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Long-standing relationship with president putin. >> weve begun an effort to begin to rebuild confidence between ourselves and russia. >> reporter: tillerson is one of the top officials who has been hurriedly preparing the president for the high-stakes face-off. white house advisers say the agenda is not set, but key issues could include the conflict in syria, north korea, and russian aggression in ukraine, which led to sanctions. sources say president trump has been presented with a large binder...

>> yes. >> yes. >> the president also issued a stern wagener for a north korea over the missile launch this week. >> i have some pretty severe things that were thinking about. that doesnt mean were going to do it them i dont draw red lines. >> later in a speech the president did make a course correction of his own stating support for nato article 5 that an attack on one alliance members is attack on all. a stance he declined to take on his last trip. >> to those who would criticize our tough sta...

Speech, the president did make a course direction of his own, stating his support for natos article 5, that an attack on one of the alliance members is an attack on all. a stance he declined to take on his last foreign trip. >> to those who would criticize our tough stance, i would point out that the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. >> reporter: at his next stop in germany, the presiden...

Renewables, its important europe diversifies so its no longer subject to any kind of political pressure paid the president is right about that. >> bret: here is president trump in poland on nato. >> the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. europe must do more. europe must demonstrate that it believes in its future by investing its money to secure that future. >> bret: do you agree with that...

Ukraine, which led to sanctions. sources say president trump has been presented with a large binder of briefing materials for the g-20 summit. but only a few pages of notes and bullet points on his putin meeting. >> we urge russia to cease its destabilizing activities in ukraine and elsewhere. >> reporter: trump delivered a tough message to the kremlin ahead of todays sit-down. pledging sport to the nato alliance in the face of russian aggression. >> we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual ...

>> reporter: trump delivered a tough message ahead of todays meeting. pledging aalliance in the face of aggression. >> we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. >> reporter: but just hours earlier, the president stopped short of condemning moscow for meddling in the 2016 election. >> i think it was probably other people and/or countries and i see nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows. >> reporter: the statement undercutting the conclusions of his own intel...

>> the united states has demonstrated not merely with words, but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5. the mutual defense commitment. >> i declare today for the world to hear that the west will never, ever be broken. >> im sure that the kremlin and president putin wont like some of that. your distinction, is that the real trump or that written by his national security team? >> yes, there were many positive statements in the presidents speech this morning. he spoke to polish his...

But billions and billions of dollars coming in from country that, in my opinion, would not have been paying so quickly. to those who would criticize our tough stance, i would point out that the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with it actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. words are easy, but actions are what matters. and for it own protection, youre -- and you know this. everybody knows this. everybody has to know this. europe must ...

Nuclear, we also have renewable renewables, its important europe diversifies so its no longer subject to any kind of political pressure paid the president is right about that. >> bret: here is president trump in poland on nato. >> the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. europe must do more. europe must demonstrate that it believes in its future by investing its money to secure that future....

Youll remember, when the president was in brussels at the nato summit in may, he took criticism when he gave that speech, dedicating the newark ki -- new article 5. unlike presidents before him did not articulate a strong commitment to article 5, of the nato charter, which dictaties a attack against one is an attack against all. the president today encouraging nations to pony up and commit the 2% of their gdp for military spending that they promised, basically said article 5, im completely behin...