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President obama's health care law and repealing that as well as fighting terrorism. he was met i would say withstanding ovations. there was some question here about just how the audience might feel about trump. they of course were threats of protests last time around and he did not appear here. instead many of his rivals appeared on stage and criticized him at the time, but this time it seemed as though this crowd was very excited just to hear from a republican president. most of them haven't seen that since we've had president obama before this for eight years. craig? >> here's a little bit m...

Convince the white house that they have serious. president trump -- they are fright frighten of him. we believe in nato but you have to show my president that you are serious about -- then you may have something to bargain with. >> what else is on the table, what about fighting terrorism. why does nato stand on this. >> they say things about fighting terrorism but reality their on campaign is on iraq and syria. they doing things within the colation. fighting terrorism at home is matter for policing and terror services.

Can support national interest. colonel mansoor pointed out one that we do need to have -- or i guess president trump did, we need support from friends, allies and even enemies in dealing with isis which is a major problem for us, a major problem for russia. there are a number of things we've worked with russia on during the putin period under the obama administration. certainly we worked together on the iran agreement. we worked together in supporting the space station. we worked together in fighting terrorism. i wish we had more closely worked together on syria, but we tried. it isn't a total...

Is to engage, but beware. >> shannon: the director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation, good to see you today, nile. what do you make of this relationship both sides have talked about beefing it up and getting it to a place better than it's ever been before. they'll talk trade agreements, they'll talk fighting terrorism. what else are you looking for? >> it's a big day, of course, for the u.s./u.k. special relationship. theresa may gave a great speech to republican congressional leaders yesterday where she invokeed the spirit of thatcher, reagan and churchill...

Tleskt defense in europe until the end of the cold war in 1989. then ought hear and helped end the conflict in other areas and terrorism and now again to this and stepping up our efforts to fight terrorism. so nato is strong because we are constantly changing. i'm looking forward to working with the new president of the united states to continue to change nato, both in in terms of defense spending and also in fighting terrorism. >> reporter: you heard him reference terrorism. during that interview, he hit every talking point that the president-elect has been raising. he hit the issue of defens...