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Shouldnt just be spending 2% of their gdp on defense, they need to spend 4% of their gdp on defense. whats your reaction? >> well, first of all, the united states doesnt even spend 4% of gdp on defense. so i think its just a part of his parlor game of what he thinks is a way to get nato to spend more money. what the president mistakenly says is that, first of all, theres no nato ally thats in arrears. everybody is paying what they should be paying at this point. the 2% goal is supposed to be acc...

Heard some of that. but all of this is incredibly acrimonious at a nato summit where expectations amongst the leaders there have been very low given what happened in canada at the g7, wolf. >> good point. christiane, how is the russian president vladimir putin, who is going to be meet with president trump in helsinki on monday, how is he reacting to whats going on now? >> its hard to know how hes reacting, but we know that this is, as i put it to the american ambassador to nato, was this music t...

Which is allied, is strong and is going to increase our deterrent capabilities, that is going to, i think, put president trump in a very strong position with president putin. and i think he will be tough with president putin. >> so, wolf, to thread a very difficult needle there. shes admitting that this sort of discord is not helpful when it comes to a united front against vladimir putin and his actions. and, remember, this whole nato re-engineering of their budgets was because of invading easte...

Diplomatic resolution to both adversarial relationships. the problem is you dont do that at the expense of alliances that have ensured our survival. >> and we have seen, max, a pattern, the president since taking office walking away from various international organizations, commitments, whether world trade organization, paris climate accords, nafta, says that has to be renegotiated if not done away with. how much trouble is nato in now? >> i think nato is in a lot of trouble, wolf, because of tr...

Administration failing to have a plan for living up to it. >> we will comply with the artificial deadlines created by the court. we will comply, even if those deadlines prevent us from conducting our standard or even a truncated vetting process. >> so at the end of the day, that process cannot seem to even reunify all 102 children younger than five years old with their families. and again, late today, secretary azar painted a postcard picture of the lives that these kids now lead. >> wolf, what ...

A combative president trump unleashing an extraordinary stream of criticism on allies at the nato summit in brussels slamming them over defense spending and singling out germany which he called, and im quoting him now, a captive to russia. a senior yushian diplomat said the performance beyond belief and here in washington members of congress expressing shock and concern. well talk about that and much more with congressman schiff, the top democrat in the house intelligence committee and our corre...

Decrease the spending. were spending a tremendous amount in nato and other people purpo proportionately less. >> what do you say to allies who are watching? >> what, theyre not happy? were spending a fortune. were spending tremendous amounts of money. and you look at countries that circle other countries. theyre not as bothered by it. so you have to make them happy. but the kind of money -- we owe $19 trillion. going to be $21 trillion very soon with the crazy omnibus budget they just passed, wh...

Is not the view of the congress of the united states as a representative of the american people. you know, it is critically important. its why this congress, when it passed the countering americans adversaries through sanctions act didnt provide for waivers in sanksss. it made them mandatory and only coming back to congress can they be undone because they were worried about what president trump would do vis-a-vis putin and russia. its a very strong statement. today, the senate foreign relations ...

And again, late today, secretary azar painted a postcard picture of the lives that these kids now lead. >> wolf, what we do is provide as caring an environment. they get education. theyre getting athletics. theyre getting entertainment, they get medical care, dental care, health care, vision care. theyre getting snacks. we then of course the care manager, the case management to try to place them with relatives, if its not about this reunification process. we place them in a safe environment with...