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Was so upset with, and also the appointment of this new diplomatic communications leader which has upset the white house. how did it go? >> we actually had a very good meeting yesterday at the white house. >> you all agree on security and on the security commitments. we are hearing numbers like $4 billion, an extra billion dollars to israel. >> i don't want to go into the numbers. it's premature. we are still having discussions on the nuts and bolts of what the security threats are and what needs to be done to meet those threats. but we had a very good conversation yesterday with the president...

The export of american liquified natural gas to europe as well, if the market dictates that. jenna: as we know timelines for some of that are a year, two years, three years away to be really effective. of course you point out the message would be sent if we start moving in that direction, if the europeans don't come to the party, ambassador, if they decide this isn't worth it for them, does that leave us with no more options? >> it essentially leaves us without our most important leverage which is economic sank shuns because the u.s., quite rightly president obama has said, we'll not make this...

Jenna. we obviously have a treaty commitment to our nato allies. i would sincerely hope we uphold the security commitments there is truth what you're saying in terms of capabilities, not just in europe but also if you look what is happening in asia where you have the territorial disputes for example, the south china sea, very concerning situation going on there there is a question in the mind especially of allies, that will the united states or the west more generally step forward to participate in their defense, even through things like providing security assistance? often times, jenna, we dr...

Rejected by the international community. syria's use of chemical weapons also threatens our friends and partners along its borders including israel, turkey, lebanon and iraq. it increases the risk that terrorist groups like hezbollah which has forces in syria supporting the assad regime could acquire chemical weapons and use them against our interests and our people. we must do all we can to prevent hezbollah or any terrorist group determined to describing the united states from acquiring chemical weapons. and we cannot allow terrorist groups in authoritarian regimes to mistakenly believe that...

Them a permission slip for them to at least misinterpret our intention, if not to put it to the test. >> a refusal to act would undermine the credibility of america's other security commitments, including the president's commitment to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: so what's at stake specifically? with syria, it's about the use of chemical weapons. north korea, attacking the south. and with iran, about take thing nuclear program and turning it into an actual nuclear bomb. what's interesting, erin, this is happening as there are -- there's some warming or potential w...