Still a reliable partner. John or bernhardt as welcome to conflict zone thinking still republican senator bob corker head of the Foreign Relation Committee of the u. S. Senate said President Donald Trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to with the World War Three you agree. Well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. Should arise our focus is on deterrence. Working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in the history of the world so but senator bob corker said if we want to speak more about this vote that the president of the United States is today more a danger then to hell for peace i mean again i dont know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third World War Two you agree with that i think that the president has done everything that the Previous Administration said it was going to do the president and this administration has lived
All three nations that led the strike, the u. S. , uk and france are saying together, this was a success. They achieved what they set out to do. 100 missiles aimed at the chemical weapons Storage Facilities near damascus and homs. Mike pence said the air strike is a major blow. We believe that we significantly degraded their program. We believe we significantly degraded their ability to produce chemical weapons, but this was also about reestablishing what we call a deterrent framework of working with our allies as President Trump reached out to the United Kingdom and france. A deterrent framework and a price to pay. The tough rhetoric aimed at the syrian president , Bashar Al Assad continues. There was a meeting today where the russian vote fald. Nikki haley was clear about the message the u. S. Wants to send. If assad uses chemical weapons again, the u. S. Will act. I spoke to the president this morning and he said if the Syrian Regime uses this poisonous gas again, the United States
Singling out germany. I think that these countries have to step tuit up, not over tenyear period but immediately. Germany is a rich country. They talk about increasing it a tiny bit by 2030. They can increase it immediately tomorrow and have no problem. I dont think its fair to the United States. Now if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia because they supply they got rid of their coal plants and nuclear. They are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. I think its something that nato has to look at. Lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny from brussels. The president has been hammering allies for not meeting that socalled 2 threshold for defense spending. 2 of gdp, gross domestic product. But the president is now even asking them to spend more . Whats the latest . Wolf, he is indeed. President trump asking leaders of nato countries to spend 4 , doubling the goal of 2 of their spending on defense. Of course, thats an unrealistic goal of 4 because a
Philippines the storm hits the east of the country with sustained winds of more than 150 Kilometers Per Hour hundreds of thousands are forced to flee their homes well go live to manila. And demonstrators keeping up the pressure as the delegates get down to work at the u. N. Climate summit in madrid their goal making leading economies like germany Carbon Neutral by 2050. 1 football megan repeat no and lionel messi are awarded the prestigious following. For pheno capping a stellar year on the pitch while messi raises the trophy for a record 6th time. Im brian thomas great to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has arrived in. In london where he will be marking natos 70th birthday with other leaders of the worlds biggest military alliance 2 days of talks and dominated by finances differences on how to approach russia and the Cyber Threats posed by chinese 5 g. Telecom companies President Trumps expected to continue to pressure allies to spend more and to back plans for a space b