percentage that said yes. the dancers union ultimately deciding that participation will be voluntary. madison square gardens said, we had more rockettes request to participate than we have slots available. >> it is not about the big names but about the american people. that's who will be represented all over this inaugural. we have such an outpouring of support of positivity from all over this country. it has been truly humbling. >> jean casarez, cnn, new york. > >>> thank you so much for being with me today. have a great new year's celebration. the next hour of the "cnn newsroom" starts right now with suzanne malveaux in washington. >> i'm suzanne malveaux in washington for poppy harlow. you are looking at live pictures of dubai where fireworks are ringing in the new years. we are going to take you live to times square in new york city where, as expected, security is tight and the party people are already lining up. we want to begin with a new hacking attempt from russia. this time against an electric company in vermont. this is burlington electric says that malicious malware has be

union. >> the down is breaking on an independent, united kingdom. >> it was a vote that took the world by surprise. one of the main forces behind brexit, anger over immigration. >> they should go back to where they came from before we rip their heads off. >> of course, in the u.s., where president-elect donald trump capitalized on the issue. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> the rejection of globalization resonating with voters. >> cnn projects donald trump wins the presidency. >> will the march of populism continue with elections in france and germany coming up, 2017 promises to be an interesting year. >> interesting, indeed. clarissa ward, thank you so much. we are just minutes away from the first college football playoff game of the year. the peach bowl. we will go live to the site of one of today's games for a preview next. were today being new year's eve, we are taking a look at celebrations around the world. apple partnered with instagramers to capture the celebrations, these images coming from india. w

say. >> we know for a fact that putin wants to destabilize the european union and certainly nato. this has been a long term goal of putin. why would he want to do that? so they could play whatever game they want in eastern europe. >> so when we talk about what intel has known over the years and the months. the intel community we know i d'd russia and they're involvement in hacking on october 7th. for push back here, why didn't president obama at that point call for some sanctions? does that speak to the voice from the trump camp that he was set up, that these sanctions are putting him in a box? >> well, what president obama has explained is that he didn't want to tackle this during the election because he was afraid it would be seen as political. what's a little bit ironic about that i suppose is that now he's waited until after the election and donald trump is the president elect, it still looks like the sanctions against russia from some perspectives are political. trying to box donald trump in. i don't think that's the case. but certainly president obama has explained before t

to leave the european union, its relationships outside of the european block have never been more important. certainly not in recent history. there is another view that perhaps the british government is simply trying to maintain a close influence on this issue to try and guide both of these parties toward a two-state solution further down the track. chr christi. >> phil, we appreciate it. thank you so up much. >>> moving on, after being free for three years, a kennedy cousin may be heading back to prison for murder. why his lawyer says michael skakel should remain free for good. that's next. is caringing because covering heals faster. for a bandage that moves with you and stays on all day, cover with a band-aid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. when aachoo!calls... ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in great tasting crystals. and for fast acting nasal relief, for up to 12 hours, try zicam extreme congestion relief and zicam intense sinus relief. for

what changed the minds of the dancers' union. madison square garden who employs the dancers added we have more requests to participate than slots available. >> a lot of artists have not wanted to participate, and the rockettes have. it's making it seem like they stand by him and his policies. >> reporter: others favor the boycott like his former rockette who appeared on democracy now. >> the rockettes represent a legacy of strong, intelligent and classy women. and to associate this with mr. trump who has a public history of degrading women, objectifying women, in my opinion, rail tarnishes what the rockettes embody and stand for. >> the radio city rockettes! >> reporter: the famous dancers were all on board for george w. bush's celebration both in 2001 and 2005. this year, they're not the only ones wanting to skip out. sources tell cnn president-elect donald trump's transition team is having a tough time booking talent. cnn, new york. >> so you may be wondering why are global leaders known as strong men already reaching out to president-elect trump before he even takes office? we'll

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these, uh, children and unions were recognized. so, for me that is very special. >> woman 2: the most, eh, um, riches in, in senegal is our culture. is not, uh, petrol, oil, or, other thg. i think that it's our culture, our -- our type of life, our customs. >> anthony: music. >> woman 2: music, yes. our, uh, culinary art. >> marie-caroline: okay, so, we are eating mulet farci a la saint-louisienne. >> anthony: lovely. >> marie-caroline: it's a big fish from the river. >> anthony: mulet farci --stuffed mullet. the fish deboned and filled with a seafood farce of fish, herbs, vegetables, and bread and baked. >> anthony: it's an amazing meal. delicious. >> marie-caroline: amazing meal? >> anthony: yes, really good. >> marie-caroline: okay. >> anthony: so, how are things in senegal today? >> man: how are things? what kind of things? >> anthony: is the environment good for business in senegal now? is it getting better? i mean, there seems to be a lot of money coming in dakar. you see buildings going up, somebody's building. >> marie-caroline: they key thing for me will be the development of

leave the european union was doomed so almost no one saw the brexit coming. >> i think what occurred, everyone in england did not understand. i think they said, breakfast? and everyone is like breakfast? yes or no. yes to breakfast. i'm so hungry, it's the morning time. yes to breakfast. >> italy handled an earthquake while the vatican made mother teresa a saint. north korea continued missile and nuclear tests, as the world wondered what's next. >> i know this, though. south korea makes some of the best revenge movies in the world. so i kind of want to make sure that country sticks around. >> worst party crashers. the russians, getting involved in many affairs far beyond their borders with president vladimir putin leading. >> from what i get, he's an evil dude that likes to ride on his horse without shirts. that's all i really know about the man. >> in colombia, 50 years of fighting with rebels appear to be finally winding down. in haiti, hurricane matthew brought death and disease. in cuba, the passing of fidel castro raised questions about the future after a year of improving relat

the european union as well as the united states against russia for their invasion of crimea, take overof crimea, as well as the actions they have taken in eastern ukraine? this is very serious stuff and our new president can marching out there with naivety or else trying to do away with the american safety in europe for more than 50 years. sit a frightening situation. >> are you concerned that the president-elect is putting the united states' national security at risk? >> absolutely. absolutely true. and the sanctions -- listen, tillerson, exxon's ceo, has been against the sanctions that have been imposed by both europe and the united states against russia. now, just giving putin an open road would be extraordinarily dangerous. and we know for a fact that putin wants to destabilize the european union and certainly nato. this has been a long-term goal of putin. why would he want to do that? so they can play whatever game they want in eastern europe, to once again dominate eastern europe as they did during the soviet period. this is a very serious situation, which i believe the next

and tune in for a special edition of "state of the union" this sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. that's it for "the lead." i'm jim acosta in for jake tapper. i now turn you over to jim sciutto in for wolf blitzer in the "the situation room." happy new year. >>> happening now, breaking news. great move. donald trump praises vladimir putin for putting off any payback for newly imposed u.s. sanction, punishing russia for meddling in the presidential election. putin says his response will depend on what happens after trump is sworn in. >>> spy games. the expulsion of russian spies ratchets up tensions between moscow and washington as russian intelligence operatives pack up to lead the u.s. are more spies hiding here in plain sight? >>> on alert. cities around the world beefing up security ahead of new year's eve. in new york, officials say the security operations around times square will be the most extensive ever. is it enough to keep trouble away? >>> and conviction reinstated. a judge's order writes a shocking new chapter in the saga of the kennedy family. will michael skakel have to go

"state of the union" this sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. that's it for "the lead." i'm jim acosta in for jake tapper. i now turn you over to jim sciutto in for wolf blitzer in the "the situation room." happy new year. >>> happening now, breaking news. great move. donald trump praises vladimir putin for putting off any payback for newly imposed u.s. sanction, punishing russia for meddling in the presidential election. putin says his response will depend on what happens after trump is sworn in. >>> spy games. the expulsion of russian spies ratchets up tensions between moscow and washington as russian intelligence operatives pack up to lead the u.s. are more spies hiding here in plain sight? >>> on alert. cities around the world beefing up security ahead of new year's eve. in new york, officials say the security operations around times square will be the

the european union and #streetleave" for those voting to leave brexit. >> in an unprecedented move, britain has voted to leave the european union and the reaction has been chaos. >> reporter: leave prevailed 52% to 48% sending shock wave there is the united kingdom and europe and beyond. number five, omron and bala, the children of aleppo showing the horror of war on social media. the heartbreaking video of the five-year-old bloodied and covered in dust pulled from the rubble after surviving an air strike that destroyed his family's home in aleppo. >> hello, my friends, how are you? stand with aleppo? >> and bana al-abed she and her mother tweeting from aleppo. she tweets "my name is bana, i am seven years old, i am talking to the world now live from east aleppo, this is my last moment to either live or die." number four, facebook live stream diamond reynolds. >> the officer just shot him. >> after her fiance philando castile was shot, diamond reynolds took out her smartphone and live streamed his dying moments. the facebook live was viewed 5.7 million times before it was ultimatel

. i have never seen covert action like this so successful on the part of the soviet union, ever. >> with that in mind, who has the next move, jill? >> well, let's see. this is kind of like a chess game, isn't it, but -- >> i'm not a good chess player. let me just point that out. >> nor am i. nor am i. but i think at this point, we have to -- we now know within a few weeks, president trump comes in. i want to see what incoming president trump says today. that would be very very interesting, if he says something. then over the next few weeks, the ball now really is in mr. trump's court and he's going to have to decide how he plays back, because president obama has already made his moves and we still have to hear that report which will analyze and apparently give some information about technically how the russians did this hacking, so that's still to come out, but i think really, the move is mr. trump, how does he analyze, does he hold out his hand to president putin, with the danger that he could look as if he is being used by president putin, how does he respond to other republic

june voted to leave the european union. the decision stunned the global markets. the british pound plunged to a 30-year low. the dow dropped more than 600 points. >> and the vote as you might expect is having an immediate impact on markets throughout the world. >> lot of fear and uncertainty. >> stocks stabilized a few days later but brexit won't be cheap. businesses are already reporting that cutting investment in the uk. the country is facing a $31 billion budget shortfall. questions about just how britain will leave the world's biggest trading bloc are still largely unannounced. >> and economic anxiety powered trump's campaign, drove brexit and is spreading across europe. even as the working class revolt against free trade, there's a disconnect. >> the big headline i would tell you here is the unemployment rate, 4.6%. >> unemployment at a nine-year low. home prices back at all-time highs. growth picking up. the middle class even got a pay raise. >> the gulf between those doing well and those left behind is widening. the question in 2017, will populist prescriptions rescue the ec

will give times-union latest right after this. ♪ >>> closed captioning brought to you by . >>> all right. well, take a look at this. this is portland, maine, everyone, a major snowstorm is clobbering this area. >> look at all of that snow. by the time it is all over, more than a foot of snow could be dumped on some parts of the north eastern united states. our meteorologist is here to tell us about the situation up there. i've been up there before. they mean business when they get their snow. >> absolutely. it is a fascinating setup because just 40 miles is the distance between where it transitions out of rain and into snow and heavy snow where you saw there across new england, but the big cities, boss non-new york, even philly, it is all rain, way too warm. i want to show you footage out of that area because they were hit with blizzard like conditions in canada where we know out of montreal airport 500 flights were delayed or cancelled, vast majority out of toronto delayed, that's the biggest number of delayed flights on canada out of toronto. we know about 30 centimeters of snow

, the old soviet union. they're not. their economy is the size of italy. this idea that we have to be scared to confront them because we're scared of what they're going to do back to us, we have way more tools in our arsenal to make this painful on russia. they can do what they choose to and we'll come back. >>> russia says it's brokered a ceasefire in syria and is now inviting the president-elect to join them at the negotiating table with countries the u.s. would not exactly call allies. that story next. ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. if other treatments haven't worked well enough, ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works by focusing right in the gi-tract to help control damaging inflammation and is clinically proven to begin helping many patients achieve both symptom relief as well as remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may i

satellite countries and in the '80s in the soviet union in moscow. so you know it has a lot of that same feeling. the difference is there's more transparency, not an iron curtain like that. the east european satellite countries are a part of nato right now. russia is a competitor of ours in so many different ways but cold war suggests what it is. it's not a hot war. we don't have to worry about missiles being launch in case someone sets a catastrophic mistake. a cold war is not -- when i was at the nato cyber command? october in estonia they told me what makes it a cyber war is when people start getting hurt and people can if you attack the electrical grid for instance and so on. and up to that point we're not there yet right now it's tit for tat. the russians did something bad in attacking our way of life. we have to respond in some fashion. that's how things involved in a cold war not a hot war. >> so it was a matter of relations but you just touched on the cyber activity makes it different because it's impacting day to day lives and cok potentially do so further. so should it still be

was running in '08 said that, he told union leaders, if you need my help, i'll walk the line with you. and so i think to have a president or an incoming president stand up and actually following through with that promise is a pretty remarkable moment in time. but i think you're right, he needs to better articulate these victories. because otherwise, he diminishes it. you know, if we're nitpicking over the numbers. >> inner eterms of the carrier. >> it's a distraction, exactly, absolutely. >> angela, your thoughts? >> well, i just wanted to briefly respond. think it's important to note with the carrier deal in particular, there were incidents put in place by the state of indiana to protect and keep those jobs here in this country. and so donald trump can certainly claim credit for that because we know that the outgoing governor of indiana is of course -- was his running mate and is now the incoming vice president. so of course he can claim credit for that. i just think it's interesting that he also was side tracked in that deal by getting into a fight with a union leader from carrier w

. the dancers union said it never required participation and that it would be voluntary. madison square garden, who employed the dancer, added, quote, we had more rockettes request to participate than we had slots available. >> a lot of artists haven't wanted to participate in the inauguration and she's upset that the rockettes have. that's making it seem as if they stand by him and his policies. >> reporter: with dancers facing criticism from some trump supporters, others favored the boycott like this former rockette who appeared on "democracy now." >> the rockettes represent a legacy of strong intelligent and classy women and so to associate this with mr. trump who has a public history of degrading women, objectifying women, in my opinion, really tarnishes what the rockettes embody and stand for. >> the radio city rockettes! >> reporter: the famous dancers were all on board for george w. bush's celebration. both in 2001 and 2005. this year, they're not the only ones wanting to skip out. sources tell cnn president-elect's trump's transition team is having a tough time booking ta

held for a long time on the russian economy that eventually led to the soviet union's collapse. we may be in for that kind of long game again here. >> let me ask you about comments made by senator lindsey graham of south carolina talking about the support that so many senators have for the intelligence community and its conclusions that russia did interfere in the elections. let's roll that clip. >> there are 100 united states senators, amy klobuchar is on this trip with us. she is a democrat from minnesota. i would say that 99 of us believe the russians did this, and we're going to do something about it. along with senator mccain, after this trip is over, we're going to have the hearings and we're going to put sanctions together that hit putin as an individual and his inner circle for interfering in our election. and they're doing it all over the world, not just in the united states. estonia is hit all the time. they are interfering in elections in democratic countries' efforts to self-determination all over the world. it's just not in our back yard. >> do you think that the u.s.

demonstrations. not even organized by unions. going out armed while they are on duty and that really speaks to the level of their frustration and the fact that these forces have been stretched to breaking point and those demonstrations, i'm told by people within the police services are likely to pick up, again, after the new year. now, that is as far as the deployment on the ground goes. the other measure that you speak about which is the state of emergency has now been extended until next july. by then, don, it will have been in place for 20 months. an extraordinary measure that has become quite ordinary and, of course, it means the suspension of basic civics rights. people wonder how effective it is. the nature of the terrorist attack has simply changed. what we've seen is the last two major attacks on european soil have been against huge crowds of people with one man driving a truck into them. what a state of emergency can do to prevent that, what thousands, tens of thousands of policemen and women around the country can do to prevent that is one of the questions facing european s

huge influx of revese and crumbling economies. >> britain voted to leave the european union and perhaps nothing was as divisive as the presidential election right here in the united states. >> you can change your vote to donald trump. we'll make america great again. okay? she is not going to make america great. she will never make america great. the clintons are the sordid past. >> my opponent can say whatever he wants about me. i don't really care. >> if you know anybody who's thinking about voting for trump, well, first of all, stage an intervention. i mean, it's -- [ applause ] >> well, the good news here is 2016 just a few more days before it is on the books. but to help explain how people can help process and cope with what happened this year we're joined now by socieologist anna akbari. >> her book "startup your life: hustle and hack your way to happiness." that is a great tile. thank you for being here to help us process and cope with all that we have witnessed in 2016, a year of losses, terror attacks and political divides. what do you say to people about how they can de

organizations like the u.n., like the european union. the union does count on u.s. leadership, but member states also don't take too well with the in your face approach. they've always done better at the u.n. when they try to work through consensus. now there is the israel issue. they slam on members to defund the u.n. so if that vote on settlements is not overturned, we could be headed to a showdown. is the security council going to back down and repeal the legislation? i don't know if they will. i tend to think neither will happen. >> i want to go to you because you're out with a piece today in the "new york times" saying trump shouldn't move the u.n. embassy in israel. trump has held a long number of policies and what that could mean for the next four years. >> i think both style and substance, whether it's trying to reverse the current administration's levels to stir the russians and create a new relationship, or abandoned or at least the practice of changing the practice of a one china policy, or in the middle east, don, where i think you'll see the most market change of all. there is a ver

european union. >> dare to dream! dawn is breaking. our independence united kingdom. >> reporter: a vote that took the world by surprise. one of the main forces behind brexit, anger over immigration. >> translator: they should go back to where they came from before we rip their heads off. >> reporter: of course, in the u.s., where president-elect donald trump capitalized on the issue. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: the ejection of globalization resonating with voters. >> cnn projects donald trump wins the presidency. >> reporter: with a march of populism, will it continue? with elections in france and germany coming up, 2017 promises to be an interesting year. >> clarissa, thanks for that, and thank you so much for joining me today. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in for wolf blitzer. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks for joining us today. israel says it is pushing ahead with a plan to build hundreds of new homes in east jerusalem. despit

corporate. anti-union. >> the president-elect, pretty confusing about what was established law. >> well, he was talking about same-sex marriage and he was saying basically i consider that a -- >> roe versus wade. >> i think as so much with the law, what donald trump was doing was mostly political as opposed to legal. he was saying, look, same-sex marriage has been accepted by the country. i'm not going to quarrel with that. but abortion rights is an intensely important issue to the people who support me even though trump himself has been pro choice. >> democrats have any recourse, merit garland, republicans wouldn't entertain it. 52 nominations outstanding. >> they will all go away. none of those people will be re-nominated. they don't have much recourse. this is why control of the senate is so important. the party in control controls the calendar. they can slow down or speed up judicial nominations as they please. a trump nominee to the supreme court, let's have hearings right away. after they delay for a year. >> let's talk about what president obama and his appointments has done to the f

. >> the people have voted to leave the european union. >> dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent united kingdom. >> reporter: it was a vote that took the world by surprise, one of the main forces behind brexit, anger over immigration. >> translator: they should go back to where they came from before we rip their heads off. >> reporter: and of course in the u.s., where president-elect donald trump capitalized on the issue. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: the rejection of globalization resonating with voters. >> cnn projects donald trump wins the presidency. >> reporter: will the march of populism continue? with elections in france and germany coming up, 2017 promises to be an interesting year. >> my goodness. if as much happens in '17 and it did in '16. what got me most, arwa damon's reporting from mosul and the children involved. our very own keith bowen reacting the way everybody would. >> that toddler washing up on shore. i remember one depiction of it. if you try to flee, some of

long-awaited family rue unions and memories of a fateful night. so the convoy has stopped in a town which is about an hour away from chibok. the movement through these parts, such a well-armed convoy, is drawing attention from passers by. >> reporter: as we enter chibok town, locals wave excitedly, welcoming their girls home. the moment of reunion eventually arrives. the room almost vibrating with the sound of unbridled joy. but for some waiting parents, heartbreak. these women have come looking for their daughters who are still being held by boko haram. they had thought their children were among the group who were coming home for christmas. >> there has been such an out pouring of grief amid the joy. the piercing screams of mothers realizing indeed they're not to be reunited with their daughters on this day, which has turned what should have been an overwhelmingly happy moment into a bittersweet one. for rebecca and her father the nightmare is over and her father is overcome with feelings of gratitude. given all they have endured, the mental and physical abuse at the hands of their

this nation's faith in a more perfect union that allows a puerto rican girl from the bronx to stand here now. >> then a year later, he nominated another woman, elena kagan. >> thank you so much, mr. president. >> for the first time in history, there were three women on the supreme court. >> i may be a little grayer than i was eight years ago, but this is what a feminist looks like. >> it was obama's new high court that ushered in america's biggest social change in decades. june of 2015, the supreme court ruled gay marriage was legal. >> amazing. it's incredible. to be granted all these years, all these years. >> and now we all get -- >> all get marriage equality. >> today should also give us hope that on the many issues with which we grapple, often painful, real change is possible. shifts in hearts and minds is possible. >> obama knew this shift was possible because he had made it himself. >> i believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. the most progressive president in a generation had dragged his feet on gay marriage. advocates felt betrayed. many suspected obam

same strategy of containment toward the soviet union. ultimately that paid off. and i don't see that here. that's why i have this fear, i think peter was right on a lot of things he said, by the way, but i do have this fear, peter, that donald trump is going to be tempted now to go further over to prove his faithfulness to the israelis and make it much more difficult to get back to a two-state solution process which i do think is dying and needs to be pursued. >> final thought from you, peter, do you think that's a real danger, a backlash, in effect? >> well, look, even before obama did this, trump had already appointed david friedman who's kind of explicitly against the two-state solution and explicit settlement advocate. look, this game is moving outside of america. what's going to happen is for better or worse, there's going to be increasing mounting pressure on israel from europe and from other parts of the world to try to respond to the fact that israel is creating a permanent one-state reality and it's important to remember that when israel builds settlements, it's not like thi

organization recently dropped its battle with hotel workers in las vegas and d.c. over unionization, allowing the d.c. workers to hold a vote and agreeing to a four-year contract with vegas workers. but still no roadmap on how the president-elect will disentangle himself from his worldwide business empire. and trump's team promising a press conference in the next few weeks to detail trump's business dealings, but of course, this is all a cumbersome process. the general counsel for the trump organization says they're re-evaluating various transactions and working to comply with conflicts laws. donald trump, though, saying he's immune from conflicts laws which is, in fact, true, but kate, of course, there is that little tested emoluments clause we've talked about in the constitution which does bar officials from accepting payments from foreign governments. kate? >> oh, the emoluments still, jessica. thank you so much. great to see you. >> reporter: our favorite. >> our favorite is right. >>> "outfront" now former white house steen your director under president obama. and parris denard

recently dropping the battle with hotel workers in las vegas and d.c. over unionization, allowing the d.c. workers to hold a vote and agreeing to a four-year contract with vegas workers, but still no road map on how the president-elect will disentangle himself from the worldwide empire, but the trump team is promising a press conference in the next few weeks to detail donald trump's business plans after initially postponing a december 15th press conference, but this is a cumbersome process. in fact the general counsel said they are currently working to reevaluate some of the various transactions and working to comply with conflict laws, donald trump saying he's immune from the conflicts laws. he is right, save for the emo emoltment's claws, jessica schneider, thank you very much. >>> we're back with our panel. ron, if i can't go to you first, you heard the dnc statement on this, calling this a wilted figure leaf to cover up hi remains conflicts. what's your reaction? substantial at all? >> it's a step, but this is the secondary front. the charitable could charitably be called a charit

, union members in the midwest, in the rust belt who were drawn towards donald trump because they weren't hearing what they wanted to hear on the message and the substance from hillary clinton. was there some tinges of racism? maybe, but it really wasn't about that. and i think that's the whole point of everybody who wasn't out there at trump rallies and looking at data but not talking to people missed. >> right. and something i found covering many key swing states is you had voters they would basically say, am i better off four years later? many felt they were not. doug, what do you make of president obama kind of saying, if i could have run for third term, i would have won? >> it reminds me of michael jordan who said, my body can withstand the crutches but my mind cannot stand staying on the sidelines. i think he can see there were some boxes she hadn't checked. the catholics are a big example of that. these resident just white rust belt voters. they happen to be catholics. she did a great job at the al smith dinner but president obama urged her to speak at notre dame on st. patrick's d

breaking news. >> the people have voted to leave the european union. >> the baton is breaking on an independence united kingdom. >> reporter: it was a vote that took the world by surprise. one of the main forces behind brexit, anger over immigration. >> translator: they should go back to where they came from, this man says, before we rip their heads off. >> reporter: and, of course, in the u.s., where president-elect trump capitalized on the issue. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: the rejection of globalization resonating with voters. >> cnn projects donald trump wins the presidency. >> reporter: will the march of populism continue? with elections in france and germany coming up, 2017 promises to be an interesting year. >>> just into cnn, israel retaliating, suspending all working tie wts 12 nations who voted in favor of that u.n. resolution that criticized israeli semgtss in the west bank. we'll have much more on this developing story straight ahead. zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero dep

unions to organize, that's an agenda for working class americans of all stripes, and we have to talk about it and we have to be present in every community talking about it. see, i think the issue was less that democrats have somehow abandoned the white working class. i think that's nonsense. look, the affordable care act benefits a huge number of trump voters. there are a lot of folks in places like west virginia or kentucky who didn't vote for hillary, didn't vote for me, but are being helped by this. >> right. >> the problem is that we're not there on the ground communicating not only the dry policy aspects of this, but that we care about these communities, that we are bleeding for these communities. >> right. >> that we understand why they're frustrated. >> and the values behind these communities. >> and there's an emotional connection. part of what we have to do to rebuild is to be there. >> timothy and errol are back with us along with monica meadow. we want to unpack a lot of this. there was something about messages but also there was a democratic plan the president was ta

damaging for the european union. i do not see one, two, three more of these attacks could survive. >> bob bear, thank you so much for your insight. appreciate it. merry christmas, happy hanukkah. on a much, much happier note, christmas celebrations are already underway on the other side of the world. you're looking at live pictures inside st. peter's in vatican city where pope francis is having a christmas mass. thousands flock there every year and tomorrow he'll deliver his christmas day address to the city and the world. we'll be back in a moment. hi, i'm paul and i used to ask if you could hear me now with verizon. not anymore. i switched to sprint because their network reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and they save you 50% on most current at&t, t-mobile, and verizon rates. why is this one twice as much? this one right here has 1% more needles. why pay twice as much for only a 1% difference? we'll take this one. can you hear that? (vo) don't let a 1% difference cost you twice as much. happy holidays to you and your family. for people with hearing loss, switch to sprint

. there are lots of reasons the soviet union fell, guns and butter, money, right? right now, we are looking at oil prices, which do tend to determine the strength of the russian economy. oil prices are low. how much is that going to factor in to the leverage that putin has or may not have visa voo -a the incoming administration? >> in the 1980s, the internal pressures were as important as anything. the weaker the russian economy is today, the more room that president-elect trump would have to change the direction of policy if he wanted. back then, of course, we were talking about the soviet empire, not russia. it was a much bigger operation and these economic strains were much bigger than anything putin faces today. i think there is still much less pressure on him, putin, to really change policy and the places that russia has now annexed or in his support for the syrian government. i think that's why presidents before trump have discovered even if there seems to be a window for new relations, in the end, putin doesn't change his ways. >> i would just quickly add, that's what the san

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union. everything he does is in russia's best interest. that means rebuilding the influence of the former soviet union, not just territorial but other ways. he's doing what is in his best interest. sometimes we're booking at it from a lens they're developing this best friend concept, they're going to go off on vacation. what does this mean? putin i don't think works that way. we need to step back a little bit. whether trump is misreading this, i don't know it's above my pay grade. but i don't personally think it's healthy to spend too much time trying to parse the tweets out individually right now. because otherwise like i said we'll all just drive ourselves nuts. >> we just might. ryan, when you look at this and trying to figure out as mike laid out there, the trump administration, the incoming administration trying to figure out how to deal with vladmir putin. are they misreading some of the signs? >> well, he's completely ripped up the republican party's approach towards vladmir putin. he's -- remember, in 2012, mitt n romney said vladmir putin was the major strategic threat to

the european union. the decision stunned the global markets. the british pound plunged to a 30-year low and the dow dropped more than 600 points. >>s awe might expect having an immediate impact around the world. >> a lot of fear and uncertainty. >> stocks stabilized a few days later. but brexit won't be cheap. businesses are ordering cutting investments in the uk. the company is facing a $31 billion shortfall. questions about how britain will lead the world's bigging trading bloc are still. >> number one, the deep economic anxiety threatened to end globalization. it powered donald trump's victory, energized bernie sanders on the left. even though the working class revolts against free trade there's a disconnects. the big headline is the unemployment rate, 4.6%. home prices back at an all-time high. growth picking up. the gulf between those doing well and those left behind is widening. the question in 2017, will populous prescription rescue the economic displaced or just deepen the divide? >> okay. you want my prediction for 2017. >> give it to us. >> if the dow reaching 20,000, that

the soviet union, something he regarded as a disaster, remember. because the soviet union, one of the major reasons for its collapse tshs got into an arms race with the united states. that was not sustainable. that its economy could not sustain. he's saying now we will never spend more money than we can afford to, but he's warning, look, we've sort of upgraded our missiles. we've upgraded our ammunition, and our nuclear weapons basically saying we're ready to go. that we're capable of defending ourselves. i think the expression he used, he didn't say the united states, but against any aggressor. there again, the question, if not talking about the u.s. who is the other aggressor? >> and marsh sharks you'you've saying a call for an arms race, it's not us. why the differing messages? could some of donald trump's rhetoric about what is needed right now to check putin? >> no. i don't think donald trump's rhetoric is what's needed right now, because he doesn't seem to understand what's needed right now. it would be very difficult to imagine he just sort of accidentally happens to say it. i

speaking. it's one of the last vestiges of the soviet union, that it still has parity with the united states on the issue of nuclear weapons and indeed, there was a nuclear agreement done with president obama at the start of his presidency back in 2010 with russia's s.t.a.r.t. treaty, arms reduction treaty which limited the number of warheads to 1550 on each side. look, i can see a situation in the months ahead where perhaps russia and the united states under trump do speak about arms limitation and a new arms treaty. that's an area potentially where they could both cooperate. >> matthew, what did the russian leader have to say about incoming president-elect or incoming president, current president-elect, donald trump? he was asked repeatedly about donald trump. >> reporter: yeah, he was. he was also asked about the whole notion of hacking. these allegations that russian hackers interfered or put their thumb on the scales as it were of the u.s. presidential election. you know, it was interesting because he said again this has got nothing to do with us, it's got nothing to do with russ

putin's state of the union press conference in russia, in which he said that trump's comments about nuclear armeorment are nothing new. >> you have given ocelot to talk about. joining me now is the democratic senator from delaware who sits on the committee on foreign relations. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. >> let's talk about mr. trump's tweets that have caused quite a stir this morning. let's just start with what he is saying about the nuclear arsenal. he is tweeting the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. how do you interpret that, senator? >> alisyn, this is just remarkable. demonstrating donald trump's ability to grab the wheel of the bus and jerk it sharply right or left and then really dominate the news of the day. but i think the american people deserve a more thoughtful and deliberate consideration of something as fundament to our safety and security as nuclear proliferation than 140-character tweet in the middle of the night. my advice to president-elect

east germany and along with the soviet union. so there's a strong sentiment on the part of the german people to put more emphasis on privacy rather than government surveillance. that's going to change obviously. they've got to be even more intrusive if they're going to prevent or at least reduce the likelihood of more of these taking place. this is a soft target. there are soft targets all over european, the united states, elsewhere. they're easy targets to hit, if, in fact, you can get through the perimeter of your security, which means your intelligence capability. >> so you find it hard to believe that something like this, the multiple contacts with authorities through deportation hearing and then a release and so on, there were others, you think it would be difficult for that to happen here in the u.s.? >> well, we've had examples of it happening here. what is the difference between thought, talk and action. can we, in fact, interrupt someone who is talking about it but not taking any action? we may get to the point in the future where we have something on the equivalent of

have union support. tpp has been supported by president obama but again without union support. donald trump may draw union support in what he's seeking to do with the tariff but he's not going to have the chamber of commerce and he's not going to have the leaders of his own party. >> let me ask you something that's simple that only requires you to have a opinion. how do you feel about the latest cabinet appointments, karl icahn and navarro has someone who advices on trade, especially with him being a known opponent of china. >> i think what he's done is he's assembled this billionaire boy's club. you're heard his diefense of it to say i want winners. i understand that. there's some aspirational quality of donald trump and these picks that causes blue coll collar, a lot of why guys to have been supportive of trump because they look at the team and say geez, i'd like to be in that club. i'm a little troubled by the idea that you judge a man or a woman only by the size of their wallet. >> carl icahn, mr. trumped a myers h admires him. he talked glowingly about him. >> and akann saicahn s

democratic union party. can you hear me? >> good morning. >> good morning. let's talk more about internal politics. we saw just yesterday mama dam merkel's cabinet has approved two things, banning the face veils for public employees and also allowing more video surveillance in places like these behind me to try to track down anyone who does commit some kind of terrorist act. do you see this as madam merkel moving to the right? >> no. just trying to improve the security policy in this country. those laws have been discussed for quite a while with coalition labor party. we have other measures, which are still on the table, which could help in this attack. >> how much more will this drive the government to the right from these attacks? we are seeing we have to re-examine refugee policy. how do you think it will be re-examined. what do you think could change as far as that goes. >> the problem is not in the party but within the government between the conservative party and the labour party. we have been discussing to declare the north and african countries so-called security countrie

police unions have been doing the rounds on the local media saying they're pretty confident that they will get a suspect either today or in the coming days. so that investigation seems to be going well. even though on the back foot they had the wrong man for nearly a day. >> really interesting, they're trying to get that market back open. thank you very much, max foster for us in berlin. >> the crucial evidence in that berlin truck attack and the biggest lead in every sense is the semitruck itself. abandoned by the driver after mowing down dozens of victims and the truck still carrying 25 tons of steel. breaking down what investigators are learning now from the truck about the time line of the attack, tom foreman takes us through it in the cnn virtual studio. >> this is the truck that was used in the attack. it's owned by a polish shipping company. it was on what should have been a routine run delivering steel from italy up into germany, when authorities believe it was hijacked on the outskirts of berlin between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. the driver killed. his body later found i