To Dateline London. Donald trump and the hugely controversial travel ban. Should the president be welcomed in britain . And parliament votes to begin the process of leaving the European Union but what kind of europe will be in existence in some two or three years time . My guests today are jeffrey kofman, who is a North American journalist, mina al oraibi, who is a commentator on arab affairs, Maria Margaronis of the nation, and michael gove, who is a times columnist and conservative mp. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck its a duck. So Donald Trumps ban and it is a ban, although apparently temporary clearly targets people from some mostly muslim countries. The Result Demonstrations around the world and political convulsions in the united states. Is this a political masterstroke however, saying to Trump Supporters, you wanted something done about islamic terrorism, well, here is something . Or is it as domestic and International Critics believe shambolic
hungary and victor does there. and we can t say we are immune from these contagions that have taken hold in other countries. you personally learned a lesson this week just how hard it would be for a leader to try to lead a more moderate path forward in this age of extremes. explain. well, i had written an article last year, praising macron in france, the newly-elected president, for being a centrist. somebody who resisted the extremes of left and right, and of course, in the last four or five weeks, he has faced unrelenting protests from the yellow vests who have a very amorphous agenda, engaging in acts of violence than is a demonstration how hard it is for somebody like macron to make centrist reforms and i got blowback from that online myself, because all of these far left and far right twitter trolls are attacking me for supporting macron. now, i am used to being attacked but this is an indication to me how there is a vested interest from what i call the liberal
a last-minute hack of a presidential front-runner s private election materials, does this sound familiar? this time it s in france. just a day and a half before the election, leading candidate emmanuel macron s campaign said friday it had been the target of a massive computer hack that dumped its campaign e-mails online. cnn estimating that 70,000 documents were in the dump. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the posting of the data, nor how much of it is genuine. this comes on the heels of former president barack obama releasing an ad supporting macron. the centrist candidate whose opponent is a far right leader, marine le pen, for whom president trump has expressed enthusiasm. take a listen. i want all of my friends to know how much i am rooting for your success. because of how important this election is, i also want you to know that i am supporting emmanuel macron to lead you forward.
presidential front-runner s private election materials, does this sound familiar? this time it s in france. just a day and a half before the election, leading candidate emmanuel macron s campaign said friday it had been the target of a massive computer hack that dumped its campaign e-mails online. cnn estimating that 70,000 documents were in the dump. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the posting of the data, nor how much of it is genuine. this comes on the heels of former president barack obama releasing an ad supporting macron. the centrist candidate whose opponent is a far right leader, marine le pen, for whom president trump has expressed enthusiasm. take a listen. i want all of my friends to know how much i am rooting for
reminiscent of alleged russian role of tampering in hillary clinton s campaign last year. we spoke with some folks on the street and here in liberal paris we heard a lot of support more macron but in the french heartland where the economy is stagnant, unemployment high, the la pen message, the nationalist message playing very well. we also did hear from some people who they call neither or no voters, people who will go to the polls but leave a blank ballot unhappy with both candidates. now, remember, there is no major party candidate running in this run-off, they got knocked out in the first round of the election. but this is so important that major u.s. figures have stepped in this past week, former president obama taped a video message supporting macron in the past we have heard president trump speaking kindly about la pen, just yesterday, the white house said whoever wins tomorrow, they will work with, considering the way polls have gone and this unpredictable political season in th