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Inside the east room, thanks. we'll come back to you as well afterwards. >> reporter: sure. >> i want to bring in klaus shariath, german ambassador to the united states from 2006 until 2011. mr. ambassador, thanks for your time thisafternoon, sir. >> my pleasure to be here. >> we've talked about a few of the issues that will undoubtedly or have already undoubtedly come up between these two leaders, trade, nato, what are the other things that one would assume would probably come up refugees and one of the chief criticisms from president trump during the campaign at least was that chancellor mer...

Come up, those policy positions specifically in these talks, craig. >> stand by for me if you can, hallie. i want to bring in the former u.s. permanent representative to nato under president obama, currently president of the chicago council on global affairs. ivo thanks for your time this afternoon, sir. you wrote a column in "the financial times" that caught our attention. you called, you talked about, wrote about the white house's troubling deconstruction of diplomacy. what are the chief concerns in europe about this administration's approach to diplomacy and foreign affairs so far? >> well ...

Immigration. and the concerns about the damage to the economy and the cost and the spending. so, that has made the upcoming election of angela merkel a lot more interesting than it has been in the past when she has sailed to victory. so, she's got some issues, but i would just remind people the reason why she's got a problem is because of her act of political bravery. >> karl theodor guttenberg, the guest with my favorite name this hour s still with me. we have about 30 seconds left, good sir. how would you characterize the relationship that we have with germany right now compared to that rela...