[laughter] margaret: let's talk about that. say you're investigating whether or not carriers may have made misrepresentations about their coverage to the fcc. t-mobile and sprint obviously are carriers. would you delay the decision on that merger while you wait for the results of the investigation? without the a character issue you would consider in that issue? ajit: that's a double hypothetical. again i haven't announced the identities of any carriers we might be investigating. i can't opine about what impact that may or may not have on the transaction pending. margaret: on that transacting, a lot of parties will submit various economic studies about the impact of the merger. but you recently set up a new office of economics. i'm curious what their role be in this merger? this is the fcc study and here's what we think will happen with prices or with competition? certainly the new office of economics and analytics will be involved in any significant rolemaking the new agency undertakes. that's part of the reason why it was impo

margaret: my knife is my pen. thank you, chris. >> i have a couple questions and then we will turn it to the audience. how do you think that trump's relationship with the press will change next year? is he going to be more combative? or because he might have to change his strategy with congress, will he try to be more accommodating? will his tweet strategy remain the same? is it possible to predict what he might be doing in his relationship with the press that might be different than what he is doing? olivier: i don't see any reason for him to become less combative. he has elevated us as one of his primary enemies. this benefits him on a political level. he is always better when he is against someone or something. you saw it in the republican primaries and the campaign, and not having an opponent, having an election be a referendum on him, you saw how that worked out. i think you will get more combative. i don't track the day-to-day of the mueller investigation. i don't talk about it much on my show. it requires m

margaret: that is a big question. olivier: i started answering by saying that there is some absurdities to predicting what will happen in january. i'm cautious. lots of nicknames. we don't know the size of the , but we don'tld know how the democrats will manage that. just from the point of view of debates. there are a couple of things we can usually expect. how the white house will function is a good question. -- i woulde a great expect it to be run to the usual this house dynamic, does serve our electoral purposes as much as the policy purposes. i am hesitant to make confident predictions. not only because there is an eternity between now and then but because of the unorthodox nature of this. margaret: yes with the nicknames. i was going to try out a couple on you guys. there is some interplay i would look for. molar --ere the mueller impeach or not impeach line is going. the may shape the way president is thinking of responding. i think the president and his political team will be keenly 30ching that field of 25 to

margaret: thank you. just sharing an experience i remember, the first time i went to gettysburg as a child with my my poor sister's were moved to tears. somebody went to the jenny wade house, i had never been. the walls talked. they were impressed with that. that was what they wanted to seek out. that was what they wanted to see. i think the borough has done quite a bit of work. i think they are trying to draw more visitors to that and the story of the people that lived there. i think there is some progress toward getting the bigger story. especially, after the battle. the effects of it with the wounded soldiers and the people who had to help out or chose to help out is one that is neglected. i think it is credible. margaret: i agree the borough has done work. that story has a national narrative and a local narrative. maybe, they could be, as catherine pointed out, integrated. so that people don't feel that they are leaving the national important or critical narrative when they go into the borough. that i

and margaret spellings. currently serves as president -- [applause] >> she got more applause than karl did. she is currently the president of the university of north carolina system. i am advised that is upside down. here, that would be a chancellor. she is the boss of bosses. she previously served as president of the george w. bush presidential center. that is a mouthful. overseeing economic growth and health initiatives. she served as secretary of education under president bush. senior advisor during the tenure as governor. that is our panel. so, i want to start with the news today. we will go through this quickly because you guys all worked with brett kavanaugh in some form or fashion in the white house. the question for you is, how do you keep this from happening? if you're in the white house, how do you not get the dumpster fire? you had the opportunity sometimes, surely. anybody can jump at this. >> this is unprecedented. normally, if a member of the senate judiciary committee received a letter, worthy

let iying playing margaret thatcher was leaving an: and june let slipj playing margaret thatcher was slip she about this, and june let slip she would love to play margaret thatcher. roy admitted, could you really do that? in the scene that night in the pantomime, as the fairy queen, she played it as margaret thatcher. he said, you've got the part. and is there a particular role that you remember with particular fondness? yes, take it from here, that was mentioned. that was my first introduction to june that was mentioned. that was my first introduction tojune and one of my firstjobs when she was pretty young, when she really got noticed, of course. so many different roles but always somehow she was a woman with whom so many people felt they could identify. yes. as i said, i can't think of any other comedy performer who had such a range. she could do any voice required. she could do any voice required. she could play any part required. people knew this. the number of people she worked with. every comedy start she had worked with at some point, she was amazing. —— comedy star. had work

margaret blair is elizabeth's sister. >> he said "um margaret, there's been an accident.iz fell down the stairs and died." "what are you saying?" i just totally went numb. i mean, my sister. he's saying she died. she's young. she's got two beautiful little children. babies, really. >> those baby girls? they are martha and margaret. michael took custody of the girls after the accident in germany. and then michael, along with his first wife patty, and then later with kathleen, raised them as his own. >> patty was saying that our birth mother was like a sister to her. she was her closest friend in the whole world. and it was said in our mother's will that we would go to mike and patty when they passed away. and, so, dad saw it as his responsibility and took us in. and stay -- we stayed with him for our whole lives. >> you didn't think "that's strange, the petersons? who are these people? >> well actually, you know, i can understand how that could happen. this was her world now. liz must love these people and trusted them to the nth degree. >> elizabeth ratliff's body was flo

bess and margaret were in mississippi. margaret was kind of a sickly child. her doctor thought the weather in mississippi would be better for her. he said, i am glad to get your letters, even if they are only an envelope with an address. i can remember how i used to wait for a letter from you and then read the old one. those were the days. why didn't you marry me when i first asked you? i don't know. do you? they were not afraid to give each other a little bit back and forth. later, when margaret was old enough to write, he would write to her as well and encourage her to write to him. the very first letter that we have that he wrote to margaret was written in 1927. written in 1927. she was 3. this is two pages of my very personal favorite letter, of all the letters harry has written to bess. this is january of 1934. this was right about the time harry was trying to figure out what he was going to be doing with the rest of his life. he could not run for county judge again, so he was trying to -- harry and the democratic political machine were trying to figure

margaret blair is elizabeth's sister. >> he said "um margaret, there's been an accident.l down the stairs and died." "what are you saying?" i just totally went numb. i mean, my sister. he's saying she died. she's young. she's got two beautiful little children. babies, really. >> reporter: those baby girls? they are martha and margaret. michael took custody of the girls after the accident in germany. and then michael, along with his first wife patty, and then later with kathleen, raised them as his own. >> patty was saying that our birth mother was like a sister to her. she was her closest friend in the whole world. and it was said in our mother's will that we would go to mike and patty when they passed away. and, so, dad saw it as his responsibility and took us in. and stay -- we stayed with him for our whole lives. >> reporter: you didn't think, "that's strange, the petersons? who are these people? >> well actually, you know, i can understand how that could happen. this was her world now. liz must love these people and trusted them to the nth degree. >> reporter: elizabe

i mean, margaret hoover is the margaret hoover -- and you're not a democrat -- >> so i wouldn't be inhis system, but they might have done that to you. >> no, but you are in our system because we have a database of all registered voters, and yet we communicate with those who have a preference of being a democrat, but when that data is compromised and we cannot connect with you because you've disappeared from the rolls, if you disappeared from our data, and perhaps they take you out of context. you used to be a 3, which is a republican, and now you're a 1 or a 2. what happened to the 3? so we didn't know. so what we had to do was basically work as if we were blind. we had no idea. >> so, has this been solved? >> yes. we took steps to not only clean up our database, strengthen it to protect it in the future, but more importantly, we have to take steps as a country. we have to take steps as americans to protect the integrity of our election systems, and that can only be done at the state and local level because most of our elections -- the decentralized form of government means that we ha

i'm margaret brennan, and this is "face the nation." the government shut down drags on as the new year approaches. and democrats prepare to assume control of the house of representatives. washington was at a stand still with the senate in session for all of four minutes on thursday. actually, two and a half if you don't count the prayer. >> the senate stands adjourned.e and instead war ze troopin iraq. >> america shouldn't be doing the fighting for every nation on earth. >> brennan: meanwhile republicans and democrats remane at odds of funding a border wall and president trump is raising the stakes, threatening snder cf justified this costly move. >> our options are on the table, listen, it's the only way w we n get the democrats' attention. >> brennan: washington dysfunction is rocking wall chips, blue chips are on track for worst december since the great depression. we'll talk with alabama republican senator richard shelby chairman of the powerful appropriations committee, his still fellow committee member jon tester also joins us to

we were extremely close, margaret. and from the very -- almost from the very time we met back in 1 1958 for almost 60 years. i was there when he passed. his passing was very, very pea peaceful, gentle, if you will there were a number of things i remembered. the caregivers, went to see him on friday morning, i hadn't seen him for a while. i went to check on him after a run. and one of the caregivers said, mr. president, secretary baker is here, he looked up at me, looked at me said, jim, where are we going? i said, well, spanish for chief. we're going to heaven. he said, that's where i want to go. as he began to go downhill they got all of his children on the telephone, only one of them was able to be with him at the time, his son, neil. they got the others on the telephone. they were all able to tell their father how much they loved him and to say goodbye. his very last words he spoke were spoken to george w. bush, president bush 43, who told him how much he loved him, that he would see him on the other side and 41 sai

she just became margaret thatcher. in a tea break she just became margaret thatcher.he next few years she was margaret thatcher on that show and many other people. she was a great impressionist. a puppy has been saved from a frozen lake by a police diver in turkey. the rescuer feared the worse but said it was miracle that she survived. lets take a look. new year's eve is fast approaching and one of the biggest celebrations is in new york where they've been rehearsing. confetti blew across the crowds in times square, but it was just a practice run for the big bash itself and the confetti went everywhere. let's hope the strong winds subside before the real thing! hello. we've had some fairly quiet weather over recent days, with high pressure mostly in charge. has been a little bit wet and windy across some northern parts of the uk, but this picture was taken on saturday afternoon by one of our weather watchers in sterling. and i think as we head through the next couple of days, the last few days of 2018, that mostly dry theme will continue. fairly cloudy, certainly mild

what margaret has done is unusual. when we think about battle histories we don't acknowledge the larger effects that's just plain and simple, whether it's historian, the national parks, and so those stories have been lost and hidden. i take my students, i was taking them there for years and it was a revelation to them and they loved it. they really wanted to hear more about it. so again i cannot agree with you at all. >> i like the spirit here. could we have a couple more people. yes, sir. two part question. first part is the it was a major stop on that. i guess about what percentage of that african american population participated in that. and did it stay operational post battle after what had happened? do you d part is, elieve adesm should be mvp this year? >> don't ask me questions like that. sure. in terms of percentages of people involved, you know, those would be a lot of those records are embedded in the church records. the burow itself was in shambles. so in terms of how many people continue to assist in railro

margaret petric —— margaret beckett has issued a statement and this is like an election with peopleto command headlines and do each other down, margaret beckett says it's highly significant that downing street felt they had to issue advance extracts on sunday night because officials know the prospect ofa because officials know the prospect of a peoples vote is being discussed not just of a peoples vote is being discussed notjust in westminster but in the corridors of right —— whitehall as well. and it is becoming overwhelmingly clear that people from all parties now recognise that this is the best way forward to have a second vote. what do you make of the language? it is described as plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free vote. plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free votelj plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free vote. i think there is feeling that theresa may does not have the votes to her deal through parliament and she might somehow might be able to renegotiate parts of her deal with the backstop at all of the signs suggest b

margaret. >> brennan: kris van cleave, thank you.we have not forgotten the lost town of paradise, wiped out five weeks ago in california's worst wildfire. or people were killed, three others still unaccounted for. nearly 14,000 homes destroyed. in tonight's "eye on america," oaine quijano finds, in the ashes of paradise, some lessons of resilience. >> well, this would have been my front porch area right here. >> reporter: it's been a month since high school teacher virginia partain escaped from paradise. >> i mean, look. there is nothing here. my neighborhood's gone. >> reporter: she had just renovated after her husband's death five years ago. but nothing's left. what happens now? >> i'm kind of at a loss as to what happens next, you know? >> reporter: when the fire swallowed her town, the only things she grabbed, besides her cats, were her students' college application essays. >> there's a part of this that we're always a teacher, and they had to get their essays done to get into college. le reporter: paradise high school is still s

margaret: such a good question. have been with him for a long time are trying to understand. he has always followed his own instincts. he is in charge of the united states and in some sense, the world and that is different than running your own business. he is confronting the reality of governing, like all presidents do, he is in charge not just of the ideas but in how they shake out. greatly appreciate your attendance this morning. hormatsnow, ambassador of kissinger associates. bipartisan in his representation. we are thrilled robert hormats could be with us. i'm going to give you the same question. were you watching "home alone "? he walks by as the younger donald trump from another side -- from another time and place. non-politically attuned. where do we go from here? robert: let me make one point since it was discussed on jay powell. i think a little background to the genesis of the fed and what the fed is about would be useful today in washington. the fed was established to be independent. jay powell does not

official to do so in the past week. >> quijano: alright, margaret brennan, margaret thank you. >>> overseasdesperate search for survivors is underway in indonesia after a massive tsunami that killed at least 220 people. officials say more than 800 were injured, with dozens more missing. the powerful waves destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings. it struck two of indonesia's more populous islands. barry petersen has the latest. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the music from the rock band seventeen was full blast. it was 9:27 at night when death came from the ocean without warning. lead singer ifan was sucked out to sea but clawed his way back and made this emotional video. four band members were killed, he said, and his wife was missing. please, he begged, come home. rescuers dug by hand in frantic searches to find survivors. the resort areas with their beaches and clubs are popular for tourists especially over the christmas holiday. we were all set up for the holiday, said rani, a beach vendor. now it's all destroyed. what i am going to do, she asked, how will we rebuild? indonesian authorities blamed t

i will never forget margaret's -- margaret's amazing. you all should know her, as a matter of fact. she's had about five different careers. she was a civivil rights attorn, she was my attorney for two yeyears, she e was a judge in boston, she ran an international law practice, she helped to write the constitution of south africa. now she has a project, then she became a legal scholar and teaches law at northeastern. she has this program is called civil rights and restorative juststice where she investigates cases of black people in the south were killed or who had their property taken away from them were lynched in alabama and georgia and mississippi. louisiana. so, yeah. i have three black attorneneys. amy: your third lawyer was. angela: leo brenton. amy: and he's the one who in court, turns to the jury and said, be black for a minute. bebecause the idea thatt you went underground, he said, you will automatically think that means she's guilty. but change the color of your skin and don't worry you can go back in just a minute. and think what you would do. think what you would do if

thatcher, because, you know, margaret thatcher did get some better concession.d really well in europe. she played really well in europe. she was a pull european. she knew how to put them on side. was it the french prime minister, thought she was. . . french prime minister, thought she was... francois ms trad, he was assessed with her. the eyes of caligula, the amount of marilyn monroe —— francois mitterand. caligula, the amount of marilyn monroe -- francois mitterand. the poor old thing. we had mistresses and... never mind. really getting off the... and... never mind. really getting off the. .. she and... never mind. really getting off the... she did and... never mind. really getting off the. .. she did know how to win. she flirted with them. she flirted with them. she was a woman when she needed to be at the toughest man in the room when she needed to be. sadly, theresa may is about. and what should you be? she has to do it another way. i don't think she has a chance in hell. the mail on sunday, exclusive, pm's wake up call to tory rebels, back me or getjeremy

margaret warner, you also covered him as a candidate.covered-- you've known the bush family. did they capre the complexity i george bush. today. hink it's very hard to capture the full complexity. i mean, thees anecdere wonderful. i think what, perhaps, didn't come through is he was also maa of great ambition. i he was very humble. i reported a long s covtory for "newsweek" years ago about how that came to be, how his tother would say, "i don't wan to hear more about the great 'i ami' and his father, the grade he claird about does notclaim more than his fair share of attention. on the one hand, hard tput himself forward. on the other hand he was very ambitious, and he s his sihts for something, and just as on that plane, he was determined to get the, even after losing in '79-'08y and as a candidate in his own rig>>ht. oodruff: david bates, you know the family going back many years. rau worked for him on seof his campaigns. you were in the white house when he was there. d you see-- did the george bush you knew come through? >> yes, it did

she just became margaret thatcher. and they were like eureka, we have got her.ow and many other people. she was a great impressionist. really lovely to get your memories of damejune whitfield. mike grady speaking to us from devon. this is bbc news. the headlines: houthi rebels in yemen say they are beginning to pull back from a key port as part of a un—backed ceasefire deal aimed at delivering vital food aid. fellow entertainers pay tribute to dame june whitfield, who has died at the age of 93. the actress was best known for her roles in the british sitcoms terry and june and absolutely fabulous. british police have acknowledged that some of the sightings of drones over london's gatwick airport may have been devices belonging to the force. an estimated 140,000 people had their travel plans ruined before christmas as experts tried to find the illegal drone operators. police say they have not yet found the drone that caused the runway closure. gatwick airport is offering a large reward for any information leading to the arrest of those responsible. 0ur corresponde

i am not sure theresa may is quite a margaret thatcher. , but even that. echo is there, which then begs the comparison. about it being europe as well. one of the differences is people always knew where margaret thatcher stood. he liked her or you loathe her, but you knew where she stood. i think the problem with theresa may's latest round of going around europe is i don't think europe really knows what she wants, and if they were to say give her something on the backstop, whether this would actually make a difference in the vote on the house of commons, and now of course they don't even know whether theresa may is going to be around for much longer. it is very hard for the european leaders to deal with her, i think, given all of these uncertainties. one of the reasons why i think a leadership contest is welcomed, he's even if she wins, at least this issue of her position... or least this issue of her position... 0r30 least this issue of her position... or 30 -- least this issue of her position... or30 —— her least this issue of her position... or 30 —— her

i'm going to ask you both, and i'm going to give margaret the honors, john. map me a way out of this, because it strikes me that both democrats and the president are digging their heels in here. and both have made a judgment that they don't have a lot to gain and they do have a lot to lose with compromise. so what's the way out? >> well, i think there is a way out. and i'm very optimistic and glass half full when it comes to immigration policy. that defies our entire history for the last three administrations. but you can imagine, democrats are going to come in and they want to come in as the saviors. they want to come in, and they're going to fix trump's shutdown. they want to fix trump's shutdown, somebody's got to compromise. what they could do is they could offer him some amount on the wall, and some amount on the wall in exchange for the things they want and the majority of the american people want. a pathway to citizenship for the daca kids. something, and they could even grandstand if they want to grandstand, as the saviors of trump's shutdown and the

but he, as margaret has pointed out, he was capable of great decency and forgiveness.u know, we just hadhis wonderful correspondence for decades. d, you know, he was a very special guy. >> woodruff: musgaret, quickly, remembering him? >> i agree with mreen completely. there was this core, this decency, and warmth ad graciousness about him that really comes through. and the letters to maureen and back, very much-- but i also agree with michael that i covered that wle period at the end of the cold war, and also the gulf war, and that could have never been brought together, that coalition-- i was with jim bakeries he went all around to try to put that together-- if iteren't for bush's personal relationships with these world leaders. and then, of course, later his willingness to end the war en he did. >> woodruff: in just a few seconds, michael beschloss, we'll still be talking abo him years from now. >> i think we will. and the great thing about history is it's tan argum without end, so if you'll invite us back in 30 years we'll d m thre. >> woodruff: that's a promise. yo

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i'm margaret brennan, and this is "face the nation." >> this may have been the most chaotic week of what is u undoubtedly the most chaotic presidency ever in the history of the united states. >> brennan: that observation came from the senate democratic leader. but last week several stunning decisions made by president trump shocked even his closest advisors republicans and u.s. allies. >> whether we like it or not they work better than anything. >> brennan: the demand for $5 bill join border wall funding blew up an agreement to keep key parts of the government running instead it's a christmas shut down that could last well into the new year. >> we're totally prepared for a very long shu shutdown. >> brennan: plus the snap decision that sent shock waves around the world. as the president ignored the advice of his cabinet, military leaders and some of his closest allies on capitol hill and by ts pulling u.s. troops out of syria and making plans to cut our forces in afghanistan in half. >> we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we've beaten them badly. >> brennan: but isis hasn't

not that big of a deal, is it, margaret?appens to affect border agents and tsa agents when both poes and tavelers id everyone's mind. two factors that i see at play here one is that the president himself has been fascinated with the idea of having the shut down to get a message across for months. maybe for more than a year, let's say, basically since the beginning of the administration. inside the white house as well as on the hill lot of republicans, he so attracted to the idea. on the other idea he wants to be having this fight with democrats his own party. i think if there's a patch of four weeks or something like that, that's the fight that he gets to have. maybe that's the way this will shake out. >> brennan: one of the president's closest advisors said, he's ready to go to shut down. do you think -- >> he's ready. although he is scheduled to go to mar-a-lago. but many people inside the white house as well as on the hill, mitch mcconnell, senate republicans like, you know, maybe -- there have been ongoing conversations

margaret's going to talk about that, i'll explain why in a second. and then, then i'm going to ask you a couple of questions and we'll talk about it to you. i think based on the last panel, we have plenty of questions out there so i'm going to keep my questions to a minimum so we have plenty of time for questions for you. it's after ten and this session goes to 11 and we'll have a changeover and final will be three experts talking about the investigation front. so, i want to start with olivier knox from serious xm and could you tell a little about. what can we expect -- what can we expect in terms of the president's agenda, what he might accomplish, what he'll try to accomplish. >> sure, let me start by acknowledging, there's a bit of an absurd dimension to trying to predict with any sort of certainty what this white house will do over any given time frame, but there are a couple of things had a we know. one of the things that we no, for example, this long project of remaking the federal judiciary, arguably to date, president trump's most important l

and in the scene that night in the pantomime, as the fairy queen, she played it as margaret thatcher. there a particular role that you remember with particular fondness? yes, take it from here was mentioned. dick bentley, the australian, and june playing eth. ron and eth. that was my first introduction to june, playing eth. ron and eth. that was my first introduction tojune, and i think one of her firstjobs, when she was pretty young, when she really got noticed. and of course, she had many different roles, but a lwa ys she had many different roles, but always somehow she was a woman with whom so many people felt they could identify. yes, as i said, i can't think of any other comedy performer who had such a range. she could do any voice required. she could play any voice required. she could play any part required. and people knew this. i mean, the number of people she worked with. every comedy star she worked with. every comedy star she had worked with at some point. she was amazing. and of course, when she started out on her long career, she started out on her long career, she was re

what would margaret thatcher say if she was dealing with it today?> she would have take and more robust approach than theresa may. but we don't have margaret thatcher as prime minister, we have theresa may. liz: this is not the time that tries men's souls, it tries men's spines. we need political will and resolve. what would she tell them to do? that's what we want to hear. >> she would encourage a tougher the tude towards brussels and firmer resolve in trying to get a new deal. but i don't see it happening. liz: thank you so much for coming in from the margaret thatcher center at the heritage foundation. the dow responding positively on this potential breakthrough on u.s.-china trade talks. china is reportedly going to let american companies come into china. let's get to the huawei story. the executive there getting out on bail. the president saying he may intervene in the huawei case if it would help close the china deal. huawei is linked to the marriott breach. what does potential chinese espionage mean to the trade deal. >> if you ask the markets

margaret: are you running for something? >> when did you and bush start talking about the presidency? how early was that? karl: 1996 in san diego. >> it was not before 1994? karl: if you look back, you can see the beginning in 1995, at the meeting of the republican governors association. there is a huge class of new governors that come in a 1994. anyway, the old ones are in the front of the classroom and in the back or all the new kid, shooting spit wads at each other and cracking jokes. there was a camaraderie there. these were people in tents upon trying to do new things to make their states that her. you could see in retrospect that they were clicking and the natural leader in their group was bush. >> the other thing that happens, i saw it happen with mark white. i saw it happen with ann richards. if you are the governor of texas, people start talking about you running for president. it is not just texas, if you are the governor of california, new york or florida, chatter starts happening. karl: literally, we had just nom

margaret thatcher told him to stay firm, apparently saying this is no time to go wobbly, george.t. iraq will not be permitted to annex kuwait. that is not a threat, a boast, it isjust the to annex kuwait. that is not a threat, a boast, it is just the way it is going to be. a wide coalition was formed in operation desert storm began. the ground offensive would last us 100 hours with a decisive victory for american military expertise and superiority. victory for american military expertise and superioritylj victory for american military expertise and superiority. i can report to the nation, oppression is defeated. the war is over. the victory provided americans with a feelgood, and the president's approval rating soared, briefly. with the us in a protracted and painful recession, it was not long before voters were demanding answers to their domestic woes. we are going to their domestic woes. we are going to lift this nation out of hard times inch by inch and day by day, and those who would stop us had better stepaside. and then came the federal policy decision. he did what he vowed

and once upon a time, even margaret thatcher was a euro enthusiast, campaigning in the 1975 referendumthe 1980s, she became increasingly hostile to sharing more sovereignty. no, no, no. but her own downfall was accelerated by deep tory divisions over europe. in the 1990s, her successor john major could not turn the rising sceptic tide. he won opt—outs for britain including the euro in the maastricht treaty but that wasn't enough. fast forward to this century and, in 2016, david cameron tried to see off a growing threat to his party from the right by betting on a referendum. he lost. the british people have spoken and the answer is we are out. i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. theresa may took over but through the tortuous brexit negotiations, she's often found her own party harder to deal with than the governments of europe. the leading historian of post—war britain sees an unprecedented level of national division. the way the votes fell in the referendum illuminated very starkly the very great differences

john, you were there, in the days of margaret thatcher's final moments, famously caught on camera.ay as you did your live report, margaret thatcher came down the steps to tell the world she was going to fight on. does part of you wish you were outside downing street this week, reporting on theresa may's battles. it does come a bit. it is such an extraordinary story. the thatcher story was amazing but this has so much complexity. at least with margaret thatcher we would know whether she would survive 01’ would know whether she would survive or not but with this, she is definitely going to go, she is definitely going to go, she is definitely going to stay. it is so confusing. michael, you have made documentaries behind the scenes at downing street going back decades. imagine being a fly on the wall, but they have let cameras then? that's they have let cameras then? that's the last thing they want, it was interesting you said earlier on about taking the political temperature. in america, they banned the song baby it's cold outside, but that's what they are thinking at this moment. it

let's go to margaret now. what i want margaret to talk about in this open right here, is whether her perspective on the job that journalists are doing has changed at all. margaret has had the luxury or the opportunity to leave the beltway bubble for the last three months and be in the cambridge bubble. she was teaching at the kennedy school institute on politics, so she's been out of the daily news flow for the last three months after, you know, a dozen years covering campaigns and the white house. she goes back to her day job tomorrow. when i talked with her on friday, i think you were packing up your apartment at the time. i'm curious whenever anyone's been away from the daily news cycle for a while, i want to get the perspective on whether their outlook or their perspective on how well the media is doing has changed. i mean, the things that were hugely important at 3:00 on an afternoon in the daily news cycle, do those seem as important now? i was looking to get your perspective being away from the daily ne

margaret, thank you so much.o you. >> same to you. >>> up next, breaking news on otto warmbier, the 22-year-old american student tortured to death in north korea. we're learning about the judge's order for the country to pay $500 million. details, coming up. >>> some news just into cnn. a federal judge has awarded the parents of otto warmbier $500 million in their lawsuit against north korea. the judge found the north korean regime liable for the torture and extrajudicial killing of the american college student. warmbier was arrested will touring north korea in 2016. he was detained for more than 17 months after being convicted for stealing a painting off a wall and warmbier died shortly after returning to the u.s. in june of 2017. in a family statement, his father thanked the united states judicial system for all of those who have supported him, people and also the judge. but it is unclear at this point whether or not the ruling is symbolic or if there's any chance his family will be paid any money from the herm

joining me now to talk about this, cnn political analyst, brian karem and margaret talev. thank you both for joining me on new year's eve. margaret, john kelly says this all-concrete wall that the president talked about relentlessly during the campaign was abandoned early on. the president then said "no," but he does appear to agree with kelly saying that parts of the wall should be see-through. and it must be tough to negotiate a funding deal with democrats when you continue to get mixed messages from this president as to what he actually wants. >> yeah, you know, ryan, i don't know, maybe the president is taking issue with the word "abandoned." i talked to a senior white house aide last week who was describing the wall as not a concrete wall anymore and saying, actually, i mean, precisely the same thing, that the idea was to have a barrier. those border patrol officials thought would provide them sort of the most in the way of security. and that having the concrete all the way across, you know, didn't -- you know, the opaqueness didn't give you the visibility you would w

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome margaret spellings, president of the george w.presidential center. [applause] >> hello, hello. good evening, everybody. thank you so much for joining us here at the bush center on the beautiful smu campus. hope for most of you is welcome back. we are so thrilled to be here. i want to first recognize first lady laura bush and gail turner, the president of smu. thank you for being here. absolutely. we have been keeping a very busy calendar here this year with our engage at the bush center series. we're hosting former chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke on november 16th so be on the lookout for that, as well as karl recovery on december 14th who -- karl rove who has a fascinating book on mckinley. so please plan on joining us for both of those. we also want to call your attention to our holiday season special exhibit called a season of stories, christmas at the white house, 2003, opening on november 19th. the exhibit will feature a number after handcraft decorations depicting beloveds storybook characters displayed at the w

theresa may is no margaret thatcher. i think the e.u.as been entering these negotiations in an extremely negative, mean spirited fashion in order to warn other european countries against league the european union. and certainly under theresa may's proposal, a person would be subject to the ruling of the european court of justice. it's unacceptable in my opinion. however, under a no deal, britain would be completely free of the shackles of the european union. why should britain want to be tide a singing e.u. titanic with huge amounts of red tape and regulation. britain is far better off completely outside of the european union. that's the u.s. ambassador to the united kingdom said there is a tremendous appetite in washington for a u.s./u.k. trade agreement. this is the opportunity the britain has today and the opportunity britain must see. liz: breaking news as well. leaders in the european union are saying they do want to work for a speedy new trade deal with britain to avoid triggering the irish border guarantee, the back stop problem.

and i know we'll be hearing from margaret creighton so i won't edge into gettysburg. one particularly exemplary leader in the midwest, annie wittenmyer, after witnessing horrid conditions in military hospitals, asked the united states christian commission to help her pioneer a dietary kitchen system. this provided for a revolution in hospital care and would remain in use down to the present day. with this new system, each patient would be given a separate diet tailored to individual medical needs. she organized her special dietary units and hired women supervisors to oversee its implementation. for any of you in the hospital, don't you think checking jell-o is certainly -- we should be thankful for annie wittenmyer. none other than ulysses s. grant suggested that no other soldier in the firing line gave more heroic service than she did. even ordinary woman found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. southerner sarah morgan said in her diary, if i was a man, oh if i was only a man. for two years, that has been my only cry. some woman did something about their frus

kurt, margaret, thank you for being here.iate it. >>> up next, new details on why trump's former campaign manager paul manafort cooperated with the russians during the president's 2016 campaign. gentle means everything, so we improved everything. we used 50% fewer ingredients added one handed pumps and beat the top safety standards the new johnson's® choose gentle ♪ ♪ this holiday season, families near you need your help. visit redcross.org now to donate. >>> it seems like you hear his name just about every day, but you almost never hear his voice. cnn's tom foreman has a fascinating look at the mysterious robert mueller. >> reporter: robert mueller may be the most famous invisible man in washington. president trump can't stop talking about the russia probe. >> i call it the rigged witch hunt. >> reporter: but the man in charge of it holds no press conferences, gives no interviews, and is caught on camera so rarely, this photo at an airport with donald trump jr. passing caused a sensation. most of mueller's comments on camera

so, margaret, jim mattis is now being ordered out of his post. what happens next? >> well, this is going to be a huge consequence, one of the things that secretary mattis was doing was trying to figure out how to execute drawi ining troi troops, so it will be hugely nunsed by deputy step engine to the role. i argue it puts more power in terms of policy in the hands of the secretary of state. how it's managed and managed through with the allies really matters. and that was sort of the basis of what secretary mattis laid out as his grounds for resignation in the first place. though he said that he would be leaving in february. the president now saying you are out now, you cannot quit, i'm firing you. >> well, brett mcgurk was supposed to leave his job be in februaryand president trump tweeted, mcgurk, who i do not know, how do we understand thispresiden thispresident? >> pretty mcgurk is washington's leader of the anti--isis coalition. he has been knitting together the countries to fight isis. he is a president ial envoy. the president may not know who he is, he clai

glig displi margaret, thank you. police arrested a british man and woman for flying a series of drones near a runway at the second busiest airport in england. the incident forced gatwick airport to close for nearly 36 hours on wednesday. passengers are still experiencing delays today. police are searching a house in crawley for evidence. and the pair remain in custody for questioning. officials say that there's no indication the incident was terror related. 6.7 million people travel by air this holiday season. that's the highest number of holiday fliers in 15 years. and this is one of the busiest travel days of the year at the airports and on the roads. strong winds in washington state forced these drivers to dodge sand, rock ares, and debris dumped on the road from the nearby bay. new york and boston have been feeling strong wind gusts for two days. meteorologist jacob wycoff from our boston station wbz has the forecast. jacob. >> reporter: reena, in the wake of the same storm that brought us the record-breaking war

what would margaret thatcher do? >> margaret thatcher was firmly against high taxes and big government solutions. she strongly opposed socialist-style policies. she used to say, the problem socialists governments is eventualitily they run out of the other people's money. that's what's happening across the european union. so this idea of raising $800 billion in additional taxes for the european union is a monstrously bad idea. the last thing the e.u. needs is tax hikes. this is anentity that -- this an entity with' huge unemployment and unfunded pension lie the business. macron of france is symbolic of the huge problems the e.u. faces today. 17.4 million britains voted to leave the e.u. liz: there is a top-heavy bureaucracy all over europe and flat lining growth. it's going upside down rapidly. the debate dial is socialism is about envy and jealousy. the fear is it's coming here. nile, here is the important point that charles moore, thatchers biographer, he said that margaret thatcher told him when politicians are in