political leaders do not view nato as central to their strategies. much of the public does question nato's relevance in a changing world. in that context, we are fortunate to have a resourceful leader like jens stoltenberg at the head of nato. the secretary-general assumed his role faced with the daunting task of reorienting nato through a unique set of challenges. he has held leadership positions from minister of energy to minister of finance and twice served as prime minister of norway. he was instrumental in developing norway's defense policy to tackle emerging threats. he also saw the country through one of the most difficult times in its modern history, the terror attacks witnessed in the summer of 2011. rather than countering hate with anger that summer, he redoubled efforts to strengthen democracy and humanity both at home and abroad. he is a shining example of the sort of leadership we require. before we begin, i would like to remind the audience that you can follow today's conversation on twitter at@aceventslive. after his remark, we will open a conversation with a pulitzer prize-

about nato. but the overall question, beyond the question of burden sharing about nato's relevance is not really anyone. sometimes it's spoken of in monetary terms. europeans are free riders. i think you have addressed that just now and certainly angel remarks, and shown that the situation is, in fact, improving. but more broadly in the years since the cold war ended he's had a lot of foreign policy experts from george kennan to donald rumsfeld questioning whether nato should survive. most of those concerns were based on the end of the soviet union. you spoke of the largest reinforcement of collective defense since the end of the cold war, and certainly some of nato's eastern members have argued that the cold war never really ended. general breedlove spoke recently of a shift in nato doctrine from assurance to deterrence, which i think in some ways is arguably a return to the past. i wonder if you could talk a bit about russia, what you think the actual threat is that russia poses to the alliance right now. what are putin's goals? on his actions arguably a response as some argued year

cooperation is needed more than ever. 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 was attacked on 9/11. the only ti

., richard urbany testifies at the affairs committee. nato secretary-general yen stoltenberg-- jens says allies are not doing enough. this panel is about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon and welcome, i am fred cap, president and ceo of the atlantic council. we are honored to welcome the secretary-general today. i think the size of this audience, and the number of cameras in the room, show a huge interest in your trip. i will get back also to a couple of reasons why the interest might be a little higher than normal in nato on this trip. the atlantic council was founded with the goal of constructing u.s. engagement in the world along with our closest friends and allies in europe and elsewhere. for that reason, we frequently host global leaders visiting in washington, d.c. for us, nothing gives us more pleasure than hosting the secretary general of nato. these are the atlantic council's roots. nato is at the heart of our mission of working together to secure the future and it remains very much at the heart of america's role and purpose in the world. as president obama said today, nato

measure." nato, the north atlantic treaty organization, is the largest peacetime military organization in the world. formed just after world war ii, it's an alliance of the u.s. and 27 other north american and european countries. led by a u.s. general, or supreme allied commander, they pledge all for one and one for all against enemy attacks. 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 go

trump has questions nato's relevance and expressed concern over the financial burden it places on the united states. president obama and ted cruz have defended nato's role in keeping the world safe. do you think nato is a good u.s. investment? republicans call in at 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. for those outside the u.s., 202-748-8003. @cspanwj and facebook.com/c-span. we are talking nato this morning. the u.s. role in the 67-year-old alliance. we are talking about the u.s. contribution to nato which equates to $500 million a year, according to defense department budgets. not role has become a concern on the campaign trail. this from "the washington times" this morning. secretary-general jens stoletenberg said he welcomed more attention to nato and nato related issues in the u.s. bit of donald trump's recent comments in the washington post editorial board. [video clip] donald trump: i see nato as a good thing to have. i look at the ukraine situation ad i say, so, ukraine is country that affects us far less than it affects other countries and nato.

how a possible exit would impact migration, nato membership and trade policy. the uk will vote on whether to remain in the european union on june 23rd. >> implication of the brexit, first, simply identify yourselves for the record. so if we can go ahead and begin, i can invite you to open the batting. >> thank you very much. for the people watching this i invite each of you to make an opening statement of no more than 500 words. and then i'm going to invite each of my colleagues in turn to put questions to you and give each of my colleagues ten minutes in which to do so. and then at the end i may invite you then to make very brief remarks to comment on things that you may have heard in the session. so if we could therefore begin. perhaps i can invite you to open the batting. could i begin by congratulating the committee on the nature of this meeting today. i think it's probably the first time the conservatives has created a joint platform here. in support of this campaign, whether it's a precedent time will tell. we're all speaking in our personal capacities. perhaps i should say

pushed nato to adjust the scope, scale, and seriousness of the new strategic reality we face in europe, that will be the urgent and unfinished task left to you if confirmed. over the past two years vladimir putin has been learning from bloody experience in ukraine and syria that military adventure pays, that diplomacy can be manipulated to serve his strategic ambitions and that the worst refugee crisis since world war ii can be to divide the west and weaken its resolve. the only deter rens that we seem to be establishing -- establishing is over our, indeed two years after russia invaded ukraine, the administration is still not provided ukraine forces for the legal assistance they need to defend themselves in which the congress has authorized for fear of provoking russia. this fear of es ska lags only encourages the kind of aggressive dangerous behavior we saw last week when russian fighter jets conducted simulated tax within 30 feet of the navy destroyer in international water and performed dangerous maneuvers of 50 feet and international air space. the european insurance initia

fair share. in nato, for instance, only 4 of 28 other member countries besides america spend minimum required 2% of gdp on defense. the countries we are defending must pay for the cost of this defense. if not, the u.s. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. >> so pay your fair share or you're on your own. donald trump warning other nations they'll have to pitch in more money or fight their own battle if he becomes president. so, should they have to spend for us to defend? hi, everyone, i'm eric boling, welcome to the cashing in. welcome, everybody. lisa, is trump right about halting the gravy train when it comes to defending other nations? >> eric, well, donald trump is not out alone on a ledge here. regarding nato, they reiterated after donald trump made the statements saying, look, relationship between u.s. and europe used to be 50/50, and now it's 70/30 with the united states taking the lead there financially. former defense secretary gates made similar statements in the sense there's only a handful of nato members paying the amount they should. however, i'll s

the future of the north atlantic treaty organization, nature tow. -- 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 has no problems or

doing it? because we have the best congress that money can buy. john: issue three. nato and national guard. >> north america and europe is able to deliver when we stand together in a strong 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

this afternoon, the secretary general of nato will have a preview of the alliance's summit in poland. he will be speaking at the atlantic council at 4:00. more road to the white house c-spane coming up on the networks. hillary clinton is speaking at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh coming up ahead of the pennsylvania primary. that's hillary clinton today at 6:00 over on c-span3. at 7:00 eastern, ohio governor john kasich came in third last night in the wisconsin primary. he's back home in ohio to deliver his 2016 state of the state address from marietta in the southeast corner of ohio. west virginia has their presidential primary on may 10. 7:00, donald trump campaigning in new york ahead of the primary. bethpage onnight in long island. campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> with ted cruz winning the wisconsin,primary in being donald trump, senator cruz addressed supporters in milwaukee. he's introduced by wisconsin governor, scott walker. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome th

p.m. in london, only here on cnn. >>> well, after the terror attacks in brussels, nato has been criticized for not doing more to fight isis in iraq and syria. the nation's secretary-general has been on a visit to the united states. he met with troops in the state of north carolina and with president barack obama. he also spoke with our wolf blitzer. >> nato countries individually are fighting isis, which is a grave threat, as you well know. nato as an organization has not gone in to fight isis as it did to fight the taliban, for example, in afghanistan. why can't nato play a role as an organization in trying to crush isis? >> as i said, all nato allies participate, contribute to the fight -- >> why can't nato do against isis what it did against the taliban? >> we have started to build more capacity to fight isil. we believe in the long run we enable local forces to fight isil instead of us -- >> but you're headquartered in brussels. you think the nato alliance would say, this represents a threat not just to the region, whether iraq or syria or elsewhere, it represents a threat t

, nato response. donald trump calls the alliance protecting europe obsolete and says member nations have left paying the bills to the united states. all that as the organization faces criticism it's not doing enough to fight isis right now. tonight, a rare interview, nato's secretary-general is here live in the "situation room." he'll respond to donald trump. >>> and kim's ambition. a key american ally saying north korea's dangerously unpredictable leader may be right when he claims he now has nuclear tipped missiles capable of taking out americans. is the reclusive kim jong-un now capable of laurening a nuclear strike against the u.s.? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following several important new developments as the race for president moves to the critical primary state of new york. after suffering a humbling defeat in wisconsin, donald trump is hurling insults at the man who beat him, senator ted cruz, calling him a puppet of the establishment. tonight cruz says the race is at a turn

. ahead, we will hear from the nato secretary-general on europe's migrant crisis and the role of nato infighting terror on the continent. ♪ mark: terror attacks in brussels put a new focus on nato's role, with some in europe suggesting it should be a clearinghouse for intelligence. nato's secretary-general makes clear in an interview that the war against the islamic state is a top priority. comes challenges when it to fighting terrorism, it is a combination of military intelligence and civilian intelligence. border control, civilian intelligence is not nato's responsibility, but we are reaching out to our nato allies and urging them to include the way they are sharing civilian intelligence. isk: to secretary-general meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill to discuss defense spending. countries pledged to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defense. in that interview, the secretary said it is an important pledge as global needs are expected to grow. working with nato allies to make sure they are making good on their pledged to meet that 2% goal. first, to stop the cuts. then to graduall

the migrant crisis, i spoke a short time ago with nato's secretary-general. he had just been meeting president obama at the white house today. secretary-general, do you think that the deal which has started to be implemented in europe between greece and turkey on the migrant crisis will help make nato members more secure? >> yes, i think so because the alternative is continued chaos. we have seen the biggest humanitarian refugee crisis, the migrant crisis in europe since the second world war. i welcome the effort to try to manage to handle the situation and nato provides support to ships in the aegean sea which e helping the turkish, greek coast guard and the e.u. border agency to deal with the situation. anchor: you have talked at length about this being a humanitarian crisis, but how much does your migrant problem also represent a security crisis? >> this is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis. hundreds of thousands, millions of people fleeing from war, from turmoil, from violence and also from poverty. therefore, i welcome all efforts in trying to manage this humanitarian cri

. he pushed uconn and nato to address the strategic reality we face in europe. that will be the urgent and unfinished task left to you, general scaparrotti, if confirmed. over the past two years, vladimir putin has been learning from bloody experience n ukraine and syria that military adventurism pays, that diplomacy can be manipulated to serve his strategic ambitions and that the worst refugee crisis since world war ii can be weaponized to divide the west and weaken its resolve. the only deterrence that we seem to be establishing is over ourselves. indeed, two years after russia infaded ukraine and annexed crimea, the administration is still not provided ukrainian forces with legal assistance they need to defend themselves and which the congress' authorized for fear of, quote, provoking russia. this fear of escalation only encourages the kind of aggressive and dangerous behavior we saw last week when russian fighter jets conducted simulated attacks within 30 feet of a u.s. navy destroyer in international waters and performed dangerous maneuvers within 50 feet of a u.s. surveill

of refugees pouring across its borders, nato has to step up. our nato allies not only need to reverse declining defense budgets and honor their pledge to reach the 2% target within a decade, they must also invest in critical military capabilities that further alliance interoperability. a strong nato is in america's national security interest. nowhere has that been clearer than in afghanistan. our allies have sacrificed blood and treasure fighting alongside us for 15 years. now the balance of our shared mission and indeed the fate of afghanistan hangs in the balance. the president has announced he intends to reduce u.s. forces in afghanistan from the current level of 9,800 to 5,500 by the end of the year. such reduction will have profound consequences, especially the end of the u.s. train, advise and assist mission and the highest levels of the afghan military. this is at the same time isil is now on the battlefield, al qaeda is resurgent, and the taliban is on the offensive. just this week, the taliban conducted a suicide bombing in kabul that killed over 60 people and wounded more th

, arkansas, is general wesley clark, retired general and former nato supreme allied commander in europe. general clark, thanks so muchou for joining us. >> guest: thank you. pleasure to be with you. >> host: we are talking about nato in the wake of the brussels attack. you were stationed in brussels when your head of nato. were you surprised by the attacks last week in brussels? >> guest: it's always shocking when it happens but i wasn't surprised in terms of the factfa that we know that the security, internal security and belgian and brussels has been weak for years and years and years. it's an international city. it prides itself on being open. got lots of neighborhoods that people of different nationalities.ff the country is split by people who speak two different languages.politically with they thought bitterly politically with each other for decades. there was less talk about maybe brussels as the center of the split that's going to take belgian apart between the flames and the wallet come those who speak flemish and those who speak french. so it's not a country that had a strong c

a.m. on an autumn morning in stran tran sylvania. it is a routine nato exercise in military readiness. >> one minute! >> but demonstrations of force like this have taken on a influence urgency for the west. here beside the carpathian mountains in romania these soldiers are training for battle. just a seven hour drive from ukraine where russian backed separatists set off the worst confrontation between moscow and the west since the end of the cold war. roe romanians and others who worry about past aggressions, worried about stopping an emboldened vladimir putin. >> cold war is a reality, now we live in a new cold war but it's a danger for the real war. >> not everyone slairs the shares the former romanian president's fears that u.s. and the russian he are bound for conflict but little room for error. 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 norwegia

this collective response to those threats, but of course he only referred to nato once i think at the end of his speech. of course we we are remnants of nato, and as doctor fox member of the security council we are leading members of the ims, the g-7 and the g20. why is it that given our unique, particular role the world and our membership of all of these bodies, why do we need that extra and another pair. >> well i think they made a very fair point, the development in western europe, firstly the european community has had a significant role in keeping the peace. m peace among countries that have had a long time of history of fighting each other. we see that is a strong arguments for the european community at that time. if you remember it was to protect the democratic structured against a threat, but another point was made about sovereignty to nato and in many ways is much greater with the concession of sovereignty to the european union. -- >> so the point that market makes it for comfortable with that huge extension of a sovereignty on the part of nato, is so uncomfortable with the m

meets with the current nato commander, donald trump holding firm on his belief that nato is an outdated organization with no teeth. does america need to renegotiate its defense commitments with nato and europe? are we really getting fleeced by the whole nato thing? the tough as nails commander who says, not so fast. on wall street, markets drifting lower after posting pretty decent gains last week. the dow is down about 49 points. still, there is a lot more than just that loss. plus, no redemptions for you. puerto rico's bondholders have filed suit, we'll tell you what that says. tesla sales soar, and charlie gasparino has the virgin america sale to alaska air. we're less than an hour to the closing bell, let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ liz: okay, so with the dow down 4 points, we've -- 44 points, we've cut in half the losses, are the markets backing off right now? stocks got too close to last year's highs. the dow is hitting fresh session lows within the hour, down more than 80 but, again, back off that at the moment. the s&p down about a quarter of a percent. nothing to really se

: it's a pleasure to be with you. host: we are talking about nato in the wake of the brussels attacks. you were stationed in brussels when you are the head 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 surpr

to those threats. >> we are members of nato and as dr. fox said with permanent members of the u.n. security council, we're leading members of the imf, the g-7 and the g-20, why is it that given our unique particular role in the world and our membership of all these bodies, why do we need that extra tear, 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 base. it wasn't seen as a strong argument for voting for the european union at that time. he made a point about the concession of sovereignty to nato in many ways is much greater than the concession of sovereignty at least to the european union. after all, it's poofrt concession. we are obliged to go to war against turkey, for example. the point malcolm makes is tlier comfortable with that huge extension of release of sovereignty. >> we talked about our own experiences. i'm the first polish born british member of parliament. and what has pushed me is the extraordinary intransjens of a country lik

, a very good guy, he said, "what about nato?" right? in all fairness, i have been entre nous are -- entrepreneur, a very good one, but i know something about nato. 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

. this is the only challenge that could only tackle effectively. nato is helping to rejuvenate the number of migrants and barack obama and i have discussed how nato could not contribute to the eu efforts. we need to do more to break the model of business smugglers. we'll look at more we could do to strengthen our coast guards. barack obama and i would be discussing this further when we meet in italy on monday. this will be another opportunity to show that how working together collectively, we can better protect ourselves from the threats that we face. we've covered a number of new challenges that we work together with our international partners to identify problems and deal with them rapidly. just as we have done with ebola, we now need the same international corporation on dealing the zika virus, on cyber security and tackling corruption. british is holding a big anti-corruption here next month where secretary kerry will attend. barack obama and i have told you some of the things we want to achieve. you have to go all around the globe to lobby for help. we would like to see an int

parliament and the council and nato headquarters. it's the seat of many embassies, universities and think tanks, several hundred thousands of europeans from europe's other 27 member states work and live there and thousands of americans. the state department has a very, very large mission to the european union with people who have deep expertise in the work of the european union. belgians, of course, often joke they feel like a minority in their own capital. as a city, brussels is kind of an acquired taste. i've been there in times. not least because of his chaotic urban designing. the rules and its truly remarkable overall scruffiness. you have to think new york in the 1970s for a sense of what it's like if you have never been there but it also has the quirky charms that envelope you slowly in a warm embrace. a vibrant culture, friendly inhabita inhabitants, attracting housing and excellent food, something the belgians take extremely seriously. so much like the big apple's, the citizens defend it fiercely. to call it a hell hole is wide of the mark. we think of it as europe's beatin

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. ow do you comment on that? >> general breed love said recently that he felt the russians were weaponizing the refugees in the situation of destabilizing europe. know nato has sent some pa trolts recently. but why did it take so long for nato to respond to such a serious security threat tot european continent when greece and turkey are members of nato? when it comes 20 nato's role in addressing the mige rant and refugee crisis nato's main rule has been to address the instability in the region. in europe, nato is normally not the first responder because this is about border control, coast guard, border controls. aid and so on tot refugees. but when we were asked, we responded. and we actually responded very quickly because germany, turkey, and greece asked nato for help. and after 48 hours we were able to make a decision to provide the ships and assistance they

marshall plan to rebuild, an airlift to save berlin, a nato alliance to defend our way of life, america's commitment to europe was captured by a young american president, john f. kennedy, when he stood in a free west berlin and declared that freedom is indivisible. and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. with strength and resolve and the power of our ideals and a belief in a unified europe, we didn't simply end the cold war. freedom won. germany was reunited. you welcomed new democracies into an even -- ever closer union. you may argue over whose football clubs are better. vote for different singers on eurovision. but your accomplishment, more than 500 million people speaking 24 languages in 28 countries, 19 with a common currency, in one european union remains one of the greatest political and economic achievements of modern times. [ applause ] yes, european unity can require frustrating compromise. it adds layers of government that can slow decision-making. i understand. i've been in meetings with the european commission. and as an american, we're famously disdainful

other, but nato is not paying the bills, and why should they? because nobody asks them to pay. i am going to say, "pay up." and they are going to pay up. and i will do it nicely. i will ask nicely and do it very presidential. i will ask it and at the same time get the money. ok? you can't get to presidential. [applause] mr. trump: if you are to presidential -- too presidential. [applause] mr. trump: if you are too presidential, you won't if the money. one of these countries, and i will not name any names, but they will say, i don't want to give money. i am like a really smart person. i can be a presidential president. i can be boring, that is ok. but look, we are going to get these countries to pay, and not only to pay, not only to pay, but to pay all of this money for years. we have been carrying these countries. many of them are rich countries. some of them have the money to pay. and then you safe to yourself, "what are we getting at here? -- say to yourself, "what are we getting at here?" well, take a look at ukraine. these three or four countries that surround ukraine, do you ev

might and rebuilding nato. >> our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster. no vision. no purpose. no direction. no strategy. if president obama's goal had been to weaken america, he could not have done a better job. the legacy of the obama/clinton interventions will be weakness, confusion and disarray. a mess. >> joining us with the international response to trump's speech is cnn's nic robertson in london. nic, you heard trump saying what he thinks everything the obama administration has done wrong. what does a trump world view look like? >> reporter: it's lacking in detail at the moment. that is what is a concern. no doubt at all whether london or berlin or moscow, everyone is listening closely to what trump was saying. people want to know what they can potentially expect and beginning to take the reality of a serious challenger and take that more seriously. for sure. the details he didn't give provides europe for worry. the talk about the need for nato all allies pay for defense spending. he is talking about redoing a relationship with russia at the moment. the european

international groups, we enhance our security in the membership of nato, further our prosperity. and like those organizations britain's membership of the e.u. gives us a powerful tool to deliver on the prosperity and security and stand up for the values of our countries and now i think is a time to stay true to those values and stick together with our friends and allies in europe and around the world. thank you very much. >> thank you. as always it is wonderful to be here in london with my good friend david cameron. i have also come back to wish her majesty the queen a happy birthday. earlier today michelle and i had the honor to join her majesty and her royal highness, the duke, as their guest at windsor castle. with best wishes to the american people. i have to say i have never been driven by a duke of edinburgh before. i can report that it was very smooth riding. as for her majesty, a source of inspiration to me and so many people around the world, she is truly one of my favorite people, should we be fortunate enough to reach 90 may we be as vibrant as she is. she is an astonishin

american politics, but it has been startling to hear candidates talk about how nato is no longer relevant. i know you may yesterday with the secretary general. how important is nato now for our future? you described a very challenging world. where does nato fit in all of that? secretary carter: let me just say something i have said in other occasions. i really mean this, both on my on behalf and on behalf of everybody else in my department. i know this is an election year and we have a tradition in this country. we in the defense department stand apart from that. so i'm going to be very careful of ever addressing anything as part of a political debates. so i just need to preface anything i say on that basis. i did meet with secretary-general start and buried yesterday. we were talking about the things nato is doing and can do going forward. nato waged and was successful in ending the cold war in a peaceful and principled way. then the balkans came and nato ended up being instrumental in that. today, we're looking to it for two particular things. one, is to stand tall against the

, i will call for a summit with our nato allies. and a separate summit with our asian allies. in these summits, we will not only discuss a rebalancing of financial commitments, but take a fresh look at how we can adopt new strategies for tackling our common challenges. for instance, we will discuss how we can upgrade nato's outdated mission and structure grown out of the cold war to confront our shared challenges. including migration and islamic terrorism. i will not hesitate to deploy military force when there is no alternative. but if america fights, it must only fight to win. [ applause ] i will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and i mean absolutely necessary, and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with a capital "v." our goal is peace and prosperity, not war and destruction. the best way to achieve those goals is through a disciplined, deliberate and consistent foreign policy. with president obama and secretary clinton, we've had the exact opposite. a reckless, rutterledderless an aimless foreign policy that's blazed a path of destruction in its

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 predicament. we also talk about an issue tha

curve. even if you're doing it all your life and something about nato and pause it is very moveable subject. i will say this, nato is obsolete. nato doesn't cover terrorism. nato is -- >> i waiting for to you bring this up. okay, fine. do you know how many nato soldiers have died in afghanistan helping us after the 9/11 attack on the u.s.? do you know how many nato soldiers died? >> i'm not saying it's a bad thing. it is obsolete. >> 1000 is the answer. harris: concept of learning on the job is actually something american public proven has a ballot for. we did so with president obama. he chose joe biden because shored him up on foreign policy. that is not entirely a new concept. your thoughts? andrea: i think what trump is saying is true. especially if you're businessman if you're not spending hours a day like rubio or cruz is practicing your talking points. however the answer to question on abortion was rookie mistake. that could have been handled so quickly with right prepping. chris, i don't deal with hypotheticals. abortion is law of the land. roe v. wade will not be overturned.

gymnast on everything from nato to nukes to abortion. i think something happened this week that we may look back on and say was very significant. >> michael gerson, do you agree? >> i've talked to serious republican officials that say two or three weeks ago, he seemed to be on the verge of uniting the party, of solidifying his support. and then he's had just a terrible couple of weeks. and terrible in a certain way. many of these issues have concerned women and women's issues. and he is well behind in the polling when it comes to this. i think a lot of republicans are realizing this is a seriously flawed candidate with some of the highest, you know, negative ratings of any recent candidate. and they are having buyer's remorse. >> are you concerned as a trump supporter? >> i'm not concerned. every time the media piles on donald trump he somehow emerges unscathed. some polls came out today, real clear politics, he's still over 50% in new york. that's huge. that would make that a winner take all state. >> just the media, or to michael's point, from conservatives and even on his abortion c

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wrong decision to go to iraq. 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 a bit of denial because there certainly is still tha

services committee. do you agree that it's time for the u.s. to reduce its involvement with nato unless the european allies, the other countries, starting spending on nato and let the u.s. off the hook, if you will, on a financial commitment? >> i agree with senator sanders and i think hillary clinton took the same position last night in the debate that other countries within nato need to step up. they need to pay their fair share rather than always relying completely on the united states to carry the lion's share of the costs and the burden. >> but you still believe in nato? >> i think nato does have a place, but we've got to look at every country's role in nato, what the mission is, what the purpose is in today's world. i think that's a relevant conversation to have. >> and so what would you like to see emerge from that kind of conversation? what kind of u.s. role, what kind of nato involvement? there are 28 countries that are allies in nato. >> i think that's a conversation that needs to happen between the united states and the countries within nato looking at the situation in

. >> okay. thank you both. >>> president obama met today with the secretary general of nato. the meeting comes at an interesting time as donald trump as called for the united states to pull out of nato or reevaluate how much money the united states gives to the organization. >> reporter: since he took office, barack obama has argued this kind of joint military training and operations are expensive, and when it comes to nato, the u.s. is paying more than its fair share. he has forcefully argued that other countries need to spending more on defense. he was more subtle about that when meeting with the nato secretary general. >> i have in my budget put forward a quadrupling of the resources that we spend, and dedicated a portion of that money to make sure we have ground brigades that send a clear message about our commitments to our nato allies to the east. >> reporter: for his part the secretary general acknowledged the issue. only five of the 28 member countries spend the pledged amount for their defense. >> i will work together with all of the nato allies to make sure they make go

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question. >> senator, in 1997 you said this about nato: it is not the time to continue wasting tens of billions of dollars helping to defend europe, let alone assuming more than our sure of our cost associated with expanding nato. do you still feel that way? >> what i believe, if my memory is correct here, we spend about 75% of the entire cost of the military aspect of nato. given the fact that france has a very good health care system and free public education, college education for their people, the u.k. has good national health service and they already provide fairly reasonable higher education, i do believe that the countries of europe should pick up more of the burden for their defense. yes, i do. >> and just following up, senator sanders, donald trump also argues that nato is unfair economically to the u.s. because america pays a disproportionate share. so how is what you say about nato and your proposal different than his? >> well, you got to ask trump. all i can tell you is with a huge deficit, with 47 million people living in poverty, with our inner cities collapsing, yeah, i

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 be advisors. people, very re