they have to start racking up legislative victories to show voters that conservative populace policies are improving their lives and making the country happier. remember the pursuit of happiness? happy voters vote for the party in power. angry voters vote the party in power out. the republicans don't want to see the tables reversed in 2018. that's the "angle." joining us for reaction is kellyanne conway counsellor to president trump and the first female campaign manage to manage her way for a presidential candidate that no one thought could win. happy anniversary. great to see you. what is going through your mind? i want to talk about virginia in a moment. at the hilton hotel a year ago and watching the big screens. i was on fox earlier in the night. i wanted to be at the hilton. i wanted to be with the people who supported the president. seeing the screens and the meter going up and up. take us back into the room where the president was that night. >> it was historic. he came to the trump tower where our war room was set up. then his family came filing in to watch the returns. the mos

robert: we think about the president at the inaugural address, the outsider, defiant, populace -- now it's the end of the year pushing for a traditional republican tax cut. ann brought up the political point. is he more conventional than we may think? peter: he tried disruption and i don't think he's done with disruption. disruption is integral to his political identity but you're right, this is a more conventional thing. tax uts -- cuts is a bread and butter republican issue and if you can't get tax cuts passed as a republican president, that's a difficult thing. there are obviously challenges and pitfalls but i think it's very possible they get that through. if that goes into the new year with the economy doing pretty well, he might take that as not a bad first year despite everything if he could then translate that momentum into something more. the question is whether he can do that. >> and what it would be? peter: could it be infrastructure? could he work with democrats on something more meaningful on healthcare? could they solve the immigration issue, at least the the program tha

, not necessarily in terms of the scope but the impact on the elite and their argument that this populace phenomenon is all over in the fight back began. where do you think the political land after those results? >> i don't know this is the event for democrats to hang their hat on. let's just take the governorship for starters. i can't speak to all the ends and outs. but really connect chris christie who pulled the whack move by closing down the parks and then taking his fat behind to the beach with his family while people at the beach had to leave. >> so is very rare for one party to hold power once a term is up, he served his term, that was not a surprise that virginia is right next to washington, d.c. nobody can afford to live in d.c. anymore. they go to virginia. >> one of the things you said about the results was a scary thing for republicans was we saw the obama coalition, back what about the trump coalition that put him in the white house? the people who actually managed to come together in greater numbers? it didn't happen this week, but does it say anything about the midterms? >>

what do you make of the populace talk on the left and right? >> i think their concerns are valid.ve never seen this level of concentration of power in the media landscape and it warrants a close look. there have been theories about how politics and trump are playing into this but honestly, if we look at the deal, at&t will have a lot of power over a of contents,mount and i think the government should make sure this does not pricing and not restrict what is available to customers at the end of the day. with the deal, i do not think regulators could've predicted we would see something similar years later at the time there were not big mergers, but the behavioral remedies do not go far enough. i think they are trying to make sure this will be all right. kevin: we will have to live it there. jennifer rie for bloomberg intelligence and tara lachapelle, for bloomberg actually -- gadfly. thank you. sherry: can alabama turn blue? we will talk to the director of virginia center for politics. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." kevin: let's get the headlines wit

(gunfire) >> and it would ultimately rob the rebel forces of the civilian populace which it needed to operate. so it was very calculated and it was very shrewd and it was very, very cynical. >> smith: a few months earlier, the president was holding a routine press conference about campaign finance, medicare, and afghanistan. then came the last question of the day. >> chuck todd. >> mr. president, could you update us on your latest thinking on where you think things are in syria, and in particular whether you envision using u.s. military? >> smith: in his response, president obama brought up assad's prospective use of chemical weapons. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. that would change my equation. >> that was not, apparently, a planned thing; he said it in response to a question from a reporter who was asking about the use of chemical weapons. >> and that there will be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical

question is really what would happen also when you elections come what would happen to the right wing populace there are some people who say that they will also do even better and might lead to further polarize ation in german politics more than we have already at the moment so it's a very very uncertain prospect for the whole of german politics at the moment. just as you're speaking with been looking at live pictures there. the german president is about to speak will be going live to that statement when he does take the podium but hans i also want to ask you since you're outside of bellevue were american met with my earlier tell us more about the role this very important role that the german president will now play. yes indeed the german constitution constructed in such a way as to make it very difficult for parliament to be dissolved parliament cannot dissolve itself a government once it is in power can through. one cannot confidence verge ask for its government to dissolve but under the circumstances at the moment you elections can only be called after a very long procedure and in this long

all common courts against the fascist are welcome, but even as the pickets march, the populace front august 21, 1939, the germans and the russians undertake to divide the world between them . ♪ on september 1, eight days after the nazi-soviet pact is signed, the germans crossed the polish frontier, and the world learns the meaning of the german word blitzkrieg. on september 17, the red army crosses poland. on october 5, poland has disappeared. germans and russians shake hands . >> the scum of the earth, i believe. the bloodiest fashions of the workers, i presume. james: germany gets more with from the impact with the dismemberment of poland. russia clears the way for cruisers. they get a naval base and vast amounts of war materials. french communists sabotaged the electrical systems on french fighter planes. with the fall of france, hitler decides the pact has served its purpose and ends it by invading the territory of the recent partner, russia. ♪ the turning point of the german invasion of russia comes at volgograd, which was then called stalingrad. when the war ends, russia acquir

becoming becomes difficult to contemplate being set aside even today in europe in the current with the populace right wing movements taking place some of those on the turn a certain antidemocratic but they're still taking place within the democratic space i think because the institutions of european tomorrow. i'm are very strongly entrenched within the body politic of the various nation states of europe i believe of the problems that we see on our continent i'm not saying we have to be complacent and that will it's happened elsewhere so we should just sit back and it will happen to us but we need to work at it we need all those of us who are attached to it have to be active in going to pick up so on something you you said a little earlier on about freedom of expression so i want to ask you about what is happening in your country and homosexuality for example which i believe is illegal and it's punishable i mean why is homosexuality still illegal in your country. and social cultural issues if you like. a don't believe that in ghana so far. a sufficiently strong correlation. which is having that

young leaders who are saying to their populace that things are going to change but in some of the other gulf countries particularly kuwait and oman it does seem that an older generation of leaders is hoping that this will be temporary the oil revenues will go back up and that they don't have to worry about it khaled had difficulty in asking is this when you look at these countries and you see how salaries have been used to keep many of the citizens happy and cater them and this could possibly change in the way you work could possibly change and your expectations need to be changed as well i mean that is asking a lot it's a real change of a mindset isn't it. yes it is a religion in your own mind but i want just to. talk comment on. the i.m.f. has nothing to do with the i.m.f. involvement in the g.c.c. countries not similar it's a similar or different to clothe the. meccans eater saudi arabia is exactly that is a piece of this stand that the recipient of the i.m.f. everywhere. that they may have to come and to ask for along or from the i.m.f. the saudi qana me is in not in good shape you

the populace will be voting populations i think will be fairly disappointed in the outcomes here of her negotiations and my guess is she's basically standing has been hurt and she's on the way out i said this or if you recall. on the election eve that her days are numbered and it's becoming more and more apparent to other observers that her days are numbered. she will probably if she if they have to go through another election i would guess hazard a number something like twenty nine to thirty percent is about all they will do in other words it's she's going to be in even a weaker position than she is right now i mean ideally the c.d.u. before they go into election should have a new candidate and start out with a fresh face but they're not going to be able to do that very quickly even if you'll put down correct you know and she's obviously advised is why is she. had action that she's likely to. not win perhaps less a majority. she's between a rock and a hard place and where is she going to go her this jamaica coalition has basically not been doable. minority government in germany on a fe

i don't want to call him a populace per se. but he understands main street. ed: i agree totally.stand up and say i want trump, i'm a trump republican, i'm a trump conservative. you don't find many people saying i'm a clinton democrat or bush republican. trump is change the dynamics. he has to be more successful as time goes on, but i think he will be. people are getting more used to the style and substance. david: he's not a young man. he's 70 years old. he's certainly full of energy and verve. but will he leave a legacy behind for other trumps? ed: his agenda was an important agenda, rebuilding infrastructure, lower the tax structure, and getting rid of obamacare. rebuilding the military, he did a significant part in putting more money in the military. you don't make judgments in the first year. you judge at the ends of the first terms and second terms. the country is getting more used to him. foreign policy types are starting to see on the world stage he's a strong leader and to a certain extent it's his game. nobles can touch him. david: in the green room we were talking about

you have the gop and the populace and the left and they have their own problems.u deal with the anger? >> i put forward policies i know that are good for all virginians. i have 21 specific policies on my website that i know will increase job creation here and improve our schools. they will ease traffic congue conguestion and make our communities safer. as i talk to fellow virginians and policies and my solutions, can you talk to everybody about. that i take my campaign to every corn of the commonwealth. i am well received everywhere. they want to know how you will make our lives better? >> laura: i appreciate you joining us on the eve of the camp pain. you did not compain with donald trump but republicans are uniting and unifying. we look forward to reporting this race tomorrow. thank you very much. up next. >> it will be neck and neck. >> laura: the bush family lashes out and president trump and have out and president trump and have i ♪ you supported him through four years of undergrad... and medical school. it's no wonder he said, "you don't have to pick me up."

that scotland being dragged out of the eu against its will hasn't yet caught the fire the general populacest now. however, surveys have shown that people would like a referendum when the impact and the effects of brexit are fully understood. so there is actually a will to have another referendum, just not right now, but sometime in the future. the majority of people in east lothian recognise that devolution was created to empower scotland within the union, not pull it further apart. during the recent election, i ran on the promise of no second independence referendum, and i know some members of this house do not agree. but the evidence from east lothian is that they did not want, that they do not want, a second independence referendum. 70% of the voters who cast their votes voted for a party or parties that did not want a second independence referendum. it will be no surprise that i often wear a yes badge, it's something i'm proud of my involvement in. but the reasons are more important thanjust being in or out of europe, although that's a very important issue at the moment. my motivation

animated by populist issues which is anti- big corporation, which is why you can have a liberal populace and they can be antigovernment house that met when it's comes up initially, how does the leadership view this new guy the happy to have the vote but he's uncontrollable in the bush white house this despised him they supported matt again who was from illinois and gingrich defeats and by one vote in the bush white house they're not can carry water for the bush white house which is very much his own man but they talk about fried chicken versus filet mignon. explain that. >> there's a cultural difference between the two. gingrich wasn't from georgia but he quickly assimilated from the to see how easily he moves within that culture and bush was of a different era and culture trumps ideology and party everything is about where you come from and what you represe represent. >> so reagan gets elected and he still doesn't carry georgia in 1980. >> it was a tough year for republicans but he starts to establish himself as a force of the house, gets a following the people he's meeting with. >> che

brought it on other continents and and they know that they need but at the end it's a very educated populace sumeet they know what the constitution say's they are going to hold innocent none of which account they have told me that they will never let another robert mugabe type of scenario govern in this country again that it will give him a hard time and that they will never sit back and be well as they were under robert mugabe so he's up against a very big challenge as all the ins and outs have to please they have tasted freedom they're not going to let that glows sumeet the young people are going to let that go they will go to the streets and they expect innocent to uphold their rights to be able to protest against him if necessary if it's not done if you're coming to you know what about the question of internationalization of zimbabwe has now for years been a country that has been fairly isolated how important will it be for emerson when god to know reach out to neighbors around africa but also the rest of the world. well i think without the neighboring countries the sudden countries cons

we describe the type of bold economic populace hero that we try to elect, both on the state level and federal level. then we work with them on issues like medicare for all, social security and others. >> host: in virginia, what happened there? does that give you any sense of what might happen in 2018. >> guest: absolutely. a big sense but it seems that the democrats have the wind at their back going into the 2018 election. we are focusing on the candidates who want huge upsets in virginia. campaign members donated t ig nearly $150,000. we are thrilled to see good authentic people who weren't political hacks.ic we inspire people to come out in the swing districts. one woman won a huge upset. no one expected her to win perch she had a healthcare issue in her family. she iran on medicaid i expansion and she defeated a longtime republican incumbent. she was one of many people who iran for office and one. >> host: on the independent newspaper out oft britain, this is taking a look at 2018, talking about a potential for weighing the victories in 2018. you see that potential. >> guest: we se

huxley, predicted a world where manipulation and destruction combined to create a happy, docile populaces is that you know, the attention economy is a kind of denial of service attack against the human will. and that has big implications in our own lives because there are things we want to do today, this week, this year. it has big political implications because, you know, the will of the people is the basis of the authority of democracy. and if that's being undermined, our political systems, the possibility of democracy is very straightforwardly being undermined. the distraction and manipulation of the attention economy is only going to get more refined and more compelling, and less noticeable. for example, facebook and other big tech firms are investing heavily in virtual reality. so unless we are prepared to change the way we pay for the online world, we could literally lose ourselves in technology. david grossman there. it could be the biggest problem of our time. i'm joined by tristan harris. he is co—founded the movement "time well spent" to spark an important conversation about th

another, we have this decision point of whether they go into corporatist, centrist direction or a populace direction. this is one of the tools of the establishment. >> in theory, protects them from candidates like donald trump i suppose. >> or bernie sanders. >> or bernie sanders. >> also, when you have all this distrust in institutions, especially government, i think it gives voters good reason and plausible reason to point and say the system is rigged. and that's not good for the system. >> and bernie would have won. that's the other thing. >> he lost by 4 million votes. we're always reminded by my twitter followers. don't worry, i know that. coming up, this is on a serious note, the uncounted. it's the story you may not have heard about in the war against isis. tens of thousands of airstrikes and the staggering number of unreported civilian casualties that followed. you're watching kasie d.c. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, i went to a doctor and then i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. that diagnosis was tough. i'm a concrete mason.

the barricades," because i take it through the immigration wars of the past 25 years between the populaceestablishment. as you just heard in our previous blog, we are still fighting those same battles today, amazing. that is it for us tonight, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team takes things from here. miss shannon, where are you, i don't see you, she's not there. feeling can you hear me, can you see me? we are here. >> laura: this is like a disembodied voice. i love that. shannon is in another studio, she's like over there come over there, where she? >> shannon: not far away, we are together in spirit. great show tonight. >> laura: have a great show. >> shannon: thank you. here's what we're doing tonight. >> announcer: tonight, attorney general jeff sessions takes a grilling and vows to follow the law when it comes to investigating the clintons and uranium one. >> it will be done without political influence. >> is that enough for republican congressman louie gohmert's, who believes the scandal has deep roots all over washington? we will ask them. >> bill clinton has been a grea

a getting in on ski between them that are to share the populace you're assuming that the. men all meticulous this shinin and that's where i'm critical of what's going on going on the cement in the middle of the mists in bali on metal if. i said yes but they can sorta mess with the park or some sort of a shell next to a love i shall set up to talk some man did not quite as a moment remember as you create because in that bullshit i feel. in the midst slim the sh'ma like and dislike you other than bitterness but i'm of that gloomy of the mahogany i'm a lemon which says that well the devil's game is eminent in a fit of. the number of al qaeda and taliban detainees transferred to u.s. forces in afghanistan has continued to grow and now stands at four hundred forty five. as the secretary said the first plane with twenty detainees arrived in guantanamo bay cuba we were notified here at approximately thirteen fifty. you know would be handled not as prisoners of war as fit as unlawful combatants but technically unlawful combatants do not have any rights under the geneva convention

a getting an unskilled christian between them that had to share the populace you're assuming that the. men all meticulous this shinin and that's why we're in cripple of what's going. on the cement in the middle of a missing body armor killer. i said yes but they can start to. mess with the park or some stubble on there so a lot i shall set up two dogs some mounted on cutters a moment members of creators and that bullshit i feel. like and dislike you know them better much better than i was up plenty of them hurt them a lemon which says that well that is them and in a fit of. the number of al qaeda and taliban detainees transferred to u.s. forces in afghanistan has continued to grow and now stands at four hundred forty five. as the secretary said the first plane with twenty detainees arrived in guantanamo bay cuba we were notified here at approximately thirteen fifty. it would be handled at the not as prisoners of wars but as unlawful combatants technically unlawful combatants do not have any rights under the geneva convention we have indicated that we do plan to for the most part. trea

sees the writing on the wall, jeff flake, bob parker and luther strange, but they have to have a populaceill that does more than cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. normal everyday people, homeowners, citizen need to have a tax cut that the their bottom line. right now the senate bill or the house bill is not the bill donald trump promise to his base. leland: it sounds like we are getting to the million dollar question when it comes to the bill. i want to ask both of you, would you make of this? is this as some senators are contending disastrous for the middle class and really only a boon for the top 2% in business is there something you think will help average american families? >> i think it will be a boon for the middle class. the family deduction is going to double from 1000 to 2000. that is a huge boon for the middle class. i also think cutting the corporate tax to 20% will put more money into the economy and will allow businesses to hire more individuals and give individuals pay raises. i think it will be a boon for the entire economy which is good for everybody all the way

they are not naturally populace.e end of the day most of them privately, they want to make sure the corporate tax cut happens because that is important for their donors and the party. they think it is pro-growth. charlie: is it likely will get a tax bill before the first of the year? robert: if they don't it is a political disaster. people close to ryan and mcconnell say they will get it done. the senate and house are not close at all. they are adamant it will get done. i am not sure in the course of my reporting. i am hearing a lot of confidence rather than fact when it comes to will it happen. they still have to close the gaps. you have kevin brady come of the ways and means committee chairman. he wants to control it. the senate financial committee chairman wants to hold it. than president trump start tweeting about other things which is a major hurdle for both chambers. they have not had a unified front. charlie: they cannot go to the country because of what their promises have been without having tax reform, espe

populace in the old establishment. as you just heard in our previous blog, we are still fighting those same battles today, amazing. that is it for us tonight, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team takes things from here. miss shannon, where are you, i don't see you, she's not there. feeling can you hear me, can you see me? we are here. >> laura: this is like a disembodied voice. i love that. shannon is in another studio, she's like over there come over there, where she? >> shannon: not far away, we are together in spirit. great show tonight. >> laura: have a great show. >> shannon: thank you. here's what we're doing tonight. >> announcer: tonight, attorney general jeff sessions takes a grilling and vows to follow the law when it comes to investigating the clintons and uranium one. >> it will be done without political influence. >> is that enough for republican congressman louie gohmert's, who believes the scandal has deep roots all over washington? we will ask them. >> bill clinton has been a great voice for wo

you have a huge chunk of the populace that really has no stake in tax cuts. they don't care -- i am talking about income tax cuts. they don't really care what level the income taxes go to because they don't pay them. >> bret: but the administration would say because he would be stirring up the engine that they would therefore benefit. >> i agree with that, but that argument that the growth that's stimulated that's caused by tax cuts, the indirect benefits people, it's hard to quantify ahead of time. so it's hard to make the argument. that's why to some extent tax cuts which are broadly speaking popular, do face when you get down to who gets what. the who gets what argument is disadvantageous to those who are promoting the because inevitably you end up trying to design a tax cut for people who don't pay much in taxes. hard to do. and it's awfully hard to do in a way that -- if a tax cut of any size is bound to benefit the people who pay more. it's a dilemma. it's the political equation we are looking at. you see it played out time and again. >> bret: as always

they would have the moral and intellectual virtues, above and beyond what the common populace these kindo make of determinations to refine and at large with the public would do. they would be in the best situation, they would be acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, meaning they would be able to work together, to discuss and refine their own choice. uplifting reason, not passion. refining their opinion as it was a refinement of the people's. this was from the perspective of a federalist -- a republic aware of its own weaknesses, with checks from other regime types, something we lost in the discussion of the mixed regime. what is the situation? there he different. -- very different. a series of popular votes with the electoral college rubberstamping those votes. you could argue the political parties took over the work of james caesar. -- julius caesar. the party would choose the two candidates that would be voted on by the electoral college. hisin van buren, that being lasting contribution to american politics. this would allow for the same , by therefinements founders per

the power of the democrat is on the left of the power with republicans is in this new populace something. the structures don't seem to have what they once did. >> i would say on the republican side, i think that's very much in doubt. i think they will have a real battle for control of the republican party. it isn't so much the rnc, it's where the weight will be in the party. you certainly have the bannon wing, who's going to try and get people like wymore and alabama and other states get insurgents to be more populous republicans and very much proposed people like mitch mcconnell, the senate majority in leader. the republican establishment is fighting back and there has millions of dollars opposing the challengers and going out to receive bannon personally. eyes and the white nationalism. that will be a battle fought out throughout 2018 and all of primaries. >> shep: how was her to sit down with paul ryan? >> he is my guest. we sat down with him. there we are walking together. ryan's the guy on the left. i know some people might think he's the guy on the right. it's a very interesting. h

even pass budgets, you are going to have this tremendous outburst and reaction out there in the populace that things are really bad and going wrong and it breaks down a structure, which is not good. i prefer to believe that we do balance out. america does self correct. tom used the term equilibrium. we've always done that. we are a nation of laws, we have a constitution, we have a people that make up our society that are so much better than what they are seeing today and the leaders who represent our institutions are showing. i think the reason for that as we are a nation of laws, we have a constitution and we have a make up our society that is so much better than what is better today. think the leaders who represent our institutions are showing. >> on that note, thank you very much to both of the hagel brothers. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] @>> [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] this -- >> this veterans day weekend,

department and the federal agencies, how do you put into place systems that you can protect the populacethe nypd years ago, a lower manhattan security initiative, which is essentially an interlocking web of cameras, plate readers and intelligence within the lower manhattan area. this is what they're trying to move to an arrest of manhattan. the challenges you have a guy who perhaps was not on anybody's radar screen, who gets radicalized and then decides to do this. if renting a truck is not a crime. driving through the city of new york is not a crime. for areas like times square, after they had an incident earlier this year with a guy who basically committed a crime and try to escape with a car and killed some pedestrians, they put up bollards. you can do that in terms of mass gathering. when you have this kind of random attack that has no basis for it, it's very difficult. >> tucker: it looks hard. thank you for that. at the fbi is asking for tips tonight from anyone who has seen anything or knows anything about this suspect. the toll-free number for the fbi is 1-800-call-fbi. we will b

like he should go everywhereve n the country andou self conservatism populace. if i were him i'd go to california, upstate new, massachusetts. i'd go everywhere. go to the parts of the country where republicans and conservatives are not popular. reagan did that. he was in the bronx two weeks before the 1980 elections in the bronx. does go everywhere, spread the gospel. some unsavory characters, but i think there is an enormous amount of running room for this agenda of, better trade deals, smart immigration, law and order, power to the people, get america back on track. american businesses first. i just think there is a huge upside and beyond identity politics, too. >> everybody would like an opportunity to perhaps get a picture with you so we will wrap up the q&a. we thanknk you very much for coming to see us. >> ict have a cardboard cutout f rachel metafiction will be stand in for me for that photo. thank everybody. [applause] >> is a look at some authors recently featured on booktv's "after words." he was exactly the same, extremely likable. he lit up the room

. >> and i think the populace is noticing it as well.hington post" poll earlier this month talked to americans about president trump's views on race. and less than four in ten thinks he has any kind kind of race relationship or good perspective on african americans and other minorities joumplt to look at the family. one of my colleagues did this great piece in the post today looking at the ball family. the ball family are entrepreneurs. they have a lot of sons involved in sports. the oldest son plays for the l.a. lakers. and lavar ball has a brand of shoes and clothing out there. >> he see a promoter, like trump. >> cal pointed thought his piece when espn polled viewers and players, there were different perspectives on how this brash entrepreneur family is perceived. players love it. you are taking the money that would normally go into the pockets of big corporations and you're keeping it among an african american family. this is great. viewers have a different approach to it. and so donald trump is once again hitting americans on their

we have the religious right, the tea party groups, the populace, the economic nationalist, and the republicanablishment. we had a great working relationship. we had a great working relationship in the white house. i think what you are seeing is really the donor class and particularly in the united states senate with mitch mcconnell. the house has actually voted on -- i think it's 180 bills that the senate has not taken up, including many bills would be a very difficult vote for joe manchin and claire mccaskill and jon tester and heidi heitkamp and all of these red state democrats that we need to take down in 2018. mitch mcconnell has refused to do it and i will tell you, i'm to the point that i think mitch mcconnell, to really bring unity to the republican party and get things done, i think mitch mcconnell ought to tender his resignation. what he ought to do is offer to resign as soon as taxes are done. we can't do it in the middle of taxes. but i think mitch mcconnell tomorrow should tender his resignation and say after we get taxes done i will step aside and we will have a revote on majorit

thereaction so far from populace, i think there is a #trending. #november4revolution.his seems to be popular so far. >> that's what it looks like. the scale and scope of these efforts, picking up some businessmen. these are household names. if you think of the famous businessmen in whatever country you are in, that's the kind of crackdown happening on the basis of corruption charges. the market reaction has been so far relatively mute. this is expected, this is a centralization of power that is necessary to get the kind of reforms through that they are targeting. it's going to be a chart to look at. that's the best against the packet. back against -- the bet against the peg. this story is contained only market side. on the equity side with similar. it comes right down to a reform process and a clear message to the overall business community. -- he expects everyone to rally around him. the prince has significant holdings. from a european perspective, we may looking at a hotel holder. from a global perspective, one of the companies in play? holdingave kingdom which is 95

the is kind of the cross of populace approach that at least trump the candidate had been taking. -- weaw him take the strategy when it comes to japan when it comes to that strategy. japan says we're not going to negotiate that. what is the contention to do this? that hereally something teed up. >> i think he will point out to the trade deals and sales of american products and services. they are helping to address the trade deficit. several months ago, they ,nnounced the big sale to china but that that was actually agreed to under president obama. all they did a few months ago was announced the regulations and procedures by which american beef would be sold to china. base byappeal to his saying i'm having american companies sell. the real test is opening up , fighting offs violations of intellectual property, making sure there is a level playing field for american companies against chinese competition. that is the major thing. becauseve to be careful we cannot get into a trade war. it will hurt american consumers and workers who make stuff, whether it is medical equipment, locomotives,

so it focuses on separating insurgents from the populace, separates our training host nation security forces, addressing grievances usually through improvement of governance and transitioning that authority back to locals. what i'm going to talk about just a little bit, my experience in 2010, 11, and '13 is mostly on the tactical side. support to governance, improving that governance thing, while i was deployed on the provincial reconstruction team, to zabul province and security force assistance when i was deployed to paktika province as company commander two years later. perspective. this is in may of 2010. i'm sitting going to a small village pasani. four or five miles out of the district capital. we were just ambushed. i'm outside trying to direct fire, convincing afghans they want to shoot in this direction as opposed to that direction, trying to make sure we are able to survive the day. i see my counterpart at the time, abdul qayam. he was 50 years old. he'd fought the russians smoezedly. and he'd continued to survive in afghanistan, which on its own is an accomplishment, to the