mr. fareed zakaria. i don't know mr. fareed zakaria. he -- >> bill: we talked about earlier on "the factor" tonight, there is this huge divide. i mean, getting bigger by the day. look, whether people like brit hume or not, hume has been around since james polk. he knows what washington is and knows what presidents do. so, hume comes in, not a big fan of barack obama, i think that is accurate, right? i mean come up donald trump? >> nor was i really a particularly big fan of donald trump. >> bill: i meant to say donald trump but i'm old and i'm losing my mind. not a big fan of two president trump. but i think you accurately out the mic assessed on top of what i said, what has been going on r weeks. but then, you have the other guy over there saying, well, he didn't do anything. he's a clown come he's this, he's that. so, people don't have any ideological bent. they have no routing interests. they hear you and they hear him and they go, what country am i living in? >> they can certainly listen to the particulars of what you and i have both

mr. saa care fareed zakaria, know where he's going., or i would say liberal disorder which you have introduced by the united states and the allies since the '90s has crumbled. donald trump is one of the results of this collapse. the question where he leads the country. i believe he could lead the united states in becoming a more powerful nation if and when he's allowed to do that. whether that's good for russia i'm not sure because we will be competitors even if we understand each other and cooperate at margins. but the order which the united states tried to introduce since the '90s has collapsed. >> what do you imagine the relationship between a trump administration and the pew tim kaine administration will be? i know you're right we can't predict but what is your sense? >> my sense is that unfortunately your country is divided. mr. trump will be fighting. he is a good fighter it seems but we don't know whether he survives political or else eventually we could have some cooperative relationship if we understand our interests properly

. >>> and cnn's fareed zakaria has strong words. >> he acknowledges that mr.ominated the news but he says he hasn't accomplished anything. let's listen. >> trump issued a series of executive orders with great fanfare, though fewer than obama at this point q but they're mostly hot air. reviewing a law, reporting back to him, considering action, or reaffirm some long standing practice. his one order that did something, the temporary travel ban was so poorly phrased that it got stuck in the court system and will have to be redone. there are two aspects of the trump presidency, the freak show, the tweets, fights with anyone who refuses to bow down to him, media judges included and the ceaseless self-promotion, but then there is the savvy business person who named intelligent heavy weights like rex tillerson and james mattis to key positions and who has at times articulated a serious reform agenda f. for many the it was they would put up with the freak show to get tax reform, infrastructure projects and wise deregulation. that may still happen, but for now, at leas

back with me now fareed zakaria, dana bash, salena zito and douglas brinkley. so mr.nkley, howard stern talked about donald trump on his radio show. and as you know, they're old friends. trump appeared on his radio show many times. and stern expressed some concerns about donald trump. >> i personally wish that he had never run. i told him that. because i actually think this is something that -- it's going to be very detrimental to his mental health too because he wants to be liked. he wants to be loved. he wants people to cheer for him. >> you think this could take him down? >> yeah. >> so you guys may not know this. i'm a howard stern super fan. i think he's one of the best interviews in the business. >> amen. >> and i think he's pretty much always right on. what do you think, douglas? >> well, i wonder why he didn't say it during the middle of the campaign when the stakes mattered. he kind of was silent about his friend donald trump throughout the year, and now he's saying it now when it's a fait accompli. howard stern is an american icon of radio, and i think he's