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They have lost personnel there. they have died along with our soldiers there and sailed with the marines and airmen. they are with us in iraq. they are in the baltic countries as a trip wire to prevent another crimea happening in the baltic where a hybrid operation by the russians takes out one of our nato members. this is a real commitment. and their increased spending after 2014 in particular is significant. about $87 billion. so disparaging nato is, i think, is mistake. leaving it would be a mistake. >> did you hear senators say they were afraid of the rebuke of the president's rhetoric?

Not only would hurt us, but it just ignores the commitment and the contribution that nato is making. for the first time article five was invoked when we were attacked on 9/11. that was the european community coming to our assistance. nato forces have been with us in afghanistan. they have lost personnel there. they have died along with our soldiers there and sailed with the marines and airmen. they are with us in iraq. they are in the baltic countries as a trip wire to prevent another crimea happening in the baltic where a hybrid operation by the russians takes out one of our nato members. thi...

Your reaction -- >> sorry. i'm sorry. look, the president's right on defense spending. for a number of years, presidents of both parties have argued that european allies need to step forward and do more for -- in defense spending. so i think he's got a point here. on the other hand, over the last four years, allies actually have stepped up. all allies have stopped defense spending cuts which go back in some cases as far as 20 years. they've begun to increase defense spending, and when you add that up over the last four years, increases by our european allies total $87 billion. that's real mone...

Big business, not workers, who benefit from this plant. let's separate the facts from the spin. cnn's alison kosik look at what this means for you six months in. >> six months ago the corporate tax became law. they cut the taxes for companies. in the first quarter, it fell by more than $117 billion. so how are companies spending all their extra cash? they're buying their own stock back, raising shareholder dividends and investing in their businesses. in the first quarter, stock buybacks for s&p 500 companies topped $187 billion. that's a record, the best since right before the recession in 200...

Election. >> what do you say to a jeep pie and the fcc who say the net neutrality in place since 2015 has slowed investment, preventing the improvement and expansion of services to 39 million americans living in rural parts of the country? >> look, just last year the big broadband companies invested $87 billion in infrastructure upgrades. $87 billion. and what happened at the same time last year was that $36 billion of venture capital money went into internet and software company start-ups. that's one half of all venture capital in america. so, that's a nice balance, 87 billion in infrastructu...