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A lot to cover. >> you know, he came here to shake things up with nato, as he did last year, there are some people who dont like it, there are others who say it is about time that something like this happens. you can put this under the heading of why ask for the moment when you can also ask for the stars? he has been pushing the nations of nato to live up to their two-person commitment of gdp. the president is saying why stop at 2%? why not go all the way to 4%? we should point out that 23 of 20...

2014, it was three. so the president shows some improvement. will the positive forever us ipositive for us iswe have base. our soldiers sadly have been killed and wounded and go over there to landstuhl immediately and right away. poland is saying hey, listen, i have a problem with germany, too. because i do think they are too close to russia. i have a problem because that gas pipeline goes past all those eastern european nations and stops as a hub in germany. do you think they could put a hub in...

Protect you from that country. brian: historically, this is the most successful alliance in the modern world. steve: update. >> you could argue that it stopped another war. a world war iii. because of the deterrent it provided to western europe. and then the collapse of the soviet union to have those countries join us. we protected them. the reason why the ukraine was in such a rush to join nato. they believed if they had joined nato there wouldnt have been invasion in their right. the rule 5 wo...

Has been tradition, long tradition, long history where hell berate nato, the members that are not stepping up to the 2% threshold, which is in my view somewhat artificial anyway, and be very solicitous of putin and his berating of nato plays to putins interests. that is what im going to be watching and most concerned about. >> how much does this president have the ability to weaken nato? >> well, i think a lot. just the fact that he constantly berates nato, his at one point his recusal to affirm...

May, tea with queen elizabeth and summit with vladamir putin. of a week from today. that is a lot. want to bring in cnn national security analyst, former director of national intelligence, author of facts and fear. the supreme court nomination part of a busy week. can his foreign trip deliver the way he has with the supreme court with the nomination. he is facing really big challenges overseas. nato, members not stepping up to the 2% threshold in my view some what artificial anyway. and will pro...

I think the president believes that. do you? >> no. id like to think so. we fought a war against the japanese. theyre a closest ally now. we fought a real war jeagainst e japanese. people who are friends. what they did in the election is not friendly. i think thats been discussed and i believe this administration much to everyones disbelief is working to preclude that moving forward. just to rewind this quickly. talk about the presidents to nato. this administration never talked about backing aw...

Get the other eight individuals, mostly kids, obviously, and one coach, out? do you get the sense that because this was successful that theyll do the same process going forward? >> well, success -- weve got four out now. no reason not to try it again. kids are resilient. ill give them that. these kids appear to be in good shape, good physical condition. they have to build a bond up with these divers in a very short period of time. the chamber that theyre in is losing this oxygen supply. to resup...

Through lower courts right now. according to nbc news, no nominee said what their position is, but their use of coded language sends a signal on where they stand. both kavanaugh and barrett sent the signals to those who want to overturn roe v. wade. senior political writer for "the washington post." its interesting. like the most extreme example in the hearings, it was david suitor who claim heed never thought about abortion in his life. you are saying two of the picks have used code language on...

He wants to meet mueller. its better strategy for him not to meet lawyers. so maybe at a certainly point some americans will begin to say, wait a second, the president doesnt want to meet mueller. why not? so. >> so the president has a big week overseas, visiting with members of nato the first time in quite a while. hes been demanding more spending from nato members for some time. is this the biggest test yesterday, as he demands more money from them? >> to make a very long story short, what is ...

Martial law beginning today. >> the leader of solidarity is said to be in a government guest house, not under arrest, but dozens of polish activists and dissidents have been locked up along with some leaders of the communist government. >> weve made it plain how seriously we would view any interference by them. >> there was concern the soviets were going to invade and that the poles, in their drive for self-determination, were going to go beyond whatever mental threshold the soviet leadership ha...