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Ambassador to germany richard grinnell is continuing to raise tempers in berlin on tuesday he accused the german government of quote reducing its already unacceptable commitments to military readiness unquote calling it a worrisome signal to germanys nato allies and fact the new budget features a small rise in both absolute military expenditures and the percentage of german g.d.p. spent on defense. but those outlays arent enough for grinnell or his boss u.s. president donald trump germanys well ...

You know what the money is at stake here to actually acquire this company as this case moves forward will learn more about the exact liability numbers even beardsley thanks very much for the diffusers as. well diplomatic ties between germany and the united states appear to be going from bad to worse and a lot of that has to do with berlins funding levels for the nato military alliance president trump has been pressing berlin to meet its goal of allocating two percent of g.d.p. for defense but ge...

United states seem to be going from bad to worse in a lot of there with villains funding levels for the nato military alliance president trump has been pressing berlin to meet its goal of allocating two percent of g.d.p. for defense but germanys newly released budget shows defense spending still off target triggering a new round of transatlantic tensions u.s. ambassador to germany richard goodnow is continuing to raise tempers in berlin on tuesday he accused the german government of quote reduci...

Political optics and whats best for the institution. of the office of the presidency. this person says protect executive privilege. trump is the political optics. were likely going to see this play out very soon. >> also tonight. house jay chairman nadler says hes encouraged by the responses they received from the investigation into president trump. what else do you know? >> he spoke to reporters today. he said since they released the 81 letters to different individuals and entities. theres been...

Output correlation. >> the reason why we need publicly funded elections which is why i am number one not taking corporate pac money, not taking federal lobbyist money, not having individual super pac, the reason i have made those commitments is because its a first step. the reason to get money out of politics is the way washington has worked, and this is what i have learned in ten years is the powerful have unlimited power and the money is the name of the game. when the nra doesnt want gun refor...

And this person who is close to the white house says protecting executive privilege trumps the political optics. but, again, were likely going to see all of this play out very soon, don. >> mm-hmm. so also tonight, the house judiciary chairman jerry nadler says he is encouraged by the responses theyve received from their investigation into president trump. what else do you know? >> thats right. he spoke to reporters today, and he said since they released those 81 letters to different individuals...

Sale. >> if thats the case, why is it so important to get publicly funded elections, no input to output correlation. >> the reason why we need publicly funded elections which is why i am number one not taking corporate pac money, not taking federal lobbyist money, not having individual super pac, the reason i have made those commitments is because its a first step. the reason to get money out of politics is the way washington has worked, and this is what i have learned in ten years is the powerf...

>> so, what he said in his opening statement was this. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> congresswoman, was he truthful in his testimony? >> how many times, don, do we have to hear that to know that there is a clear sense of not being forthcoming and, frankly, not telling the truth? he, in his own statement, indicated he had no conversations regarding the special...

Provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> after meeting with whitaker though, jerry nadler called him out. >> unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. >> these new accusations raise questions about whether whitaker was given the job as acting attorney general because the president wanted to install a...

"commitments," tweaked some of the democratic lawmakers. well, does that mean you didnt talk about it at all or you didnt promise anything? so when the presidents former acting attorney general testified, wasnt satisfying enough, shoefs hao he was hauleo the hill to clarify today what happened. were not going to know what large part because it was closed but the head of the judiciary committee says that whitaker did not deny talking about control of the cohen case with this president. listen. >>...