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Have they the same experience. the and the bottom line is this. not only did this occur, but it was briefed by the white house that this occurred. that's a very odd way to treat a very close ally. as i said, i'm not particular fan of the current australian prime minister, but i'm speaking as a country, if you like, and someone who's been in the trenches with the americans literally for a hundred years. >> and the vice president's trip here and other members of the trump administration is being interpreted as an attempt to sort of calm the world, to reassure people. do you feel reassured? >> we...

Forward, and we even run the risk for flooding with heavy rain, possibly up to 5 inches in parts of southeast texas. a lot of flooding for a good portion of the u.s. >> kier? >> and more heavy rain for those folks out west. that's tough news for those folks. bonnie schneider, thank you so much. now, german's defense minister hitting the trump administration over relationships with european allies and russia, while vice president pence earlier today here in munich urges those european allies to make a firmer financial commitment to nato. i'll talk to germany's defense minister after this brea...

Reassurance mission. i don't think it's a stretch to think the vice president's credibility was damaged on the eve of this trip by the revelations that he did not have all the information from the white house. it raises questions among allies whether america's top officials are getting the full picture from the white house. three are in europe this week to try to reassure allies about traditional alliances, whether those will still be in place. can you look at this week as almost a trump global reassurance team traveling to brussels, to bonn, to munich, to try and tell allies the traditional a...

President will be wheels down in germa germany. will it be enough after word pence was kept in the dark about michael flynn? will our allies be able to trust him? do they think that he is on the inside of information? we'll have more on that after the break. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. find out how american express cards and services now? excuse me. again? be ri...

Is it in the circle, in the white house? >> well, we don't know the answer to that, obviously, the very fact, by the way, that the vice president has to reassure the allies that we agree with nato, in and of itself, is news. nobody used to come to this conference to reassure people. but second, as you were just talking about earlier, and this is with more people than just the vice president. he says one thing, the president says some other things. just in your clip right now, he used the word, freedom, democracy, and rule of law. i don't remember candidate trump ever talking about our commitme...