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Worries some of its members. lets talk now with former nato ambassador evo dalder, the author of the book "the empty throne, americas abdication of global leadership." thank you for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. >> we invited you here to talk about nato, but with the breaking news as relates to talks with north korea, wasnt to get your response to what we are hearing from north korea. i will read for you a quote here from kcna. they say, the issues that the u.s. delegation kept insist...

Because two leaders have met. the threat is there. it needs to be met and diplomacy is the best way to go about it. >> mr. ambassador, i want you to watch and listen to this exchange between kim yong-chol and secretary pompeo earlier today. lets watch this. >> this is your first visit to our country, yes. this is your first night in our country. did you sleep well last night? >> i did. i did. thank you. thank you for the accommodation. >> but we did have very serious discussion on very important...

Dalder and at the american enterprise institute, danielle plat. thank you both. mr. ambassador, i start with you. i want to start with the repeated comments that president trump has made about vladimir putin and the concerns our allies may have about the fact that he doesnt seem to be backing down on that. >> well, i think there are growing concerns among our european allies in particular about the direction of mr. trumps policy towards russia. in two ways in particular. one, there doesnt seem t...

Nato is coming from russia. our allies are expecting to hear that kind of commitment and an understanding of what the challenges that are they are facing. >> so, ambassador burns, you see this as a unique meeting in the history of nato, because you say for any other president, this would be a first trip to assume leadership of the west, but trump, you say, is the first u.s. president whom europeans dont see that way. explain. >> well, unfortunately, thats the case. and i agree with ambassador ev...