will be great britain? it is great britain a world record time! another day another gold for great britain. a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott alongside her teammates came the first british woman to win freely big gold medals. not to be outdone by his fiancee, jason kenny retained his olympic crown in the individual sprint defeating his compatriot and into silver. becky james put over two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish‘s status as one of the all—time greats on the road is undisputed, and his third olympic games, an olympic medal was still a big hole in his cabinet. and many doubted that would change. howell wrong they were. —— how wrong they were. the sixth and final day predictably provided more gold as laura trott emphatically defended her title. oche james celebrated a second silver in the individual sprint and kitty showed her promise for the future with bronze. jason kenny going for a british record. in the final event he was hoping to secure his third gold meda

and it is great britain who are men's 0lympic champions. it is carnival time for great britain. history being written and then rewritten. these were tales of triumph, passion. britain had found its golden couple. all games need their superstars, rio had plenty. some catapulted themselves onto the biggest stage. for others, a final flourish before a fond farewell. there were those that arrived as superstars, leave as legends. usain bolt is going what he always does, it is gold again. the triple triple. the greatest ever. andy murray is a double olympic gold medallist. some were making history. some were doing what no brit had done before. some what no one had done, for a very long time. justin rose of great britain takes olympic gold. whilst others, well, they werejust doing what they have always done. mo farah has gone, he is away, he is going to get gold for great britain again. the double double. arise, sir mo! but amidst such company even giving everything might not quite be enough. at times it was just enough. that is the golden goal! great britain have won the olympic gold

great britain are in the olympic final. the netherlands hadn't lost at the olympic games since 200a. we knew it would be a big challenge. the dutch played out of their skins and were sort of all over us. and we had to defend for our lives. inside the circle, maddie hinch is down, the angle... they had four chances and scored three. it ended 3—3. we were in a positive place going into the penalties, and each person went. maddie was making some incredible saves, as she always does. maddie hinch absolutely brilliant. it came to the third one, and helen scored hers. great britain are off the mark in the shoot out. if i scored my last one then that would be it, we would win. so i went up, made sure i went really slowly so the goalie was waiting for me. make sure i looked in the eyes and looked as big and confident as possible. hollie webb on her way, to win gold for great britain. webb... turns, scores! that's the golden goal. great britain have won the olympic gold medal. the olympic gold medal. the best feeling in the world.

great britain placed behind china with a stunning total of 147 medals. back to the 0lympics now, and away from the golden performances of the british teams in rio, there were many incredible achievements from athletes in other countries as well. usain bolt rounded up an unbelievable career.|j usain bolt rounded up an unbelievable career. i look on it as an accomplishment. i live for these moments, and for me, it's beautiful and i'm proud of myself. from the greatest sprinter delete greatest swimmer. michael phelps has rewritten the record books twice over. he has said it before, but he insists he is now retired for good. from poverty to the podium, rafaela silver grill up in one of rio's toughest neighbourhoods, was disqualified in london and labelled an embarrassment. a fairy tale turn around and brazil's first gold of the game. never before had brazil won 0lympic football, but inspired by barcelona, they finally completed the grand slam titles. 200 million brazilians green with delight. america dazzled in the gymnastics, a staff now and future games. i

i would say the whole of great britain, particularly indoor courts, has been underfunded. this is the start of a much bigger plan to try and transformed into the structure of tennis all over great britain. such a great opportunity to start in scotland. no one knows how long andy murray will be world number one, creating a tennis legacy will undoubtedly take years. more sport through the evening. thanks for watching. but first, the headlines on bbc news: angela merkel visits the scene of a lorry attack on a christmas market in berlin which killed 12 people. police will not rule out suspects being in large, despite an arrest. theresa may faced mps on the question of brexit, and would not rule out mps having about on the eventual deal. tthe body of russia's ambassador to turkey is repatriated to moscow after he was shot dead by an off— duty turkish policeman. these are the markets. let's go to berlin, to show you the scene on the outskirts of that market, where of course a lorry ploughed into hundreds of people last night. killing several, injuring almost 50. 12 people are

he was an ambassador for great britain but did not really support great britain in their battle against nazi germany. but there are many others as well. his six cousins -- teddy roosevelt junior opposed america getting involved in the war. teddy roosevelt junior and lindbergh were a team. they would do speeches together, arguing against american intervention. there was a powerful cadre of people who really disagreed with roosevelt, thought he was doing absolutely the wrong thing. the teddy roosevelt name was powerful name. in teddy roosevelt senior was very popular in this country. a great war hero, all of those things. kennedy, roosevelt, lindbergh, there was a whole slew of people who were adamantly -- some of them quite elegantly -- arguing against him. mary: he never used names, but he used surrogates to great effect. roosevelt never attacks lindbergh but he has a decent do it. he had gotten a letter earlier -- he is lindbergh, so he gets medals from everybody. he does not get to -- he is -- after the events in germany and the low country, people are asking him why he is not giving

in great britain it was in westminster abbey. and in france it was under the arc de triomphe in paris. the u.s. decided to do something similar. the idea was started by representative hamilton fish of new york who submitted legislation to bury an unknown soldier in the u.s. i believe they're in france right now where the unknown soldiers were taken from four different cemeteries. i believe it was san miguel, ainmar and the somme? >> yes. i believe it was the somme. i've walked through the streets before. it's interesting to see to me how many people turned out, the french civilians, not just the army as we see mostly in this scene. but french civilians showing their honor and patriotism towards the americans and really supporting the role the americans played in helping liberate france during this really difficult time. >> so the french populace had a real understanding and appreciation for the role the american soldiers played. and this was their opportunity to pay honor to that. now if we could spend just a moment, it was reall

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and great britain's heroes of rio could be in for more success at tonight's bbc sports personality of the year awards, with the winner chosen by the public. i hear only red carpet we are in the next few hours, we will find out who has been cloned the sports personality of the year. and in half an hour here on bbc news, discover how the latest robotic technology could improve healthcare in this week's edition of click. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are reports that buses sent to rescue people from two besieged towns in the north of syria have been set alight and attacked. the buses were on their way to the towns of foah and kefraya which are surrounded by rebel forces. in a deal between the government and rebels, in exchange for the evacuation of people from those villages, thousands are due to be escorted out of the opposition held part of eastern aleppo. a number of buses containing fighters and their families have started to leave the last rebel—held enclave, according to reports from syrian state tv. richard lister reports. more buses lining up, as it seemed this

adam peaty takes 0lympic gold for great britain. tokyo has a lot to live up to. but future stars are already on the springboard, and not just for 2020. uk sport was you big when it launched its eight—year pathway programmes. —— was unique. not only does it invest in athletes with what it calls "podium potential" for the next 0lympics, but also for the athletes coming up behind them, like diver kat torrance, with two golds at the recent world junior championships she's an olympic hopeful learning her trade alongside 0lympic champions. an olympic medal, a gold one for team gb had never happened, so it did almost seem impossible, but now they've done it, it's like ok, maybe it's not impossible, maybe it could be repeated in the next 0lympics. so, they're a big inspiration to us. it's kind of weird to think we are role models for them, but i think they were hugely inspired by watching the olympics and seeing the success that we got. we've got such talent, just here, and its young talent as well, which is really exciting. so looking forward to 2020 and onwards,

great britain was linked with france. so hitler, prime minister chamberlain of great britain, mussolini, the premier of france, met in munich, and because the democracies of europe were hungry for peace, removed the thorn from hitler's side, the check army and the little [indiscernible] sit -- breezeis a sigh of relief. hitler rose, his people were jubilant. they wanted peace. hitler -- heckler -- rolled into the streets. here was the miracle man, they said. a man who conquered with words. this was a new kind of war, a delightful war. bands and flowers and parades. a smiling war. a lovely war, not a shot fired, womanman killed, nor a nor a child. war was a holiday. ♪ narrator: hitler told his people he was content. he wanted no more territory. he guaranteed the integrity of the mutilated czechoslovakia republic. thereupon he caused to rest, then marched into prague. the republic was destroyed. the democracies had lost a valuable ally. italy's reward was albania, again bloodless. slight resistance. now europe realized th

commentator: mo farah is going to get gold for great britain again! will it be britain, will it be australia? it certainly will be australia. it certainly will be great britain! as max whitlock has made history. andy murray is a double 0lympic gold—medallist. music: remind me by conrad sewell. they've done it! music: remind me by conrad sewell. thank you very much for watching. we're back on air on 3rd january. in the meantime, watch ourfilms on our programme page: hi, good morning. well, it is a chilly start to the day, that's for sure. a widespread frost across england and wales. it was a cold start to the day, but if you could brave the cold, we were rewarded with glorious sunrises this morning. this was the scene in cornwall. it was isn't by our weather watcher brown 0wl sara. the cloud you can see is this stuff you can see on the weather picture. the sunshine will be hazy. milky skies really. they will continue to push across wales and western england and towards the midlands and central and southern england as we head through the rest of the d

will it be britain, will it be australia? it certainly will be great britain! as max whitlock has made history. andy murray is a double 0lympic gold—medallist. they've done it! thank you very much for watching. we're back on air on january the third. in the meantime watch our films on our programme page. good morning. it's still cold out there, there is still some fog around if you are travelling, in fa ct around if you are travelling, in fact in some areas under the stag na nt area of fact in some areas under the stagnant area of high pressure it will bring around. different story in the west of scotland where hill fog is more likely to be a concern than this fog rolling in across devon. that was sent in half an hour ago, beautiful picture. the patchy fog in the east midlands and up through the vale of york and parts of the midlands as well, it's still pretty cold as well, temperatures around freezing or below. there's a good deal of sunshine to be found across parts of england and wales. you saw we had some thicker cloud out towards the west but it's still

will it be britain, will it be australia? it certainly will be great britain! as max whitlock has made history. andy murray is a double 0lympic gold—medallist. they've done it! thank you very much for watching. we're back on air on january the third. in the meantime watch our films on our programme page: we've got a lot of fog out there, thick fog. it's quite patchy, which makes it dangerous as well. and on top of that, we've got sub—zero temperatures. so that combination means freezing fog in some areas, and that, in turn, means that the roads could be quite slippy. so really pretty dangerous on some of those roads, if you are travelling in the early hours, and really throughout much of the morning, into the afternoon, because that fog will be stubborn to clear. this time of the year, when there is no wind, the sun is low on the horizon, just can't work on that fog, it cannot melt it, as we say, away. this is what it looks like at 8:00am in the morning. you can see fog extensive across england, also the near continent there. temperatures down to —3 in so

britain did not apply to them. feel that the values of great britain did not apply to themlj have a very diverse population in my constituency. the 11 this country because the value of what has two foreign respect the institutions within. i do not think this oath would make any verifiable difference. in the last hour, fresh hope for civilians trapped in the syrian city of aleppo, as buses arrive to restart evacuations, two days after they were disrupted. the international trade secretary says britain could remain part of the customs union after leaving the european union. ahead of a strike on southern rail tomorrow, rmt leader mick cash denies accusations that his union is using the dispute to take on the government. thick fog is affecting many parts of the uk, leading to travel disruption for a second day, with airports warning of more cancellations and delays to flights. the met office has now lifted their severe weather warning for southern england and south wales, but warn they may need to issue another warning tonight. heathrow advise travellers to check flights before setting

and great britain's heroes of rio could be in for more success at tonight's bbc sports personality of the year awards, with the winner chosen by the public. and in half an hour, christian fraser presents a special programme looking at the uk's journey towards brexit. the sports stars are starting to arrive. we will find outjust before nine o'clock who has been named the sports personality of the year. and in half an hour, christian fraser presents a special programme looking at the uk's journey towards brexit. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the russian ambassador to the united nations say they will veto a united nations say they will veto a united nations proposal to put in monitors to check the situation in aleppo. there are reports that buses sent to rescue people from two besieged towns in the north of syria have been set alight and attacked. the buses were on their way to the towns of foah and kefraya, which are surrounded by rebel forces. in a deal between the government and rebels, in exchange for the evacuation of people from those villages, thousands are due to be esc

will it be britain, will it be australia? it certainly will be great britain! as max whitlock has made history. andy murray is a double 0lympic gold—medallist. they've done it! thank you very much for watching. we're back on air onjanuary the third. in the meantime watch our films on our programme page: hello there. after the fairly windy spell of weather that many saw over the festive period, things are turning colder and much quieter too. here's the scene in highland scotland on monday, some snow over higher ground. some sunshine to see out boxing day too across the isle of wight. high pressure is dominating the weather for everyone as we head through the day on tuesday. the isobars fairly widely spaced for the most part, much less windy than in recent days. frost and fog patches around especially in parts of england and wales, further north, more cloud and breeze around. looking around the country at 9am, across the bulk of england and wales, a fine start to the day. pretty chilly, the coldest night we have seen in a little while, some frost around and a f

only two more days would be prime minister of great britain. it was an extraordinary conference. harry truman goes up to joseph -- in and tells him -- [indiscernible] we were diluting our presence. americans, canadians, they wanted to get back home and queen elizabeth and queen mary worshiping them back 12,000 at a time. is -- a norm is soviet power in front of a weakening allied power. winston churchill always had to battle with occasional bouts of what we would now call depression. his term for this was his black dog boots. he goes back to the election -- i like a few days foundory that stalin churchill leaving and said to -- chill good morning i have never lost an election. -- [indiscernible] to what extent would he have any power to shape the future? then an extraordinary thing happened. winston churchill is at his home in the country. superficially, the letter he received is not unusual at all. it's from a college. it was a slightly obscure college at the time. letter and said do come along and we would give you an honorary doctorate and w

he visited italy, belgian and great britain. while he was in italy he went to rome and there met with the pope. pope benedict thes15th and this is a gift of mosaic. this is the gift. it's such a fine thatu! you're be forgiven that you think from a distance and they'll recognize that at the detail by paintings -- a painter italian painter. that this is a work of the workshop and a gift that way to wish him well in bringing peace to the world -- at the peace conference. here is anotherym amazingly beautiful work of art -- this is a÷ú painting by a fella who i r armenian. -- the impact collapsed after having controlled that area for 8 or 9 centuries. suffered. well who is wood row wilson. in that time he responded to that crisisbjÑ -- so -- one of the first examples of international relief. want you to think of american's role to the relief today and it would have been precursor to ym that. . we're here just after and presented this painting to president ÷úwilson. >> and that's÷ú the title. to bring relief and being a player

[indiscernible] he was quitewell, fundamental to the founding of the european movement in great britain and work closely with winston churchill. that in 1946,ue winston was not advocating but 1947 andrship, 1948, he is. and characteristic terms, he's not suggesting that britain should simply join such an organization, but lead it. was the main organizer of the european movement, and they had a fantastic rally in the albert hall, and churchill spoke at that. i got to know duncan sands quite well when i was a television reporter and did a profile on him. he left me and no doubt whatsoever of his commitment on the european issue, and it was great bonding that happened between him and winston churchill. i think the, you know we talked about -- and there is no doubt the european issue for winston churchill came something which accelerated his political aspiration and ambition. so there it is. now of course britain appears to have taken a different decision, but the european union we have today is not what was oppose in, and very different indeed. you know that part of the story better than i

but as michelle caruso-cabrera reports, it started across the atlantic in great britain. >> reporter: 2016 was the year of revolt. a sweepy world elite to the fact that they, the ruling class, are in trouble. brexit and donald trump. citizens of the uk angry that bureaucrats in a faraway capital, brussels, have so much sway over uk laws. >> i don't want to see england become under brussels' rule and regulations, because that is what will happen. >> reporter: it's happening now, isn't it? >> well, yeah, that's why we want out. so we can become great britain again. >> reporter: angry, too, that cheaper labor from other countries allowed by the eu's open border policy makes it harder for local, low-skilled workers to get jobs. those same open borders, they worry, make them less safe after terrorist attacks in paris and brussels. so in june, the united kingdom's referendum on membership in the european union led to the unexpected decision that the uk will leave the eu. not even those who wanted it to happen thought they were going to win, but they did, leading to the downfall of a governm

he becomes the minister to russia, the minister to great britain. mr. strauss: and secretary of state. brian: and then becomes president. is he at that point the most qualified person? mr. strauss: if that is what you go by, yes. if you go by the number of years at major posts, he definitely is. but here is something about him -- he never proposed any significant legislation -- or never got any significant legislation passed. he was a conciliatory man. that is why he was probably that she was extremely good in russia. andrew jackson sent him to said to have said on his deathbed that he would have sent him further if he could. he did not particularly like him, but he was sort of the don corleone a of presidents, he micromanaged everybody. he comes to office with a long resume. he was sort of boring, he was 65 when he was elected. nobody until reagan was that old after him. the democrats have had quite a street in the white house with the first two federalists and won 10 of the next 13 elections. brian: he was a democrat. mr. strauss: he was a democrat. o

. >> there's still affirming ultimate loyalty to great britain. they recognize the treasonous implications. >> understand our plan, we remain part of england. >> samueladams' strategy to remain silent allows another voice to rise, patrick henry. >> prevent this royal president from imposing the will of the tyrants who appointed him. >> mr. henry, do you truly want to go to war with the british empire? >> this assembly is like no other that ever existed. every man in it is a great man. the order of critic, statesmen, and therefore, every man upon every cushion must show it. business of this congress is tedious beyond expression. >> john. >> make your voice heard. >> mr. president. gentlemen. let us look to quebec, to the north, with their assembly appointed by the king. is that not the type of representation we should come to expect under such an arrangement or live as those subjects do in ireland? slaves to the crown, living on potatoes and water? i believe we have certain rights. life, liberty, property. foremost among them, and i am not prepared

nick skelton, a big star, takes the gold for great britain. one wonders whether dreams come true but they have today. a super ride from sarah storey! yes, 12 gold medals now in paralympic sport. jamie vardy, nobody has done more than him. leicester city are the premier league champions! max whitlock has done everything he can. double olympic champion! and a huge smile across the face of danny willett. at five under par, what a performance. who will it be? you can have your say later. and join us on the red carpet for the bbc sports personality of the year tonight on the bbc news channel from 5 pm. now, the weather. the quiet spell continues but there are still problems the herds —— to be had because of the fog. there will be the odd bit of brightness coming and going, a lot of cloud around, a lot of the fog lingering through the afternoon. the best temperatures will be across northern britain, 11—13dc. through the night, that fog will return notjust across central part of england and wales, with the breeze dropping out, the conditions mi

britain. [applause] pres. roosevelt: the enemies of democracy or wrong in their calculation for a simple reason. they were wrong because they believed democracy -- a terrible reality of the world at war. they were wrong because of its respectful rights of man. they believed that democracy because of its will to deliver peace to its makers would not mobilize even in its own defense. they know now that democracy can still remain democracy and speak and we conclude an ounce of adequacy for defense. [applause] pres. roosevelt: from the bureaus of propaganda to the axis of power, the prophecy: the constancy of our country-- morals and disintegration from within. those who believe that no little of our history. america is not a country which can be confounded by the defeatists and manufacturers of panic. it is a country that puts his problems in the open. paul: sorry about that. it is very interesting to see he is trying to convince the american public of the war in europe is really a war on democra

great britain's real heroes could be infor great britain's real heroes could be in for more success at tonight's bbc sports personality of the year awards with the winner chosen by the public. the result is announced within the hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. first, the evacuation of the now government—controlled city of eastern aleppo has hit another stumbling block. it had been due to resume after a pause lasting three days, on condition that the rebels allowed civilians to leave two villages which support president assad. then armed men attacked the buses sent to the villages of foah and kefraya. although some buses have now left eastern aleppo there are still thousands of people there, desperate to leave. in the last hour, the un security council has said it will vote tomorrow on a resolution demanding unimpeded un access to eastern aleppo. but russia has said it will veto the plan. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has this report — you may find some of the images distressing. if only the ceasefire in aleppo hadn't collapsed, then this might never h

mo farah is going to get gold for great britain again. four olympic titles, four olympic gold medals. i wanted to achieve what i could and then won the time was right stop and say, i did myself proud, i did my country proud, i did what i could do. i amjoined by somebody who is described as one of the oldest gold medallists of all time — nick skelton. do you get fed up time — nick skelton. do you get fed up with the age thing? everybody looks as me that wheeler —— looks at me as an old man. i don't think about it. it was great at the age of 58 to win a gold medal in your seventh olympics. a i am lucky i could go on that long, and i am really proud to be able to represent my country for so many years, really. to win gold in rio was an honourfor me, especially really. to win gold in rio was an honour for me, especially with the help of all the people who got us there. without people spending monetary on —— money on lottery tickets, team gb and so on. and you did it after breaking your neck.” did, but! did it after breaking your

commentator: adam peaty takes olympic gold for great britain. tokyo has a lot to live up to. but future stars are already on the springboard, and not just for 2020. uk sport was unique when it launched its eight—year pathway programme. not only does it invest in athletes with what it calls ‘podium potential‘ for the next olympics, but also for the athletes coming up behind them, like diver kat torrance. with two golds at the recent world junior championships, she's an olympic hopeful, learning her trade alongside olympic champions. an olympic medal, a gold one, from team gb, had never happened, so it did almost seem impossible, but now that they've done it, it's like, "ok, maybe it's not impossible, maybe it could be repeated in the next olympics." so, you know, they're a big inspiration to us. it's kind of weird to think that we are role models for them, but i think that they were hugely inspired by, you know, watching the olympics and seeing the success that we got. we've got such talentjust here, and it's young talent as well, which is really exciting. so, you know,

brian: he originally went to great britain as an aid to james buchanan? at what point was he the ambassador, the minister to great britain? mr. strauss: here is the thing about buchanan. he is the most common in a certain sense, qualified man to ever run for president. he was a state legislator in pennsylvania and that he was in the u.s. house, the u.s. senate, ambassador to britain an prior was ambassador under polk. he had a long career in government service. pretty unusual, and so he was ambassador to britain and not a particularly crucial time, but he was that. brian: what have you done in your life? what was your career? mr. strauss: i went to a small school in minnesota and studied philosophy, which was great preparation to become a sports writer, which is what i worked in. i worked in magazines and television. at some point i decided to freelance about 20 years ago and teach writing, nonfiction writing at penn, as an adjunct, not a full-time staffer. it worked out pretty well. brian: you were teaching when you discovered a president had gone to the

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britain --united states and great britain in 1941. there had been a debate between the japanese army in the japanese navy over whether they should concentrate their efforts on attacking russia. instead they should take territories in the south pacific? these were two fundamental, strategic directions that japan could have taken. declared, thatr there was a large scale combat, as the caller mentioned in manchuria. the soviet army really got the better of the japanese army in that action. as a wake-up call for the japanese army realizing that going up against an efficient, mechanized army was going to be much more difficult than they thought. forward,that point japanese policymaking really rested on the idea that they were going to avoid war with the soviet union, and that continued right through the end of the war . there were hopes in 1944, 1945, at the japanese government might be able to execute a diplomatic maneuver where they would bring stalin as a mediator to try to ane a truce and negotiate end to the pacific war, and then neve

trying to make britain how it was. but we great britain anyway. so regardless of whether we leave or not, we are still one of the biggest nations in the world. we are still going to get trade, we are still going to be doing well. the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different path. and as such, i think the country requires fresh leadership to ta ke country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.|j country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. i think you just put his hands up because he was like, you guys are really going to do this, and he backed out. now he's chilling on the beach with his wife. he tried. he was like, i'm gone. he's like a baby. he said let's do the referendum, lost and quit. i kind of felt sorry for him. he looked like he wanted to cry when he delivered that speech. i respected it, i rated it because he didn't wa nt it, i rated it because he didn't want to be prime minister and support something he didn't believe them. that in itself is honest, isn't it? i can agree with

over's of efficient leadership of this effort impressed the american ambassador to great britain. he, along with others soon tapped hoover for a far greater visit -- mission. in the summer of 1914, and in dating german army overran the small, neutral nation of belgium. dependent upon imported food -- imported food for most of its consumption. it was trapped between a occupier and the british naval blockade of the enemy. the belgium-based starvation unless sustenance to somehow be obtained on the outside world. with the approval of ambassador page, and the acquiescence of the warring british and german governments, over established on october 20, 1914, a neutral, benevolent entity called the commission for relief in elgin. he transported into belgium, who for the belgium populace which was beleaguered. initially, no one anticipated that this humanitarian mission would last more than a few months. the kaiser of germany famously predicted that the war would be over by christmas. instead, it generated into a gruesome stalemate on the western front. over's emergency relief for taking t

. >> so much of this began with the vote and great britain and we now have a few other votes that take place in nations that can help determine the stability and the policy we will have. ials think in addition to the election and the rise of populism and a tribal approach, politics in the republican party changed dramatically and it causes the thinking and a reimagination and reinvention for democrats. if we were sitting here, republicans think long and hard about what it looks like. >> it's my party having to do that. there are a lot of interesting stories and they pivot off the point of politics. >> absolutely. speaking of donald trump, back in july. >> i have joined the political a rene on so the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves. nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i alone can fix it. >> the american strong man form of politics. it's all about i alone can fix it. which is a bigger story. that rise of the strong man or the sort of flipping of that on its head now that donald trump is putting together an administration that is most

. >> the chancellor outlined the budget for great britain devised -- great britain, he revised down growth and warned of economic risk of leaving the european union. >> it had a whiff of preelection budget because it is a prereferendum budget. mark: the central bank voted unanimously to keep rates unchanged and highlighted uncertainty around the so-called brexit. >> this is the first time that the bank as a whole has expressed an opinion about how it will affect the economy. >> markets are pricing in that we are staying in currency markets certainly. there could be extreme volatility if we vote to come out. >> i believe we have a big turnout and people understand the decision with seismic consequences particularly economic consequences and i can't believe that people will shuffle this one off. although, i do think there's a large number of british people who are still struggling to come to terms with what it is all about and find the claims and counterclaims confusing. mark: is the lead campaign lying to the british public of the risks staying in the e.u.? >> my view is the prospects for t

trying to make britain how it was. but we great britain anyway. so regardless of whether we leave or not, we are still one of the biggest nations in the world. we are still going to get trade, we are still going to be doing well. the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different path. and as such, i think the country requires fresh leadership to ta ke country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.” country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. i think you just put his hands up because he was like, you guys are really going to do this, and he backed out. now he's chilling on the beach with his wife. he tried. he was like, i'm gone. he's