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In the same direction harmony is not in trumps nato playbook hed rather set the agenda including his one on one meeting with nato general secretary young burke. tranced chief complaint the u.s. pays to much other nato members pay too little to the president which companies want to spend a great hes the oldest of the many. years back where theyre dealing with the united states they are there in two thousand and fourteen only britain and greece made the agreed contribution of two percent of g.d.p....

Germany and the us has overshadowed the summit all eyes skyward the only moment where everyone was looking in the same direction harmony is not in trumps nato playbook hed rather set the agenda including his one on one meeting with nato general secretary young stoltenberg. tranced chief complaint the u.s. pays to much other nato members pay too little for the president which company wants it or use it all of us through the many. years back where they are doing it with. the united states they are...

Ukraine. again, the benefit of nato countries is you dont have to have that discussion. the pols would be concerned they want to get into their countries but they cant. if youre a member of nato, russia wendt walk into your country. >> if you look at the press in the baltic countries which have much smaller military forces and, therefore, would have a tough time defending themselves, theyre nervous because they feel that the signals theyre getting from washington and in particular from our presi...

Whole alliance. thats the core of nato. one for all and all for one. were now in the process of implementing the biggest reenforcement since the end of the cold war. more troops in eastern part of the lines in the baltic countries and poland with forces but also first time we see increase defense spending across europe. its shotgomething we are strengthening by improving technology to help improve their cyber defenses. >> thank you very much. thanks for shares the outcome of this nato meeting to...

And hes continued to do that through action and weve continued to do that through a number of administration officials. to say the president hasnt addressed it directly, he did that while standing on stage with the leaders of the baltic countries in front of i believe every single one of you this week. thats not a fair or accurate statement. >> on these sanctions imposed today, hes not spoken out. theres been no statement issued under his name. hes not spoken out specifically about the issues en...

Open press room and talked about how he had been tough on russia and hes continued to do that through action. and weve continued to do that through a number of administration officials, but to say that the president hasnt addressed it directly, he did that while standing on stage with the leaders of the baltic countries in front of, i believe, almost every single one of you earlier this week. so thats not a fair or accurate statement. >> on these sanctions imposed today, hes not spoken out and t...

It be north korea using a weapon of mass destruction somewhere or another country were against the use of weapons of mass destruction. >> sandra: this morning with maria they were saying well have to do more. >> one of the things that is a down payment on the more to do is well bring the leaders of baltic countries, which are the prize that vladamir putin most wants right now, he is unravelling ukraine but what he wants is to take back these baltic states as he makes himself a new czar. meetin...

Institutions really of course that he also is a man the all the euro zone would this not then be a case of also an attack on the e.c.b. yes of course i mean the russian government has tried to intervene militarily and the ukraine or georgia and they cant do this in the baltic countries although they were allowed to because they were really angry when the baltic countries were being admitted into nato and also into the opinion and also into the euro zone so what theyre trying to do is a little mo...

Battle groups to the baltic countries and poland. at the same time, we dont want a new cold car, occupation with russia. we balance its proportionate and continue to see russia, our biggest neighbor, and have to try to keep tensions down. >> its interesting you say that, because president trump today tweeted this -- our relationship with russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low. you can thank congress, the same people that cant even give us health care. first of all, do you agree that the...

But around the world. in fact, even more so with regard to eastern european countries, baltic countries, as an example. we do need to push back and be helpful to other countries as they try to push back. >> before i let you go, i know youre helping lead the bipartisan effort right now behind a bill to combat sex trafficking. a crackdown on websites that promote it. tell us about this legislation. >> its simple. were trying to keep girls and women from being exploited online. sex trafficking has ...