you heard what sadiq khan has said and the prime minister. where is europe going to take this?ow are they going to react to britain? >> i think we'll see a two-stage approach. the first will be conciliatory, talks, statements to calm the markets and population. make insure this doesn't become a precedent for other countries to ask for a referendum. the next stage will take place behind closed doors. the idea that europe is going to give the uk an easy ride on negotiation, first how to detach and then how to reattach. trade agreement, financial services to help london. that idea is just fanciful. europe has to take a tough stance with the uk to prevent this from spreading to other parts of the european union. >> even in the aftermath of the vote, immediately the french, marine le pen of the national front, a hard right anti-immigration, anti-european party and geert wilders, the leader of the hard right isl islamophobe. we've seen northern ireland say it wants a new idea to have the choice to join with the republic of ireland which is staying next door in the eu, and we don't kn

thousands of people are attending wembley stadium to hear the current london mayor, sadiq khan, make the case to remain. he is scoring off against former london mayor boris johnson. prime minister david cameron made a direct appeal to voters to stay in the eu. i'-- er if meron: if i felt remaining diminished us, i would vote to leave, but i don't. it amplifies our power to when we are in these organizations we become a bigger force in the world with a bigger influence in the world, and we can promote and preserve the values we hold so dear, like democracy, like freedom, like tolerance. that is our extraordinary country has always made its influence felt, not by walking away from the world, but by engaging with it. laura: earlier i spoke to our london correspondent and she told us how this referendum has become a huge political gamble for cameron. reporter: it was a pledge the prime minister made before the last election, a pledge that he has kept. won a majority and is obviously at the head of the british government. this is a hastily arranged by the primet plea minister, david camer

we also speak with the mayor of london, sadiq khan, and possible annexation.hat are his views on brexit? ♪ francine: welcome back to bloomberg "surveillance." francine lacqua in london, tom keene in new york. it is time for my morning must-read in a picked out something by mohamed el-erian. by imagining the eu in three years and here's what he is imagining. they have regained their financial footing as well as its national confidence. a smaller and more unified european union now functions in a more coherent fashion. .ith us is andrew wilson hunted el-erian basically says that however this would be the best possible outcome, not that likely and they would have lost so much influence in the global world. on a grade of one to 10, how much do you worry about the future of the u.k.? you are more on the optimistic side, that can things turned ugly if article 50 is triggered at the wrong time? i think it is the whole negotiations and this is what is unsettling markets, the uncertainty around that. exactly what role is the u.k. going to play in europe? it is still th

and edwards spoke to the mayor of london, sadiq khan, let the future of the city in the wake of the brexitk. mayor khan: i don't want to be an independent print -- city state. look, the british public have chosen for us to use the european union. london has more power over how a .ity is run powers over business and skills. powers over the house and abilities to invest. important wheny our government comes to negotiate with the european union that london has a seat around the negotiating table. i worry is that if the government negotiates without us around the table, it could be a deal that's bad for london and bad for the country. >> what about the ability of financial services to sell products across the eu? how important is that to you? mayor khan: it's crucial. financial services are so important to the country and the economy in london. i've been speaking to chief executives, to the financial sector. they are telling me it's important that number one we have access to the market for financial services. if we don't, let's be frank, the banks and insurance sector in london will go to ber

london mayor sadiq khan spoke at the press conference. >> the tate modern is such a success story.u've continually found new ways of supporting artists and reaching new audiences. >> brown: afterward, i talked to nicholas serota, the man who helped conceive tate modern and has overseen it since it opened in 2000. >> i think that maybe we helped to open up the idea of what a museum could be, that the experience of visiting a museum should be a learning experience. it should be a personal aesthetic experience. but it should also be a social experience. >> brown: a social experience in a free, public space. tate modern quickly made itself a game-changer for contemporary art in britain and beyond. >> it meant a place where you could literally hang out and meet people and have conversations and debates and discussions and seminars and listen to lectures and genuinely engage with the issues that artists raise. >> brown: works by modern masters, from picasso to warhol, were part of the draw. but even more was the way the re-purposed power station had been turned into large, inviting galle

billionaire richard branson said and london's mayor sadiq khan called for giving the capital greater autonomy to protect itself against economic uncertainty. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner. >> ifill: back in this country, the justice department announced volkswagen will spend roughly $15 billion to settle an emissions cheating scandal. it includes $10 billion to buy back or repair 475,000 v.w. and audi vehicles. another $2.7 billion will go to offset excess pollution. and, officials said $2 billion will fund research into zero- emission vehicles. >> volkswagen turned over 500,000 american drivers into unwitting accomplices in an unpress precedented assault on our country's environment. while this announcement is an important step forward in achieving justice for the american people, let me be clear -- it is by no means the last step. >> ifill: volkswagen still faces billions of dollars in potential fines and penalties, and possible criminal charges. efforts to push new zika funding through congress bogged down today. senate democrats blocked a republican bill containing $1

i'm proud that my party mayor, the muslim with the largest mandate anywhere in the free world, sadiq khan, who on his first act as the mayor, have not won by 300,000 votes in london, his first act was to go with the chief rabbi to a major jewish communal event. i am proud that he signed mayor warren's pledge. [ applause ] you know i could have walked on by when i stumbled into livingstone. [ laughter ] and gave him a piece of my mind. and i apologize for the little bit of the language first broadcast. but not for the rest. i could have walked on by. it's the anniversary today of the americans and the british sending my constituents and many more to their deaths on the normandy beaches. too many people walked on by in the 1930s when they should have stood and said and spoken out. and you know we have a tradition. we have a tradition in my family. i brought my little book. i brought it because it's a good, a good sales pitch for this conference. because my speech to the conference is in the book. [ laughter ] essays, speeches, and other writings on anti-semitism. but and particularly to the

london's new mayor sadiq khan tweeted this, no one's confidence or body image should be undermined byyellow bikini pushing a dietary supplement asking the question, are you beach body ready plastered all over london. you couldn't get away from it and that ignited a firestorm. people strongly protesting it saying it was offensive. that our body image was too unrealistic and that ad was defaced, hundreds of complaints and tens of thousands of signatures to remove it and that's exactly what they did. well, the london mayor is going head-to-head with those ad agencies and saying that from now on from next month onwards we are not going to be seeing those ads that promote that kind of unrealistic, as he says, image that put pressure on young women to look a certain type. >> this is a high-profile move by a newly elected mayor, lama. is he getting any backlash for it? >> reporter: yes, he is. as you can imagine, this is a divisive and a controversial topic that people are talking about. they're tweeting about it. on the one side of the argument people are saying, look, we find this motivati

be a practical underpinning and very clearly managed -- gillian: so do you think somebody like sadiq khanthe new mayor of london, was correct in saying that the u.k. should remain in the european union? is that the role of the -- ms. jowell: absolutely. look at the businesses in london, which speak with virtually one voice on the importance of european investment in london. he was absolutely right to share a platform with the prime minister in doing that. because this is an issue of national concern, not one of narrow party politics. gillian: would you go out and be an ambassador for thailand, not just bangkok? gov. sukhumbhand: while they remain, there is very little time to engage in international diplomacy. governments find it difficult to travel. sitting here in chicago, people in bangkok will start asking, where's the governor, why isn't he here trying to drain water from the streets? [laughter] gillian: ok, so we will watch the weather forecast in bangkok. gov. sukhumbhand: that doesn't mean we don't engage in any diplomacy at all. but we have built good relationships with different