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>> there were parts that were not very subtle at all. he says we have to battle aggressive nationalism. he says we have to defend multi-lateralism and often times, president trump and his administration going back to the first days with steve bannon there have been noted to be on the other side of that argument. talking about american nationalism as it both leaders speaking to their respective countries and speaking to the world, but im struck again by the fact that the french president seemed t...

Multilateral diplomacy. i believe the u.n. is important because it can react immediately in the security council with the united states and china and russia and great britain and france. we can deal with crises immediately. we can deal with pandemic diseases. a lot of issues involving peace keep income asia, latin america. john has some difficulty with multi-lateralism. but i think, alex, when you are thrust into this position as a national security adviser, you know we pay for 25% of the u.n.. ...

The dona the tropics are bigger and the bugs extend farther and there is no global body and the world health organization was unprepared. to their credit, theyve undergone a round of self-examination but still more to do. >> what would happen if the united states didnt exist with this ebola outbreak. because it feels as if there was no international leadership. >> millions more people would have died. the scd projected that if nothing had been done, the virus would have spread just within those ...

About americans who went over and helped people who needed to be help. >> and reminder why you have to have some multi-lateralism. thanks very much. >> a good point by my friend chuck todd. a lot of journalist out there, just go and look for it. and coming up, scott pruitts washington, d.c. apartment arrangement. well explain. and later tonight on the beat withary mel bur, he gets a new exclusive and details on the facebook data breach scandal from a cambridge analytica whistleblower tonight...

President donald trump is due to arrive in davos it was a welcome break for the chancellor amid political gridlock back home in berlin. the german chancellor speech marks her return to the world stage after months of political limbo at home in germany her address focused on europe and its future one of her key messages the worlds problems will not be solved by only sin asian and protectionism instead she said nations must work together to face global challenges both economic and political. i wil...

A minister and i must say the way he developed over a month from all of a sudden the french leader then a flick of a month the european leader and now he has brought himself in the position of the global leader its amazing and its very very encouraging for europe all in all this was a very good day for europe anyway we saw him on american all saying francis back he wanted to promote business obviously but he also wanted europe to move forward with a set of reforms which one was the most striking...

Or north korea, what is he bringing back? >> well, on north korea, theres no change. i believe that the situation is, theres mutual constraints against all countries. the north korean nuclear program, the solution of that goes through pyongyang, not through washington or beijing as many people claim. so that is in deadlock. we probably have to play the long game until theres some revolutionary change in north korea, so theres really no change there. but on trade policy, i would say that i think ...

Disputes between all the other g7 members and the united states on climate, on trade, on natos article 5 and on those kinds of things. so this was not unexpected to highlight those kinds of things. i think some of the words angela merkel used have been ignored. she said, you know, after these last few days, i feel we can no longer fully rely on the united states, and she added the uk. at least to some extent there were all these words. she then turned it back towards what shes long wanted to do,...

To the forefront and in such an iconic location, do you think it has an effect? >> well, chris, thank you for having me. it is very disappointing that the president would be calling out a violent terrorist attack as a motivator for an electorate to vote in potentially a very far right candidate who could lead to the breaking apart of the european union. we have to be very careful at these moments to ensure that we as americans and our elective leaders are demonstrating empat empathy, coming up w...

Meeting with the german ambassador to the united states, peter widig, in which he was speaking a very derogatory message about the e.u. calling it a flawed organization, saying the u.s. preferred to have bilateral relationships with these countries. and kind of along the lines of what he has said before and a little bit about what president trump has said on the campaign, that you look at whats happening in europe, these populist nationalist movements. theyre not really into this kind of europea...