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>> iran is somebody, is a nation that we have to watch very closely. i have great respect for a lot of people but i don't always agree with everybody. >> all right, christopher. please help me out here. if the president doesn't agree with agencies of global threats where is he getting his intelligence? >> well, some would say just from that gut of his. but, in fact, everything that you've heard just now is true on both sides. the problem is that when the intelligence community speaks, it speaks about assessments. this is what we currently assess. this is the way we see things. they like to tal...

Weapons. europe is vulnerable because trump is systematically undermining the nato alliance, basically wearing it down, destroying confidence in the united states' role in it, threatening to withdraw, completely misunderstanding the whole question of european contributions to nato. all of that is undermining the strength and credibility of nato and all of that makes europe much more vulnerable. at the same time that politically the populist wave that's a plague sweeping europe is undermining the whole idea of european union unity. europe is more and more vulnerable and trump is doing everythin...

Christopher, good morning. what do you make of the russian president's message on developing new missiles? >> well, i think once again we see that putin is taking the initiative here. i'm not sure that those missiles are going to be a tremendous threat to europe or to the united states. what is happening is the old treaty structure is breaking down. and the united states had become very uncomfortable with it. it's not just about russia and the united states any more the way it was back in the reagan era. this is now about russia, the united states and china. and i think both russia and the uni...

Forum. it will be interesting to note the reaction that gets. will there be any reaction online? i can tell you there was very strong, very swift reaction online yesterday to his decision not to go to the cemetery because of the weather. the white house saying that created all sorts of security concerns, but french officials, american officials, those who served in the obama and bush administrations were very quick to criticize that decision by president trump. essentially saying there is always a plan b. there's always a contingency plan for the weather. so we'll be watching closely to see if...

Suspicions. >> president trump plowing ahead with plans to hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16th in helsinki. former secretary of state john kerry expressing concerns. joining me now is christopher dicky, world news editor with the daily beast. christopher, good morning to you. are nato leaders concerned about this summit? >> oh, they're very worried, indeed. i think they are afraid that trump is going to give away the farm. he's already talking about breaking up nato or withdrawing from nato. he's also attacking the unity of the european union with a vengeance. and ...