he is following a playbook pioneered by viktor orban.an came to power in 2010 and some of his first acts were to take aim at the independence of hungary's judiciary and news media, rewriting the constitution to force senior judges to retire, and setting up a new court system overseeing directly by his government and consolidating control over the media. his government and its allies took control of 90% of the media outlets, elevating orban's propaganda. orban and his party have also tightened his grip over hungary's electoral system. changing laws to rig the system in his favor and keep him in power in perpetuity. like the american right, orban has gone out of his way to stoke division by stoking fear about racial diversity and demonizing immigrants. he even embraced the far right concept of replacement theory, warning against race mixing in europe. orban has blocked asylum seekers from entering hungary and referred to middle eastern refugees as muslim invaders. in fact, orban has made it a point of escalating the culture wars in hungary

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viktor orban, one of the most respected men, they call him a strongman. he's a he's a tough person, smart prime minister of hungary cnn contributor carrie champion joins us in our fifth seat. >> so, carrie, i want to ask you about this idea of media takeover because after elon musk purchased twitter, changed it into x, there's no doubt that he exercised some power there. so how do you hear this? even ingest kind of purchase of a cable network. >> good to be with you tonight. >> good to be with you. >> thanks for having me i think that we should believe everything that is said coming from this administration. i don't think that we have the luxury to dismiss it as him being someone who's being funny, or someone who is just being himself, or that is his brand. x and you said in some ways, always, i feel like x, i don't know if anyone is on it in any capacity. i don't know if you're on it and you're the only one, you're on it you all are on it. okay, i've actually decided to take a rest of peace because it is not a peaceful place for me. and i know if in fact

guest: i think portraying victor or von -- orban as close to put in or russia is an over supplication of that relationship. obviously, there is a long and very peaceful history between russia and hungary, and one of the most notable examples is the 1956 situation in which the soviet union invaded hungary. hungarians have not forgotten about that at all. there is not a lot of warmth of feeling among the hungarian people or within the hungarian government toward russia. on the other hand, i think they are pragmatists. they realize they need a relationship with russia that is not a state of war, that there are interdependencies between hungary and russia. there is a broader relationship between russia and europe that has real effects on hungarian national interests. and hungary also has a sizable hungarian minority in ukraine itself that is affected by this war. these are all factors that i think viktor orban is taking into account in putting together an approach to russia that is far more complex than any adversary or friend. it is somewhere in the middle. host: we have a question on x.

viktor orban, the kind of semi dictator of hungary, even came over to speak at cpac in dallas a couple years ago, two years ago, and, you know, laid out what he had done in hungary within a year of his second election, his re-election. he had basically destroyed all the independent media. i mean people post on facebook against him and they go to jail. i'm very concerned about that's the direction we're heading now when you get people like kash patel who, you know, have trump surrogates saying we're coming for you in the media. i'm very concerned that jimmy carter's prophecy is coming true. we're going to have a government of, by and for the very rich. >> yet republicans and donald trump in particular, showed a lot of gain in this election including among people across demographic groups. he gained with latino voters and with white women. what -- how do you explain some of those gains? >> you know, i used to work in advertising 40 years ago. i owned an advertising agency in atlanta. and if you beat people over the head with a message often enough, with enough money and enough saturation

what viktor orban has done. the irs and justice department to intimidate owners of big media and very possibly to see some of our media outlets purchased by billionaires like elon musk to try and silence them. i want -- before we go beyond this, ali, one other thing we need to mention. as you talked about russell vought. one of the things i fear most and hope the media will start to cover this is that the trump people are going to immediately challenge the budget and impoundment control act of 1974, which was to give congress power over a president taking funds that were appropriated legally and misusing them or not using them. if that is thrown out, then russell vought is going to have the power to basically bypass congress and donald trump will take money from different accounts and use it for his border or use it for his own purposes, and we will see the constitution completely blown up. we need this covered before it happens. >> thank you for that. we will do that and thank you, jennifer, as well. for doing

alexa viktor orban on one side, the germans arguably on the other.hat can we expect from the meeting today? >> we should explain where we are, we are in the arena where eu and political community leaders will meet in hungary, this is where viktor orban decided to host this meeting. officially not on the agenda will be the trump reelection. this has seismic ramifications for europeans here, many of whom are not terribly pleased with that outcome. that will be the focus of discussions in terms of responses to what the trump administration might portend, particularly in the case of ukraine. trump said on several occasions he will end the war in ukraine within 24 hours of winning the election. if he comes with some sort of deal that requires surrendering territory, what will they say? i put that question to the estonian prime minister who i spoke to last night in budapest, have a listen. >> if you allow it russia to change borders by force, and they say we will give half your country back, it is not acceptable. i would stigma for a long time. >> this wil

viktor orban, the semi dictator of hungary, came to cpap a couple years ago and laid out what he had done in hungary within a year of his second election, his re-election. he destroyed all of the independent media. people post on facebook against him and they go to jail. i'm very concerned that that's -- that's the direction we're heading now when you get kash patel surrogates saying we're coming for you in the media. i'm very concerned that jimmy carter's essentially prophecy is coming true. we'll have a government by and for the very, very rich. >> and, yet, republicans and donald trump in particular, showed a lot of gains in this election, including among people across demographic groups. he gained with latino voters and white women. how do you explain some of those gains? >> you know, i used to work in advertising 40 years ago i owned an advertising agency in atlanta. if you beat people over the head with a message often enough with enough money and enough saturation, you can largely convince them of anything. kamala harris never once mentioned trans people during the campaign. a

he has been tapped by viktor orban for that role. he is currently the finance chief.k in on europe -- not a huge move but a change at the top of the central bank for hungry. please stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to bloomberg "daybreak: europe." context around the cac 40 that had a decent thursday. when you compare it to the performance of the benchmark stoxx 600 in europe, it is the second worst performance versus that benchmark for the cac 40 in about a decade going back to the formation of the euro. because of the concerns around the politics of france, the budget and we see that russell continuing. the pressure has been felt. the cac 40 is down 2.3% in the last 30 days versus a gain for the benchmark. we will see if the underperformance continues. china is a factor given the exposure around luxury and cosmetics. mark cudmore is saying that country will need to face a crisis before they get that results. the underperformance of french equities. have a quick look at the other asset, the japanese yen in focused today breaking through 150 level. t

was too large to do what viktor orban did.the media, forcing the media to sell to his cronies and friends. the thought was to u.s. is too large for that. could elon musk just purchase the entire media? reporter: you said the sides where there. that voters might say yes to a strongman leader. are there any historic parallels are past examples that you think mirror the moment the country is in right now? >> every authoritarian situation is somewhat different. but there are regularities of structure. putin is an extremely popular leader in russia. people would vote for him. what we are seeing with trumpet something like mussolini. what we have is something similar to a fascists supporting group. we have billionaire oligarchs and christian nationalists. both radical and antidemocratic. once you have a large group of christian nationalists or ethnic nationalists plus oligarchs to gather, it is very hard to defeat that coalition. reporter: what could a second trump term mean in terms of emboldening extremists or those who have far-r

hungary's prime minister, viktor orban, says he believes the united states will "quit" the war in ukraineme minister simon harris calls november 29 as the date for the first general election in the republic in almost five years. and, the first auction of a portrait by a humanoid robot sees an alan turing painting fetch more than $1 million.

that's the line crossing from viktor orban. reminding us of his affiliations in this.t around trump and the far-right movements in europe, just to be clear, you think of trump presidency in the u.s. will catalyze, encourage, and lead to further gains for right-wing parties in europe. that's a likely prospect you think. >> well so far, what we've seen all throughout the past couple years, even when donald trump was just the former president, he maintained his relationships and especially the one with victor or bond. so now, given the extended mandate that donald trump has, and also republican party is now essentially the platform for this type of movement. the united states plays in the world and has repercussions on europe. obviously reverberating much further and wider than that. it does provide a license to leaders who have similar proclivities. in that sense, we will be looking at how this plays out over the coming months. for sure, it seems that so far president trump will have an easier time cooperating with the likes of victor or bond or giorgia meloni and others

hungary's prime minister, viktor orban, says he believes the united states will "quit" the war in ukrainearns europe cannot fund it without american support. irish prime minister simon harris calls november 29 as the date for the first general election in the republic in almost five years. and, the first auction of a portrait by a humanoid robot sees an alan turing painting fetch more than $1 million. hello, i'm sarah campbell. israeli and dutch leaders have condemned what they called "a terrible night of anti—semitic violence" in amsterdam last night — which followed a europa league football match between maccabi tel aviv and ajax amsterdam. the mayor of amsterdam described it as a "dark day" in the city's history, saying men on scooters had carried out "hit and run attacks" on maccabi supporters. she said the violence brought to mind anti—jewish pogroms in european history. 62 people have been arrested. at least five people were treated in hospital. there are also videos of a crowd, believed to be israeli fans, chanting anti—palestinian slogans, and one of cheering as a palestinian flag

here is trump on orban and xi. >> that's the question they asked victor orban, a very strong -- theyetimes you need a strong man. he's a strong man. they said he called president xi brilliant. he's a brilliant guy. whether you like it or not, they go crazy. >> doesn't mean he's not evil or doesn't mean he's not dangerous. >> of course. but actually, we have evil people in our country. >> that rogan clip is so reminiscent of an interview that trump did with joe scarborough and the guy at fox, o'reilly, questioning him about putin and he says, you know, joe did and o'reilly did, he kills people, he kills journalists and trump says we kill people too and, you know, good on mr. rogan there to say, doesn't mean he's not dangerous, it doesn't mean he's not evil. and trump sees no difference between the brutality in an autocracy and what his role would be as president. what signal does that send to you, director brennan? >> sends a signal that donald trump is most impressed by ruthless strength, and wealth. and if you look at the people that he associates with, and speaks highly of, whether

he will gravitate to people with money, people like netanyahu, orban. for u.s.hey have hard choices to make. >> according to my reporting, that commitment of $2 billion was made to jared kushner -- >> this is where we are. >> let's talk -- let's continue the conversation at our next opportunity. we will talk about zelenskyy and ukraine and nato. appreciate you. >>> next, what donald trump's election day victory means for all his legal challenges. that's ahead. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. ed hairs from my face. game changa! while the flexdisc contours to it, so the five blades can virtually get every hair in one stroke, for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. the best a man can get is gillettelabs. [child laughing] (♪♪) (♪♪) [child giggling with delight] (♪♪) come on you two. dinner time. ♪ ooooh. ooooh. ♪ >>> now that he is president-elect, donald trump's federal criminal cases will probably go away. nbc news learned the department of justice is preparing to wind down the federal election interference and the classified docum

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victor orban, the authoritarian prime minister of hungary sent netanyahu a letter earlier today saying he's welcome in hungary, and that orban guarantees his freedom of movement, that he will not be arrested if he comes there. he's something of a gadfly among nato members, among members of the european union, and now breaking with the international criminal court, even though hungary is fully signed up to that. we are seeing netanyahu always thought of himself as you know as israel's best diplomat and his ability to travel around the world now and make the case for israel very, very limited. we're seeing israel's diplomatic horizon narrowing. the israeli government canceled a trip by the dutch foreign minister here next week in protest of the dutch saying they will abide by the arrest warrants. >> raf sanchez, all extraordinary. thank you. >>> and next, the state of the trump transition after that big shake-up and the reality for democrats after another election loss in the senate. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. w

caller: my question would be, didn't dictators like stalin, mussolini, chavez, orban, the first thing that they do when they come in is purge elected civil servant officials. they purge them, they replace them, they ensure loyalty like what is going on here, they maintain control through intimidation and surveillance. how do you think that president trump's actions compared, and do you see any direct parallels with his treatment of the civil servant, especially loyalty tests and firing officials, using the government for personal and political gain? that is my question. guest: so, that is interesting, because certainly what these over a century now of civil service law is trying to prevent is that kind of system. what -- there are two different things going on here. the efficiency commission that vivek ramaswamy and elon musk are leading are talking about getting rid of employees altogether. not necessarily replacing them with loyalists, just shrinking the size of the federal government. that would give more influence to the political appointees at those agencies, but would also mean

peter, agrarian -- hungarian strongman, viktor orban, which is good friend, donald trump, good luck on phone this week. have we ever seen anything like this, with a presidential candidate, openly embracing autocrats in the final days of the campaign, or any day of the campaign, or a presidency, or a life? >> no. look, donald trump is unique in this way. he favors autocrats and disparages democrats, small d. the prime minister of germany, president of france, those are people he criticizes, he calls them fools, calls them all kinds of names. people he expresses his admiration for our people like vladimir putin, xi jinping, viktor orban as hungry, you just stated. these are people he admires. why does he admire them? he admires their strength. he admires their ability in their systems to be able to act without checks or balances, their ability to get things done without, you know, a pesky political system that might get in the way, and it is, i think, very revealing about his attitude. that is why john kelly, the former chief of staff, said he would like to be a dictator, because in fact

meantime, hungary's prime minister victor orban says the warrant would not be observed.ez is in israel with more now on what this means for the leader and the war in gaza. >> reporter: these arrest warrants issued bit international criminal court setting off a diplomatic firestorm, not just here in the mideast, but also in the united states and really around the world. the international criminal court says there are reasonable grounds to believe that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his defense minister yoav gallant used starvation as a weapon of war, by deliberately blocking humanitarian aid to gaza. they say that israel also at times deliberately targeted palestinian civilians. the death poll toll in gaza now 44,000 according to the gaza health ministry, who says the majority of the dead are women and children. israel says hamas deliberately hides among the palestinian civilian population in gaza and as you can imagine, netanyahu coming out swinging, denouncing these warrants as antisemitic, saying that they undermine the ability of democracies all over th

the country's prime minister, viktor orban, is close with vladimir putin.e's president volodymyr zelensky has been pressing for the move for months, his only reaction so far has been cryptic — telling ukrainians sunday night that "missiles will speak for themselves". 620 leaders meeting in brazil mentioned the conflict in their final comminique, saying they "welcome all relevant and constructive initiatives that support a comprehensive, just, and durable peace" in ukraine. at a meeting of the un security council to mark the thousandth day of the conflict, the us�*s envoy, linda thomas—greenfield, said winter was approaching and russia's relentless attacks were killing civilians and destroying critical infrastructure. she said the us would be announcing additional security assistance in the coming days. that's the wider picture. let's zoom in now on the front lines of the conflict. our correspondent paul adams is in the heart of the conflict, in the city of dnipro more traumatic scenes on the streets of odesa this morning. a russian missile, shot down by ukr

the country's prime minister, viktor orban, is close with vladimir putin. un security council to mark the thousandth day of the conflict — the us�*s envoy, linda thomas—greenfield, pledged more security assistance to ukraine in the coming days. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis. thank you forjoining me. how is this response from vladimir putin and the kremlin being viewed in the white house and in washington? it’s viewed in the white house and in washington?— in washington? it's interesting that ou in washington? it's interesting that you mentioned _ in washington? it's interesting that you mentioned there - in washington? it's interesting that you mentioned there the l that you mentioned there the remarks of the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, and hard on the heels ofjoe biden�*s announcement or announcement in the media that these american—made long—range missiles will be authorised for use by ukraine, capable of striking targets inside russia. mr thomas greenfield made the point that additional american assi

outspoken and ardent trump admirer amongst european leaders, the hungarian prime minister, viktor orbanleaders here want to have as good a relationship as possible with the next us president but what he also wanted to date was reassurances from close allies that they would not be turning their back on former promises and sir keir starmer, who was here in budapest, said that support for ukraine is ironclad but frankly, clive, if donald trump decides to turn off that tap of military aid or even reduce it to a trickle, it's very hard to see how europe will pick up the slack, especially when big powers like france and germany are so hobbled right now by their own domestic political problems.— political problems. indeed, all ri . ht, political problems. indeed, all right. thank— political problems. indeed, all right, thank you _ political problems. indeed, all right, thank you for _ political problems. indeed, all right, thank you for that. i political problems. indeed, all. right, thank you for that. jeremy political problems. indeed, all- right, thank you for that. jeremy in washington, ar

viktor orban, in close conversation with macron and stallman. then, just the tip of the iceberg of debate on this frosty issue. later, ukraine zelenskyy. >> our support is unwavering >> reporter: the unspoken question, can europe go it alone? >> we should be very clear on this. security is not something we outsource to someone else, like the united states >> reporter: akron said the same thing, but already clear the opening pitch to trump. >> we need you. >> we are open to discussion on how we can work better together. >> reporter: at the sharp end of the cell, dodo's new chief, another change for trump. >> i look forward to sitting down with president-elect donald trump to discuss how we can face the threats collectively. >> reporter: it is a bold gambit, but read through it and europe is not ready to stand up to putin alone. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> let's talk more about trump's foreign policy with us with a global affairs analyst, kimberly dozier. great to see you. let's go through the biggest foreign policy challenges trump faces and t

zelenskyy is reacting to a comment by trump and victor orban in budapest, have a cease-fire in place. russia occupies 18% of ukrainian territory but when you combine it with ending the war, continued aid to ukraine in the form of loans and the prospect of nato membership down the road and nonrecognition of russia's occupation of parts of ukraine there's a lot more at stake. to your question about whether trump can force a deal i think vladimir putin is in a weak position and he knows it. the chances of a reasonable deal coming out have grown. stuart: i need your input on a development taking place in europe today. jewish people are being attacked on the streets of amsterdam. a promised and politician says this is a program. a serious developed and the israelis are sending charter planes to evacuate their citizens from amsterdam. comment on this? >> it is incredibly outrageous and horrific, these terrorist attacks committed in the netherlands by muslims there. the dutch authorities have to get their arms around this. this is an unacceptable attack from within their own country and it i

guest: i think portraying victor or von -- orban as close to put in or russia is an over supplicationthat relationship. obviously, there is a long and very peaceful history between russia and hungary, and one of the most notable examples is the 1956 situation in which the soviet union invaded hungary. hungarians have not forgotten about that at all. there is not a lot of warmth of feeling among the hungarian people or within the hungarian government toward russia. on the other hand, i think they are pragmatists. they realize they need a relationship with russia that is not a state of war, that there are interdependencies between hungary and russia. there is a broader relationship between russia and europe that has real effects on hungarian national interests. and hungary also has a sizable hungarian minority in ukraine itself that is affected by this war. these are all factors that i think viktor orban is taking into account in putting together an approach to russia that is far more complex than any adversary or friend. it is somewhere in the middle. host: we have a question on x. wha

the election, trump started his day on the phone with the authoritarian leader of hungary, viktor orban said, quote, he had his fingers crossed, end quote. he's ending it with an interview with far-right political commentator tucker carlson. these the people donald trump is choosing to surround himself with. these are the people that he could let go wild if he wins. >> what would a role for elon musk be? >> elon has a lot of roles he could take because he's a very exceptional guy. i think he was treated very unfairly. >> can you say yes or no whether you've talked to vladimir putin since you've stopped being president? >> well, i won't comment on that. but i will tell you if i did, it's a smart thing. >>> coming up we're going to turn to the swing state of north carolina. josh stein joins me next. carolina josh stein joins me next is it gone? totally gone. itch relief just got easier. apoquel. the trusted number one treatment for allergic itch is now available in a tasty chewable that works in a day. do not use in dogs with serious infections. may cause worsening of existing parasitic s

for the most part, i think the world leaders are looking at his favorable feelings towards viktor orbanmagogue and pro vladimir putin puppet of russia. they worry about that and he is a pariah in the rest of europe but they also worry about his relies on tariff in the u.s. government that ultimately attacks on the consumer. you put a tariff on china and china passes it along to the company importing its product into the united states. the company passes along the tariff and the price of the tariff to the consumer to pay here to they are about this juncture that would cause in the global economy. >> molly: i would imagine many of those countries are a little concerned as donald trump has quite boldly put that out as one of the proposals to potentially see if he becomes president. john patsy codes oh leslie marshall. >> thank you. >> jon: north carolina has one of the battleground states and surpassed its early voting record set in 2020. and widespread turnout with 4.2 million ballots already cast. listen to this, in the 25 western counties probably affected by hurricane helene has been s

you had from orban. you've just seen it from slovakia in the last couple of hours that you wouldn't have seen that before trump won the presidency. so right now, putin understands that he has the ability man to drive a wedge in europe and start to get some normalization of relations from countries that consider him a pariah. keep in mind. this is only a g-7 policy. only a couple weeks ago, you'll remember in russia, putin was hosting pretty much every major head of state from the nonadvance industrial democracies. the leaders of the brick. now with trump he's not even isolated from the united states. that's a very big change for the kremlin. >> that's the thing. you've got him having this meeting, right? for the brits. russia and china and many other countries. and he's talking about a multipolar world. his entire premise speak wants the decline of the west. he says it. the decline of the west. the decline of the united states. that is putin's goal. is that something that you think trump is actually goin

look, viktor orban, with the previous polish government now voted out, have set a standard of seekingitical systems are different, their legal systems are different, so it's not exactly the same system, but they understood from the beginning, if they control the courts, if they control the league system, not only can they do what you've just been talking about, in other words, direct the law at people they don't like, who haven't necessarily broken the law themselves. you can harass people, you can waste their time, you can silence them and scare them by using the law against them in that way, but they also protect themselves. one of the primary features of failing democracies or liberal democracies, or hybrid autocracies, there are different terms for it, is very often systems in which the actors in the state and the ruling party or rule elite begin to try to use the state for their own purposes. they usually for corrupt purposes. because they control the legal systems, they themselves are she'ded. they have eliminated snippers generals, they weaken the media, so on, and also the cou

what do you do when you hear the voices within the bloc and i'm referring to viktor orban. >> the onlyusion that should be drawn is we should tina increase, massive increase of our support for ukraine financially and militarily. we shouldn't be dependent on the u.s. side if we want. we have the capabilities also within european nations to help ukraine to stop russian aggression. i hope that decision by the u.s. could also accelerate the decision making in the uk, in london, also in france and also, perhaps, in germany to also unlock the use of their military systems in order to ukraine defend herself. i think europe has to stand up now. this is a critical moment. this is certainly a wakeup call from the u.s. side with the election of trump tells us we have to take the responsibility of our own destiny and if russia wins in ukraine, it means that russia would only continue. i don't think there's anyone, any capital that generally believes a cease-fire along with frozen conflict. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. i have to share some latest comments from the kremlin before we continue our conve

well, he's embraced people like hungary's viktor orban, dictators like putin.concerned. they'll probably reach out economically to china to balance the effect of what they perceive to be a weakened, oversees posture by the united states, nato. what do we think all of this could mean for it threaten to get out of nato? he didn't get out of nato, but he certainly is not going to embrace u.s. allies and certainly not u.s. intelligence. he tried to fire career intelligence people. he did fire many intelligence agency officials. he undercut them, tried to put his own people in. now he knows he can do it. all right. andrea mitchell. we're happy you're here at the table. good to see you, andrea. thank you. always great. as we break down and analyze the outcome of this race, one thing is certain. a lot, a lot of soul searching is unfolding. a lot of blame already being passed around among democrats. nbc's monica alba is back with that part of the story. the finger pointing has already started in earnest, especially on social media. monica. absolutely. craig. and listen

viktor orban in close conversation with macron and starma.tarma with ron, just the tip of iceberg debate. later with zelenskyy. >> ukraine is unwaivering. >> the unspoken question in budapest, can europe go it alone. >> we should be very clear on this. european security is not something that we outsource to someone else. for example, to the united states. >> macron said the same thing, but already clear, the opening pitch to trump. we need you. >> we are open to discuss with the united states on how we can work better together. >> and at the sharp end of europe's cell, nato's new chief. another change for trump. >> i look forward to sit down with donald trump to discuss how we can face the threats collectively. >> it's a bold gambit. but read through it, europe isn't ready to stand up to putin alone. so how's this actually going to sound when roda gets in a room with president- elect donald trump and one of the things they're very likely to be telling him is that, is that you know, nato upped its spend to -- nato was able to up its spend dona

. >> you know, trump has -- trump and trumpers have been, including his friends like orban, have beenhey are for peace and unity. in this narrative, every time orban goes to see putin or xi, meats with xi, he posts peace, the hashtag. donald trump is the peacemaker. donald trump is the only thing standing in the way of preventing world war iii. this is a big talking point. so ukraine, you know, forcing some kind of -- posing as the negotiator, the peacemaker and forcing some kind of terms that are terrible for ukraine, selling out ukraine because he is sympathetic to putin would be one first conflict that he wants to say that he has resolved as the peacemaker of the world. >> we will be watching. mckay coppins and ruth, thank you for spending time with us. it's so disturbing that eyes wide open. thank you. a quick break for us. we'll be right back. us we'll be right back. yes, just hurry. hmm. it must be delicious. delectables lickable treat. hi, my name is damian clark. if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. de

left in -- before the election, trump spent tuesday on this bone with the leader of hungary, viktor orbanwho wish trump luck. that is how donald trump started his day. he is ending it with a live interview with the far right political commentator tucker carlson. these are the people donald trump is choosing to surround himself with. these are the people that he could let go wild if he wins. >> what would your role for elon musk be? >> elon has a lot of roles he could take because he is a very exceptional guy. >> i don't know but i think he's a terrific guy. i think he was treated very unfairly. >> can you say yes or no whether you have talked to vladimir putin since you stopped being president? >> i don't comment on that but i will tell you that if i did, it's a smart thing. >>> coming up we turned for the swing state of north carolina. josh stein joins me next. join y to get prebiotic, plant-based fiber. with the same amount of fiber as 2 cups of broccoli. metamucil gummies the easy way to get your daily fiber. our right to reproductive health care is being stolen from us. i can't believ

meanwhile, viktor orban's message was more cryptic. this morning there are now questions about what donald trump's victory means for the multiple criminal cases he's still facing. nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more. >> president-elect donald j. trump. >> a swift political victory now appearing to pave the way for a legal trimchf. nbc news has learned justice department officials have been evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases they brought against former president trump before he returns to the white house. according to sources familiar with the discussions. >> we overcame obstacles. >> reporter: a remarkable twist of fate for mr. trump who's been fighting criminal cases across four different jerks since last year. in washington charges stemmic from his efforts to overturn the last election, while in florida accusations he hoarded boxes of classified documents at mar-a-lago. both federal cases mired in appeals and delays for months with no trials on the horizon, as mr. trump has vowed to fire the top

you have trump pandering to putin or talking to orban, which he has already done, if i were one of theave serious concerns about how we are going to work with the intelligence community of the united states. >> something is not right if they are dancing in the streets of moscow to celebrate the victory and demoralized in europe. >> talk about realignment. that's the realignment right there. >> congressman, thank you, thank you, thank you, eric swalwell and olivia troye. >>> up next, paola ramos and mari urbina are here to talk about why latino voters cast a record number of ballots for donald trump. you're watching the weekend. na you're watching the weekend. over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy. ♪♪ the united states postal service. the biggest companies deliver an exceptional customer experience. what makes it possible? 5g solutions from t-mobile for business. las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to fuel advanced coverage for over 300,000 race fans and event staff. t-mobile powers tractor supply's stores nat

we had that from viktor orban, you have just seen that from slovakia in the last couple of hours. would not have seen that before trump won the presidency. right now, putin understands that he has the ability, maybe, to drive a wedge in europe and start to get some normalization for relations from countries that consider him a pariah . keep in mind this is only a g7 policy. only a couple of weeks ago, you will remember, erin, in russia and goes on, putin was hosting much every major head of state from the non-advanced industrial democracies come of the leaders of the bricks. not like it is isolated globally. now, with trump, he is not even isolated in the united states, a very big change from the kremlin. >> that is nothing . you have got him having this meeting for the brits, china, many other country a part of that now . he's talking about a multipolar world. his entire premise is that, he wants the decline of the west . he says it, the decline of the west, the decline of the united states. that is putin's goal. is that something that you think trump is actually going to continu

he praised victor aurburn -- victor orban. i'm concerned about the ability of foreign leaders to flatter the president of the united states and change his perspective on different things that are incredibly important to the united states. host: you mentioned iran early in this segment. on two things, what you expecting future president trump to dupont the nuclear weapons program in iran? and secondly, their ability to support terror organizations in the middle east? guest: thank you. iran, we published a major report on month ago on this. iran is inching its nuclear weapons program forward. what had happened for many months after october 7 was, israel was confronting attacks from iranian -- counter punches going at the puppets. i think america cannot permit this leading state sponsor of terrorism to acquire the world's most dangerous weapon. we will not have the kind of civility we want in the middle east until you have a new government in iran. that is not calling for me to use the u.s. military for regime change. that is me

south africa before mandela and the black majority took control, or vladimir putin's russia, viktor orban's hungary, or nicolas maduro in venezuela today. it suppresses the rights of women and minorities. uses the military to execute the whims of a strong man dictator and controls and suppresses the press. education, the arts, rewrites history to suit a favored and dominant racial class, and fomentes extravagant corruption in order to enrich the dictator and his friends. we have warned you about donald trump's profound unfitness for office, from his theft of classified documents and attempted insurrection to his clear cognitive and physical decline. to what he plans to do if he returns to power. threatening to lock up or even execute his political opponents. increasing federal capital punishment and unleashing the police unrestrained. using the military to suppress protests, banning abortion nationwide by enforcing the comstock act. persecuting lgbtq americans, spiking prices and crashing the economy with across the board tariffs that amount to a giant trump tax on everything you buy that's

until the election, trump started his day on the phone with the authoritarian leader of hungry, viktor orbane best of luck," and said he had his "fingers crossed." that is how donald trump started his day. he is ending it with a live interview with the far right political commentator, tucker carlson. these are the people donald trump is choosing to surround himself with. these are the people that he could let "go wild," if he wins. >> what would your role for elon musk be? >> so, elon has a lot of roles he could take, because he is a very exceptional guy. >> is steve bannon going to work on the campaign of it he is out of prison? >> i don't know, but i think he was treated very unfairly. >> can you say yes or no, whether you have talked to vladimir putin since you stopped being president. >> welcome i don't comment on that, but i will tell you that, if i did, it is a smart thing. >> oh, wow. >>> coming up, turning to the swing state of north carolina, the north carolina attorney general and gubernatorial candidate josh stein joins me, next. next. prevagen. in a clinical study, prevagen was s

minister keir starmer, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, hungarian prime minister viktor orban and french president emmanuel macron. however, the mayor of paris calls mr. trump's election bad news for world democracies. europe, climate, women and ukraine. sweden's prime minister, ulf kristersson, also expressed concern due to the risk of reduced commitment to ukraine. there has been no response yet from russian president vladimir putin. straight back to wall street here, as we are watching stocks soar on this day after the election. dow jones up now more than 3.5% adding 1500 points to where it started. we see another boom over on the s&p which is up by 2.5%. nasdaq is up by almost three percentage points as well. >> all right. let's continue the conversation here on the election. we're joined now in studio with sonoma state university political science professor david mcewen. david, thank you for joining us once again. as we try to dissect what happened here with with this campaign. democratic turnout. let's talk about those numbers here. what does that look like? >> yeah. if

it's reminiscent of what viktor orban did in hungary. union, that's how i came to the country. i know a little bit about these kinds of tactics, that's what we're on the path to doing here. the democratic party needs to wake up and create its own ecosystem very quickly, and we have to, we must stop speaking just to ourselves. that's what we do. we sit around and talk in circles and prop each other up in language we can relate to. we have got to go out there and start preaching to people who may not agree with us right now. they can, if we stop condescending to them, and speak to them openly and honestly on their terms and not on terms where we think they're the smartest around and we have to listen and agree with us. >> basil, you're a professor, and you understand what the research is out there, and i'm sure julie does as well. if you repeat something enough, it's the whole part of advertising, right, how many songs can you sing in your head, how many tv themes, from when we were kids, everyone watched the networkings. do you remember i

you can see various european leaders, including emmanuel macron, writing in french, viktor orban, that'steresting one, he is one of the trump's biggest fans and trump likes him, too. out of hungary, looks as if the republicans have been able to flip the senate. the gop will be back in charge there. unclear what's happening in the house and who will be in charge in the house. one of the most common questions i'm getting this morning is what happens now to trump's various criminal cases. to remind you, there are two federal cases brought by special counsel jack smith. two state cases. federal cases are easy. trump's going to be in charge of the person who's in charge of the justice department. he can say, just end those cases. the case brought in the state of georgia over election interference. now that one's a little fuzzy. there is a federal standard that criminal cases can't be pursued against sitting presidents, but there's no established law preventing fani willis from pursuing a state case. but a separate court has yet to decide whether she can serve as the prosecutor. and we don't e

you see, emmanuel macron there and the israeli leader as well, viktor orban, the biggest comeback in.s. political history. the next big question will be exploring through the next days is the and the months and the years coming up is trump's relationship with putin? you may recall this moment where trump said he took putin at his word. when asked if he trusted american agencies or the russians more over the question of russian interference. both state officials and fbi say those bomb threats to polling places in largely black neighborhoods. yesterday, marcus had russian origins. yeah. all right. scott mcgrew for us this morning. scott. thank you. 535 right now and san jose city councilman behind bars this morning, it's unclear on what grounds, but we do know that omar torres has been under investigation for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a minor. today in the bay's kris sanchez is live for us from san jose police headquarters, where we expect an update later today. chris. good morning to you, marcus. san jose police say that they'll give us a little more detail about wha