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we're trying to attack is the emissions -- that we're trying to attack is emissions, is not the energy source. and i think that our research and development needs to be focused on the types of energy resources the country has, and in the united states one of those is oil and gas, 30 times the energy density of the next closest renewable. so far this trip hasn't had any major hiccups, although the president has now mixed up the host country's name twice. >> i want to thank the prime minister of, for colombia's leadership as asean chair and for hosting all of us. anyway, you guys, i'm heading down to, first of all, going to cairo for the environmental effort, then heading over to colombia and then -- i mean, cambodia. thinking this is ben hem -- the western hemisphere. >> reporter: it is cambodia. and it's been a long week for the president already with the
the war, everyone who is responsible for the destruction of the democracy, everyone who is responsible for repression against people. everyone will get an answer. the answer of the world. and this is just the beginning. responsibility for war crimes of the russian military is inevitable. responsibility for -- >> the leaders of nato may meet in brussels next week in what would be an extraordinary summit. to address the russian invasion. that's according to a diplomatic source. several u.s. officials also tell cnn that president biden is preparing to possibly travel to europe next week. though his trip hasn't yet been finalized. for more on this we bring in cnn live from brussels. what more are you learning about this possible in person meeting of nato leaders on russia's war on ukraine and how significant would it be if of course it goes
details, but here's an example. the president has never visited pakistan despite the fact that they've been asking him for come for a long time. it would by highly implausible that this trip hasn't been carefully thought through. whether shabab can attack during the trip is a separate issue. clearly they have the capacity to do that and probably the inclination. >> the state department says there could be a -- >> i can't imagine why they wouldn't want to take advantage of it. you know they have lost a lot of control in so somalia, they used to control the entire is it country. now that they're losing control they're much more inclined to do the spectacular attacks to show they're relevant. >> peter bergen thank you so much. a new warning about russia saying its nuclear arsenal poses
one, whether or not the west can stave off the breakup of iraq. and number two, whether or not it's desirable. the kurdish reason has its own president. is there some reason for the west to proactively try to hold this country together? >> in terms of whether it's going to break apart, frankly, it doesn't look good. seems that the kerry trip hasn't made much of a difference, and maliki, he's done this before. it took, i think, eight months to form a government in 2010, and now they're trying to form a new government. i don't think it's going to happen in weeks. it could take months as well. why should the u.s. try to preserve iraq? i mean, it's a very dangerous precedent. these are very badly drawn british colonial borders that have put the sunnis, shias, and kurds together. you're essentially creating a caliphate together. it's unclear how this plays out. iran would try to grab southern iraq, the oil fields there. turkey is going to feel threatened by a new kurdistan. the saudis are not going to
folks to feel satisfied right now. i'm very proud of the work that we've done over the last two, three years, but they're exactly right. we've got more work to do. >> reporter: now, this trip hasn't only been about policy. there's also been a little bit of politics. the president attending six different fund-raisers during this three-day trip out west. he's visited nevada, and of course, colorado, two swing states which could be key to his re-election. again, thomas, we're expecting him in just over an hour to give those remarks. >> nbc's kristen welker, great to see you this morning. i just want to pass along, we'll have much more on this coming up in a moment. will these new actions by the obama administration really help college students with their debt? stay tuned for that. a new poll out this morning shows republicans in a key swing state are catching herman cain fever. ohio republican voters have cain ahead of mitt romney and the poll mirrors the steep drop that we're seeing nationally for the perry campaign.