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As it were, connecting with the german chancellor, angela merkel, having conversations, smiling. seeming to put aside any differences that occur during the day, but earlier the president with a frontal attack on her, hammering germany for its pipeline deal with putin to pump natural gas from russia directly to germany. the president denouncing the deal as bad for nato. listen to what he said here. >> we are supposed to protect you against russia, but they are paying billions of dollars to russia. germany is totally controlled by russia. you look at it, germany is a captive of russia, because t...

>> martha: these are partnerships. it's a partnership that is entered into with an agreement of how much of your gdp if you will spend on defense. you've got an increasingly aggressive russia. we've seen what happened in crimea and the ukraine. so why would a country like germany, which has a very strong economy, not be willing to pay their fair share? >> they should. that's why, as you just play, barack obama, george w. bush. >> martha: so what's wrong with asking for it? >> we have all asked for it, it's the way in which you do that. by saying that germany is being held captive by russia, by...