A former tiny Baby Seal Diver whose ass supply failed a fleet of ambulances transported the rescued boys from the cave entrance to a hospital in the nearby city of chiang rai. For the families it had been an agonizing wait eighteen days hoping against hope that their loved ones would be brought out alive. I want to thank everyone who took part in the government and all the officials the police the soldiers and the seals both from thailand and abroad and. Joy and relief on all sides that for the Football Team known as the wild boars their harrowing underground ordeal is finally over. And. Standing by for us at that hospital where the boys have been whisked off to good evening to you know we know that the parents of all of the boys had agreed to no reunion until everyone had been rescued that has happened now have the
a little bit with low Body Temperature but in general theyre in good spirits they have been asking already for their favorite dishes and it seems that in general they are really in a good mood i mean that is good to hear it is good news but we cant talk about a total happy ending here we have to remember that. Navy seal wast his wife in this operation. And this was a very International Operation wasnt it i mean he was involved. Yeah exactly well i mean many people here also talk about this navy diver that you know didnt make it that was that the diet during this Rescue Mission a little bit earlier we also saw some people here they had his picture in his hand and yes this was really an international at task force basically that was going on here already from the beginning of the Thai Government force saying we can do this on our own we need international have so they were asking for help for volunteers
for professional divers so this was really a mission from the navy seals here in thailand with divers for example from denmark from the United Kingdom and because of that theres what many are saying we have had this really Successful Operation happening today and also yesterday and then weve heard tonight been see for has been by did the bore used to come to the World Cup Final in moscow i mean after all these boys are part of a Football Team but will they be able to make it better i mean is that realistic. No i dont think this is realistic because also what we heard from the doctors is that they want the boys to stay about five to seven days here in hospital i mean we have to remember i mean they were four days in this cave without food with also very limited access to water so they really want to make sure that the boys are in
good conditions before leaving at the hospital we dont know maybe they maybe some of them were not thats hired maybe the ones that were rescued already yesterday so we have not gotten any information maybe they were watching the soccer game here on televisions and the hospital they are all here in the eighth floor in this hospital behind me all right our very own been ok there outside that hospital in Northern Thailand where those boys and that soccer coach are being treated tonight dana thank you very much. Well tomorrow in brussels twenty nine Heads Of State and government will convene for the nato summit but the spotlight will be on two of those leaders donald trump and on the american. Teri schultz reports the u. S. President and the german chancellor seems to be on a Collision Course im going to tell nato you got to see us paying your bills you donald trump has relentlessly attacked to nato allies and how much they spend on defense it is toward unamerican u. S. President has directed most of his honor the german chancellor was again in his sights at a recent rally and i said you know. I cant guarantee. So were protecting and it means a lot more to you theyre protecting us. How much for tech should we get by protecting you that guarantee of mutual defense is the bedrock of the Nato Alliance trump has hinted he might not honor the socalled article five principle for those countries that dont spend two percent of their g. D. P. On their militaries that new threat coming amid reports hes considering pulling out some of the Thirty Five Thousand u. S. Soldiers stationed in germany well they are absolutely right be nervous i think sophia bet a fellow with the london Based Center For European Reform says trumps attacks on medical doctors and damage her being strengthened nato chief nemesis the. Relationship between d. C. And berlin being weakened. The way that President Trump singles out potentially the by the europeans and all of that is good for Putin Americal is frustrated by her inability to forge any connection with trump despite her skill in managing difficult relationships. With the u. S. Leaders bombastic rhetoric may have made allies reach for their wallets quicker first but its becoming counterproductive says jeff ruthy of the center for strategic and International Studies germans dont want to be seen as compliant with trump he explains and americans may be turning against germany. Certainly americans see the United States engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president Making Accusations in particular toward germany that its not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but this keep the
trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity. You know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. How does that everyone can just in the back and tears and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold bear the brunt of trump on her own. Well im joined tonight by douglas lute he serves u. S. Ambassador to nato from Two Thousand And Thirteen until last year he is also a retired u. S. Army Lieutenant General ambassador welcome to the day is good to have you on the program a question for you will donald trump arrive at the summit in brussels tomorrow as nato is most powerful member or as nato is most formidable threat well i think its important first of all that realize that as president makes his
way to brussels on Air Force One right now actually that he reflect on the value of nato for america you know nato still enjoys Something Like seventy percent approval among the american nation among adults poles and its important to understand why america created nato why americas belongs to nato why america leads nato and its fundamentally not a question of generosity to our european allies its a fundamental American National interest to be the strong leader of a coherent alliance so this is very much in our own interest and i hope as President Trump makes his way to brussels he reflects on that and that thats the attitude he takes into the summit where better what about the trump aiming at germany and Chancellor Merkel in particular hes even threatened a rethink of stationing u. S. Troops in germany thats the largest u. S. Presence that there is in europe i mean is he acting there in the interest of the u. S. Or is he acting more to try and punish america who is german. Well i wont speak to the president s motives but the facts here are very telling obviously germany has among the other than us allies the largest economy in the most vibrant economy running a Budget Surplus germany is a natural leader within the alliance and of course history reflects this germany led in the nato mission in the balkans germany leads to this day as one of the key nations in the fight in afghanistan if it leads in terms of natos a newly placed forward presence in the Northeast Corner of the alliance with the german battalion in lithuania so time and again in the history of the alliance the germans have led and i think the president is right to turn to germany and expect
a Leadership Role which germany ascribes to itself of the reality here is that germans the german nation today only commits about one point two percent of its economy of its Gross Domestic Product to defense theres a program led by Chancellor Merkel to to improve on that percentage and that process is underway we should credit germany with turning the corner stopping defense cuts and beginning increases but its really true that im think americans appreciate that while germans germany is on a path to doing more more is still expected yes you did make a good point there has affected change we are seeing other nato members increase their Defense Spending yet the message that comes from the white house remains negative and the message is not good enough when do you think that nato allies will begin hedging their bets with a u. S. President that they just can no longer trust and rely on. But first
let me let me go back to your assertion that its President Trump thats affected this change i mean first of all the the Head Of State and government pledge to begin to move toward to stop the cuts in Defense Spending which go back twenty years and begin to increase towards two percent over a period of ten years began in Two Thousand And Fourteen and I Dont Credit For Isnt Bush president obama or President Trump with the incentive of among across the alliance to increase Defense Spending i actually give that credit to Vladimir Putin because it was in twenty fourteen that the alliance in reaction to russian aggression in ukraine actually took this step to increase Defense Spending so if anyone is responsible for providing the incentive its putin himself its interesting you say that ambassador because the Defense Minister here in germany she has said herself that donald trump was really the catalyst for nato or for
germany spending more on its defense but you bring up the reputed and where is he in all of this what were seeing in nato Isnt Trump Doing exactly what mr putin would like to see and that is this gradual weakening of the alliance. Well look there are two basic forms of u. S. Leadership for nato one form the sort of the classic form is leadership that provides unity and coheres the alliance solidifies the alliance as one thats the kind of American Leadership that that weve seen in the alliance over nearly seventy years now the alternative form the contrasting form of leadership theres a leadership that does that divides the alliance seeks leverage among allies separates out and distinguishes differentiates among allies and actually leads to divisions so im hopeful that when President Trump arrives in brussels hell take the first form hell take a form of leadership that coheres the alliance and actually if he does that help
place themself in the strongest possible position when a few days later after brussels he meets with latimer putin. This deludes you know you were ambassador to nato what should european leaders be thinking with trump in brussels venting at them and then he heads to helsinki for a one on one with whether mir putins. Well first of all i think european leaders need to demonstrate some strategic patience here remembering things remember in facts like seventy percent of the American People are supportive of nato remembering that the American Congress both houses both the House Of Representatives in the senate are firmly behind nato and that the seventy year history of coherence in the alliance will pay good dividends for us i wouldnt get overly anxious about one summit or one president s rhetoric but i do think nato
allies as well have to take serious their responsibility to step up and pull their weight that part of the trump message is shared widely across america. There are worries ambassador that the u. S. President could meet with mr putin and agreed to suspend native Military Exercises as he did with south korea are you worried that hell do this. Im hopeful that when the president meets with President Putin on the sixteenth of july just several days after brussels that hell take advantage of two strengths going into that meeting first of all the strength that he will have just consulted with his twenty eight nato allies so tomorrow night at a dinner in brussels the topic is nato Russia Relations so when the president meets putin he will have heard already from his twenty eight allies thats very important that he consulted with nato in advance of meeting with Vladimir Putin then the
second advantage that i hope president obama sorry President Trump will take to to helsinki where he meets with putin is the advantage of Alliance Unity and this again goes back to my point about American Leadership and the Alliance Leadership that leads to solidarity and unity and mr lute you dont like a good ambassador a man of reason and measured thought we can only hope that the u. S. President has some of that on offer at the Nato Summit Tomorrow and thursday former u. S. Ambassador to nato that was on the show tonight ambassador thank you. But we know now one of the two teams that will vie for the world cup title lead to this week france has sealed it spot at the finals after defeating belgian Jonathan Crane is here for b. W. Sports to walk into the league games or how did how did the french do when it was
solid if unspectacular from what they needed to do it wasnt the high scoring open day that some people were expecting but it was an absorbing contest nonetheless i think france obviously sat back happy to counterattack them in a match where the French Defense rain suit it was perhaps freezing that it was a defender who made the difference lets take a look at the highlights. It wasnt until the twenty second minute its k. G. Semifinal sprang to life belgiums toby and a viral tonight on the turn a stunning say from Hugo To Reese fronts attack next kilian impact pay feeding benjamin provide in the thirty eight minutes a vital stop from tivo called twa this time the breakthrough arrived early in the second tough front see several n. T. T. Rose highest and not home and strong reasons corner in the fifty first minute the birthing call to walk a do about that one the bronx turned on the magic to produce one of the game slick his moves shortly after a lucky escape from belgium The Red Devils three men forward in the dying moments
but left blur held firm under pressure. To illyria at the final whistle the first World Cup Final appearance for france in twelve years croatia england line wait a heart breaking into the tournament for belgium. The villa from us the beasts. The only movie was in the stadium for the game lets hear what he had to say after the match ended. So there we have it france will contest the World Cup Final just two years after they lost the final at the European Championship they havent played the sparkling its talking football that we would perhaps expect from that same with so much attacking talent but they did provide a defensive against belgium and they showed once again that they simply know how to win games just as they did against uruguay in the previous round to belgium its another disappointment the country is still waiting for its first ever world cup
final this time it really did feel different with the likes of debris and playing some brilliant football at times but the white. Now all that remains to be seen is who will join france in sundays final. No that was all in all he was talking about a defensive masterclass from france media how impressed were you by the french performance well i think they were monsters of Game Management once they works out how because you never quite know im sure about a mountain as they worked out was going to be on the way they were going to sit back and come about with them on the counterattack and then they just didnt really give them any space to play all those flat. Kevin to bring in they were completely shots out the game they didnt really get a sniff in the second half off the front to take the lead or he said defensive monster cross. Man of the match as well the goal scorer he played his part and then for us to criticize it theyve got a