with me now is ian bremmer of eurasia group. he recently returned from the region. welcome back to this program. >> thank you, charlie, glad to see you. >> rose: set out for me where you think this is. what did it accomplish and what are the risks? >> what it accomplished by far it's the most significant foreign policy move that's been louded both domestically and internationally for trump since he became president, right. the entire foreign policy establishment in the united states, man of dhfs "never trump--" republican and democrat-- now coming out full-support. also australia, new zealand, saudi arabia, israel, the u.k., canada-- these are folks who have all been unnerved to various degrees about the trump administration coming in, and they're now all together saying, "we glad he did this." so that's clearly a plus. >> rose: the possible exceptions are china, russia, syria-- and i'm not sure who else. and obviously, iran. >> year, that's basically it, russia being the big one because people expected and trump expected he was going to be able to develop a better

. >> rose: we continue with ian bremmer talking about china and the u.s. summit as well as syria and the chemical weapon attack. >> my view has been from day one that syria is more of a con undrum, more of a quagmire than even iraq. but there are lots of ways to support the syrian people if you want to support the syrian people, right? you can actually bring over more as refugees. you can actually provide more humanitarian aid. you can establish a safe zone it is not at all clear to me that going after the a sad regime directly militarily is the way to go. >> rose: we conclude with bernard henri-levy, the french filmmaker and author whose most recent film is called "the battle of mosul." >> the famous question in 1943 in america, why do we come back, why do we fight. the kurds ask the same question and they say we fight for freedom. we fight for america. we fielt for france. we might gengs jihadism. and this is a great thing to see. most they are devouted muslim, pious mus lum, try muslim fighting against radical islam 6789 this is a great experience and g

ian: he was treated better. charlie: it is good to have you here. ian bremmer. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ andlie: he is a philosopher author, filmmaker and friend. is his newof mosul documentary. here is a look at the trailer. ♪ >> ♪ charlie: his earlier film was selected for the 2016, film festival and focused on the militia fight in syria. i'm pleased to have bernard-henri lÉvy back at this table. what is it between you and the kurds? bernard-henri: a political love story. they are so brave, liberal, such an exception in this area, pro-west, equality between women and men. you have women fighting in the same battle units as the men. they are tolerant towards the other religions. you saw the image of this christian church which has been it is muslim isis. girls who put the cross back. i had the chance and honor to go with them on the front lines. testimony for the bravery, the atrocity of the war, and for the bravery with which they confront this war. charlie: in the battle for mosul , they are fighting at the same fighting.aqis are how did they get along together?

ian bremmer you are sticking with us. snapping a five-day losing skid, breaking $50 a barrel per we will talk about fiscal breakeven and investment in the united states. this is bloomberg. ♪ 29g has resubmitted its billion dollars after a previous offer was rejected here it the countries that it will consider the new offer. medical supplier becton to for $24 billion. it seems like everything is coming to a head as president trump enters his 100th day in office. kevin cirilli with this is, a possible -- with us is kevin cirilli come up shutdown, possible tax reform. do we know what is more important? kevin: we don't. they want to avoid a government shutdown at all cost because comes one day before the 100 day marker of president trump. night, house freedom caucus members will discuss her health care policy proposal. on wednesday, they will unveil some type of bare-bones tax plan. david: i talked to mick mulvaney, he said the most likely thing on friday was a one-week extinction and do these week to week government things

ian: he was treated better. charlie: it is good to have you here. ian bremmer. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ ♪ charlie: he is a philosopher and author, filmmaker and friend. "the battle of mosul" is his new documentary. here is a look at the trailer. [begin video clip] ♪ >> [indiscernible] >> [gunfire] >> [indiscernible] >> [explosion] >> [indiscernible] >>[gunfire] language]foreign [yelling] ♪ [gunfire, yelling] [gunfire] [foreign language, children's voices] clip]ideo charlie: his earlier film was you are selected for the 2016 can film festival, and focused on the kurdish militia fight in syria. i'm pleased to have bernard-henri levy back at this table. welcome. so, what is it between you and the kurds? bernard-henri: a political love story. they are so brave, liberal, such an exception in this area, they are pro-west, they practice equality between women and men. you have women fighting in the same battle units as the men. they are tolerant towards the other religions. you saw the image of this christian church which has been vandalized by isis. it is muslim girls

ian: he was treated better. charlie: it is good to have you here. ian bremmer. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ so you're having a party? i'm happy for the distraction. i'll be right there. and the butchery begins. what am i gonna wear? this party is super fancy. are you my uber? [ horn honks ] hold on. [ upbeat music playing ] the biggest week in tv is back. [ doorbell rings ] who's that? show me watchathon. xfinity watchathon week now until april 9. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for business. charlie: he is a philosopher and author, filmmaker and friend. his new documentary is

join me katty kay of the bbc and ian bremmer of eurasia group. >> i think he's still embarrassing himself and making statement don't comport with reality. >> obviously. >> but look, when he came in place and you spoke about it the expectation was domestic policy would be hard to move the needle much but foreign policy could be very volatile. there's been learning as katty suggested. there's no crises so far but the substantive issues he's handle in a way whether you like or not you can say it's been competent. >> charlie: we conclude with the director james ponsoldt with his film "the circle" starring emma watson and tom hanks. >> technology sort of can give a. to who we are for better or worse. i've heard people say it can amplify your humanity. whatever that means, and the aspirational qualities the terms people use connectedness. it's a pseudospiritual bent where it's us trying to make better versions of ourselves through technology. >> charlie: the foreign policy and "the circle." funding for "charlie rose" is provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia ne

ian bremmer. back in a moment, stay with us. ♪ >> they're hungry libya's here, he is a philosopher and author of the making a friend. his -- new documentary is the battle of mosul, takes viewers on the frontline of the fight to recapture the iraqi city from isis. here's the trailer. >>'s earlier film was selected for the 2016 can phone festival, did focused on the kurdish melissa's fight against isis -- militias fight against isis in syria. welcome. what is it between you and the kurds? >> long story. the political. liberal,so brave, so such an exception in this area. theyare pro-west, practiced equality between they are women and men. you have women fighting in the same battle as the men. they are tolerant to work the other regions. you see the image of this christian church, which has been vandalized by isis. it is muslim girls who took the cross back, they are valeant. i have a chance and honor to a score -- to go with them on the front lines. can be as testimony for their bravery, for the at

charlie: ian bremmer, thank you for coming. we will be back in a moment. ♪ so you're having a party? how nice. i'll be right there. and the butchery begins. what am i gonna wear? this party is super fancy. let's go. i'm ready. are you my uber? [ horn honks ] hold on. don't wait for watchathon week to return. [ doorbell rings ] who's that? show me netflix. sign up for netflix on x1 today and keep watching all year long. charlie: the humanitarian conflict in syria took another disastrous turn this week. on tuesday, the assad regime mounted a chemical weapons attack on civilians that left at least 86 dead, including dozens of children. tensions escalated further last night after the trump administration retaliated, firing a barrage of cruise missiles at a syrian government airbase. joining me are two physicians on who have been on the front lines, delivering medical aid to the embattled nation. dr. rolla hallam is the ceo and founder of can do. she recently led an effort to help rebuild a children's hospital in aleppo. dr. annie

with me ian bremmer of eurasia group. he recently returned from the region. welcome back to this program. >> thank you, charlie. good to see you. >> rose: set out for me where you think this is, what did it accomplish and what are the risks? >> what it accomplished by far, it's the most significant foreign policy move that's been lauded both domestically and internationally for trump since he became president, right? i mean, the entire foreign policy establishment to the united states, many of which was never trump, both democrat and republican coming out full-throated support for what trump did, also allies around the world, australia, new zealand, saudi arabia, israel, germany, the u.k., canada, these are folks that have all been unnerved in various degrees with things about the trump administration coming in and they're now all together saying we're glad he did this so that's clearly a plus. >> rose: the possible exceptions, china, russia, syria. >> and obviously iran. yeah, that's basically it. so russia being the big one because it and trump expected he

that relationship has gotten only worse over the course of the last few weeks.he >> dana: ian bremmer, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> dana: coming up next, angry. protests turned dangerously violent as demonstrators demand that president trump release his tax returns. we'll have details moments away. s tax returns. >> dana: in the "hume zone" segment tonight, violent protests against president trump. on saturday, there were demonstrations all across the country demanding that the president release his tax returns. it didn't take long for some of the protests to erupt into violence.en >> help this guy! help this guy! help this guy! >> hey, hey! >> give it up! >> give it up! >> let's go! >> [bleep]! >> back up. >> dana: while some anti-trump critics refused to let go of the tax return issue, even some democrats are saying it might be time to address more pressing issues. >> as much as i want to leaste tax returns or at i hope that after it has gone through the investigatory committees in the house and the senate, it seems smaller as we are talking about matters that we were talki

earlier, i spoke to ian bremmer, the founder of the eurasia group, a global political risk consultancy. he said us—russian relations are at their lowest point since the early 1980s. when trump became president there was a strong intention on the part of him and his administration to effect a strategic partnership with russia and get relations off the back foot, where they had been at the end of the obama administration. that failed well before the attacks in syria because of the investigation that's ongoing with the fbi and concerns about collusion and that led to the ousting of the national security adviser, michael flynn, but with the attacks against the syrian air base, you can say that those relations are in freefall and while rex tillerson is still going to moscow to meet with the russians, it is clear that the russians are deeply upset and they have retaliated already in terms of sending military hardware to the region and ripping up the hotline that was deconflicting the air force over syrian air space between the americans and the russians so it is quite tense indeed. what ab

david: ian, thank you for joining us. ian bremmer, eurasia group founder and president. jonathan: we want to bring in the amherst pierpont global strategist. great to have you. let's start with geopolitics. america first. that we were informed there would be fewer foreign policy entanglements, and then this. what do you make of it? >> reality often gets in the way of the best laid plans, and i think this is the situation where the administration came in, wanted to focus on america first, wanted to focus on job development, etc., and international developments got in the way. now there is a reassessment going on as to what the priorities are going to be, how they are going to respond. whoooks like steve bannon, was really the driver of america first, is a little bit on the outs right now, a reality of international pressure. jonathan: so you genuinely sense a real strategic shift within the white house? think the white house had hopes and expectations as to how they could drive the process going forward. every incoming administration has that. i think that's what we are d

joining me to talk about this, ian bremmer, the president of eurasia group. and katty kay, anchor for bbc news america. i am thrilled have both of them back on this program. i will begin with you. what can this president look at thisreign policy and say, is a clear victory, win, achievement? think the biggest achievement is that he has learned what he did not know. he has learned the world is more complicated than the policies he campaigned on. that is true partly domestically but much more true when it comes to the national stage. he sat down with president xi and realize the north korea situation was more complicated than he realized that he was prepared to admit it was a learning curve. that has influenced much of what he has done and said on the foreign policy stage. he came in with a clear nationalist, populist, america-first ideal, and he shifted on that. he shifted to one of more engagement, more realization he has to engage with america's allies to get results for america. rather than one specific thing he has done, i would say that is the most import

charlie: ian bremmer, thank you for coming. we will be back in a moment. ♪ charlie: the humanitarian conflict in syria took another disastrous turn this week. on tuesday, the assad regime managed a chemical weapons attack on civilians that left at least 86 dead, including dozens of children. tensions escalated after the trump administration retaliated, firing a barrage of cruise missiles at a syrian government airbase. joining me are two physicians on the front lines, delivering aid to the people. dr. rolla hallam let an effort to help a children's hospital in aleppo. dr. annie sparrow visits frequently to train syrian health care workers. they birth -- both participated in this weeks women in the world summit. i am pleased to have been here at this time. what i would like to do first is going to let you said to me that i did not know. there has been another chemical weapon attack outside of damascus that happened today. dr. sparrow: today. charlie: and you know this from your workcharlie:? dr. sparrow: i know this from my so

tom: you are on front with ian bremmer. on marine le pen, let's listen. >> we no longer live in a world with a curve, probabilities of unlikely tapering off. pen, verye marine le possibly, as the french president. tom: this is the second time i have heard this, a member of the house of lords talking about marine le pen, ian bremmer was in front with this. what are you telling dr. bremmer? him that weying to believe marine le pen has a 40% probability of taking the election because of the unprecedented nature of the race . if you look at the candidates against her, the left are on the extreme, melenchon. the right is corrupt and macron has no resonance in terms of his economic platform or himself as an individual. his desire to present himself as the candidate of change is absurd, he is the establishment on steroids. the best educated at public schools in france and has private sector banking experience, was a junior administrator. he is a manifestation of the establishment. his ability against marine le pen to present himse

we will talk to ian bremmer and many more. david: thank you. david west, looking forward to that. time now for the single best chart, back with carl weinberg. #btv6722. parlorhere is this car game with the conversation of rate hikes and unwinding the balance sheet. how tense is that argument right now? how easy for the fed is it to walk and chew gum, to scale back the balance sheet? >> continue to normalize both by raising rates, showing the balance sheet. we look for two more hikes and deposit the end of the year. , in a coordinated program the last thing the fed wants to do was to cause financial market distress. it is clearly intending to baby feed the market with a little bit at a time. --ncine: sorry david: how much have you adjusted your forecast going forward, in light of the more robust conversations? >> i think the balance sheet is coming sooner than we had anticipated, but it is clear it had to happen. the fed has been telling us for a long time, it's going to be appropriate to shrink the balance sheet, and is just a question of deciding when it is coming. initially it w

healthy with what ian bremmer last week about marine le pen going to win. where will she win in the margin? where are the voters in the margin that could assist her going forward? jonathan: three things have to happen for her to win at the frightening thing is -- they could happen. five years ago, they couldn't but now they could. first of all, a low turnout rate. so her committed band of supporters will weigh more in the outcome than they would in a "normal election." the right-wing of the conservative francois fillon have to go to marine the fine. they have to say they will help her because they don't want macron. will protect our jobs. and most important at the moment supporters --hon will they say actually, the way of making a protest in the second round is to go to marine le pen? they will hold their noses, even from the left. she could put together the vote. jonathan fenby will continue with us in alberto gallo. to speakimportant time to ted alden, coming up. the leader of egypt will visit the white house today. that is a huge deal for the trump admin

. >> rose: we continue with the same questions with ian bremmer, president of eurasia group.

we were speaking with ian bremmer yesterday on a program. >> i saw that, it was great. >> jenna: thank you very much, he has his words that ricochet around the foreign policy road quite a bit, so he said to send trump, send president trump to do the negotiation, why not try it? what do you think about that? >> i think it is a great idea appeared i wash your brilliant interview yesterday and really enjoyed it. i am a fan of his. and of years, of course, because you always do a great interview. when he suggested president trump yesterday, i thought that was a great point, but i would say before we get to the point where we bring out our all-star mvp quarterback to the negotiating table, i think we are in a good place in the moment and that we are letting the chinese take the lead. you have to remember in the minds of the north koreans, the korean war never ended. it certainly ended well before you or i were born, and it is a distant memory for most americans, but that minds of the north koreans, they think we are still gearing up but the south koreans to take over the entire peninsula. t

. >> rose: we continue with ian bremmer talking about china and the u.s. summit as well as syria and the chemical weapon attack. >> my view has been from day one

ian bremmer says that le pen is going to do a trump redux. would that shocked the equity market? >> over the last year we have learned one thing and that is that political events are difficult to protect. on stocks is equally difficult if not more difficult. with brexit and the trump election, it is pretty much the majority of forecasters suggesting it would be difficult , create difficult condition for the economy. so the truth is that stocks are absorbing these changes and the political landscape pretty well. i can tell you have economic ramifications occur. stocks will generally perform well as long as the economy is improving. stocks have actually rallied. so why don't we terre battue playbook and suggest a le pen win would be different? don't fight the fed is a lot more important of a mantra for stocks than any other sort of fiscally oriented policy. driver, i think stocks can absorb a lot of policy risk overtime. stocks rose through wartime .eriods and peace time periods what really matters is the level of real interest rates and the level of economic growth. those two comb

ian, you were able to listen to charles krauthammer in the previous segment. i wonder if you largely agreed with what he had to say and what you think about president trump's move over the past two weeks? >> i think in terms of our trump has accomplished so far and the intentions to try to make the chinese pay attention to, since they are the ones that have the impact and influence over north korea, i agree with that. but i would say that his suggested outcome, the one peaceful plan, finlandization, the idea that china will turn a country with ten nuclear weapons into a nonnuclear state, is ludicrous on its fate. it would be suicidal for kim jong nam to require active regime change. the reason why china has been so reluctant is not because they are happy with what north korea is doing, they used to be ten years ago, they are not any more, the reason they don't push, is because they fear that the north koreans, if they really threaten regime change, it is going to blow up, not only the regime, but also the region. that is something the chinese are very slow to