square. with christmas celebrations as they get under way with that crowd. we re going to continue to watch that throughout the morning. president-elect donald trump released a letter that he received from russia s president vladimir putin. a week after it was written. in this letter, president putin s hopes to restore u.s./russia s relations. what does all of this mean for the future of nuclear policy? cnn s chief mrilt cal correspondent dana bash has more details. victor and alison, anyone watching the to ing and fro ing from vladimir putin to donald trump about nice letters and nuclear arms race should rightly not know what s going on but that could be the point. each trying to keep the upper hand. it s one thing, though, doing that negotiating business deals, it s quite different when talking about nuclear arsenal.
going to negligent asia the way allegedly the younger bush administration did by getting distracted with wars in afghanistan and iraq. there was a political angle to it too, and the constand to-ing and froing of secretary clinton, that reinforced the notion in az wra that finally the united states is no longer distracted in the middle east. it s going to concentrate on the region. this has gone into abayance in the second term where secretary kerry has been tied up with negotiations with iran, with israel, palestine, and the asians say here we go again. another american administration that s distracted in the middle east, distracted elsewhere, even though two of the three world s largest economies are in asia and asia is the geographical center of the global economy.
unless, unless they can cut the spending. and with the lottery tickets, can you use your credit card at the machine when you go to the like a i assume you can at the 7-eleven. what s the difference? if you get it where you can fett get the foot long hot t.o.ing. in california, i don t think they can. and look at ben. you know, stein. all right, i want to thank charlie and dagen very, very much. in the meantime, up next, ben stein loves conservative investors as his list of favorites, but charles finally found a fund, a fund he likes so much, he s picking it on this show next. . we love it. we love it. i m consolidating my assets. i m not paying hidden fees or high commissions. i m making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start.
good morning to you. happy monday, november 7th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. prime minister george papandreou is meeting with the leader of the main opposition party after agreeing to step down. on the table who will be the next prime minister after both sides agree to form a unity government? the new government is expected to approve a $178 billion bailout package aimed at preventing greece from defaulting on its massive debt. cnn s diana magnay explains how it went down. reporter: it was a day of intense political wrangling in athens as the leaders of the two main parties fought tooth and nail over the formation of a new government. finally they came together in a late night meeting with the president. the reporters waited outside. after one and a half hour, a written statement delivered through the bars of the palace gate, a statement that a new government will be formed to tide the country through t
emerges, or was there prior to that departure, you would have a different piece. but there s quite a that s an important point just to be clear about. my final question is it seems to me on the face of it that the news of the world was sacrificed in order to try to protect rebekah brooks position at news international. in effect, rather than her being having her departure being announced, the news of the world was offered up as an alternative to try to deal with the whole thing. do you regret now making that decision? do you regret closing the news of the world to try and save rebekah brooks? in hindsight, do you wish you accepted her resignation to start with in order that that paper with a fine tradition could probably continue and all of the people who are now out of work could still be in work? i regret very much the pain of people that will not be able to find work. the two decisions were totally unrelated, absolutely sxl totally unrelated. so when you cam