all right so you are poly what brits yes did you vote for breaks it absolutely you know is the only language you would never want to lead this device in his home follies point unless there is a language to break to do that and no one s getting the apparently votes of i mean how do you explain what has happened and is happening in your home country things that actually like to say as something to do with being an island but then i stand shows everybody else that that s not that that s not so they were also high fives as well and island is very very well within the within the e.u. and is a very active partner. it s quite baffling sometimes to figure out why. it s happening the white house is about to happen i think sometimes this island mentality does play a role in that we run a very well those were both studying which is a school locally we had to on available to us friends i m german that is no longer the case it s right that it s been changed students in the u.k.
course is the do bacco of bragg s that we ve seen chaos it seems ongoing do you think that that could discourage some right wing nationalists either again within great britain or abroad yes we had the new leader americans this us from the party i m going to come qanbar she said about a week ago she said you know if anyone needed a good you know an advertisement for why the european union was necessary look at the chaos in britain you see where short sighted nationalism goes so in a way in a bizarre way although we re still in the middle of the breaks and calles that i had shown well if you want to retreat to your little island mentality go ahead you know but the trouble is you re dragging other countries down with you so in our land i don t think there s be any sort of. boost for populists there i mean we re we are very very dependent on the european union even more so now so i don t really see britain is now its own its own entity am but i do see across europe i see in
control of the u.s. house. coming year is likely to see both cooperation and confrontation. all told, the president will stay in this unique state for almost two weeks, announcing mid trip that he was going to be here for another day. for anyone who has ever spend time here, it s not hard to see why. tourists throng waikiki, taking in the hawaiian dance showing, tying the knot or enjoying the beach. oahu s north show draws surfers from all over the world to test themselves in the local waves. an island mentality, an island mentality, you need to rely on each other to survive. they recommend more it it in politics. people should live your life with aloha, with the idea that you care about your fellow person. for the president, a moment of calm before heading back to washington. mike vikara, nbc news, honolulu.
doesn t it? welcome back. the president is expected back in washington on tuesday. no more fireworks, no more beaches after that. he was two weeks in hawaii. the holiday trip now an annual tradition for him. mike viqueira is also a tradition now. he follows the president to honolulu. that s exactly right, my friend. how are you doing? reporter: those fireworks were a mere 6 1/2 hours ago here at the beach in waikiki. the president is on the other side of the island in a community called kailua. the president grew up here other than those four years in indonesia, on the leeward side of the island. he s a proud graduate of the high school. if you spend any time here, which you probably have, it really does not take long before you get into that island rhythm, that island mentality and even an island empathy, the way you look at the rest of the world. we prepared this little post card from hawaii to sort of give you a glimpse perhaps inside the president s upbringing.
day. anyone who has ever spent time here, it is not hard to see why. tourists tlaul in waikiki, taking in the shows or tying the knot. oahu s north shore draws surfers from all over the world to test themselves in its enormal oous waves. localing call the lifestyle, live aloha. an island mentality, you need to rely on each other to survive. reporter: they recommend more of it in politics. people who live their life with the idea that you care about your fellow person. reporter: after a low-key holiday in his boyhood home, for the president, a moment of calm before heading back to washington. now, richard, new year s eve for the obamas is a tradition. they have a talent show. someone earlier said it was a game of charades. it is a talent show. he has boyhood friends in