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>> harry, after the indictment was announced today, trumps lawyer rudy guiliani, here is what he tweeted out. the indictment of rod rosenstein announced are good news for all americans, the russians are nailed, and no americans are involved and time for mueller to end this pursuit of the president and say president trump is completely innocent. is that what this indictment means? >> stunning. one more step in the complete demolition of the former reputation of giuliani. first of all, the indictm...

World is upside down, president putin had suggested beginning negotiations on extending the start treaty, and president trumps reaction was to refute that, say this is just another bad deal from president obama. hes also talking about using low threshold nuclear weapons on our submarines which blurs the conventional, nuclear war possibilities. he is moving us in a very scary direction. it has been a long time since this country was worried about nuclear confrontation. under this president we nee...

We lin we hind that we have the institution of the pentagon making clear nothing substant e substantively changed. >> the amount a country spends on defend is probably one of the biggest domestic debates any country has. we know were endlessly fighting about it in the united states. idea that president trump goes there and tells people to increase their defense spending domestically at a fast er rate. faster toward the 2% threshold of national -- gdp. macron said thats not true. nobodys doing th...

Reach that 4% threshold that would help accident a gross -- represent a gross mill tarization of europe. thats why you see people like the french president rejecting this proposal out of happened. its not clear whether or not the president a was entirely serious or using it as a negotiating tack timgt. one thing for sure, when it comes to nato 35r9 ners its total non-starter. >> again, the context is important. a gross mill tarization of europe. what the president is criticizing are european nat...

Expecting? were less than an hour from now that we will see peter strzok. what do we expect when this hearing gets underway this morning? >> well, you know, sandra, i cant emphasize enough a highly fluid and tense situation on capitol hill. we expect agent strzok at any time but just speaking to other journalists we feel like well believe it when we see it and he arrives for this public testimony. because this is going to be his first opportunity to really deconflict a lot of data. for example, ...

By russia, do you feel thats an effective way to conduct diplomacy and secondly, would you be able to be a little bit more specific about the commitments that you secure today with regards continue to creasing financial commitment? is there an updated time line? are there specific countries you could cite because a majority are planning to meet that threshold by 2024. >> no. in fact germany was going to be in the year 2028 or 2038. i think its a very effective way to deal. but i didnt deal exact...

Thought there were so many developments, so many things he talked about in that meeting, in his direct conversations with world leaders, that he wanted to have a press conference. if you take that press conference as a whole, dubious claims and all, what you see is the president waiting for a story he wants to tell. there is a problem at nato, he says. he came here. he talked tough. and he fixed it. and we should give him credit because there has been a change in the sense of urgency. you hear t...

>> do you feel like given the threats you made about potentially leaving nato and insulting germans suggesting they are totally controlled by russia. do you feel that is an effective way to conduct diplomacy. would you be able to be more specific about the commitments that you secure today with regards to increasing financial commitment? is there an updated timeline and specific countries you could cite because a majority of them are already planning to meet that threshold by 2024. >> no, many o...

Cooperate with others. this president basically went in to nato and attacked every one of those pillars and i think has undermined the fundamental trust you need in order to be able to protect our national security. thats what people need to focus on. >> secretary panetta, willie geist. your comparison is one a lot of people made, which is theres an argument these countries have to live up to the 2% threshold, many of them are not. as you said this isnt a country club where some members arent pa...

Threshold not even the u.s. meets. joining me is wesley clark, served as nato supreme allied commander in europe from 1997 to 2000. general, thanks so much for joining us. why what are you hearing from u.s. allies and nato officials today about how today went? >> very, very concerned because the real question is, is president trump really committed to the alliance? will he provide the leadership that natos looking for, american leadership, as our presidents have done in the past to deter soviet ...