaigned on a platform of closing mosques and banning the koran. >> a massive fire ripped through a chemical refinery in houston, next. firefighters were on the scene for several hours in houston, texas, before the blaze was contained. it was confined to a cooling tower and posed no threat to the community. the smoke from that fire could be seen for miles. no injuries were reported. it's unknown at this time what > okay.the fire. so the u.s. women's national hockey team plans to boycott the world championships that are schedule later this month. and it's all over a pay dispute. decided not to defend their title. >> that's after protracted negotiations for increased pay and wages have now stalled. the u.s. has won the past three world championships. >> and speaking of ice, the end of the blizzard led to an epic battle in massachusetts. the snow shoveler versus the snow plow. and it was caught on camera. >> oh, yea

so the united states is pushing this, the liberal party leader who is likely, mr.ny rush, but on the other hand he's saying -- he's reaffirming the importance of the alliance with the united states. it remains to be seen as to whether this could be a bargaining chip with the chinese to get them to put more pressure on the north koreans. rick: the chinese are not happy about it. ambassador to the u.n. thicke key haley spoke about the need for the missile system this week. >> in terms of the t.h.a.d. with south korea, tell me why we wouldn't do it in light of 24 ballistic missiles, in light of two nuclear tests, knowing that we're going to protect our allies in we are not going to leave south korea standing there with the threat of north korea facing them and not help. rick: ambassador, you mentioned that the next likely president of south korea, a liberal, says he's concerned with this missile system, that it'll make china their worst enemy. since china's infuriated by this weaponry being installed on its doorstep, so there's reason to wonder and worry whether this

but the labour party still has a lead, 52%, to pretty preferred. liberals have narrowed that on 48.ooking at the primary vote, the liberal party has a lead, 37 to 35 in the last poll, they were trailing. malcolm turnbull well out in front as preferred prime minister. this will no doubt make the prime minister feel good because it was poor polling numbers that prompted him to ask his predecessor -- oust his predecessor. be a trade could boost in store for australia as well with the primates -- chinese premier visiting. what are we expecting? paul: this is the highest level visit in china we have had since xi jinping visited in 2014, and that was to sign the free trade agreement between the two countries. so this should iron out the wrinkles, and there are a few. barriers,behind the behind to the borders of barriers, some agricultural products in particular, chilled beef is a good example. chilled beef exports from australia to china worse is 2013 -- wereely in suspended completely in 2013 because of the competition. there are 10 factories in australia license to export this product t

what we have seen in the dutch election is the center has been holding and the liberal party has notas much votes as was feared and that leads to a short relief rally in the market. it is not going to last because the next election is already up in april and may in france and there are big concerns there as there was an the dutch election that the center might not hold in the market is going to look at every data point, every speech of political actors, to really price that as a risk of another step back of european immigration. european integration is challenged by the moment by brexit. that has been the first data point the market was concerned and there was a lot of uncertainty and really strong movements in volatility anna martin -- market and that will continue. europe will be plagued by political uncertainty the entire year and even greece, looking for another mission, might come back the problem over the summer. plenty of political risk that might materialize in europe and the market is going to react with volatility and caution as these data points materialize and these elect

the liberal party has not lost as much growth as was feared.nd that leads to a short relief rally in the market. it is not going to laugh because the next election is up in april and may in france and there are big concerns there, as there was in the dutch election that the center might not hold in the market is going to look at every data point, every speech and political actor to decide the risk, and take another step back a european integration. european integration is challenged by brexit. that is the first data point the market was concerned about. there was a lot of uncertainty and strong movement and volatility in the market. that will continue. europe will be plagued by political uncertainty the entire year. might come back as a problem over the summer. plenty of political risk that could materialize in europe in the market will react with the volatility and caution as these data points materialize when the elections happen. >> early elections in greece now. let's talk about brexit. you're thinking about 1300 jobs moving from london as

has warned ofoosa economic chaos if the freedom party wins the election next week. the liberalsally tied with the anti-euro-anti-islam party. catchs your first major since the u.k. opted to leave the e.u.. russo wants to stop the election from continuing -- >> for the netherlands, to vote for a policy, which i want to deliver, of continuity, of making sure that the successful policies of the last 4.5 years will be into blended -- will be and prevented. betty: we are getting breaking news the ballistic missile reportedly fired by north korea. south korea saying they will hold a security message on the north korean ballistic missile. they will hold this at 9:00 a.m. local time. this is according to the acting president. saying in the text message, they in holding security meeting response to the ballistic missile fired by north korea. yvonne: we will count down to that meeting, less than 20 minutes away. and let's look at asian markets so far. sophie kamaruddin has more. we are watching stocks. sophie: a little bit of ground, but markets, given south korea's upcoming national secu

. >> reporter: but the ruling and oppoposition parties started ou divided. the liberal democratic party and its coalition partner komeito said they wanted to draw up a one-time provision applying only to emperor akihito. most of the opposition including the democratic party didn't like that. they said a permanent arrangement should be e made th would apply to future emperors as well. on monday, after weeks of discussion, the two blocs seemed to find common ground. no big amendment to the law that sets out the rules for the imperial family, but a special provision that could be interpreted to allow abdications for others in the future. the speakers of both chambers of the diet are hoping to present the plan to the prime minister as early as friday. that would mean the government will introduce a bill in the coming months. tomoko kamata, nhk world, tokyo. >>> delegates from across china have wrapped up the annual national people's congress. they're calling for unity under president xi jinping as they attempt to tackle social and economic challenges. >> reporter: thousands

female defenset minister and the first women to contest the leadership of shinzo abe's liberal democratic party is seen as a potential prime minister. improvementa little with the new policies for the women mix has been taken, but unfortunately, i should say that the piece is not so fast yet. to step advantage and one step going behind. paul: china's number two telecom maker is being fined for avoiding u.s. restrictions on the sale of u.s. technology to iran. they will pay $92 million and potentially another $300 million if it breaks the terms of the deal. this is the largest criminal control orport sanctions case. attorney general jeff sessions says they lied to investigators and their own lawyers. cte shares have been expanded. china has taken action to support stock markets during this week's national people's congress in beijing. they ordered large mutual funds to avoid net selling during the policy meeting. that has made volatility fall to the lowest since the 1990's. stay back investors are said to be prepared to buy shares if necessary. the un security council has condemned north korea's

the dutch liberal beats the freedom party.e will speak to the head of the dutch banking association and we will speak to axle labor -- axel weber. that interview up next. matt miller? matt: 30 minutes until the cash trade opens up. have futures up across the board after a positive finish for equities in the u.s. and around the world yesterday. the markets seemed pleased with janet yellen's handling of the rate hike yesterday, as well as the dutch election outcomes. very interesting loops. in other asset classes as well, you may not have expected a divergence in monetary policy getting stronger. guy: fascinating to see what will happen here. it was a dovish hike. that is why the market is doing what it is doing. snp uptick -- 8/10 of 1%. equity markets a big winner in this trade. the hong kong dollar, we got the smb, japanese yen up 3/10 of 1%. that is a problem for haruhiko kuroda as we watched to see exactly how the japanese deal with a fed's tightening on a gradual basis. to commodity story, we have some metals trading a lit

the politics of australia are so that the name of the conservative party is the liberal party. they have had five prime ministers in six years. so all over the world, there is some sort of discomfort with the elites, rebellion against the establishment going on manifesting itself in various different ways. here it manifested itself in a baffling man. who is now president. jeff: a big part of the rebellion is populism. a lot of the book is funny. you did take a more serious look at this populism at the end of the book. what do you make of it? >> it makes me extremely uncomfortable. it really does. up beingcan end williams jennings bryan, incompetent and kind of funny or it can end up the way it did in many places between world war i and world war ii. it can wind up really ugly. i am hoping we are having -- history occurs first as strategy and again as comedy -- tragedy and again as comedy. i hope that is what is going on at the moment. but i am not laughing really hard. jeff: what do you make of the president at the moment right now? this speech to the joint session of congress

the like of the d66, a progressive liberal party, et cetera. it gets very complicated.k geert wilders will win this time around, but putting a government together, that could take a while. >> it does get complicated especially when you talk about 1 28 parties. when you say the right wingers may be in control washhat does t mean? >> in france, you have marine le pen, in germany you have the afd. in the netherlands, you have geert wilders, a man under 24-hour security protection because he is stunningly anti-islam. he wants to ban the koran. he wants to close down mosques. he's also very much anti-eu as well. he doesn't like the sense of entitlement he thinks among the political elite. right wing in this country comes from the likes of geert wilders talking about a war on immigration and a war on islam. >> the number of seats he gets will be closely watched. if he does, say, significantly better than expected, even though he's still highly unlikely to become prime minister, will that give a further boost to the likes of marine le pen where things are a bit closer and a bo

australia -- now, the politics of australia are so dull that the name of the conservative party is the liberal party>> glor: yes. but they have had five prime ministers in six years. so all over the world there is some sort of discomfort with the elite, rebellion against the establishment going on, manifesting itself in various different ways, and here it manifested itself in a rather baffling man, the president. >> glor: a lot of the book is very funny, but you take a more serious look at populism at the end of the book. what do you make of it? >> it makes me streel uncomfortable. populism can ebbed up being sort of william jennings bryan incompetent and kind of funny and comic, or it can end up the way it did so many places between world war i and world war ii, it can wind up really, really ugly. i'm hoping we're having, you know, history occurs first as tragedy and then again as comedy. i hope that's what's going on at the moment, but i'm not laughing really hard. >> glor: what do you make to have the president at the moment now, the speech to the joint session of congress got so much attention e

wilders was saying about immigration and mark rutte set into that gap and he acknowledged that the liberal partyssion on dutch voters. i am absolutely certain that the politicians in france would have been looking at that and thinking about how they take on marine le pen and her message from ben front national and seeing that that message worked for mark rutte and maybe they need to consider it. as the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, prepares to arrive in beijing this weekend for the first high level visit since president trump took office the prospect of a trade war between the worlds two biggest economies is lingering. but any move by washington to increase the tax on some imports into america, to try to protect us jobs, would almost certainly mean retaliation from beijing, and the threat of harm to plenty of us firms exporting everything 7777' from shanghai, our correspondent robin brant reports. the strawberry, fresh and sweet and maybe the next weapon in a transposition —— tra nspacific maybe the next weapon in a transposition —— transpacific trade war. china's expanding middle—class

. >> reporter: a member of abe's liberal democratic party released online correspondence between akie abe and kagoike's wife. they had a discussion one day after prime minister abe announced his wife's resignation as honorary principal. >> translator: a diet member came and asked me to stop using your photo in order to protect the ldp. >> translator: it must have been that extra caution was necessary to prevent raising any doubt that there may be something behind my involvement. >> reporter: they exchanged these messages on the day kagoike told lawmakers he received money from the prime minister. >> translator: i can't tolerate that citizens like us are being left hopeless. we'll turn to the diet. >> translator: i don't know what to do either. i don't remember anything about 1 million yen. >> translator: mr. kagoike is using part of the text messages to claim that my wife asked him not to tell anyone about the alleged donation. that's extremely regrettable and full of ill intention. >> reporter: opposition parties are demanding that akie abe testify at the diet to clear up the matter.

he was defeated by the liberal party there. however, you're right. we have this big race in france. she has been anti-immigration for a long time. many people saying that as an attack on minority populations in france. as you imagine, there will be a lot of questions being asked in france after this incident across the pond. we've got some events coming up just next week actually in paris between the london mayor and the paris mayor talking about maintaining and strengthening links between the two cities. this is not the kind of conversation they want to be having. >> i would like to get your comments on that as well as you follow what's taking place in the uk and france in terms of the political races and the climate. >> absolutely. clearly it's going to have an impact on people's mindsets as they do go to the polls. we should clarify that metropolitan police said they are treating this as a terrorist incident. however, they also said the metropolitan police the motivation not yet known. so i suppose there's more details coming out and we'll be able to gauge much of an influence th

so, while they were an ally, they were also planning to undermine democratic and liberal parties, including in the united states at that time. in fact, they were able to take advantage of the fact that they were friendly and that we were working together. uncle joe was a friend of the united states at that time, they thought, and they were able to use that very suggestionfully. and so, as a result, they were nearly able to take over the balance of power in western europe. it was a closely run contest, and of course, we're all glad that they lost, but it was a very closely run conflict, and we did emerge successfully from it. in the 1980s, they were on another roll. they used their apparatus, which built up in the 1920s and '30s, '40s, '50s, and '60s, to be able to achieve a great deal in the late 1970s and '80s. they nearly were able to split europe, split nato in europe in the 1980s. they started that in the last years of the carter administration and continued into the reagan years and fortunately, we noticed this in time, and our rearmament of nato went ahead, and it wasn't because of th

hasdutch prime minister warned of economic can if the freedom party wins next week's election. opinion polls say the liberalswith the anti-euro, anti-islam party. the vote on march 15 is europe's first major test since the u.k. opted to leave the eu. thee says it is time to end string of populism that triggered brexit and elected trump. >> this is the opportunity to stop the trend after the brexit and u.s. elections and before the german and french elections, for the netherlands to vote for a policy which i want to deliver surentinuity, of making that this successful policies of the last four and a half years will be implemented over the next 3-4 years. tom: global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. haidi: janet yellen has all but confirmed a rate hike of this month, and it appears only a disastrous jobs report could put that off. kathleen hays is here to go through all of this. is there still a little bit of wiggle room if we get a bad number on friday? kathleen: i think it would take a very bad jobs report and maybe even inf

the ruling liberal democratic party panel recommends that japan has its own long—range cruise missileshow you the front page but we could not. it's exactly a year since myanmar‘s first democratically elected government in more than half a century was sworn into office. its leader, aung san suu kyi, said a priority was to end decades of conflict between the military and more than a dozen insurgent ethnic rebel armies. but it's proved difficult. our myanmar correspondent, jonah fisher, reports from northern shan state. the last year in myanmar has seen everything and nothing change. this is the shan village. these people are from the tang ethnic minority. and in early 2016, the army marched in. the soldiers accused the villages of supporting the rebel army. the tla. that is the skies. they are now in control of the law. —— these guys. just like 15 other rebel groups across myanmar, they say they are fighting for the rights of ethnic minorities after years of abuse at the hands of the burmese army. that is the same army that aung san suu kyi, a former human rights icon, now shares power w

an interesting panel, the ruling liberal democratic party recommending japan have its own long—rangee way the papers are looking this morning. what about on line? the us first lady is trending. melania trump has called for the empowerment of women in celebration of diversity at an event of the state department in washington, dc. mrs trump has not left the spotlight after being done are becoming first lady but made an appearance at the ceremony. science and the environment has had a tough week with the news on tuesday president trump signed an order rolling back some of his predecessor's and private policies. experts say that will put the us back a step in meeting us environmental and global goals. so, what is the environmental community to do? science is under attack. science has realised that you can ignore politics but it will not ignore you. we will stop what obama has done with climate change. the american public and perhaps the public of the world really do feel like the world views they believe in are not being reflected by the government. conservative voters especially concern

. >>> the governing liberal party hopes to enact it by july 1st of 2018 canada day.trudeau backed it during the campaign. >>> and united airlines is defending its position not to let three girls board a plane because they were wearing leggings. several celebrities strongly criticized the airline. actress patricia arquette wrote do, you understand you made at least half of your customers very unhappy? comedian sarah silverman threatened to change her flights and william shatner posed a picture of himself wearing leggings. all right. very confident. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. now, these girls were flying on what's known as pass travel, essentially flying for free and because of that they're subject to a stricter dress code than your average flyer but by the time they explained that, the internet was in full outrage mode and they say that's textbook of how not to deal with a twitter crisis. it started sunday morning when a gate agent in denver told a family of a young girl they could not board their flight to indianapolis unless she covered up or ch

liberalism. i would make one distinction. the democratic partycan liberalism. >> what you think about -- >> and have very little room for progressives. that is played out in this debate. stz that's my point. >> i hear that. i hear that. i guess kwet is, whether or not the ends justify the means. which is to say, in the first month or so of his presidency, have you started to rethink whether or not your initial thought was correct or incorrect, with what you have seen him do so far? >> no. i think -- >> you still think giving hip the keys him the keys is a good idea? >> things here are complex. i don't think that trump is simply a mad man who will just press the button. there are arguments and i understand why some are horrified by trump. but the style of how he talks, it is an incredible degradation of public discourse. how we are allowed to publicly speak. and here i am for, i'm sorry to say this, for good manners. maybe you can to some experience, when we were young, i'm old are than you, i remember. politicians were talking this noble language

what we are seeing in the dutch election is that the standard has been holding, the liberal party has lost as much vote as feared,- votes and that leads to a relief in the market. it will not last, because the next elections are up in april, in france, and there are big concerns there that the center might not hold, and the market is looking at every data point, every speech of political actors to really price that risk of another -- i would say -- setback of european integration. your p and integration is challenged at the moment by integrationropean is challenge of the moment by brexit. there is a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the market, and that will continue. europe is going to be plagued by political uncertainty the entire year, and even greece, that is looking for another nation, might come back as a problem over the summer. so plenty of political risk might materialize in europe. the will react with volatility and caution as these data points materialize and the elections happen. 1 > -- >> hints of early elections in greece as you bring that up. and you're talking about

while they were an ally they were planning to undermine liberal parties including the united states att they were able to take advantage of the fact we were friendly and working together and uncle joe was a friend and use it successfully. as a result they were nearly able to take over the balance of power in western europe. it was a closely run contest. of course we're all glad they lost. it was a closely run conflict and we did emerge successfully from it. in the 1980s they were on another role. they used their apparatus which built up in the 1920s, '30s, '40s and '50s to chief a great deal in the 1970s and late '80s and were almost able to split up nato in the '80s. they started in the last years of the carter administration and continued to the reagan years and fortunately we noticed this in time and our rearmament of nato went ahead and it wasn't because the soviets wanted it but because we were able to outmaneuver them. the '90s were chaotic and it was their active measure apparatus wasn't that effective and didn't have the kind of leadership it'd had before and the kind of leader

so while they were an ally, they were also planning to undermine democratic and liberal parties, including in the united states at that time. in fact, they were able to take advantage of the fact that we were friendly and that we were working together. that uncle joe was a friend of the united states at that time. they thought. and they were able to use that very successfully. and so, as a result, they were nearly able to take over the balance of power in the western europe. it was a closely run contest. and, of course, we're all glad that they lost. but it was a very closely run conflict, and we did emerge successfully from it. in the 1980s, they were on another roll. they used their apparatus, which built up in the '20s and '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s to be able to achieve a great deal in the late '70s and '80s. they nearly were able to split europe, split nato in europe in the 1980s. they started that in the last years of the carter administration and continued into the reagan years. and fortunately, we noticed this in time and our re-armament of nato went ahead and it wasn't because the

he is no can that quit prime minister of the liberal party.ng because a lot of people still have not decided who to vote for. francine: what happens if wilders does become prime minister? will he have any kind of majority? what happens to the market and the economy today after? >> well, the chances he will actually become the prime minister is rather small because in the netherlands, will the system that you have to form coalitions to be able to form a stable government. the chances we will get an absolute majority is almost zero. so we have to form a coalition, but that is the hardest part because, basically, all of the parties have excluded to be in a coalition with him. the chances are that he could win the elections, but he will not become the dutch prime minister. francine: all right, is the rhetoric ugly? we look at france, we look at brexit. have you ever seen a netherlands that is so divided? >> could you repeat that? the conversation ugly? we were looking at the date -- debate and it was jobs. they were threatening each other, the cre

party, not for individual members. the electoral commission looked into these issues as it has for issues for liberal democrat party around the labour party. issues confine fines to all three parties and those fines will be paid. >> mr. speaker, the international trade committee is taking evidence from chambers of commerce about exports. given the ime minister's commitment to a global britain, would she agree we should retain good friends with our friends in the european union and build on our loaning standing relationships with our common wealth friend across the world to trade our way to great prosperity. >> i say to my honourable friend, obviously one of the four pillars of our plan for britain is global britain, more outward looking britain. he is right, not actually insuring we get the right relationship with europe when we leave the european union. we want to continue with a partnership, to be able to trade freely across europe and for countries in european member-states, e.u. member state to trade with us and but we want improve the arrangements with trade with other parts of the world including members of the comm

anna: staunch liberals defeat the anti-immigrant party. we are live in the hague. central banks decide. the u.s. height rate -- hikes rates. japan does nothing. blocked again. trumps second travel ban is halted by a judge in hawaii. that is the -- as the president proposes historic cuts. warm welcome, this is daybreak europe, a reflection morning show. i am anna edwards. cranny in thenus hague where the horse trading against. liberalism has won the day. .gainst the populists a vote for europe, a vote against extremism. 13 parties will haggle to form a government here in the hague. anna: we will come back to that story throughout the program. into.ating story to delve let's talk about what is happening in markets. the msci asia-pacific making gains this morning. we have an interest rate hike from the fed but no suggestion of an accelerated pace of tightening. global stocks rallied, local bonds rallied. the dollar fell off yesterday. that is a little bit weaker, it was weaker this morning as well. that has stabilized a bit and we are flat. as euro dollar in their wel

japan's ruling party will propose that the country armed itself with its first offensive weapons since world war ii. that is according to a member of prime ministers shinzo abe's liberal democratic party. they recommend that japan improve its missile defense system over growing concerns of north korea's recent missile tests. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. breaking news now on web m.d.. shares are up 4.6%. it seems to be off the back in deal, which the company has started to call us. we bring you the latest of elements as they happen and we find out about them. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i am vonnie quinn. it is time for our latest business flash. eu regulators have blocked the $14 billion takeover of a stock exchange that would have created europe's biggest exchange. the commissioner says in brussels today, it's brexit. it was not a factor in the reduction. >> the u.k. is part of the european union until it is not anymore. it means that it is part and and inof the legislation any other member