time. german chancellor angela merkel tempering her comments that europe may not be able to count on others including the united states. president trump just tweeting something about that very thing. we have a massive trade deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato and military. very bad for u.s. this will change. the implication for our foreign policy ahead. plus expanding the laptop ban, homeland security john kelly saying all flights to and from the united states maybe included in that ban. and bmw drivers be ware, thousands of vehicles recalled over the risks of doors opening while the cars are in motion the models affected coming up. markets reopening after the long holiday weekend. losses across the board. 26-point loz in dow futures in nasdaq and s&p down as well, 500 and nasdaq composite start today at record highs. in europe you have selling pressure as well. losses across the board in england, france and germany, in asia overnight, two of the two major markets closed for holiday, china and hong kong, both nikkei and kospi changed. bench-clearing

as german chancellor angela merkel is in russia to meet with putin. generous now, former defense and economic minister under chancellor merkel, is gt gutenberg. what do you think the call accomplishes? >> might expect patients are not too high on that call. i would wish that he would have to be brief with the just before that call. we have heard that both of them are in closer contact now, which is actually good news after a lot of tensions facing before that. i think it is mainly a call to keep in contact and to stay in contact. she is presiding g20 this year and she has to prepare properly. she might beyond the road show how to visit a pompous president. she's been in and grow, washington. [laughter] a play she actually despises because whenever she went there and told us when i was still enough that she told us that the place where he tries to be embracing, but he is a big showoff. specifically in sochi because that is his baby. he had the winter olympics there and all the other things. lea: angela merkel, obviously these election coming up later this year. she's not as popular as

meeting with uk prime minister theresa may but also meeting with angela merkel. angela merkel is going to meet with president obama, the two have had very different relationships, what do you meet with obama meet with merkel first? >> they did a presentation earlier this morning which was afternoon in europe around democracy and it's clear that angela merkel has her favorite. we will see what happens between her meeting between her and president trump. remember, the president is going to be walking back, it wasn't too long ago that this president that nato was obsolete, he will have to walk some of that stuff and push nato members to give more money to defend and i think that's add -- admirable point. dagen: one point and statistics on how much we contributed. we consider 3 and a half percent domestic gross product, highest than any member. the target is 2 and only 5 out of the 28 who met that target last year. 5 out of 28. that's kind of sad. maria: he's the only one that brought it up, by the way. >> nato was created in an era of the cold war where united states brought together some ea

transatlantic tensions president trump clashing with german chancellor angela merkel over a trade. >> crossing 1,000 dollar market first time ever, with major filestone for amazon back in a minute. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ >> good afternooning happy wednesday thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, may 31st your top stories right now 8:30 a.m. on the east coast. breaking news this morning, axios is reporting that president trump will pull usa out of the paris climate deal, the report comes amid tensions with european counterparts the president toe-to-toe with angela merkel. >> there are things not going well for uk prime minister theresa may either the british pound following this morning as polls show, conservatives may fail to win a majority, in the election what that means for talks around britain existing eu, amazon to watch that morning in markets, technical titan crossed 1,000 dollars a share yesterday, we are breaking down the massive mileston

couldn't it have been angela merkel or the foreign minister from germany? again, it goes back to russia. maria: too much. dagen: if you're going to slip on a banana peel, why can't it be the leaders and officials of another nation and not russia. maria: the whole story about russia that they are in bed together. >> maria, i think -- maria: go ahead. >> i think that's the narrative against him is about his connection to russia and so everything is being spun on that basis. we really don't know what the conversation was about. it's not unusual for the president to share information with our allies or other nations that we have a collective interest in in certain parts of the world. jon: impulsiveness and recklessness is the real problem here. >> do we think that the president of the united states is actually sitting around boasting about the information access. >> yeah, i think we do. >> i think that that is unrealistic view of this president. >> don, a couple of points here. the point number one is this, this president ran on being the law and order candidate, right, he ran on chastising