Well over 30 the Democratic leadership knows it will get its way Gary O'Donoghue the United States and China have reached a provisional agreement in the 1st significant move to deescalate the grueling trade war between them Donald Trump said the Phase one deal would suspend tariffs due to come into effect later this week Samir Hussein is in New York this 1st step in a trade deal between the United States and China puts an end to 19 months of uncertainty and tit for tat duties on Chinese and American goods both countries are taking this as a win China will significantly increase purchases of u.s. Agricultural goods and in return some duties on Chinese imports will be lifted news of this phase one trade deal pushed u.s. Financial markets to record highs as investors were finally able to shake off some economic uncertainty brought on by the trade war details of a signing ceremony are still being worked out Samir who say you're listening to the latest world news from the b.b.c. In London. The United Nations has accused the police and army in Chile of committing serious human rights violations in their response to recent anti-government demonstrations in which nearly 30 people were killed u.n. Investigators say they have found evidence of widespread torture ill treatment sexual violence and arbitrary detention against protesters over the past 2 months the international charity Action Against Hunger says 4 hostages kidnapped in northern Nigeria in July have been killed they were among 6 people killed by Boko Haram militants half were employees of the charity the others were from the Nigerian Ministry of Health this report from Miami Jones in a statement The charity also called for the release of a female member of staff who remains in captivity she was kidnapped in July along with 2 drivers and free workers from the Health Ministry in September the charity confirmed that one of the abductees had been killed now it seems that the splinter group to some extent West Africa province has run out of patience and executed for hostages it's not clear what prompted these latest killings but a source of crude ties to terror group claims it followed a breakdown in talks with the government Algeria's president elect. Has said in a televised address that he intends to bring people together but young people in power to lead the country and have a new constitution drafted by tens of thousands of Algerians have been out on the streets of the capital and other cities demanding the sweeping away of the entire political establishment. Austria's far right Freedom Party has expelled its leader Hines Christian Straka who was at the center of a corruption scandal that brought down the country's government earlier this year he led the party into coalition with the conservatives but the government collapsed after Mr Striker was caught on video offering public contracts to a woman posing posing as a Russian oligarchs nice and exchange for party funding the Freedom Party has struggled at subsequent elections b.b.c. News. Welcome to News from the b.b.c. World Service coming to you live from London I'm Julian Marshall care in the u.k. The Prime Minister Barak's Johnson is basking in the biggest election victory for the governing Conservative Party since the days of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980 s. While the main opposition Labor Party has slumped to its Was result since $935.00 it's an election that is redrawing the political map of the United Kingdom after a campaign in which the conservative mantra of get breaks a done seems to cut through to voters with the party capturing dozens of seats that have traditionally voted for the Labor Party seats many of which voted to leave the European Union and the brakes had referendum in 2016 with all 650 seats in parliament now declared the conservatives have a majority of 80 and as he stood in front of the Prime Minister's London residence earlier today Mr Johnson had this to say if you ask yourselves what are you going to do with the extraordinary majority I will tell you we are going to unite and level up bringing together the whole of this incredible United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland together taking us food unleashing the potential of the whole country delivering opportunity across the entire nation. And since I know that after 5 weeks frankly a reactionary this country deserves a break from wrangling a break from politics at a permanent break from talking about bricks it. I want everyone to go about their Christmas preparations happy and secure in the knowledge that here in this people's government the work is now being stepped up to make 2020 a year of prosperity and growth and hope and to deliver a parliament that works for the people. Morris Johnson Andy Card was a newly elected conservative m.p. For Warrington south and north west of England again from the opposition Labor Party I asked him 1st to describe his constituency it really is a seat of 2 hearts you have the southern area of the constituency which is more of a commuter zone for the big cities in Manchester and Liverpool with individuals who are probably travelling in and out every day and slightly higher salaries than the average and then the northern parts of the constituency will be much more traditional northern town working class type area and you won today because you gained the support of a lot of those working class voters yes I think that probably is the case in that the very clear message that came across on the the doorstep was that voters felt that their their trust in politicians was lacking because politicians that were elected previously hadn't delivered on the referendum outcome from 26 states and there was a very clear message that Labor's proposition to have a 2nd referendum to try and renegotiate a new deal was perhaps not in line with their manifesto commitment from 2070 but getting breaks had done was obviously a very slick election phrase but it was a simplification wasn't it it simplifies the concept that we spent 3 and a half years talking about following a referendum where the discussions around BRICs it leaving the European Union were discussed that at length there was a vote that was taken and be more than 1200000 more people voted to leave in the u.k. Than remain politicians haven't been able to agree the process for leaving and so the general election was called and this really is quite a decisive outcome for Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party that. We need to get on we need to deliver that commitment why did people in Warrington South vote to leave what did they think furred breaks it was going to do for them the real message that came back from voters that we spoke to was firstly in this election democracy is important if you have a u.k. Wide referendum and the decision is to leave you have to implement that you can't keep having the votes until you get a different answer that's not how democracy works I think the 2nd issue that came up is that there are a number of of key themes that come across one of them was around sovereignty being able to control the laws that are agreed within your parliament and the 2nd most I think around immigration and that in itself is something that really can now be addressed because we can control our own borders but to what extent do you think 3rd to you one in Warrington south or the Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn last I think it's very fair to say that on the doorstep conversations with voters did highlight their dislike of Jeremy Corbett his proposition his offering and. The association that he had with with issues with in certain groups was something that played through and I think that is an issue but I think we also have to remember that voters in South have previously over 2 elections elected conservative politicians so it's not that unusual for this to elect a Conservative politician as Andy Card who are newly elected conservative member of parliament from Warrington south in the northwest of England now time usually after an election in which a party has been defeated for candidates to turn so soon on the party leader but so devastating have been the losses for the Labor Party the many of them have been taking aim at their leader Jeremy Corbyn who's already announced that he'll be standing down before the next election but missed. Corbin himself has been defending his campaign strategy I have pride in our manifesto that we put forward and all the policies we put forward which actually had huge public support on issues of universal credit to green industrial revolution and investment for the future but this election was taken over ultimately by break certain we as a party represent people who both voted remain live and my whole strategy was to reach out beyond the bricks and divide to try and bring people together because ultimately the country has to come together Jeremy called and David Lammy has just been reelected Labor Member of Parliament for the North London constituency of Tottenham so why did his party lose the election so badly when I think we lost for 3 reasons we lost because overwhelmingly Jeremy Corbin was unpopular on the doorstep I think that there were profound issues of trust for part of the electorate particularly in the States who felt that we had been sitting on the Fed's frankly on the Bracks issue such a long and we had to pick a side then the biggest debate of our times I think the 2nd reason was press that itself and the splits that exist within the low power movement and I think the fir old issues credibility credibility in relation to the leader and senators and taught him right right throughout a component is failure to apologize I think was a particular problem but I also think we had aspects of credibility on our manifesto that was an ambitious manifesto with billions of pounds attached to it and I think there was a group of the electorate that whilst they were attracted to the outer walls didn't really believe that we were poor that deliberate or that they wouldn't pay the price for it in terms of time. Session and so there's the 3 assertions that aren't . Crossed the Twin Tree. Of a different communities but overwhelmingly we were just not able to convince him to sweat that we could form a government and set a future direction a country that the Georgians are and we lost it's not just in lives it's the way we also lost as in the main things that we were and this was a bigger issue than just the tax issue so when you come to choose your next party leader the point at which Mr Corbin stands down what you'll be looking for somebody as radical somebody most interesting. Well I think we should pay credit to call them for bringing a whole lot of young people into the party room and understand also for changing the dial on austerity and on the nature of having a slightly more radical economy but at the same time what we count is pick a later that's attractive to women of 'd the party that represents a faction of the party but frankly does not in the end have sufficient purchase in the country we must keep an eye on the country we need to be approved tent party once again that doesn't mean us swinging back to New Labor that attorney Blair because that was now 20 odd years ago but it does mean understanding that we have to be approved that Obama in the United States when he combine votes in California or New York with you know higher Wisconsin sir can be done but we've got to have the right face to. The present labor m.p. Fill the North under. A bit let me with me in the studio she will be for much of the program Joe Russia from. The you can a changing your research group we spoke to a conservative m.p. From a constituency that has been Labor Conservative Yes but an extraordinary election this for the number of constituencies where people have voted for Labor for decades and now turn to the conservatives really have a very different geographies the conservative vote we've become very used the conservative base it peeping very southern affluent areas and really just having one or 2 seats in Northern England in the sort of pockets of pockets of the rich Kmita areas and not being represented in the sort of more traditional Northern working class towns but it's really interesting as birth just now has to govern for a very different sort of conservative party and you've heard him on the top of the steps of Downing Street talking about recognising that he needs to make sure he governs for those people it was actually made a gesture to the people who voted remain Oh didn't vote for the Conservative Party yesterday. But his government for those people as well as can be quite a big challenge he referred Smalling to those people lending the conservatives their vote was quite interesting language sort of as though he's on probation because he can't actually guarantee that those people who vote next time around as it should be part of a trendsetter interest to happen some people say this happened 1st in Scotland that the Labor Party has to be the strongest party by Miles's call it could rely on Scottish votes and then the Labor Party collapse in Scotland now there's a phenomenon of Labor actually paying the price perhaps for taking those grants those votes in the north too much for granted for too long and of course Mr Johnson now has to. If you like benefit those communities which voted to leave the European Union which in the past has provided money to help those communities that's right he sort of said he'll get it done is quite interesting we're talking to continue to elect a Conservative m.p. That he was saying is a very simple message gets it done but actually for those communities what really matters is what's the shape that long term relationship they may have got some money through the e.u. Support for for poor communities certainly a lot of money for example goes into Wales where the city quite well. What's the government going to do they've been talking for ages about some new shed prosperity fund they've been dribbling out money into towns to be very interesting Do they really have an agenda of investment in the infrastructure in those a lot of those northern towns which have suffered a lot now is that going to make a real difference people's lives kill many thanks and look forward to hearing from you again later in the program Show writer from the u.k. And a change in your search. Support for j p r comes from our listeners and from inner g. Trust of Oregon energy trust of Oregon helping you protect our state's natural beauty by saving energy at home more about energy efficient home upgrades at Energy Trust dot org slash savings 'd. The next fresh air comic actor and writer Wanda Sykes talks about doing comedy during the Obama era and the Trump era as a lot of political material as well as comedy about being an African-American lesbian married to a white woman her comedy special not normal is streaming on Netflix join us Wanda Sykes on fresh air today at 3 and 7 here in the news and information service of our . This is Julian Marshall with news hour live from the b.b.c. In London there's been a cautious welcome from European leaders to Boris Johnson's decisive election victory an acknowledgement that despite their regretted the u.k. Leaving he now has a clear mandate to take the country out of the European Union by Germany the 31st but they've also warned that the time frame for finalizing a deal on future relations will be very challenging the transition period ends at the end of 2020 speaking after an e.u. Summit in Brussels the Irish prime minister live Radko said Britain's exit from the you could now go ahead with a negotiated with draw agreement we want to see the withdrawal agreement ratified so that we can have that orderly breaks as we've really had locked in gridlock for 2 or 3 years now that is are going to pass a deeply regret that United Kingdom our friends are leaving the European Union but that's their decision and they confirm that now with this election we're a spoke to Helen McEntee who is the minister for European affairs for Ireland's governing finagled party and I began by asking her if she was surprised that Boris Johnson had won so decisively I don't think anybody could have really predict at the overall outcome but I think if anything we had a very clear mandate for the prime minister and if anything from our point of view what we wanted was a decisive outcome and this is exactly what we have I think not just from an Irish perspective but from leaders across the e.u. We wanted to prevent this uncertainty from continuing again for months and beyond that what we need to happen now and obviously what we hope will happen now is that that withdrawal agreement can pass through the House of Commons that obviously it will then move onto the European Parliament and I have no doubt that it will be able to pass through the parliament giving us focus on the future relationship so you know I think it's difficult to predict the overall like but I think it is a very clear comment something that you know very clearly allows us. To move on to the next stage which for us really is what we wanted I would echo the t. Shirts comments and sentiments that you know I still regret that brags that it's happening at it's not an Irish policy or something that we would believe in but we fully respect and I think this allows certainty it allows certainly from an Irish perspective individual citizens and businesses to know now that we're going to have an orderly brags that we will hopefully have a transition period that will give us some clarity as to what kind of a future relationship we'll have in you know whether it's in the next year or 2 or indeed 3 years because the option to extend the transition period is still obviously there and that mandate as you say gives Mr Johnson the ability to get his would drop of a retool agreement through parliament what does it make him as a negotiating partner as we move on to the next stage of negotiating future relations with the un the u.k. . Well I think what's changed now is obviously with the majority that he has we have previously been negotiating with a government on certain and very clearly not being able to pass anything that was a created a European level so now we know most likely that anything that we do agree will have the support of the House of Commons which we haven't had before but what approach the prime minister takes we simply don't know we know that his predecessor trees I'm a spoke about a close relationship one pro we converge where is the prime minister has talked about divergence he's talked a base looking for either a fear of doing different trade deals and I think the European view would be that we need to ensure that there continues to be a level playing field yes we want to have a close relationship and Ireland will certainly be up the case in for that but we need to protect our single market the Customs Union and we need to protect our own markets and our own status and so I think time will tell what I would say about the e.u. And the only way that we are possibly going to achieve this by the end of next year is to get things moving as quickly as possible Mr Byron here who has led the negotiations on behalf of the. $27.00 is now chair of the task force on the future relations he is ready to go in the 1st of February if this passes through which we expect will in the Parliament before the 31st of January so we're ready to go I think unless we try we're not going to get there but we have to remember that there needs to be a level playing field and you know I think it's easier to negotiate with the prime minister at that has the majority in the mandate that he has could get a brief comment from you on the outcome of the election in Northern Ireland the unions have lost their majority at the Republican Sion fame party also lost a significant portion of its vote it seems there is a shift towards more said to Graeme politics in Northern Ireland you know I do think were we're witnessing a change in political landscape and I think it is very clear that we're moving some part forwards and more center ground a more moderate politics but I think what's very clear and I think what was reflected on the doors and this came across in any interview with any political. Candidates over the past day or 2 what people want to Northern Ireland is a functioning executive the assembly has for over 2 and a half years now which is unprecedented what we need to do that when the t. Shirt spoke to the prime minister this evening and they're very clear objective was yes we passed that with broad agreement to start focusing on the future relationship but we also need to bring all political parties together in the north to ensure that the executors itself and morning as soon as possible because obviously if this doesn't happen by the middle of January we're possibly facing further elections in the north which I believe would possibly get even more divisive So I think the focus needs to be on bringing parties together and making sure the assembly is up and running Helen McEntee minister for European affairs for island's governing finagle party is still with me in the studio Joel writers soon a research fellow with the u.k. In a changing Europe think tank now what sort of problems do you see in those negotiations on the Ucas future relationship with the European Union is key issue of how ready is the u.k. Because you have had. McEntee talk about the e.u. Being raring to go from the 1st for pretty time is very short to conclude the sort of deal that Boris Johnson has said he wants to particularly if he sticks to his commitment not to ask for an extension but he was very interesting she picked up this issue of level playing field provisions and the e.u. Is quite worried about the u.k. I think America has referred to the u.k. Becoming a competitor and it's very interesting couple of years ago when they produced their 1st sets of guidelines they referred to the fact that the u.k. Was an economy that was geographically very close to the e.u. And was quite intertwined with the e.u. Economy and some of those member states want a close relationship with the k. They want to go on trading but they don't want a u.k. Government that they think is going to get unfair advantages in the trade with the e.u. By say cutting environmental regulation reducing levels of social protection or having a very aggressive tax policy and that's why I think one of these issues that's going to come up as we move into phase 2 of the talks is going to be this issue of what they call a level playing field how do we guarantee that we can allow the u.k. Access to our market it's not subject to our rules as it would be if it was a member of the single market or a country like Norway and that sort of relationship but how can we make sure that we can allow the u.k. In but protect the European social model and make sure it doesn't force policy change on us and also interestingly she spoke about a possible extension of the transition period so rather like the withdrawal agreement and the extension of the brakes it leaving day this is a process that could go on and on and not done and dusted Mr Johnson suggests the withdrawal agreement makes provision for the u.k. To ask once for an extension of that extension to be one or 2 years the concerns manifested said we will. Not for an extension so he's ruled that out a lot of people think he would have to be and some people are saying that she opposed Johnson in full command of his party and with a majority in parliament will be able to make that decision if it suits him to have an extension he wrote but at the moment u.k. Is still saying we can actually get this all done and dusted nicely ratified good to go this by this time next year that would make it a the fastest trade deal in history so breaks it is going to be around as a concept for quite some time you had a bad press it is no Says done as Mr Jones might like you to think it has Joe Russia seen it was such fun in the u.k. In a changing Europe think tank you're listening to the b.b.c. World Service I'm Julian Marshall and this is news. Distribution of the b.b.c. World Service News Hour in the u.s. Is made possible by American Public Media producer and distributor of award winning public radio content a.p.m. American Public Media with support from Fidelity Investments taking a personalized approach to helping clients grow preserve and manage their wealth learn more at fidelity dot com slash wealth for the Levy brokerage services l.l.c. . Just because you're on the road or a little outside the j.p. 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Or It's Friday December 13th. Senator as you know they're under their own fare so thank you for making time for us I'm delighted to be here let's just jump in my colleague Andrew Ross Sorkin so financial columnist at The Times who's written a lot about your career told me about what feels like a turning point moment for you back in April of 2009 so that's where I want to start this conversation. It's the height of the financial crisis and you get a call from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart What do you remember thinking when you got that car really. I mean here I am doing this really want work as the financial markets are in freefall the question every day is whether the banks can survive millions of families are facing foreclosure people have lost their jobs pension funds have gone down and I have this little panel the Congressional Oversight Panel that is supposed to bring some accountability to the system and I'm fighting the Treasury Department every day the Federal Reserve every day and just trying to talk about what's happening and when Jon Stewart called I thought. Wow I could talk to a whole lot of people who otherwise might not be watching that scene and be able to talk about what's going on and start to put it in some context so you see this is a big opportunity to explain what is going on right to people that's my 1st response. And then and then the closer I get to going on to more anxious I can and they put you back in this little tiny tiny green room and I thought I put in my doing here this is this is a really bad idea and go in the bathroom and threw up. And I thought I mean you look stupid and more importantly your work I may make the work look stupid. So once you get out on the set how does it go it's worse than I thought I guess tonight a professor of law at Harvard University said I'm standing behind like this big heavy curtain and then do you want to show as a bit of Warren. In downtown on stage and all of it is new to me. Welcome to the show that you are you are the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel on this this relief effort the money that is being funneled to these companies he's asked me his he's asked Netty was the money stolen Is that why he didn't want any of it was it you know the the nothing is feeling coherent some of the money is now being committed to people. Are you about to curse. Is that an acronym. I'm going to try on this one what what is people stand for I don't remember. If. It's an investment thing. I've watched you did you choked I choked like choked I choked big time is that oh I remember it's public private investment program I'm sorry it just took me my Public Private Investment Program pip pip people. So anyway we finish up and like I'm ready to get out of the chair to. Come shoot through with the cast and he's looking at me and he said so what would you have said about this crisis and I told him in one sentence and he said Ok stay and you were granted a television reprieve Well a reprieve for a 2nd firing squad I mean who knows think it would Tory fabric so we have 2 choices we're going to make a big decision probably over about the next 6 months and the big decision we're going to make is it's going to go one way or the other we're going to decide basically hey we don't need regulation you know it's fine boom and bust boom and bust boom and bust and good luck with your 401 k. Or alternatively we're going to say you know we're going to put in some smart regulation it's going to adapt to the fact that we have new products and what we're going to have going forward is we're going to have some stability and some real prosperity for ordinary folks and that socialism. By the way. That is the 1st time in probably 6 months to a year that I've felt better on Sunday I don't know what it is that you just did right there but for. That was like financial chicken soup from a that was. The kind of perspective you're going to try and I really do appreciate it and good luck. Why is this the most that you wanted us to ask Elizabeth Warren about this is really the moment for Elizabeth Warren when she learned how to tell a story with a narrative arc about big complicated ideas this is that skill that has really become almost her political brand and his brought her the followers and created this ascension of her role as one of the leading candidates in the presidential 2020 campaign. That episode of Jon Stewart was the 1st time I ever saw her do that it was also the moment as I'm covering the financial crisis in real time as a columnist for The New York Times that the financial world looks up and says Who is that and where did she come from. 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Org 2 2 2 2 2 2. I spoke with Senator Elizabeth about her journey from academic researcher to an outspoken advocate for financial reform so with all on in mind Senator. This journey that you're on at this moment it intersects with a financial crisis so what did you do once the financial system starts unraveling because you're not Demick at this point how do you or how do you suddenly become somebody who is suddenly involved in trying to put out this fire so I'm at home one night late in the fall of 2008 and the markets have crashed and the phone rings and it's this soft spoken man who says this is very very but I said no. It is Harry rate I'm the majority leader in the United States Senate and he says he wants me to come head up this Congressional Oversight Panel come to Washington and help oversee what's going on during this crisis what Harry Reid wants to do is to help Congress oversee this huge bank bailout the $700000000000.00 of taxpayer money that Congress authorized to save the banks in the weeks after the crash and really to try to help understand what went wrong in the 1st place I had no idea even know what this particular thing was this the regulatory thing that he was asking me to do. But my view was our country set a crisis and so I said Yes my view was of this could be cool I'm going to have authority to be able to come in and say to the Treasury Department and to the Fed I want to see your numbers and I want to see your plan I want to see where this $700000000000.00 that Congress had authorized I want to see where that money is going and what you're getting in return what kind of promises in changes from the banks so that night I sat down and actually looked up the statute that authorized this Congressional Oversight Panel. And it had some stuff about how people get appointed and how they get paid and so on and then it just says we'll write reports every 30 days. And that's what I started doing so what I mostly I'm doing and those months is just explaining what we're on my job is to say no it is not too complicated to understand here's exactly what happened the story told on Jon Stewart's show that's right finally that story when's a big audience. Well back to Morning Joe and here it is now the chair of the rational Oversight Panel and professor at Harvard Law School a little bit more and then he gets her this big public platform that she then uses to advocate for what some believe to be radical regulatory shifts in the system much tougher protections for consumers much tougher rules governing Wall Street and a stronger watchdog overseeing it all know how people applauded that but others thought it was crazy and Wall Street hates or her name is like a dirty word on Wall Street I mean I remember calling up bank C.E.O.'s at that time and if I mentioned the name Elizabeth Warren you know they might have dropped the phone on me she was advocating for a complete rethink of the banking system and that was anathema to the bankers because it would have fundamentally rewritten the rules it would have meant that most of these people wouldn't even have jobs when it was over so what is your overarching goal at this moment what are you envisioning that you can get done in this corner of the regulatory oversight system in the middle of this financial crisis I started thinking this is a great moment. To make government work again for the people instead of working for the big banks I think of it as the fire the the crash of 2008 is enough that everyone will lift their heads and said we need to put the rules back in place we need to get this system back on track right there wasn't great enthusiasm for Elizabeth among the economic team people inside the Obama administration senior people like David Axelrod will say they kind of saw her as a thorn in their side they saw her as a relentless opponent of the financial industry at a time that they were trying to prop the financial industry up Tim guider who is the secretary treasurer at the time hardly could get along with her and fundamentally disagreed with her about what the solution should really be inside the administration we literally feared a 2nd Great Depression and the thing that would have triggered it would have been the collapse of the financial system and that was not out of the question so we were left to try to undergird the financial system well she wanted a prosecuted Warren would haul Geithner up to Capitol Hill over and over her to testify in front of her panel. Is hearing is called Order thank you for being here today Mr Secretary a i.g. Has received about 70000000000 dollars in tarp money about 100000000000 dollars in loans from the Fed Do you know where the money went and just grill him weighing in to him about how the administration was handling the bailout and basically suggesting they weren't being tough enough on the banks Mr Secretary I'm familiar with all that you think you've done to support housing of them or all right to the latest in a sham just so it put us in a bind because on the one hand we couldn't allow these institutions to collapse because the whole economy would totally collapse within. But on the other hand by stepping in to try to make sure they didn't collapse we looked you know vaguely complicit and so having Elizabeth out there banging that drum you know added to the difficult atmosphere ics you know or her rhetoric was inflammatory to a lot of people so here's the thing about it was with Warren as this is happening she understands the position of the abominate history should she gets the conundrum that they face she gets the political forces at play but she relishes the role of being the outsider she's not trying to change the system from the inside so she's willing to alienate the people who would have traditionally been her allies because she she really believes she has this principled stand and if she commits to that principled stand her supporters won't just stick with her but the grow the word that gets used a lot to describe this period and how you are approaching these questions is that you alienated people that's a word that gets used a lot but your reaction to that word does that mean. I always heard that and is you one play nice with the banks and the big donors and. I just didn't care about the banks and the big donors and so there comes a time in 2010 when the economy is now no longer in complete freefall least the administration is now ready to act on some of these ideas a person quitting props or biggest idea which was this new agency that she conceived of called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she was very clear that she wanted to lead this bureau and she said you know I could do that and I'd be very enthusiastic about it or I could spend the next 10 months looking over Tim Geithner shoulder she's basically saying I can make your life hell by going out on t.v. Every single day and continuing to tell everybody that I can find they yearn bed with the banks and I well you know I took that message to the president and he basically said tellers shut up let us pass this bill and then we can talk about this. He wanted to bring her in because she was the author of the idea I mean she was the most prominent promoter of it but he also had to manage the politics of the financial reform she was seen as an inconvenient voice out there and one who they thought was unfair in her attacks and there was a real resistance to her we wanted her but we had to navigate that. So also mentally she's passed over she doesn't get to run the things she created arguably because she was so fierce in trying to advocate for it in the 1st place do you ever wonder Senator if the things that make you such a potent communicator and storyteller and have earned you a significant base of support made you a front runner in the Democratic primary that that might make it harder to actually solve the problems you've been so noble at diagnosing and that you've devoted so much of your career to starting all the way back to the 80. 9 days no word alienating No actually I don't and I'll tell you why because your vision is very uncompromising the question becomes are you on economy compromising the consumer agency for example did we get everything we want in the consumer agency No I can compromise when it's the right thing to compromise you know what I think a lot of folks are talking about on this when you ask this question about kind of this get along notion it's how much are you going to deal. To the corruption in the system the people who are handing out all the campaign contributions that and they've got all the lobbyists and they've got the bought and paid for experts whose voices they lift up and they give money to the think tanks because they like the system how it works and when they can't fight back on substance they go after the messenger and they say oh well you know uncompromising. Well yeah well if the question is do I think that Washington should be making policy based on a revolving door with Wall Street. Yeah I don't think it ought to be doing that and we've built a really great economy for decades in which that didn't happen what I'm asking for I believe is alternately quite reasonable. The system has been broken for decades Donald Trump has just accelerated and now we see it big time that means trying much like following the crash of 2008 the door for real change has opened a crack now we can just say we want to go back to business as usual the way it was before Donald Trump came along but not me I see the door opened a crack just like dead following the financial crisis but. It's not about me put down your shoulder and hit as hard as you can at that door open it up and make the changes we need to make as a country does an uncompromising vision work for a president. It's it's not about compromising I think that's just not the key point here it's about having a fission about who you want to work for and then you make decisions as you go along these lay out the vision and say that's where I'm going to head in this because this is what I believe in I believe in what we can do together I believe in the America we can build it can all be about just you know let's let's do just slight changes because I understand that Republicans are going to fight us on slight changes so if you're going to be in a fight make it a fight worth having and make it a fight that will inspire millions of people to join. Thanks again. I think she signaling here she understands that being president is different from being an advocate pushing from the outside. For brands to be principled. 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