nato is not formally part of the coalition, but nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance missions in turkey, capacity building in iraq. our biggest military operation ever is relevant for the fight against terror, including against isil. and we stand ready to do more, which is key. one issue we have discussed and also during my visit this week and also with secretary carter was the possibility of nato providing our surveillance plane, and that is on the table now. it is going to be addressed in nato. then we will be able to provide you with a more precise answer, but it is now an issue which is discussed in the alliance. karen: we promised the secretary general would get him out of here on time. i apologize to anyone we did not get to their questions. still managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. thank you so much for your candor and for the completeness of your answers. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [cap

nato can focus that cooperation. half of the world's gdp and half of the world's military might in a unique alliance that brings to bear the strengthen unity of north america and europe. that is what i want to discuss with you today. why it matters. how it is shaping our response to the actions of a more conservative russia, and how it must define the way we tackle challenges. the transatlantic alliance has its roots in common culture and values. these are bonds which carried us through the cold war. today, nato continues to serve the interests of each and every member. security, prosperity, and open societies. none of these values are guaranteed by nato alone, but all would be at great risk without nato. a safer and stronger europe means a safer and stronger united states. that was the rationale behind the decision to create the alliance, and it is just as valid today. because nato is as much an american organization as it is a european one. this was the spirit in which the alliance responded when the united states

nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. and then as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance measures in turkey, capacity building in iraq. i will also add that what we do in afghanistan, our biggest military effort ever, is relevant to the fight against terror, including against isil. and we stand to do more in libya libya. one issue we discussed during my visit to washington this week and also with secretary ash carter was the possibility of nato providing awacs support, our surveillance plane. that is on the table now and it's going to be addressed in nato. and then we will be able to provide you with a more resized into. but awacs support in one way or another is now an issue which is discussed. >> we promised the secretary-general that we would get him out of your on time, and i apologize to everyone who's questions we didn't get too. thank you so much. i think the fact that there are so many questions testifies both developments and level of interest. and we've still managed to cover an enormou

, yes, nato. let's relook at things and stop personalizing as to the person who makes the attacks. host: we appreciate the call from falls church, virginia. david in lake city, ford appeared a republican. -- lake city, florida. a republican. caller: god bless america. bad,nk nato is good, it is i think it should be revamped and more used and everybody pay their fair share in the world. it is not doing what it should do anymore. it needs to be straightened out and revitalized. i think they should stop hounding the man trying to straighten the world out. note in thiser segment of "washington journal," a story in "the washington times" about obama revisiting chicago law school. he will promote his nomination of judge merrick garland. the president will make the argument that republican lawmakers are refusing to hold a confirmation hearing. we will be covering the president's comments today at 3:30, life here on c-span -- live here on c-span. randy in michigan. a democrat. host: good morning, john. i

and of course, we have also nato exercises. forces from many nato allied countries. nato is present in the arctic, and we have to follow the developments very closely because we have seen a russian military buildup in the arctic. at the same time, we have the arctic council where the united states is a member, canada is a member, russia, norway, many other countries. we have also a degree of cooperation in the arctic related to search and rescue, environmental issues with russia russia. i think it is extremely important we continue to do that and do not increase tensions in the arctic but try to calm the tensions. karen: i'm going to ask people to limit themselves to one question. the questions have been good. but maybe we can take two or three if you limit yourself to ust one. >> turkey. here are so many voices saying that nato would be better off without turkey. they're saying they're collaborating with ice siss. is fighting the kurds who are fighting ice siss. how do you comment on that?

now, nato is coming under something of an attack. donald trump is leading the charge, calling nato obsolete. we'll talk with him about that in a few minutes. but first, the u.s. today is increasing its spending on nato, sending more arms and troops on a scale not seen since the cold war. the reason, russia's rising military presence in eastern europe. nato forces and russian troops are massing along that border in the modern version of the cold war part two. we sent scott thuman on an exercise with u.s. troops in estonia. [gunfire] scott: what you're seeing and hearing isn't any ordinary military exercise, nor is the setting -- a remote section of woods in tapa, estonia, some 75 miles from the russian border, where 170 u.s. soldiers, as the saying goes, are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst by training with live rounds, putting high-tech stryker vehicles though the paces, and shattering the -- with the deafening sounds of detonating ied's. captain joe vanderlip is the iron troop commander. captain vanderlip: i think th

manchin: i think all of us agree that nato -- we should be part of nato. the bottom line, the frustration is we know the sacrifices they have made and they've come to the aid in defending the united states but they still haven't made a commitment. the 2% of their g.d.p. but there's no quid pro quo, there's no penalty for that. do you believe that there's a way we can hold them more accountable? if they are not coming up to the 2%? mr. scaparrotti: i think that's a question, you know, for the alliance and north atlantic council to wrestle with. obviously if confirmed, i'll have the ability to give best military advice to the secretary general and the council and i, as i said, i do believe that within the alliance, the commitments that we make are very important for the strength of the alliance. mr. manchin: on the ballistic missile defense and most importantly with canada, i understand they're going to engage again, be involved in missile defense? ms. robinson: from what i've read they're in the process of talking about what they're going to do with that. i

. -- nato. he said na nato must be prepareo carry out its traditional missions while at the same time meeting the newly emerging threats to the alliance. that was revealing to me and frankly welcoming because we have not heard from the president anything along those lines for -- in my memory, but his recognition and his statement in that regard i think defines where we are, and that is we need to be prepared to carry out traditional missions through nato while at the same time meeting the newly emerging threats to the alliance. and we see these newly emerging threats to our alliance and to the alliance we're in almost every day. the president also noted that europe has been complacent about its own defense and called on our allies to do more. i welcome this renewed attention to nato. it also gives us the opportunity to respond to those who believe nato has outlived its usefulness, is too expensive and should be done away. such a view needs a rebuttal. it's not necessary or correct to claim that

nato alliance. john: meeting with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg this week, president obama reaffirmed u.s. support for the north atlantic treaty organization, nato. but a leading contender to replace president obama disagrees. donald trump. the g.o.p. presidential frontrunner says, quote-unquote, is regarded as sympathetic to russia's president vladimir putin. mr. trump also believes other nato members ask too much of u.s. taxpayers. and here at least, mr. trump would seem to have the statistics in his favor. note that after all the vast majority of nato members fail to meet nato's 2% g.d.p. target for annual defense spending. still, others fear that russia remains a serious threat. and perhaps signaling new plots on the horizon, president putin has set up a new militia force under his direct control. is nato obsolete? i ask you, tom. tom: i don't think nato is obs lute. but donald trump he, absolutely has legitimate points, one robert gates and multiple presidents have made behind the sce

nato is not formally part of the coalition, but nato supports the coalition. first of all, all nato allies provide forces. as i said, nato supports the coalition in different ways. assurance missions in turkey, capacity building in iraq. our biggest military operation ever is relevant for the fight against terror, including against isil. ,nd we stand ready to do more which is key. one issue we have discussed and also during my visit this week and also with secretary carter was the possibility of nato surveillance plane, and that is on the table now. it is going to be addressed in nato. will be able to provide you with a more precise answer, but >> we promised the secretary-general we would get him out on time. seapologize to everyone who questions we didn't get to. the many questions testifies to both the relevance and the level of interest, and we have managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. thank you so much for your candor and the completeness of your answers. thank you. mr. stoltenberg: thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stay in y

along with nato's help. please don't repeat these mistakes bies remain -- by reducing our forces in afghanistan, because you'll get the same result, probably worse. that's just my editorial comment. in terms of budgets. if we go back into sequestration mode, general, what would it mean to our presence in europe? mr. scaparrotti: it would have an immediate impact on the forces that we have there today. and i believe it would potentially put at risk the forces that we plan to rotate today. to reinforce our posture. and certainly it would impact the readiness of our remaining forces to come to europe if depersons should fail. mr. graham: would it be an encouraging sign to russia that we're less committed to europe? mr. scaparrotti: it would. mr. graham: general robinson, what would sequestration do to your ability to defend the nation's homeland? ms. robinson: it would definitely affect the readiness of the force and our ability to invest in capabilities to defend the homeland. mr. graham: can you give me examp

we are members of nato. and as dr. fox has said we're perm neanent members of the u.n security council, leading members of the imf, g-7 and g-20, why is it given our unique particular role in the world and our membership of all these bodies, why do we need that extra tear of the european union? >> i thought they made a fair point. the development in western europe of first the european community and the european union has had a significant role in keeping the peace. keeping the peace in particular between countries that have had long centuries history of fighting each other. and there has been a role and i believe it was in 1975 to see that as a strong argument for voting for the european community at that time. nato's essential role if remember it was to protect the democratic structures against a soviet threat, against totalitarian threat from eastern europe. but another point made about the concession of sovereign tito nato in many ways is much greater than the concession of sovereignty on foreign affairs

that is what nato is. as far as president eisenhower, one of my heroes, i think he was a tremendous president. he was a great military leader in world war ii. he was working at the diplomatic level. he knew how to bring people together. he knew how to have strategic vision. he wasn't hyde bound idealogically, he worked across the aisle and he was worried about getting the balance right in our economy. the generals didn't always like him. some of my army forbearers were really opposed to some of general eisenhower's policies when he was president. army chief of staff general maxwell taylor actually, he left in protest and wrote a book called "the uncertain trump met quote, criticizing the eisenhower's administration defense policies but -- >> we'll leave this recorded portion of "washington journal to take you live now to capitol hill where the congressional internet caucus is looks at proposed fcc rules on privacy that cover broadband service providers. this is just getting started. this is live on c-span2

nato's forced generation conferences is in june and the nato summit is in july. at stake is whether nato forces will remain in western and northern afghanistan or whether those areas will be seated to the influence of iran or criminal drug range. have no doubt, nato will follow america's lead on troops and afghanistan. it's up to the president of the united states to show that leadership. general robertson, the committee looks forward of hearing your assessment on threats of homeland tasked to defend of advanced missiles capable of carrying nuclear by russia, iran and north kree yachlt we'll be interested to hear your views on the importance of u.s. mexico security relationship, heroin, largely produced in mexico continues to ravage communities across our nation and demands are renewed effort to combat discouraged both in our streets and in it's source. must wrecken with the fundamental truth that the real driver of drug trafficking is demand for drugs here at home. while it is clear the mexican government must do more within its borders, our government needs to

>> well, nato and anato allies oar. >> nato -- individual nato countries are doing that like the united states, the uk, other countries, but as an alliance, because that's what the americans, a lot of americans want to hear, that nato is getting its act together and going to crush isis which is seen as a grave threat. >> the important thing is that we are able together to fight isil in an effective way. and we are -- nato should train, assist and advise. and the air strikes should be done by the coalition and all nato allies support those efforts. also what we do in afghanistan, is important when it comes to fighting terrorism. >> nato did get involved, very impressively. a lot of nato trips, unfortunately, died fighting in afghanistan. more than 1,000 died in afghanistan. flat fl nato did not get involved in iraq and it's not involved against isis. >> to help and train iraq to fight isil. to help train iraqi officers is an important element in fighting isis. >> how many nato troops are in iraq right now training iraqi troops? >> we oar we do the training in jordan and we're using jorda

>> well, nato and nato allies are doing that. >> nato -- individual nato countries are doing that like the united states, the uk, other countries, but as an alliance? that's what the americans -- a lot of americans want to hear, that nato is getting its act together and going to crush isis, which is seen as a grave threat. >> it's important that we are able together to fight si in an effective way. we have agreed that nato should capacity, train, assist, and then the high-end air strikes are done by the coalition and all nato allies support those efforts. >> he also said that some nato members need to spend more on defense. >>> next here on cnn, belgium's prime minister acknowledges security failures in the brussels attacks. hear why he's also criticizing turkey's role in it. >>> a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. >>> u.s. presidential democratic candidate bernie sanders is slamming rival hillary clinton following his primary win in wisconsin. bernie sanders said hillary clinton is not came to be president because of her views on iraq. >>> iceland's new prime minister will

of nato. are you surprised by the attack last week? guest: it's always shocking when it happens. i wasn't surprised in terms of the fact that we know that security and the internal security in belgium and brussels has been week for years and years. it's an international city. it prides itself on being open. there are lots of different neighborhoods. there are two different languages. they fought politically with each other for decades. splitwas talk about the that was going to take belgium apart. country that has had a strong central government. it's never had good internal coordination with its police. they have people who have been disaffected living there. it's the least secure country in europe in my experience. we're talking to wesley clarke about the situation in muscles. you can chime in on our lines. the head of the largest police unit in belgium wins warned on thursday of a serious security problem. do those findings surprise or concern you? guest: of course they concern me. they are

what i can do is to tell what nato is doing and nato is responding to a more dangerous world. that is important for the united states and it's important for canada and europe. we are doing that by standing together in the fight against terror. we do it by implementing the biggest reinforcement of collective defense of europe since the end of the cold war and we are doing it, for instance, in afghanistan where we have our biggest military operation ever as a response to an attack on the united states 9/11. hundreds of thousands of europeans have fought there together with americans. anchor: it doesn't sound like you agree with mr. trump? >> i will not be part of the u.s. election campaign. it's up to the american people to decide. i can tell what nato is doing. anchor: thank you very much. nato secretary-general who will not be drawn into american politics. and nato is not the only thing that donald trump has been sounding off on. still to come here on "bbc world news america," comedians in mexico and canada are being kept busy by the republican frontrunner. tonight we discover

if you're in nato, then nato is for what? the mutual defense, but first line of defense is europe, and, you know, where is europe to stand up? i don't see that. >> broaden it out more. to you, lisa, isis. how do we fight isis? does the united states have to send 90% of the military might, bombs to fight isis? where are the other arab nations pitching in? >> well, and i think they should. look, i think military relationships, it's complicated, it's con that lewded, and, ultimately, the united states does what's in the best military interest. i agree to a agree with trump on the nato premise in the fact that, you know, people should be paying more, you know, in these sort of partnerships, and, too, you look at a relationship where, you know, a lot of people are questioning what is nato do, and looking at maybe reforming that relationship or reforming the importance of nato when nato was formed, obviously, after world war for to defend against the soviets and their aggressions, so -- >> things have changed. we have to have our p

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nato can do much more of this. in the long run, it's a much more sustainable solution that we enable local forces to stabilize their own countries and to fight isil themselves. capacity is very high on the nato agenda. >> you seem to have a good relationship with the current president. how do you make sure your relationship, nato's relationship with the u.s. into your's no matter who wins the presidential election in november? of --o is an alliance democracies. we have always been able to work together regardless of different elections in now -- in nato all ied countries. and what i would like to do is say what nato is doing. is making sure that both united states and europe stand together, and together we are strong and protecting each other and that is good for the united states and europe. >> what is the latest on nato expansion? process ofow in the inviting montenegro to join the alliance. we are aiming at making the decision at our summit and to have montenegro becoming the 29th member of the alliance. showing

of nato's southern flank. we have to defend the security of every ally. that's why we need to stay nimble and make sure our forces are interoperable and invest in cyber defense and missile defense. and that's why every nato member should be contributing its full share, 2% of gdp, towards our common security. something that doesn't always happen. and i'll be honest, sometimes europe has been complacent about its own defense. just as we stand firm in our own defense, we have to uphold our most basic principles of our international order, and that's a principle that nations like ukraine have the right to choose their own destiny. remember that it was ukrainians on the maidan, many of them your age, reaching out for a future with europe that prompted russia to send in its military. after all that europe endured in the 20th century, we must not allow borders to be redrawn by brute force in the 21st century. so we should keep helping ukraine with its reforms to improve its economy and consolidate its democracy and m

where do you see the difference line, thank you talk to nato why do you think it would be about nato but not the cooperation of the -- do not trust the government in terms of the administration. >> images to find some ground rules. there are bilateral relations in the european union relations, and just because we cannot put to member states of the european union cooperate very closely from the united kingdom, there are actual arrangements. so nato is an alliance, voluntary alliance where countries have agreed, aspired to a level of spending but nato does not come back and say we're going to find you. because you not spending the 2%. if they did only three countries. once you have five you have to take the appropriate action. interestingly after the five was it invoked by nato and i was in the wake of 911. and in which we have not participated. but nato and european union are incredibly important in terms of having secured piece. it was the two together. >> partners in nato are very key, with the united states and canada being very of these yes take. >> well and european partners. of

what nato could do most effectively is create a nato training mission in iraq that could do the hard work of building the iraqi security forces so they can retake mosul, so they can participate in the fight against the islamic state. secondly, nato has tremendous intelligence, information, logistics capability. it canning use its -- can use its awacs aircraft. many of the nato nations individually are participating, but to bring the entire alliance into this would be very, very positive, and i suspect that is a key part of the discussion between the president and the secretary-general. liz: before i let you go back to your students at tufts, and it's a fine job you're doing over there, one of the toughest schools to get into, the u.s. navy has come upon an iranian ship that had thousands of weapons on it. where were those weapons going, from those -- from your point of view? in i'm almost certain they were headed into yemen. what's happened here is the iranians are supporting the houthi rebels, part of the shia side of the islamic faith. they're in a fight with sunni government of ye

in october, nato scrambled tozs dozens of f-16s. when russian launched aircraft near nato air space. swooping over the tort sea, the black sea the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never before seen video recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows the su 34, which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a payload of eight tons of precision guided weapons. eerchlts like this happen more than 100 -- events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014, three times more than in 2013. >> essentially what it is is the cat and mouse game at a was played during the original cold war where each side probes the defenses of the other in order to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressure on nato outposts like this outpost in buda where nor norwegian forces recently cooperated with their russian neighbors. nato uses its command center and f-16s to be eyes and ears in the sky whether it comes to russia. norway runs that operation from its military headquarters which it recen

like nato, the nato situation. suddenly nato is an issue in the last, what, 72 hours? now it is nato. like someone said this is about nato. now nato comes up even when he talking about a learning curve, nato comes up. >> he brought it up. >> geraldo is right, but, depend how you use that as reaction. because if your reaction is to shoot from the hip and say something empty you have to walk back, that is problematic. if your reaction is, i haven't been doing that long, i will figure out and get back to you. that is acceptable response. not the best response. >> you haven't heard that. >> this is what he does, he gets himself into the situations twice this week he had to walk things back. he is something one never likes to apologize or clarify. >> abortion -- sandra: that is all right. there should be a learning curve running for city council, not for president. quite clear to everyone watched it unfold, you heard it from trump supporters. know where you stand on issues. it will help anybody. >> certainly abortion, you got to know, "saturday night live" in the weekend up

then nato is not formally part of the coalition. but nato supports the coalition. and first of all, all nato allies provide forces. then, as i said nato supports the coalition in different ways. measures in turkey, capacity building in iraq. i will also add that what we do in afghanistan our biggest military effort is the fight against terror including. and we stand to go more in lybia. one issue we have discussed and during my visit to washington this week and with ash carter is the possibility of nato providing support. our surveillance plane. that is on the table now. it's going to be addressed in nato. then we will be able to provide you with a more precise answer. but support in one way or another is now an issue which is discussed. >> we promised the secretary general that we would get him out of here on time and i apologize to everyone whose questions we didn't get to. thank you so much. the fact that there are some questions testifies both to relevance and level of interest. and we've still managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. thank you so much fo

should get out of nato. i know you're not going to comment on our politics and that would not be appropriate for you to. but does the alliance need to be updated? it was created to go up against the soviet union. is there a mission issue here for nato? >> as you said, i will not comment on the u.s. election campaigg. it's up to the people of america to decide who's going to be the next president of united states. but what i can do is to tell what nato is doing and we are addressing both russia and isil and both things are important. when it comes to russia, we implement the biggest reinforcement of the collective defense since the end of the cold war. that's important for europe and the united states and because of safe and secure, it's important for the security of the u.s. when it comes to isil, all of them contribute in different ways. and to fight against isil, nato is also doing a lot when it comes to training, building capacity over forces in the region, all the way from afghanistan. and iraq, tunisia,

i am very grateful that the united states of america are supporting the nato mission. this in many ways is also a joint european-american effort, a transatlantic mission. we can say that all of our security issues on the doorstep of europe can only be tackled by joint transatlantic efforts. only in this way can our common security be insured. this also means that a european agreement as necessary, a german agreement is necessary in many of these issues, and i think germany has demonstrated that we are willing to make this effort to go the extra mile. be it in iraq fighting example,, be it, for in the way that we have become engaged in mali. we talked about afghanistan and afghanistan, too, needs to be kept on a track which is promising for the afghani people. we are ready and willing to be voluntarily engaged and continue to be militarily engaged. we are grateful for the united states of america for the responsibility you continue to show. i think the message that the taliban needs to be the international community will not leave afghanistan and this current predicamen

here is the problem with nato. it is obsolete. i learned quickly. i knew it was true. it is 68 years old. it was formed to look over the soviet union which doesn't even exist anymore. and i said it is obsolete and we pay too much money. now when i made this statement, thought i read it somewhere, but when i made the statement, it was really the statement that a lot of people said, how would you know a thing like that? so it turns out that things are worse than everybody thought. we're playing -- we are paying

why do so many european members of nato want britain to stay in the eu? they want to keep britain's budget in because it adds to the eu's pretensions. >> if the british veto was removed by brexit, would it save it getting its fiscal act together? >> on an extraordinary day, i might hope that that a british exit would cause them to change their direction of travel and update their map to today and that the european union might realize if they want to have any sort of defense, then they have to put their hands in their pockets. i'm afraid that the experience in recent times suggest that far too many of our continental european partners are taking a free ride on the american taxpayers, which i'm afraid must have a finite life span. >> one final question. please rank these in order of priority. scottish independence or membership to european union. >> scottish independence first. then membership to the european union. >> i'm not surprised. i just wanted that on the record. is there anything you want to say to pick up on the points that are being made? >> it w

-- we're paying share of nato, nato is largely off the leash, it has to be restructured and changed. and other countries have to pay some of the bill. i don't want to disband nato but i don't want to pay for a vast majority for the cost of the nato either. dierdre: some of your guests former mayor of new york city rudy guliani, saying that nato sacred to the u.s. do you see it this way? >> it is sacred to the u.s., it has been sacred to the west, it is feared by the enemy, correct, but nato has to be restructured, itself, i speak with officials in europe, with experts at nato and brussels, per say, they tell us we have been structured to face-off with an enemy coming from the so union, soviet union does not exist any more, we're asked to intervene expin ter fea -- and interfere with yugoslavia. it does not mean a dismembers of nato. >> thank you very much. foreign policy advisor to donald trump. >> on heels of a report that isis may have access to nuclear weapons, president obama will make his concluding remarks at a nuclear security summit, press will be asking questions, so as soon

on china, nato. everything from on nukes because he wants to, thinks it wouldn't be a bad idea if japan and south korea had nukes. immigration and temporary ban on muslims and i'm not sure there's anything he in either the establishment or the neocon wing of the republican really agree on. you could probably speak to that. >> it's interesting following his five big wins yesterday. we did the ma our political unit. he's now winning, trump, in the popular vote in all of the contest states that have taken place by about 3 million. he's got over 10 million votes. cruz has got 6,850,000 and kasich only 3,674,000. and up by 400 or so delegates. the all important delegate count. the republican establishment increasingly coming around to this notion he might be their nominee. >> the establishment, i think, probably. i think probably the better way to answer that it depends who you consider a part of the establishment and what you consider coming around. whether or not they're really there or they're still in

she says there's talk of nato. >> i wonder where that comes from. >> is nato will still important to europe and if so why has it not played a more decisive role? >> thank you. that's actuallily a really good question and we, of course, all know where that particular quote came from. but it's not as though the candidate was the first to question the value of nato or of alliances to america. i mean, there's a whole school of realist thinking in american political thought that goes back to the beginnings of the cold war that questions that. so i think it's legitimate question for you to ask and it's legitimate to expect us to have an answer for it. unfortunately, the first sentence of my answer is, it's complicated. so, nato was invented as the military arm of the transatlanti alliance to deal with one threat and one threat only and that was the threat emanating from russia during the cold war to contain it, to deter it. at the time, when security studies what was what i used as a student to comparative overkill studies, you were counting divisions, warheads and tanks and trying to calc

all nato allies should aim for the nato target of spending their 2% gdp on defense. something that david has made sure to happen here in the uk to meet that standard. we discussed new actions that we can take addressing the refugee crisis including our nato allies. of strong defense, we rely on more than just military spending but helping to unleash the potential of others living a free and prosperous lives. i want to thank the united kingdom. we talked about promoting jobs and stronger growth through increased transit and trade investments so our young people can achieve greater opportunities and prosperity. yes, the prime minister and i discussed on the referendum on whether or not the union remained. let me be clear, this is something that the british voters have to decide for themselves, but as part of our special relationship, part of being friends, is to be honest and to let you know what i think. and speaking honestly, it affects our prospect as well. the united states wants a strong united kingdom as partner. and the united kingdom is at its best when it is h

now, they also felt i was right as to nato. because we're paying a disproportionate share of nato. and nato is largely obsolete. it's got to be restructured and it's got to be changed. and other countries have to pay some of the bill. we owe, eric, $19 trillion. and we can't go around being the policemen of the world and supporting a big -- i think it's 72% or 73% of nato and other countries are benefiting we're paying the tab. key can't continue to do that. >> a lot of people on the left saying you want to disband nato. i don't understand that. >>ache, let me clarify. i never said that i don't want to disband nato but i don't want to pay for a vast majority of the cost of nato, either it's benefiting all of these countries, you have 28 countries in there. it's benefiting all of these countries. some of them pay peanuts. it's not fair. we have to be treated treated fairly worldwide whether it's nato or trade or anything else we are not being treated fairly. >> are these going to be advisors to you or just the back and forth you want too.&c @ do have a discussion. >> no. these won't

just take a look at nato. i was so right. and now these people who studied nato for 30 years, now they are saying, that was a brilliant suggestion. one guy was saying, "here is a guy studying nato and he never thought of it, he said it is obsolete. i have a natural instant for this. by the way, united nations. same thing, smaller number. united nations. believe me. [applause] mr. trump: many other things. many other things. i love the united nations. they are wonderful. have they ever settled anything? it is just like a political gang. the united nations, we pay for a vast -- i mean, the amount of money we spend on the united nations. i will tell you a story. a few years ago, four or five years ago, i was going before the united nations, and we were doing a study of the united nations's buildings, we were doing a renovation, so the in bassett or to sweeten up a time, i believe it was sweden, called me and mentioned the building for 92 stories for 306 $2 billion right across from the united nations. he called me and he was ver

how nato might now contribute to the e.u.'s efforts in the central mediterranean. we also need to do more to break the business model of the people smugglers. together with our partners and the libyan government, we will look at whether there is more we can do to strengthen the libyan coast guard. barack and i will discuss this further when we meet with the leaders in hanover on monday. and this will be another opportunity to show how working together collectively we can better protect ourselves from the threats that we face. we also covered a number of emerging challenges that it is more important than ever that we work together to identify problems and deal with the rapidly. just as we have done with ebola, we now need the same international cooperation on dealing with the zika virus. on the challenge of antimicrobial resistance, on cyber security, and on tackling corruption. britain is holding a big summit in london next month. secretary kerry will attend. and barack and i have talked today about some of things we want to a

his reexamining the relationship with nato. right now, the nato allies, u.s. included in that. i sat down this year with the supreme military commander of europe. the commander of nato. a u.s. four star general. he told me that they see russia as the biggest threat to security and stability in the region. at the same time, you now have donald trump saying that he will relook at the relationship with russia and president putin as the only leader who praised trump calling him talented. so the questions that will remain in europe at the moment, what does this mean? redoing the relationship with nato at a time when russia is the big enemy? what does it mean? redoing the relationship with russia at this time? it will raise questions about ukraine and economic sanctions on russia. the annexing of crimea. all these things. without the detail to know how he makes the relationships, that's leaving a lot of questions. in the middle east, trump very, very hard on iran and the nuclear deal. all bad on the iran expansionist role in the region. that will sit well with the saudis and gulf sta

nato playing jens: we are stepping up our efforts to assist the european union and our nato allies to handle the refugee crisis. it is the biggest human tragedy in europe since the second world war. to the agployed ships and see, they're providing surveillance, monitoring the situation and chairing this information with the greek coast guard, toca's -- turkish coast guard. toy use this information manage the situation and we have seen the number of refugees -- aing the ag and see sea. respondert the first when it comes to managing the refugee crisis in europe. it is partly a new role. greecelies, turkey and , we tried to help as much as we can. that is why we quickly decided to play ships. -- deeply ships -- the play deploy ships. david: my interview with nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg. the fed minutes debated and april interest rate -- an april interest rate hike. michael mckee calling it a lively and contentious meeting. ina: today, i found action bonds really interesting. this is the general obligation bonds, prices here the lowest ever. puerto rican officials passed legis

but to say nato is obsolete while nato headquarters, city of brussels, has been bombed by terrorists shows no amount of care, context for what the situation needs. that's what's worrisome about trump. he goes into these bombastic statements. has no room for the delicate nature of these events. >> and it's interesting, too, because you are now hearing -- you mentioned elite opinion. you have barron's which is very concerned about a trump presidency's effect on the markets. if you have a president this erratic, how are the markets going to perform? one of the top ten threats to world peace and stability would be a trump presidency. so you are -- i am perfectly willing to have our allies do more than they have done. but to create a situation where the allies don't know where they stand creates instability across the world. just now as a candidate he's causing this stuff. for me he's the ceo. when you are the ceo, your people work for you. when you are the president, you work for the people. it's a very different thing, okay? when you are the president of the united states, you have so m

>> i will stay in nato. i will stay in nato, and we will continue to look for missions and other kinds of programs that they will support. remember, nato was with us in afghanistan, most of the member countries also lost soldiers and civilians in afghanistan. they came to our rallying defense after 9/11. that meant a lot. and, yes, we have to work out the financial aspects of it but let's not forget what's really happening. with russia being more aggressive, making all kinds of intimidating moves toward the baltic countries, we've seen what they've done in eastern ukraine, we know how they want to rewrite the map of europe, it is not in our interests -- think of how much it would cost in russia's aggression were not deterred because nato was there on the front lines making it clear they could not move forward. >> thank you, secretary. senator, let's talk about the u.s. relationship with israel. senator sanders, you maintain that israel's response in gaza in 2014 was, quote, disproportionate and led to the un

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in nato there's a structure but there's an integrated structure. compared to that nato is an example of where we have accepted shared sovereignty and sometimes it makes a great deal of sense. i've us that there's a democratic deficit in the european union. that has to be one of the arguments for keeping integration, only to those areas where there is an obvious benefit to the united kingdom in terms of our security, our quality of life. that's a single most important example. i was margaret thatcher's minister and she was a strong champion of making the concessions of sovereignty in order to -- i was given instructions to support that when it was being discussed by margaret thatcher, prime minister. >> not as a general principle. is that i believe for the greater good of the united kingdom. i said a few moments ago i do not, i posted from the beginning without a single government and that's why won't work properly. that said all said all along that i would support integration , including the united kingdom if i'm satisfied that the united kingdom's

returning to helmand province in the wake of nato's withdrawal. the bbc visits the afghan army as it launches a new defensive against the taliban. the global high is on for this man in the hat. the belgian authorities hope this will help find the missing suspect in the brussels bombing. ♪ we're off to meet the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz ♪ >> in may seem like a bad movie at times, and maybe there is a reason. we look at each candidate's favorite film. why at least one likes to act it out. >> nothing better, except for a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato salad. >> welcome to world news america. afghan forces have begun the new offensive against taliban militants in the province of helmand where allied forces suffered more casualties in more than a decade of fighting in afghanistan. government troops have had a tough time since nato forces ended the combat mission in 2014. we visited the former british base from where he sent this report. >> i flying to what is left of am camp bastion, the main british base in afghanistan. very few journal