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Have long since faded, some vestiges of the war do remain. most notably, the security relationship that effectively calls on the united states to assume the role of protector of the japanese empire. a role that comes at a very heavy cost to the american taxpayer. both in terms of manpower and money. something that then-candidate donald trump called unsustainable. >> i want japan and germany and saudi arabia, south korea, and many of the nato stations, they owe us tremendous. were taking care of ...

Addressed the joint session of congress, he did not have a meeting, or was not invited to the white house for a meeting with president obama. the president saying, look, even if it was chancellor angela merkel of germany so close to her election we would not have had a meeting. saying it was because of the proximity to the election. but give us a little history lesson here. if you would, ron, because if you look at the numbers that don rightly pointed out in the interview the $38 billion in aid ...

Domestically. >> it reflects the divide. the security relationship is strong. there is a fundamental disagreement between the obama administration and the netanyahu government as there was between bill clintons government aover what is the best path for israel. under democratic presidents there is no question there is a view that there needs to be a real two state solution to provide a lasting stable peace in that part of the world. and it is clear, also, that netanyahu is happy. that divide is ...

Spoke to the deputy -- former deputy cia director. he said, look, the west is going back to a security relationship with egypt, saudi arabia, because they so badly miscalculated what would happen after the arab spring. the vacuum was filled by al qaeda and isis. >> he made it clear, not just hearing this from president abdel fattah el sisi, the president of egypt, he said if the regime of assad would go, the syrian military would collapse, all of the military hardware could end up in the hands o...

Administration could lay down in terms of the parameters for a final agreement that they hope a future israeli leader might one day grab onto. >> if you think back to 1990 and that famous james baker moment when he made that ultimatum to israel over the peace process. >> everybody over there should know that the telephone number is 1-202-456-1414. when youre serious about peace call us. >> is the relationship in the worst place now than it was back then? >> i think that the relationship is funda...

Peter, when you say youre going to reassess your relationship with israel as an american president, thats a radical departure from past policy. you say we are rethinking times here. radical departure from where we were before. youve been doing reporting on this. what is the white house say that israel needs to do? could benjamin netanyahu say anything about these comments to fix it? >> the white house has a problem. theyre not reassessing the security relationship. palestinians have been going t...

I dont understand the first 24 to 48 hour news cycle that there is discussion as to who got invited before who. you can debate what the proper protocols. >> that is a fight that president obama if he is worried about a manners thing that is a complaint he has with the speaker. we are talking about a head of state of our biggest ally on something so important as a nuclear weapons program. >> and this is one of those speeches that right now if you go on youtube you can watch churchill seven years ...

I dont understand the first 24 to 48 hour news cycle that there is discussion as to who got invited before who. you can debate what the proper protocols. >> that is a fight that president obama if he is worried about a manners thing that is a complaint he has with the speaker. we are talking about a head of state of our biggest ally on something so important as a nuclear weapons program. >> and this is one of those speeches that right now if you go on youtube you can watch churchill seven years ...

In the united states any time. we have an unparalleled close security relationship with israel. we will continue to. >> well why have they been so opposed to the speech before he says one word? when a die hard eagles fan invited her favorite linebacker to the prom, she certainly was not expecting this. >> i already talked to the school board but would you like to go to prom with me? [ laughter ] >> the surprise does not end there. thats the football star, and this lucky high school senior will...

Like any other community, there are different points of view. i think that arrogance does not befit israel candidly. >> marie, as senior leadership dianne feinstein will attend and be there for the speech that netanyahu will make. as we talk about the financial commitment of a taxpayer we have $3.1 billion in foreign military funding for israel in the next fiscal year. were not just family we are vested financially in their protection. so explain to everybody what this means for the family of th...