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>> iran is somebody, is a nation that we have to watch very closely. i have great respect for a lot of people but i dont always agree with everybody. >> all right, christopher. please help me out here. if the president doesnt agree with agencies of global threats where is he getting his intelligence? >> well, some would say just from that gut of his. but, in fact, everything that youve heard just now is true on both sides. the problem is that when the intelligence community speaks, it speaks abo...

Weapons. europe is vulnerable because trump is systematically undermining the nato alliance, basically wearing it down, destroying confidence in the united states role in it, threatening to withdraw, completely misunderstanding the whole question of european contributions to nato. all of that is undermining the strength and credibility of nato and all of that makes europe much more vulnerable. at the same time that politically the populist wave thats a plague sweeping europe is undermining the w...

Christopher, good morning. what do you make of the russian presidents message on developing new missiles? >> well, i think once again we see that putin is taking the initiative here. im not sure that those missiles are going to be a tremendous threat to europe or to the united states. what is happening is the old treaty structure is breaking down. and the united states had become very uncomfortable with it. its not just about russia and the united states any more the way it was back in the reaga...

Forum. it will be interesting to note the reaction that gets. will there be any reaction online? i can tell you there was very strong, very swift reaction online yesterday to his decision not to go to the cemetery because of the weather. the white house saying that created all sorts of security concerns, but french officials, american officials, those who served in the obama and bush administrations were very quick to criticize that decision by president trump. essentially saying there is always...

Suspicions. >> president trump plowing ahead with plans to hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16th in helsinki. former secretary of state john kerry expressing concerns. joining me now is christopher dicky, world news editor with the daily beast. christopher, good morning to you. are nato leaders concerned about this summit? >> oh, theyre very worried, indeed. i think they are afraid that trump is going to give away the farm. hes already talking about breaking up nato or...

Democracy in regimes like the erdogan regime in turkey or the cici regime in egypt or the duterte regime in the philippines. the united states stands a real good chance of becoming a regime like those. >> other officials are telling regimes north korea has been hiding secret sites and stepping up areas for nuclear production even while hes been having conferences with president trump. how do you see this playing out? >> not well. either trump will ignore it, or hell call it fake news or hell ret...

Eventually raise everybody. but you have to pay attention to things like climate change and a lot of issues that president trump isnt comfortable with or doesnt believe in. on the other hand, you have a whole big collection of billionaires and ceos from around the world, but a lot of them american. and frankly, they love the tax cut, particularly the corporate tax cut that trump has pushed through and the republicans have pushed through. so, they feel very positive about him. they feel a lot ric...

Panel. washington bureau chief for associated press, julie pace is back with us tonight, white house reporter for "the wall street journal." and paris based editor for the daily beast. long time overseas correspondent, christopher dicky who happened to be in atlanta, georgia. with us tonight. obviously the traveling white house, from the boss on down. an effort to normal i the idea of meeting with a russian and gladly accepting their help in the campaign. you are not going to see, a lot of -- ap...

The communications shop in this white house, under sean spicer, is sort of, priebus area. jared and ivanka wing, has long wanted a different chief of staff. and long been frustrated at communications shop. you can see, that that is a feeling that a lot of times is shared by the president. whether he has been convinced by his daughter and son-in-law about this or whether it is just convane yeenient to blame the spokespeople for not being able to clean up the mess hes creates. go back early on. do...

I talked to somebody yesterday who has been pretty blasta about the entire thing echoing the president saying it was a ruse. i was connect texts with him yesterday saying i havent been concerned i think its a big wish hunt. today i started to get concerned. >> chris youre a long-term print magazine cover, the cover of "time" we know long established critical real estate for this president. but he wont like this one. its also established that the cover of "time" gets a pretty good ride. its seen ...