. >> secretary of state mike pompeo was in brussels write a meeting at nato headquarters. while there, he held a news conference to talk about the historic meeting between north and south korea and the future of the iran nuclear agreement. of the iran nuclear agreement. this is about 15 and its. -- 15 minutes. this is about15 minutes. secretary pompeo: good afternoon, everyone. it's truly been an honor to be here in brussels today. i received a very warm welcome from my counterparts. it's never good to be late on your first day of work, and so after being sworn in i hustled here. the flight crew did great work to get me here and lots of great state department officers helped me get this set up so i could be here in the nick of time. it was important to me. there's no more fitting destination for my first foreign trip as the secretary of state than a meeting of our nato allies. this alliance has been an essential pillar of american security interests for decades. some of our strongest bilateral partnerships are encompassed within this alliance, and i made it clear today that the united states is

countered strategically throughout the soviet-era with nato, an anti-communist military alliance of north american and european nations. - [polyakova] in the 1990s, there was this general view that russia should be and could be integrated into western institutions. so not just western economic institutions, liberal market economies, the globalized marketplace, but also western security institutions. - i was actually in the room when boris yeltsin asked manfred werner, then secretary general of nato to allow russia to join nato. and that was vetoed. i think that was a huge mistake. one of the greatest mistakes probably of the 20th century. and we now reap what we sow. (ominous music) - we will continue to support nato airstrikes until the serbs agree to the conditions laid out by the u.n. - [narrator] the aspirations of integrating russia into western institutions would be quickly tested in the balkans. the u.s. and its nato allies organized airstrikes outside of the u.n. security council, knowing that russia would veto them, pushing moscow to the sidelines. - [lynch] a post-communis

the baltic nations on meeting their defense spending obligations. this year. on nato. unlike some of the other countries that have not met their obligations. we have a tremendous amount more , i will take credit for this, a lot more money coming in to nato because of my initiative. i said, you have to pay, they were not paying a lot of years, the link what. nato is taking in more money than it ever did before. ultimately, at least $33 billion more over a short time. that is a lot of money. a big difference. it is a privilege to host do in the white house for this historic summit and i look forward to getting to know you better. we are going to be meeting with your representatives throughout the day and throughout the days. we will have a long and strong relationship. thank you for being here. >> thank you, everyone. pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. pres. trump: i have to say this. china, i have great respect for president x. two of the most incredible days of my life were spent in china. many of you were with me. he is a tremendous person. we have a problem

want him to do more to deter russia, especially by supporting nato forces in the region. that's an issue that has been talked a lot about -- talked about a lot today, and of course the president saying that he's been the toughest yet on vladimir putin. >> pete williams standing by for us as well. mr. williams, let's turn back to the mueller probe here. what happened in court today? how does alex van der zwaan, how does he fit into the mueller investigation. >> peripherally i think is the best answer to that. what he lied about is not the question of whether the manafort and gates were helping the russians and the campaign. what the government says he lied about is work that his law firm did for the government of ukraine, a report commissioned by the former president about the -- about the prosecution of his predecessor, his law firm wrote that report. representing ukraine at the time. that's what the government says he lied about. his lawyers said, look, he initially lied to them. we admit that. he came back in december and tried to set the record straight. you have to give him cre

years after the second world war. the united nations, the imf, the world bank, nato and the successor of the european union and trade organization were all created between 1945 and 1949. importantly, for my story, to these institutions were direct products of the marshall plan. that might sound surprising, but this grand project of integrating western europe economically, politically and ultimately militarily was actually the most critical component of the new american strategy at the time in 1947, containing the soviet union which came from famous american diplomat. to understand why that was, we have to go back a few years further to the war years. during the second world war, the united states and the soviet union were allies in the battle against nazi germany. , but as soviet dictator joseph stalin rightly observed at the conference in 1943, the best friendships are those founded on misunderstandings. no doubt, misunderstandings between stalin and fdr were profound and contributed immensely to their friendship over the years. fdr believed or needed desperately to believe that the

their own wonderful destinies. all three baltic republics are committed nato allies and i want to express our gratitude to each of your countries for fulfilling your full obligations and benchmark for gdp national defense this year. your commitment to burden sharing is an example that other nato nations and partners all around the world will have to all get together and bear. some of them do not make the same commitment. hopefully, they soon will. when nations are committed to peace and security, they have to pay their share and we will all enjoy a much more safe and prosperous future. are alsountries providing security assistance and training as heart of the coalition to defeat isis. the coalition has liberated almost 100% of the territory once held by isis in syria and in iraq. and we will not rest until isis is gone. in economic matters, our cooperation continues to develop and grow, as you well know. we are excited about several new opportunities for collaboration especially in science, medicine, and technology. immediately following this summit, the department of commerce and

very much. and meanwhile nato representatives have been meeting in the belgian capital brussels the military alliance says all twenty nine of its members are backing the airstrikes all nato allies have expressed their full support for the last night's actions which was intended to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and to deter further chemical weapons attacks against the people of syria nate thought strongly condemns the repeated use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime. let's go now to our correspondent in brussels where the nato representatives met earlier get nato looks unified on those intimacy of the airstrikes but how sure are they that this gas attack was carried out by the syrian regime could the airstrikes by these western forces be seen as premature and nato ambassadors my if they were presented here with a large amount of evidence of intelligence and it's a peer to be pretty convincing if you hear what came back from the secretary general but also from individual nato and best answers and that's bear in mind that this is not the first attack that

president would uphold article 5 of the nato charter which says an attack on one charter country is an attack on all. and i suspect, although that question was not directly asked of the president in this spray with reporters just a few moments ago, he may be asked if a news conference is coming up in the next 35 minutes or so. the president will be taking a question from a u.s. reporter, and as we understand, wolf, each of those baltic leaders from latv latvia. pretty eventful 20 or 30 minutes in the last. again the president venting his frustrations on the issue of immigration. >> he didn't back away at all fr from. >> at one point he says, thanks very much, guys, thanks very much, and the reporters will keep asking questions. it's because in many cases the president keeps answering those questions, and one of the last questions was on amazon and the "washington post." that's, of course, because the owner of the "washington post" is jeff bazos who also owns and founded amazon. at one point the president said that amazon is going to be paying much more money to the post office. as the

republics are committed. nato allies i want to express for fulfilling your obligations and meeting the 2% g.d.p. benchmark for national defense this year. burden mitment to sharing is an example that other and partners all around the world will have to together and bear. some of them do not make the same commitment. hopefully they soon will. when nations are committed to security, they have to pay their share. a much ill all enjoy more safe and prosperous future. countries are also providing security assistance nd training as part of the coalition to defeat isis. it has liberated almost 100% of territory once held by isis iraq.ia and in e will not rest until isis is gone. in economic matters our ooperation continuation to develop and grow as you well know. we are excited about several new collaboration,or especially in science, medicine and technology. immediately following this summit, the document of commerce chamber of commerce business a u.s.-baltic summit to expand the mutual trade and investment between our nations. looking forward to seeing you. the baltic countries remain a air

. bureau chief and washington alexandra phenomena thank you both very much meanwhile nato representatives have been meeting in the belgian capital brussels the military alliance says all twenty nine of its members are backing the airstrikes or nato allies expressed their full support for the last night's actions which was intended to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and to deter further chemical weapons attacks against the people of syria. nato strongly condemn the repeated use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime our correspondent gary mathis is standing by in brussels where nato representatives are having this meeting nato unified there on the legitimacy of the airstrikes how are they that short of the gas attack was carried out by the syrian regime could the airstrikes by western forces be seen as premature though or they have been presented with a large body of evidence and with rock solid intelligence at least that is what officials have told me basically that is what that what is what the u.s. the u.k. and france repeated over and over agai

, reaction from around the world to the overnight operations, now at nato headquarters, the secretary—general is speaking, let us listen in. several times in recent weeks, talking about the use of chemical weapons in attacks on people, both in the uk and now in syria, do you feel that the norms against the use of chemical weapons are we doing? you spoke about the need to strengthen deterrence in this, do you feel that nations are more willing to use chemical weapons now? the ban on the use of chemical weapons is under pressure because we have seen several examples of state actors in syria using chemical weapons and that is also the reason why we have to uphold and support the ban on chemical weapons, and not eroded, and that is exactly why nato allies strongly condemn any use of chemical weapons, and that is also why they support the actions taken bya why they support the actions taken by a worthy allies last night. it is important, especially 100 years after we saw the barbaric effect of chemical weapons used not far from brussels, where chemical weapons we re brussels, where chemi

nato, something his three baltic guests obviously count on to deter their former russian occupiers, which must have made it awkward when the president returned to another favorite theme. >> nato is delinquent. they were not paying their bills. they were not paying. a lot of states as we discussed, they were not -- they were not paying what they should be paying. since i came in, many, many billions of dollars additional have been paid by countries that weren't paying and now they're paying. and they will have to pay more, frankly. they will have to pay more. >> keeping them honest, the president has long spoken as though he believes nato is a dues-aying organization. it's not. there is no nato bill that comes due on the first of the month. but if its member nation defense spending that he's really talking about, which it seems he is, there's a nato guideline on that. the baltics sharply increased theirs. they did it to counter what they perceived as the russian threat. and for accuracy's sake, they started before president trump was elected. speaking of russia, the president once a

time in its history foreign missions defending the country and fulfilling its nato a big ations for years the army had to tighten its belt making savings with materials and personnel but the challenges have increased. is the bundeswehr up to these new challenges. dystonia six. thousand nato soldiers from countries such as britain france and germany are training with a stone in troops this maneuver is simulating an attack on a nato partner in the baltics the russian border is less than one hundred kilometers away. is one of the sergeants here he and his colleagues don't want to reveal their full names for security reasons. of. the political tensions between russia and europe may seem far away to them and yet local politics demands their presence in the forests of dystonia zero. four zero five zero zero zero zero zero zero zero that's the current third day to make a lego that does well. in contrast to an actual mission there are no live munitions here. we say train like you fight and fight like you train for good reason. dystonia is a member of nato soldiers from different countries h

not something that russia wanted. if you, three presidents just told me that nato is taking in a tremendous amount of money because of donald trump that would have never happened. so nato is much stronger. you may want to say that. would you like to say that, madam president? please. >> we talked already five minutes ago for us important for the president's impetus of the united states in nato. we expect together, would nights go ahead with deep reforms on nato especially with decision-making on decisiveness and denial, acts of denial which we expect to see from russia in case of aggression. without the united states this is not possible. the spending coming to the nato from the united states and why the vital leadership of organized states is reforms are important. we are behind and with you. i think that the best allies you have in europe and nato is the baltic states today and we also doing our homework. we're modernizing armies. we're already spending the percent and together we can do a lot and i'm very much looking forward to see everybody around the table in brussels and g

contribute to their own defense. we addressed the need to strengthen nato and the nato alliance by ensuring that all member states honor their commitment to spend 2% and hopefully much more of g.d.p. on defense. it is essential that our nato allies increase their financial contributions so that everyone is paying their fair share. we look forward to seeing further progress towards improved burden sharing and a lot of people have stepped up. a lot of countries have stepped up. and they are going to have to continue to do so. tremendous amount of additional money has been raised for nato over the past 16 months and i'm proud to have helped but they have to keep going. in this age of international crime, it is also essential that we have strong border security and immigration control. this is fundamental to national defense. also vital to our security and that of our allies is america's ability to maintain a strong and robust manufacturing base, which we really are doing in the united states. we have additional steel plants opening, steel plants are expanding. aluminum is doing great. a lot of

area ourselves turkey and the us are always a nato allies but now terror case fighting a us ally in syria directly is their red line with the u.s. at turkey want cross in syria a limit to what it can do without really making its american partners angry. with the american partners have really frustrated turkey we regret this kind of attitude. the americans have probably to pull the kurds are to maybe stay didn't we said the americans not to support the p.k. k. not to give the arms not to give them heavy arms but they continue doing it and everybody in turkey is questioning what kind of an alliance is this with the united states why the. so openly supporting terrorists who are fighting an insurgency war inside turkey they know these are terrorists they are actually the american terrorist list they are on the list of terrorist organizations and in the united states and in europe but the europeans and the americans continue supporting the b k k so we are say we do the turkish public doesn't understand this and we are telling the americans this kind of attitude is increasing and aviation

injurious to american allies let's think in terms of the middle east and and nato ok but you know he's surrounded by people. supporting policies that in fact do do that when we look at the or ran deal and we had mccrone in washington merkel is going to show up i mean they're advocating that they keep the treaty alive and you know in this this is really interest to the to the alliance i mean i would like to see nato completely dissolved and have a completely new security arrangement in europe i think that's what donald trump actually was thinking about during the campaign so i mean what the outside world must be look at i know they are looking at him in bewilderment because where is he going to go next i mean the the attack on syria recently that was against international law the whole world looks at it that way not the foreign policy blob in washington they probably never heard of international law go ahead michael. i think that. the u.s. presidency for some time maybe thirty forty years has been captured by. the sort of set relationships that it has been have and in many ways the

european powers haven't cleared up some open questions has renewed his criticism of nato partners saying they're not paying their fair share in defense efforts but how much germany should chip in to the alliance is the subject of much debate among the country's top politicians. for years german defense spending was spiraling downward due primarily to the end of the cold war and the standoff between east and west but as international tensions grow german military spending has gone up still as far as the us is concerned berlin is not doing enough no they should meet the goals that they agreed to german defense minister ursula evangelion agrees with the nato goal of each country spending two percent of gross domestic product on the military. for germany that should be seventy billion euros a year current defense spending is thirty seven billion. to visit as we all agree in the coalition that defense spending will have to go up over the next four years current plans would only increase defense spending to forty four billion by twenty twenty one raising opposition eyebrows as most get

not something that russia wante wanted. three presidents just told me that nato is taken in a tremendous amount of money because of donald trump that would've never happened, so nato is much stronger. you may want to say that. would you like to say that, madam president ? >> 5 minutes ago that an impotence on the united states and nato. we expect the united states to go ahead deeper forms of nato, especially under decision-making for decisiveness, denials which we expect to see from russia in case of aggression. and why the vital leadership of the united states is important, we are behind in with you. i think that the best alliance you have a new rep in nato is the baltic states today and we also did our homework, organizing armies, and together, i think we can do a lot and very much looking forward to seeing everyone around the table in brussels and going ahead with a better nato, more efficient nat nato. >> and has donald trump made a difference in nato? this is a very risky question. if she says the same thing she said in the oval office. >> all of us, all members of nato i

today about nato something his three baltic guests count on to determine his three russian occupiers. which made it awkward when the president turned to another theme. >> nato was delinquent. not paying their bills. not paying what they should be paying. since i came in, many additional dollars have been paid by countries that weren't paying. and they are going to have to pay more. >> the president has long spoken as if he believes nato is a dues paying nation. if it is member nation defense spending, there is a nato guideline on that. and the baltics sharply decreased that. and for accuracy sake, they started before. >> we have been tough on russia, and nobody has been tougher on russia. nobody has been tougher on russia than i have. nobody tougher on russia. >> once again, keeping them honest, this president would be correct in saying no president has been tougher on russia in the last couple of weeks. he has joined nato in expelling russia personnel. he did not however lead the way. and shortly before the expulsion mr. trump congratulated putin on winning an election. >>

commend the baltic nations on meeting their defense spending applications for nato. unlike some of the other countries that have not met the obligations. we have a tremendous amount more a lot more money coming in to nato because of my initiative. a lot of years they were delinquent. nato sticking it a lot more money than ever before. others 33 billion more. that's a big difference. it's a privilege to host you here. i look forward to getting to know you better. you'll be meeting with representatives throughout the day and have a long and strong relationship. thank you for being here. thank you everyone. >> i have to say this, china. i have great respect for president of china into the most incredible days of my life were spent in china. many of you are with me. he is a tremendous person. but we have a problem we created a trade deficit and hourly blame are proceeding presidents of having the trade deficit of $500 billion per year. it is not something we can live with. will be working and negotiating with china. our relationship is very good and we intend to keep it that way. we have t

strikes receive any support from other nato members do you think for the moment that's out of the question because it's a limited action on less bashar al assad to the syrian leader what again reach for chemical weapons in a conflict at least that was the message that donald trump has sent and that the key allies here in this coalition of the willing france and britain also reiterated they want to send a single clear message to resume a saying she had no other choice. before as that with regards to nato it is mainly a defensive alliance and there are so far no no sign however of the nato secretary general stoltenberg supported the attack saying it clearly hampers future capabilities of the regime to make use of chemical weapons air matinees in brussels thank you. i'm now joined by chief political correspondent melinda crane to talk about the german position and then to thank you for coming in now germany has already said that it will not be offering minutes help why exactly is that well the chancellor didn't list her reasons when she made this announcement but it essentially is a

something russia wanted. the three presidents just told me that nato has taken in a tremendous amount of money because of donald trump. that would have never happened, so nato is much stronger. you may want to say that. wouldn't you like to say that, madam president? >> we heard five minutes ago how much our importance. we expect together for the united states to go ahead with deep reforms of nato, especially on decision making on decisiveness, on their denial -- actually, denial which we expect to see from russia in case of aggression. without the united states, this is not possible. about 80% of spaniards come to the united states, and vital leadership of the united states, we are behind and with you. i think the best alliance you have in europe and nato is the baltic states. we're spending more of a percent, and together i think we can do a lot and i'm very much looking forward to seeing everybody around the table in presence and go ahead with a better nato, more resulting nato and more efficient nato. >> and has donald trump made more of a difference on nato? >> what's that? >> this

investing in our defense. we're investing in our security. we're investing into reforming nato and we would like to see strong nato. strong alliance, that is what we are going to do together. >> thank you. would you like to choose somebody, president? >> your turn. go ahead. reporter: mr. trump, speaking about the economy, about economic cooperation in my country in latvia, what is your message for investors in latvia and what, what is your opinion about investment in latvia? >> i think all three would be great places to invest, stable government, incredible people, hard-working industrious people. i think they would be great places to invest. i would have no problem with it. although i think as president of the united states they would call it a slight conflict of interest perhaps. you might be hearing from these people. no, i think it would be a great place. i think all three would be a great place to invest. okay? >> thank you. >> thank you. reporter: estonia public broadcasting. first a question to president trump. as said the concern of the baltic states is russia and before the press

nato proxies in your country why did it take so long and what took so long because we had we have like two hundred fifty thousand jihadi mercenaries from one hundred men from one hundred nations. in waves wave after wave after wave i mean it's a miracle that we're still you know together we still are not withstanding as a country ninety percent of the population lives in a government controlled areas of it's a miracle how we could withstand this terror just still to solve this little war supported by nato on us for no eighty year consequently as i said given that there's a recognition that you're winning time now to look at these strategic mistakes your government made because of let's not forget that your president was arguably sucking up to the british government shortly before this war began huge strategic blunders by your government as it tried to. pivot towards the west. we don't want to we really don't want to rush or lean towards the west any more we have to be more balance in our international mission ship we have to really appreciate. the help that the help and cooperation we'

its nato a big ations for yes the enemy hot to touch and it's spelled making savings with materials and personnel but the challenges have increased. ease the bundeswehr up to these new challenges. dystonia six thousand eight hundred soldiers from countries such as britain france and germany are training with a stone in troops this maneuver is simulating an attack on an ace. no partner in the baltics the russian border is less than one hundred kilometers away yet is one of the surgeons here he and his colleagues don't want to reveal their full names for security reasons. but i thought. the political tensions between russia and europe may seem far away to them and yet local politics demands their presence in the forests of dystonia. by itself akio toyoda they stick out very gave it the lake. lake no that does not in contrast to an actual mission there are no life munitions here . we say train like you fight and fight like you train for good reason. dystonia is a member of nato soldiers from different countries have to be able to fight together the mission to break through the line of

including trade including nato including military of all types and we have a really great relationship and we actually have had a great relationship right from the beginning with some people didn't understand that but we understand it and that's what's important but very extraordinary woman and it's an honor to have you at the white house thank you very much anderson thank you and thank you for the welcome and congratulations on my reelection you know it took a while to form a government but it was very important to me to come to washington on my first visit outside europe to deepen our cooperation i'm looking forward to the talks. so who wants watts and will they get it with me to discuss this is a bar is for a man who is professor of political science at the bard college and then the w.'s chief political editor. is here as well the w.'s at washington bureau chief alexandra fundament is where you'd expect to find her in washington welcome to you all let's start with you alexandra a phenomenon we saw in that report that mr trump at pains to to impress upon us what a great

interests and chart their own wonderful destinies. all three baltic republics are committed nato allies. i want to express our gratitude to each of your countries for fulfilling your full obligations and meeting the 2% gdp benchmark for national defense this year your commitment to burden sharing is an example really that other nato nations and partners all around the world will have to all get together and bear some of them do not make the same commitment. hopefully, they soon will. when nations are committed to peace and to security, they have to pay their share, and we will all enjoy a much more safe and prosperous future. baltic countries are also providing security assistance and training as part of the coalition to defeat isis the coalition has liberated almost 100% of the territory once held by isis in syria and in iraq. and we will not rest until isis is gone. in economic matters, our cooperation continues to develop and grow as you well know. we're excited about several new opportunities for collaboration, especially in science, medicine, and technology immediately follo

against the islamists who would wish to do nato capitals home under attack for alleged w m d can you gave minority government leader to raise a may really take britain to war and u.s. veteran and virginia state senator dick black tells us why a u.s. attack on syria is the wrong thing to do plus with more threats of war from washington a variation on what einstein said about not knowing which weapons would be used in world war three but that world will fall will be fought with sticks and stones we investigate lethal autonomous weapons all the support coming up in today's episode of going underground but first to more of the united nations security council receives a briefing on british backed fighting in the poorest country in the middle east yemen where the u.k. arms and trains war plane pilots allegedly threatening twenty million people in a conflict that has killed thousands trace them a recently lobbied to sell even more killing machines to saudi arabia which is. bombing the children of yemen the two countries have moved a step closer towards completing a multi billion euros arms

nato membership if nothing else and purely for retort go says where is there room for concession they are simply accepting nato troops on russia's border is that the only concession concession that would be required of us well i'd say for the russians the ongoing conflict in eastern ukraine is helpful in preventing ukraine's western integration particularly into nato but it's not just the united states who has an interest to bring over ukraine to the western political or military institutions but it's the government of ukraine which wants to and it's a much shorter population of ukraine with which wants to choying nato i don't think given the resistance by nato members such as truman and france ukraine will become an official member of nato indeed needed future or not even in the first seeable future but what we see are steps taken on the ground calling ukraine now an aspirant country to bring ukraine to fuck to closer to the alliance and i think this is not helpful. the russians also the west should make a concession of not in. including ukraine in nato but the russians need to make

that wanted to make sure that russia wasn't part of the process either are in nato or in the european union lot an american asian they were they did know along with it all it's intensely politicized and so what is the case because i haven't been given any evidence yet ok but it seems like it's already gone to trial and the same people that brought to trial the jury go ahead patrick yeah it's a curious case imagine the prosecutor makes the accusations against the defendant but won't allow the defendant to see the evidence and is presumed guilty straight out of the gate it's absolutely incredible but you know let's look at this where did this term nova chuck come from and this is really interesting and this is something that's kind of casually glossed over by the media there is no there's very little evidence of any program or anything called nova trucks even in back to the soviet union chemical weapons research and development days so what it is is a g.v. class which is a two three two three zero two two six zero of agents and the reason this term nova chalk has been thrown ou

have been quick to side with the u.k. expelling russian diplomats nato was no exception ordering seven russian diplomatic staff to leave its age q russia's deputy foreign affairs minister and former permanent representative to nato told us he thinks the scruple affair was likely devised to boost military spending is another theory. i think this whole script case was concocted to prepare public opinion for the ever increasing amounts of money being spent on the military at present the military budgets of european nato members put together to approximately two hundred seventy billion if they achieve the two percent target that some will come to four hundred billion that would be ten times more than russia's military budget. obviously such whopping amounts of money being spent on the military are liable to be the subject of heated public debate to make sure this goes down well you need the image of an enemy and a powerful one at that so it's crystal clear that this huge provocation that was carried out by the u.k. was intended to achieve this goal which is to add fuel to the flames