himself was quite awkward for him as well, jake. >> fred pleitgen thanks so much and jen psaki, let me start with you, former communications director for the obama white house. a lot of issues that president has with germany and angela merkel in terms of not paying enough on defense, according to nato obligations and in accordance to the trade issues. these are issues president trump shares with president obama and previous president. his supporters might say, hey, at least he's bringing it out in the open. president obama didn't get results. >> president obama did get results n.2014 germany and a number of european countries pledged to contribute 2% of their gdp by 2024. that's in process. right now germany is paying for about 15% of nato's operating budget. the united states pays for 22%. should shedo more, yes, and they have pledged to do more over the next ten years but issue here is that german leaders, long been one of our strongest partners in europe, through obama and through bush, are questioning whether the united states is a strong ally anymore and whether the united states

bring you in. jen psaki reminded me that our family has friends who are not white. they are in fear and they have been since president trump was elected. i think a lot of people were scared after he was elected. a lot of progressives were scared. they didn't know what it would mean. maybe a lot of people for them to fear has died down. i'm reminded constantly by my wife na her close friend, who is not white, is constantly in fear. this is why. >> i think that's right. i am reminded of a woman i talked to in north carolina. i was covering hillary clinton, a black woman, about 65, 70 years old. she was a hillary clinton supporter. she talked about donald trump. she talked about the kind of fear she had were donald trump to be elected. she grew up in segregated north carolina. she kept saying to me, i just don't want to go back. she felt like a donald trump presidency would mean that for her. i was trying to alay her fears and america is america. it has obviously a progression in terms of racial issues. she hasn't tried to alay the fierce of people from so many different backgrounds. n

roundtable with retired general ron eaton, robin wright, moaz mustafa and jen psaki, former white house communications director for president obama who you saw earlier. >> let me start with you. you were born and raised in syria. you've long advocated for american intervention in syria, and you're rejoicing over what happened last night. tell us why. >> absolutely. i honestly i want to start off by thanking the president of the united states for taking actions in response to the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime against children, and i think that this might be the first step to what i urge for the end to all killing in syria. >> these strikes still leave much of the syrian military's capabilities in attack. >> one, i agree for the men and women we lost in this chemical strike, and i would expect the president of the united states will convert teleprompter empathy to actual refugee flow back into the united states akin to what president obama went for, and the second point is this was far more messaging than it was a military outcome. this was a message delivered by tomahawk th

parentheses, she said "my." and on the back it said girl power. >> let me ask you a question jen psaki who was the white house communications director for president obama wrote something that i want to read to you. she wrote quote, my facebook and instagram feeds are already full of photos and anecdotes in anticipation of the march. a feminist quotes inviting others to join and photos of home-made pink cat hats and nasty women t-shirts. i have a sinking feeling about the march. she goes on to explain, i worry it will give too many people license to congratulate themselves for their activism and move on with their daily lives. so congratulations on a successful march today. you obviously do a lot. you have co-founded the endometriosis society. but is that not a legitimate fear of jen psaki. we saw a lot of progressives talking about how horrible donald trump was. and then guess what, a lot of them didn't turn out to vote, in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. >> but a lot of them turned out this morning. i mean i have to tell you, i was there on the ground and the energy is beautiful and rea

for that incredible reporting. stick around. i want to bring in my penal. jen psaki, former communications director for the obama white house and would bein wright from are the woodrow wilson center and mike rog remembers, former republican chairman of the house intelligence committee. what are you hearing from syrians in the wake of not only this attack but the u.s. strike agence the assad regime in response, clarissa? >> well, jake, i think for people in opposition-held areas there was a moment of optimism or excitement even when president trump took the decision to strike the air base which is where the air strike was launched from. there are two questions. what the does this mean for the future? what is the syria policy going to look like in a more long-term way in the u.s. may have shown it has some leverage now at the negotiating table, but what does it actually go ahead and do with the leverage in the second question that i hear over and over again from syrians is, okay, why is it okay to kill us by the thousands with chemical weapons or -- rather, why is it not okay