weber did this as well. as did tocqueville, on the bit about associational life, weber wanted to bring it to germany, he said it wouldn't go. we are used to top-down, this volunteerism, it wouldn't work. and tocqueville observed something similar. and he was sent by the ministry of the interior to study america's prisons. that was his ostensible reason for coming. they do a good job of visiting america's prisons and wrote a book on it. they made a similar conclusion. they said american penitentiaries are good for these reasons and for these reasons, it would not work in france. it would not transfer. he doesn't answer your question but it is meant -- they were mindful of their home countries . the one article that qutb in the united states, he published it in "the fulcrum" in greeley was a story about an ejection giving earth to other countries and -- egypt being the mother that gave birth to other countries. one rebelled. the little boy is western civilization that rebels against mother egypt. he was thinki

-- in this case, manfred weber.e stand for our leading candidate, the epp candidate, which is manfred weber. >>>> the candidacy hangs by a thread with some arguing he does not have enough executive experience. parties, theeft social's; rules and reigns, many more seats in the eppa against him,. emmanuel macron feels that they should share the alliance's vision for europe. president macron: i want these appointments to be gender-balanced, meaning that we have two men and two women. i want us s to have the best profiles p possible. and of course i want them to be balanced politically and geographically. >> earlier tuesday, macron -- frenchmark's negotiator, and kellerman as more ideal candidates. eu leaders said they hope to agree on the next commission president by next summer, on june 21, but still, filling all of the top spots could be a long, contentious process. genie: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could be facing an election one month after winning the last one in he has just hours left to form a coa

first there is germany's manfred weber. he is the leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament, the conservative european people's party. backed by german chancellor angela merkel. and then there is frans timmermans from the socialist and democrats in the apartment. he is calling for more social justice in the eu. and then there is margrethe vestager from denmark. her alliance gained 40 seats in the election last week. she has the backing of emmanuel macron. it is a complicated picture. we are hoping that max hofmann can clear things up for us a little. good to see you. it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the eu over this question. max: and like you said, it is extreme he complicated. we could not even talk about a 10th of what is going on if you think about all the different countries and interests. north, south, social democrats, liberals, conservatives. but the true frontline we have right now you mentioned it is between angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel is supporting this process

save lives by shirley weber and kevin mccarty to include policing best practices for police officers to use deadly force only when necessary to prevent imminent and serious body injury or death and require dees cesdees ca allegation when. bill 230 was introduced man tating training standards and require the peace officer standards and training implements a course of periodic training on the use of force. the bill would require uniform minimum guidelines for adoption by california law enforcement agencies for the use of force. the provisions of sb-230 would be operative continu contingentl

weber explico que "tras o quiru complicacione dejaron a la niqa en coma"... lista de los niÑos que han perdido la vida en su caso no se revelÓ su nombre y tras este procedimiento quirÚrgico entra en coma y pierde la vida. carolina: ahora te hablo de talibÁn norteamericano quien fue puesto en libertad despuÉs de cumplir 17 aÑos por aceptar su culpabilidad de cargo de haber prestado servicio grupo insurgente. mike pompeyocalifico esto como inexplicable y excesiva. aylen, cuÉntanos mÁs de quiÉn es este hombre? aylen: el estadounidense de 38 aÑos es hijo de una medi de san francisco. Él abandonÓ el catolicismo para convertirse al islam su hogar en california para trasladarse al tienen para estudiar Árabe. el joven llegÓ a pakistÁn en el aÑo 2000 y luego a pakistÁn para entrenar en algaida justo despuÉs de que estados unidos interviniera en afganistÁn tras el 11 de septiembre. lin fue uno de los combatientes capturados por las fuerzas de la alianza norte llamado talibÁn estadounidense fue condenado a 20 aÑos de cÁrcel tras ser declarado culpable de apoyar al grupo

and tonight, 66 counties, nearly all of oklahoma, are under a state of emergency here in webers falls, about half of the people have evacuated due to these rising waters the other half choosing to stay lester >> all right, morgan chesky in the storm zone tonight, thanks let's bring in our al roker now who is tracking the threat. al, what are you watching radar, l illinois flash flood watches in the same region. dangerous flooding is likely to occur. we're expecting strong storms for six states and 15 million people in the midwest for tonight. tomorrow, it's two areas. that same region in the midwest and then we move into the northeast as well, where we're talking about 38 million people at risk as far as travel is concerned, as we get ready for the holiday weekend, we're looking at airport delays in salt lake, denver, kansas city, st. louis, and as we move into the northeast, we're talking delays in detroit, boston, philly, and d.c., and more storms on friday, lester heavy. >> all right, anks very much >>> another big story we're watching tonight, the fierce showdown at the white hous

member countries and it can only be stopped with a unanimous vote of all member countries so if mr weber kent control the will and the sale of all 28 member countries of european union only den he can but i don't think anyone in europe will have such a great or tory t.-o. of all the countries so he's exploiting the tricky issue for is a coming elections which is not fair because he's not being honest to his constituents so after the opposition candidate was elected to be mayor of istanbul in march present there are no gun called for a rerun of the election of course european parliament's top politician of stuff said that this was another move towards dictatorship saying that under present erred on turkey's accession to the who is quote impossible do you think that the criticism is justified it is not at all justified because one president out on was not the one who called for the reelection many parties including party the justice and development party but also our alliance the nationalist party and other political institutions have applied because there were so many evidences of. corrup

to the edge.x, but joining us, editor joel weber. what is this all about? >> a chance for you to hang out with him as many times as possible? this is a massive dealmaker conference. there is programming on main stages and side rooms and a lot of investment opportunities and big thoughts. it is for important people to figure out how they want to play capital together. >> it has been referred to as the davos of the less. jason: it has been named davos of the west. it is the creation of mike milken, a legendary financier, philanthropist, sort of like being in his brain. joel: that is right. it connects a lot of different pieces. you mentioned that media quotient. there has been a lot of food conversations. crazy stuff like a whole thing on psychedelics. so all of these things converge and creates this high -- when you are thinking about how you are going to invest a lot of money, this is a chance to figure out what the next big thing is. carol: that's what people say. someone in real estate has the opportunity to go to a food or drug panel, something they migh

coc.e.o., walter >> and joel weber. tell us about your panel this week.interesting. >> so the theme was artificial intelligence. a conference between a venture capitalist and the cofounder of a quantitative hedge fund. super interesting people, people forhave been near a.i. decades now. so they have a lot of fantastic insights. ofwhat do you think in terms investment potential? everybody talks about a.i. here in the united states, here in china, around the world. the magazine covers it a lot. >> totally. this was a thing that permeated throughout the conversation. theynk the crux of it is feel like we're still in the early stages of what we're going to see unfold. dramatic, when you think of how many places a.i. is infused. you interact with your phone. there. your financial portfolio probably has a little bit of a.i. and you're only going to more. what they're looking at are all the various fields that could up-ended by a.i., health care, education. that is sort of a profound idea, there's a lot of promise in it. from a business standpoint, tons of oppor

and rachel weber, jewish voice for peace.e will be back in 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: "clandestino" cover by lila downs. her new album is out today. visit democracynow.org to see the full performance and interview in our studio. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we turn now to two award-winning teachers who are trying to teach trump a lesson. on monday, jessica dueÑas, the 2019 kentucky state teacher of the year, and kelly holstine, the 2019 minnesota teacher of the year, boycotted a white house ceremony honoring them and other state winners of the award in protest of the trump administration's education policies. theas and holstine skipped event to register their opposition to trump's policies on immigration, education and lgbtq rights, saying many of the white house policies directly impact their immigrant and refugee students. well, democracy now!'s nermeen shaikh and i recently spoke to kelly holstine, an english high-school teacher at tokata learning center in shakopee, minnesota. and jessica dueÑyas, a 6th

residents in weber falls were forced to evacuate after two barges struck a dam. the dam is holding for now. but another big concern is power outages. more than 10,000 people are without power. >> today house speaker nancy pelosi said that president trump should have an intervention for the good of the country. the president walked out of a meeting at the white house yesterday, then tweeted out this morning saying, quote, the democrats are getting nothing done in congress. all of their effort is about a redo of the mueller report which didn't turn out the way they wanted. >> the president was merely looking for any excuse, however inelegant, however transparent, to wiggle out of working with democrats on a much needed infrastructure. >> the only thing they want to do is focus on attacking this president and try to delegitimize his presidency. >> pelosi continues to deflect calls for impeachment. >>> food facebook announcing it removed billions of fake accounts. it took down 3 3.4 billion accounts between october and march and deleted them within minutes of their c

is a resolution to support california's state assembly bill 392, the act to save lives by shirley weber and kevin mccarty to include policing best practices for police officers to use deadly force only when necessary to prevent imminent and serious body injury or death and require dees cesdees ca allegation when. bill 230 was introduced man tating training standards and require the peace officer standards and training implements a course of periodic training on the use of force. the bill would require uniform minimum guidelines for adoption by california law enforcement agencies for the use of force. the provisions of sb-230 would be operative continu contingentl 392. there was committee on the need to not just change the standard but have training that really updates the use of force standard and also prepares law enforcement agencies to able to implement those effectively. it's only in the whereas section so it doesn't require us to send be these back to committee. >> supervisor stephanie. >> i'm sorry -- supervisor safaye. >> thank you for lighting on this issue and thank you fob bei

back with me is our editor joel weber. i love the story.s right, and malone sees this opportunity. when you think about the reach of certain sports, football and soccer, huge, basketball is huge. f1 is right up there, it is in all of these different countries. malone saw this opportunity and he is looking for more growth and rivalry. jason: and in contrast to sports you mentioned, this one has some complications. joel: that's right. one of the big problems is that the same team keeps winning, mercedes. mercedes does not have much of an interest in changing things up. ferrari, another winner or red bull, it keeps this kind of stratospheric situation, where you have got these elite teams and others and malone is willing to shake things up. jason: there is a big media components to this unsurprisingly. we have more from editor jim ellis. >> john malone, who runs liberty media -- carol: and has done really well. >> and has done well in the cable industry around the world, not just in the u.s. but he just decided i can go and grab this great spo

officials calling for evacuations along the river in muskogee and weber falls. residents have been told if they are staying write your name on your arm with permanent marker. >> how about that, the flooding from earlier storms literally syncing that home along the s irks mer-- the simeron river. the oklahoma national guard deploying 120 personnel to help with evacuation efforts. the threat in the region is far from over. pedram javaheri is live in the weather center. what's still to come and what came through missouri? >> at least a few more hours. when you're looking at these thunderstorms, especially seeing them into the overnight hours, we have a screen grab of the lightning strike illuminating a wedge tornado. this of course crosses over jefferson city, the capital of missouri there. just before midnight. overnight, about twice as deadly as ones that occurred during the daytime hours for obvious reasons. the last time we have seen this. the feverish activity in recent days across the area. i just tabulated 170 tornado reports in an area that spans seven or e

back with me is our editor joel weber. i love the story.ght, and malone sees this opportunity. when you think about the reach of certain sports, football and soccer huge, basketball is huge. f1 is right up there, it is in all of these different countries. malone saw this opportunity and he is looking for more growth and rivalry. jason: and in contrast to sports you mentioned, this one has some complications. joel: that's right. one of the big problems is that the same team keeps winning, mercedes. mercedes does not have much of an interest in changing things up. for, another winner or or red bull, you have got these elite teams and others and malone is willing to shake things up. jason: there is a big media components to this nsurprisingly. >> john malone, who runs liberty media -- carol: and has done really well. >> around the world, not just in the u.s.. but he just decided i can go and grab this great sports franchise formula one. you think of writing through the streets of monaco with international hobnobbing, it is a great thing. but w

carol: joel weber, thank you so much, editor of business week magazine.ked about automated cars and technology, something that also came up with just edition secretary elaine chao. feels veryident strongly about the need to address our infrastructure. the biggest problem is how to pay for it. the president has already said that everything is on the table. area whereure is one there should be bipartisan support. be long-term policy needs to done on a bipartisan the -- basis. the president has always said that infrastructure is a real priority and we need to talk about it. money there is so much out there, ready to do private public partnerships. they have got to be coming to washington saying let's do something. >> there are private pension funds as well as endowment funds that would love the opportunity to invest in public infrastructure. because they are looking for long-term investment with collateral that won't walk away. that is certainly a government project. i hope that there will be greater interest in allowing the private sector to come in. curren

so, the front runner is the leader of the evp, manfred weber.he european elections so we should get to go first. well, that needs to be decided by a majority in the parliament. and a majority of member states. so in that sense, yes, there are the biggest in the parliament but we as the greens have made clear that we are going to decide on the basis of a programme, so the candidate for the commission presidency that is really going to deliver a new and a change to europe which is going to act on climate change, going to put in more social policies, that can be the candidate we will support because manfred weber is not having a majority support yet. there needs to be negotiations on a programme and then let us see who we can support.|j understand the french president met with the spanish prime minister yesterday, clearly with an eye on forming this progressive alliance that could stop manfred weber. it seems like we are heading towards a battle royale! i thinki hope, seems like we are heading towards a battle royale! ithinki hope, it is a lwa ys b

weber, or whoever, then they have to negotiate. so that is when it becomes interesting. during the campaign, all political families, apart from the liberals who may not be in agreement with the system, most said we will have one candidate who will do a european campaign and who will say, if you are .lected, it will be mr. weber so it makes it more interesting. >> that will be the next battle. >> and then the budget. >> let me turn to you, catherine. one thing that is interesting was also the result in the two most important countries, germany and france. in france, the european parliament election was described as a referendum between macron and my down the pen. she came out first, but narrowly. in germany, the right party, they actually did not do as well, at least according to the previous polls, only receiving 10% while the green party became the second biggest party. how do you interpret the elections in france and germany, both in terms of what they mean for domestic politics in those countries, but also what that translates into further european agenda? >> let me c

european commission debated on german public television tonight german conservative politician month weber's of the european peoples party and france two months of the party of european socialist from the netherlands battled it out for the hearts and minds of voters on subjects likely to affect the future of europe whichever political group in the e.u. performs best at the polls has a good chance of replacing the outgoing e.u. commission president john clogg younger all right so let's talk about that debate want to bring in a used band in brussels he's following the lead up to those european elections giving to you parents and can we talk about a winner in that debate. well that's very hard to tell because both men are representatives of mainstream parties there's not much difference on the main and european issues there was a lot of harmony there was a lot of agreement those men bond a stronger euro both men want a common migration policy more rights for women and a new partnership with africa but very surprising for me was that they didn't talk about the worst enemy the right wing populist

joel weber is here. great to have you.oel: there's a lot of talk around unicorns, and one of those happens to be uber, which went public and things didn't go so well. we work has confidentially filed ipo paperwork so that might be still to come this year. in the meantime, they are trying to figure out, how can we continue to grow and come up with a way of funding that growth in a different way that we've been doing. jason: what comes out very clearly in this story, is this is a cult of personality. joel: big time. ceo adam newman is larger-than-life, incredibly idiosyncratic, but has built his company from nothing to something. his character is the force that has driven that, but it also leads to some interesting exchanges with our reporter. jason: it does, indeed. we got more from ellen. here she is. ellen: the cover story is about we work and addresses, i think, a few major questions many people have about we work, which is can it make it work? as part of exploring that, we talked about this new fund we work is raising,

taylor: joel weber told us what to expect.prix saw in 1929 and has been running every year since 1955. i have never been, but our call -- our car columnist has been. this is a crazy, intense experience of cars racing through the streets of monaco. what is it like, how much does it cost? she gave us the rundown, it is really cool. jason: i'm sure you really had to twist or are, please write the story -- twist her arm, please write the story and tell us what you see. it is a nice story, you get a sense of the scale and the high -- highhis a little cotton miss of it all. this is a place where people with outward facing wealth get together, it is not a subtle environment. $8,000 a night hotel rooms. it is famous people, drake, elton john, billionaires, all coming to watch this race which is a real adrenaline rush. it is just a thrill. put this into perspective about how this sort of compares to other races we have seen in terms of the money and what else is involved. >> this brings in about $100 million. there are races all over t

joel weber joins us now. you and i were talking -- you told me this is an amazing one. love this story. joel: there's really only one option. what we tried to do with this is follow where the money is. there is one guy who has been incredibly good at identifying where the richest in the world put their money. a lot of it has been hidden, so he's basically been a wealth detective who has been able to scour data and reveal how rich the richest people in the world really are. carol: i love you said wealth data because that is what he has done, made that distinction between income and wealth. joel: that's right. and one of the things that was brought to the forefront is this wealth disparity, that income inequality that has become such a big part of the zeitgeist. his data has really been seized by democrat candidates. jason: let's look at this chart. what this shows is the u-shaped -- the rich were pretty rich, the 1%, and they are getting richer again on a relative basis. joel: one of the things he says here -- you notice this u-shape -- this 20th century might have ended

he is clear he thinks manfred weber is not up to the job. angela merkel is not willing to let go of him just yet, and this is a whole package. commissioner is agreed, they cannot move on to the central bank, and that is a concern for the markets. mario draghi has to leave by the end of october. francine: thank you so much. let's keep it on all things europe. joining us from the hour, economist at vanguard and the head of fx strategy at goldman sachs. let me kick it off with the financial report. a are saying there are challenges amidst the downside risks. how worried are you about europe in general? i am not very worried about financial stability or the economic situation. we are having modest growth, it may continue for a while. but we do not have imbalances of the kindurozone we had a head the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. -- ahead of the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. if something goes wrong, the consequences would be comparatively limited, with one exception. it italy chooses financial suicide, the italian choice, things might be different.

the 20% tariff on footwear that brooks running ceo jim weber referred to dates back to those two guys on your screen and 1930. those two are two lawmakers by the name of reed smoot and willis hawley. those two together raised tariffs on 20 or was it 30? 30,000 imported goods coming into the u.s., and many say that extended and exacerbated the great depression of 1929. those tariffs, still in place for the footwear industry. now shoe makers, footwear makers and sellers are putting their foot down urging president trump to remove footwear products from his latest tranche of tariffs which would lead to an additional 25% in duties in shoes and sundry. a retail analyst joins us right now, a woman who loves a great pair of shoes, no doubt. >> no doubt. especially when it comes to running shoes. liz: running shoes, but you see what they are up against. they already had for many years 20% tariffs and now, if they get the 25% slapped on, 45%? untenable. >> we are talking about a pair of running shoes that maybe costs $159 will essentially go up to somewhere around $195, pushing $200. right now

keeping an eye on a pair of run away barges that may hit the interstate bridge and a nearby dam in weber falls. officials are calling for evacuations along that river. residents have been told if they are staying, if they do not evacuate, they need to write their name on their arm in permanent marker. >>> flooding from earlier storms literal literally sinking that home along the cimarron river in logan county. the oklahoma highway patrol racing to rescue this woman. she had to climb out of a window in her home to safety. the threat in the region is not over. cnn's pedram javaheri live in the weather center with what's to come. let me ask you about what i'm reading about, a wedge tornado striking jefferson city. what does that mean? >> anytime you're looking at a tornado that is wider than tall, we're talking about a wedge tornado. it's an unofficial term for a tornado but about 2 to 3% of all tornados look something like this, and this particular storm, thunderstorms in the eugene, missouri, area just outside of jefferson city, of course we have a viewer that captures this, and you see t

already it's pushed two barges carrying 4,000 pounds of fertilizer, causing them to crash into the webers false dam. the county has been evacuated and officials told residents if the dam fails, it could be catastrophic. david begnaud, cbs news. >>> lawmakers are expected to pass a $19 millions disaster aid bill. the midwest has been hit with record floods since march. california had ilts most2018. seven months after hurricane they're still recovering and hurricane michael kill third degree -- killed 3,000 people. >> we expect the bill will pass the house and the president despite his protestations will si sign that measure. >>> president trump leaves for a trip to japan. mr. trum. and the first lady will be greeted by the country's emperor and empress. they'll be the first state guests of the new leadership era there. it comes amid t impeachment. laura podesta has the latest on the president's desire to investigate the investigators, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, as he leaves for asia, he's leaving a nasty back-and-forth with house speaker nancy pelosi, and he's pushing for a p

translation: naturally, coming from a grand coalition, i support manfred weber but not all parties dovery important. while the european commission will choose the nominee — their decision must be ratified by the 751—member parliament. and the eu election results have thrown a spanner in the works. in the 2014 election it was dominated by the main centre—right and centre—left groupings. but if we look at the new parliament, we can see it is much more fragmented. and the left—wing alde grouping has gained seats. the alde includes greens, socialist parties, and most importantly emmanuel macron‘s en marche. and the french president wants to flex his political muscle. translation: will likely face a new phase of the european adventure. for the first time there is not a majority with the two parties and we need to build something else. a new project that will reflect with the european people have chosen in this regard, the central force of progress that we have currently build will have an important role and responsibility. let's find out about that and more from damian grammaticas in bruss

manfred weber — the leader of the epp — was favourite to take this on.e leaders of the 28 eu member states will meet on tuesday to discuss appointments. but already there are reports, like this in the guardian, of a split between france and germany over mr weber's candidacy. another rival candidate, from the liberal alde group, spoke to me last night — i asked her how she fancied her chances. well, i have put my name forward, because if you don't ask for things, you won't get it. in the worst thing that can happen is you get to know. that will hurt your vanity but you will live. camino and valentino are still with us. let's talk about jean—claude juncker‘s very high—profile man across brussels and the eu. why is this role so crucial to the functioning of this whole enterprise? as you rightly said before, the commission is the one who has the right to initiate policy proposals, so it has the right to drive the agenda of the european union, both because it decides which laws have to be approved but also precisely because juncker laws have to be approved bu

this law has not been chases 1872 before passing a b 3.92 the bill's author shirley weber stood standing for almost 2 hours as lawmakers discussed problems facing police and the families who lost loved ones to police violence. my biggest concern. >>is not that we have not had unnecessary victims but to we didn't turn the table. and make law enforcement unnecessary victims. this bill is the first step. >>in a number of steps that do talk about race that talk about class talk about bias that talk about fear. >>the bill aims to change language in the law allowing police to use deadly force only when necessary instead of the current standard when reasonable some lawmakers concerned without a concrete definition of necessary this bill might not make a big difference noting district attorneys already way the necessity of police use of force what is it in this bill. >>that is such a significant departure from the status quo that talks about necessary in the air and that it's only done when it is necessary to prevent harm to the officer, our harm to someone else in the media community that all b

weber's falls being swallowed by the arkansas rer. the town virtually pty after calls to evacuate. what was it that made you go ahead and say we're moving this? >> well, i've been through this before, and i know what it can do and i know how fast it can come up. >> reporter: the threat of rain continues tonight.>> flood waters are unpredictable and it's each of us to be aware of what is going on around us. >> reporter: dams are open to keep the levees from bursting. parts of kansas and missouri underater. >> to push and move an d have somebody clean up as much as you want but it will come through the floor until the rain stops. >> reporter: in the meantime, the risk of severe weather ato ados continues. so far more than 150 reported since friday, including one this morning in iowa. an ef-2 that killed a 73-year-old woman. tonight residents are rushing to clean up with more storms on the way. and tonight, 66 counties, nearly all of oklahoma are under a state of emergency. here in wes falls, half of the people evacuated due to the rising waters, the other half choosing to stay. leste

after more than a week of rain, floodwaters busting two barges loose before slamming into a dam in webers false where residents have evacuated to escape the rising water. in tulsa, flood sirens activated late today. >> you're in a possible flood area. >> reporter: as some begin to pick up the pieces and rebuild, others are focusing on the extreme threat which isn't over yet here in jefferson city the cleanup is already under way, but it just takes a quick look to see that the process could take months, if not longer scenes like this reminding everyone of just how dangerous these storms can be. lester. >> morgan chesky in the storm zone tonight. thanks >>> al roker is monitoring the storm heading east now where is it going? >> we have storms moving through the mid atlantic to the ohio river valley, and back to the west we are looking at the plains with severe thunderstorm and tornado watches plus flood watches because we have more heavy rain from texas into kansas the storm threat, six states, 6 million people the likelihood of tornados in the pannage tonight. 21 million people, texas to c

manfred weber who is the leading candidate for here a pain commission president says once he assumes the presidency he will drop this session talks with turkey completely what will turkey's answer be to that but actually he's not telling the truth because even if he's elected even if he is the leader he will not have such an authority the e.u. process the e.u. negotiation process the accession talks could only start with a unanimous vote of all member countries and it can only be stopped with a unanimous vote of all member countries so if the soever kent control the will and the sale of all $28.00 member countries of european union only then he can but i don't think anyone in europe will have such a great or tory few of all the countries so he's exploiting the turkey issue for his upcoming elections which is not fair because he's not being honest to his constituents so after the opposition candidate was elected to be mayor of istanbul in march present there are no gun called for a rerun of the election of course european parliament's top politician of stuff said that this was another

weber acted more spent -- sportsmanlike, but that was the only difference between the two. brent: people from the outside looking in may wonder if these right-wing parties are doing so well, do they have a chance of actually getting the top job in the european union in those elections? reporter: they haven't gotten so far yet, but they can have a major influence in the parliament. some polls suggest they will have 20%-20 3% of the seats in parliament if they all team up from the west and east and from north and south. and that forces other parties to form a grand coalition to vote on the new commission president, so both the men have to former grand coalition to achieve this, and this is very difficult in the future. brent: the big elephant in the room is populism, and also breaks it -- brexit. what do you make of the news that britain will be protested putting in these elections later in the month, despite the decision it may almost three years ago to leave the european union? reporter: we missed a little bit because -- it shows that the government in britain has no clue h

reporter: german chancellor angela merkel has put her weight behind german mep manfred weber, the leadandidate from the biggest bloc in the eu parliament. but french president emmanuel macron does not like this lead candidate system, and wants change. perhaps even this woman, eu commissioner margrethe vestager. >> t the german government is committed to the principle o of the lead candidate. however, the parties represented in the coalition have different views as to which candididate is best suited. >> if everyone just stays with their preferred names, we will be stuck because none of the groups have a majority all alone. and even if two of them work together, we still don't have a majority. we need three or four groups to do this. reporter: some believe merkel is behind the curve on this because she herself will soon be leaving her own job. >> there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany. the germans were at one point more european than the french. there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany. germany is the first economic power in europe