spending 2% of their budget on defense, need to step it up. >> as a candidate for office, president trump called attention repeated to the fact that for too long, for too many this burden has not been shared fairly. if you don't yet have a plan, these are my words, not his, get one. >> nbc's lucy kafanav is with us. he al >> reporter: this is the first time the vice president took questions from the press on this so-called global reassurance tour and this is the very first time he addressed the scandal over mike flynn's resignation. he was asked by a member of the media whether he felt he was left out of the loop by the white house over flynn's