although not all of our efforts are in nato, it all contributes to nato security, whether in the south or the north atlantic, where our navy cooperates to combat threats. beyond this, we strongly believe more torope must do defend themselves. in that spirit, the french president recently decided to launch a european initiative called the european intervention initiative. key to thelso been permanent structured cooperation and european defense fund. i would be happy to expand on it further. i would like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook, if you may. france has just concluded a strategic review of her security environment at the request of the french president. we face growing security in in multiple areas around the world. these challenges call for new assure on how to best our security, which is why we launched this strategic review. will serve as a basis for the multiyear defense oad that we will establish, defense appropriation for the next five years. i would like to give you a primer on some of its findings. is that thing i can say it is bleak. risks we arend identify

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that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of. this summer i think you are you i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know positional that germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by the major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed had a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it's still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think that the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place would have perhaps excluded the necessity off the crimean events well you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do very much more than we did and just stop the process and it is now as we say in german to consumers seek i

nato says increasing its presence and ses us in the wake of russia's two thousand. fourteen alex ation of crimea from ukraine and you multinational forces to be positioned and romania four thousand romanian troops will be supported by personnel from mine other nato countries the organization secretary general says the multinational force is evidence of unity do not mirroring what russia does so we are not mirroring russia playing by playing those shoulder by shoulder point by technical exercise by exercise we are responding in our way and we do it in a proportionate michoud and defense a way and we have to remember that of course you need to also always have follow on forces we have more forces than a nato response force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. united and so clear and coherent no messaging that no adversary tries to know a potential adversary tries to technical and he is top court has temporarily banned the sale of fire crackers in the capital new delhi the announcement comes ahead of the rally the hindu festival of li

that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of the. i think you are you i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know positional that germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed had a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it's still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think that the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place that would have perhaps excluded the necessity off the crimean events well you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do very much more than we did and just stop the process and it is now as we say in german to consumers seek it something

when nato member -- four nato member countries? time --key, for a long there have been questions about turkey's position in the nato alliance. it is increasingly in conflict with the u.s. over syria policy. onkey is very much focused doing these groups but the u.s. has partnered with in syria as a threat. it sees them as a main threat. these strategies have not aligned for a long time. turkey it has partnered with russia and iran in syria and is expected to start a new invasion anytime. david: there is that issue and there is this issue of a cleric living in penn -- living in insulting you. of theirotten a result attitude toward him? the turks demand he be sent back to turkey. ben: the u.s. is consistently said that the turkish government has not provided sufficient evidence linking him directly to the coup. that request seems to be going nowhere. shery: given the status of ham and all the other issues between the u.s. and turkey, what is left in order to help the sq late the situate -- de-escalate the situation? back tohink gettin

that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of. this o'mara i think you are you i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know positional that germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by a major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think that the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place would have perhaps excluded the necessity off the crimean events you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do very much more than we did and just stop the process and it is now as we say in german to consumers seek it something i

troops to fight and die for latvia against russia and that is a reflection of their support for nato. liberals disproportionately support these militaristic policies which seem to support seem to suggest support for a hot war with russia and even a hot war with with china these you know would be disastrous if they took place and so why did that take place it's because of the partisan war against donald trump who has been portrayed as an enemy of nato even though he's now as supportive of nato as ever and as sea as someone who is a manchurian candidate of russia who is controlled by putin's nine dimensional chess and his colluded with russia and so democrats tend to see russia and a negative light and they support intervention his policies but also if you look at c.n.n. and m s n b c versus fox news which is the defacto channel of the republican party and trump you see nonstop. contributors from the national security state like james clapper. michael hayden the former cia director pushing these kinds of militaristic policies and so these are the channels the democrats watch and their m

, nato's great and we see that reflected in court trump supporters. he's moved somewhat on nafta, opting for renegotiation rather than withdrawal but he said at the end of the day i think we will have to withdraw. i guess my question is, is he bringing his core supporters along or are they bringing him to new positions. >> i believe it's always the president, particularly on foreign policy issues who is that kind of focal point who can unite the party. i think the republicans haven't nominated a true isolationist since 1936. i do think, notwithstanding, some of the nonconventional statements that he made were republicans in general rallying around the criticism of the democratic in combat. you define yourself in opposition to what the previous party has done. the husband true, but the president, at the end of the day, is the one who has to give a logic and coherence in some strategy to that. maybe we are seeing it emerge. i think he's appointed exceptional people. i have no answer on the twitter stuff. my general hypothesis is that twitter is making a

it can all maqui also in terms of the security infrastructure its membership in the nato its reliance on us the nuclear umbrella so to speak all of these are factors that entrenched the two countries into this alliance however as we see more and more often these various spots occurring these disagreements these. sentimental crevices emerging between the two countries that will contribute to a longer term shift of turkey away from the united states. and we will see probably the countries seek to rekindle its ties with various other alternatives we have definitely seen president avoid such inventions but again this is not something turkey can do overnight and any speculation about turkey having now become a russian ally as opposed to its alliance with the us these are exaggerated these things take much longer time than than the more than sixteen hundred people are facing mass trials in nigeria accused of being members of the rebel group boko haram on the trials are being held behind closed doors at a military facility right script say they're worried about the lack of transparency it's

in addition, 69% of americans think nato is essential to u.s. security. for the first time, the 'ajority of americans are willing to use u.s. troops to defend south korea if invaded by north korea and to defend nato allies if they are invaded by russia. president trump has criticized international agreements from benefiting other countries at the expense of the american economy and american workers. record numbers of americans now say international trade is good for the u.s. economy and for job creation. president trump has also claimed trade deals for the loss of american jobs. the majority of americans agree nearly six in ten same manufacturing job losses are due to outsourcing. more americans say the current administration policy will harm, rather than help u.s. workers. immigration was a central issue during the 2016 campaign and remains a key pillar in trumps america first platform which is 37% of americans characterize immigration as credible threat, marking a new low in concern for this issue. there are however, still large differences between demo

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying in other to put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to with some honesty and some candor and they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries are sitting as you there and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement you think there was room for improvement for what nato was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted to both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the silent i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned to repeal or replace i wish there was a better w

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying of the to put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to some honesty and some candor they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries are setting to do that and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement you think there was room for improvement for what nato was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted to both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the silent i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned to repeal or replace i wish there was a better work there and

nato was intended to contain the soviet union. it worked. one morning the soviet union disappeared, and nato headquarters was faced with a crisis. what do we do now? they have held the alliance together for 26 years since the soviets disappeared. nato overall is useful. i will give you an example. i'm a phd in european history. i have lived in europe a number of times. when the chancellor of germany, who is a very smart woman, smart leader, when she says it is time for the europeans to leave. i got hit with this when i was in kiev the other day. i say, the morning she increases defense spending, i will take it seriously. the germans don't have a military strong enough to lead anywhere. they would be lucky to get to the german order. the europeans have to decide who they want to be. they have lived on american security and american strength since 1945. we are saying to them, george h.w. bush said to them, donald rumsfeld said that you have to do more, you're not doing your fair share. germany is one of the largest economies on the planet. the

in country to the claims of nato and the u.s. only in significance of the troops approaching the russian border in fact now it's not a brigade but a u.s. mechanized military division. that has the pentagon to explain the reason for moving these forces what we all know that washington is constantly referring to russia as an enemy a threat that they must protect themselves and their european allies against what the pentagon spokesperson insists that this division has a purely defensive attitude. we are in those places to as a defense and defensive posture and we're very clear about that and anyone who sees things anything differently. would be wrong now of course the u.s. has also said that it's a simply a matter of rotation between new and old regiments but it's worth noting that there were titian would not take them back home would not take them out of europe in fact all together it would actually just move them to aid another eastern european country romania and at this point russia has expressed that they reserve the right to a

military deployment towards the russian border violates a key act with nato let's get more details now from jacqueline vega who joins me live in the studio thanks for coming in jackie now what's behind the russian defense ministry concerns here well on thursday the u.s. u.s. announced the presence of a second regiment in the already very tense baltic region and that's a move which moscow claims violates a fundamental peace treaty signed between russia and nato years ago and that was designed and decades of cold war tensions which of course right now are again on the rise and the russian defense ministry spokesperson believes the additional deployment undermines russia's own security by surrounding it with hostile forces in country to the claims of nato and the u.s. on the in significance of the troops approaching the russian border in fact now it's not a brigade but a u.s. mechanized military division so what's the pentagon's explanation for moving these forces what washington has of course repeatedly referred to russia as a threat that they must protect themselves and their european a

whether that leave nato? there needs to bea whether that leave nato? there needs to be a strong european pillar in nato. —— wethers that led nato. the time being, europe has not invested enoughin time being, europe has not invested enough in its defence. it is to have stronger capacities. it has two improve its capabilities. —— where does that leave. we start with the european defence funds, and co—operation. what emmanuel macron describes is the perspective of what already started. what do you do with the very glaring differences are strategic, sort of, perspective differences, within the european union, for example, on the subject of russia. if one looks at what the greeks and bog areas think about russia, and compare it with what is said in maybe berlin or paris or london, there are profound strategic perspective differences. how do you cope with that? not that much. firstly, we talk about it all the time drew the european council, during the councils of ministers of foreign affairs. and the threats are obvious. we have a common european p

response force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. united and so clear and coherent no messaging that no other city tries to know a potential adversary tries to attack nato pressures increasing on the cattle on government to back down from its planned declaration of independence on tuesday france's european affairs minister says her country would not recognize the region if it's a seeds from spain meanwhile catalonia is high court has requested extra security from the spanish national police outside the building in case that declaration goes ahead john hall has more from barcelona. no matter which side of the independence debate one is on this is a sight a few in catalonia would welcome the national police drafted in after a supreme court ruling to guard the high court ahead of tuesday's address to parliament by the region's president carlos preached a moment it's a bit scary to see. it in the streets because i am used to see them. used to see so many bodies we actually see yes and now they're here. we have them on our doorstep and it

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying of the two put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to some honesty and some candor they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries are sitting as you there and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement you think there was room for improvement for what nato was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted to both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the silent i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned to repeal or replace i wish there was a better work there

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying of a to put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to some honesty and some candor they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries asserting as you do that and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement you think there was room for improvement for what nato was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted to both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the silent i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned to repeal or replace i wish there was a better work there and

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying of the to put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to some honesty and some candor and they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries are sitting as you there and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement. you think there was room for improvement for what nato was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted to both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the senate i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned to repeal or replace i wish there was a better work th

in country to the claims of nato and the us only in significance of the troops approaching the russian border in fact now it's not a brigade but a u.s. mechanized military division so what's the pentagon's explanation for moving these forces what washington has of course repeatedly referred to russia as a threat that they must protect themselves and their european allies against but the pentagon itself or their spokesperson insists that this division has not there's nothing sinister about it that it's a purely defensive attitude we are in in those places to as a defense and defensive posture and we're very clear about that and anyone who sees think anything differently. would be wrong now they also went on to say that it's simply a matter of between a new and old regiment but it's worth noting that the route wouldn't take them back to the u.s. wouldn't take them out of the region altogether it would just move them to another eastern european country romania and at this point russia has expressed that they reserve the right of course to also strengthen its defense in the region as well

and should turkey remain a member of nato? >> translator: i have to say despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily interventi intervention, we continue to support the turkish course towards europe. we respect it as a regional power and believe it must stay oriented toward the european perspective, stay oriented to its collaboration with the west, and/or stay oriented to nato. with ebelieve that the european outlook and perspective of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so that there is -- we can have those reforms toward the democratization of the domestic of the country. so my answer to your question is relatively easy. yes, we do believe that turkey must remain within nato. and its european course. but on the other side, we have to ensure, and we want to make it clear to this ally of ours and to its government, that the road to europe and this day and the collaboration with the west, brings with it certain conditions and responsibilities. one of the most necessary conditio

economically also in terms of the security infrastructure its membership in the nato its reliance on us the nuclear umbrella sort of speak all of these factors that entrenched the two countries into this alliance however as we see more and more often these various spots occurring these disagreements these. sentimental crevices and merging between the two countries that will contribute to a longer term shift of turkey away from the united states. we will see probably the country seek to rekindle its ties with various other alternatives we have definitely seen president or do on voice such intentions but again this is not something to you can do overnight and any speculation about turkey having now become a russian ally as opposed to its alliance with the us these are exaggerated these things take much longer time than than that more than one thousand six hundred people are facing mass trials in nigeria accused of being members of the rebel group boko ron the trials are being held behind closed doors at a military facility rights groups say they're worried about the lack of transparenc

countries moscow has accused nato of trying to encircle it and threaten stability in eastern europe which later tonight is do not mirroring what russia does so we're not mirroring russia are playing by playing those shoulder by shoulder point by thank you exercise by exercise we are responding in our way and we do it in a proportionate michoud and the fancy way and we had to remember that of course you need to also all this happen follow on forces we have more forces than in they to response force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. united and so clear and coherent no messaging no adversary tries to know our potential tries to attack nato. no nuclear north korea is marking the seventy second anniversary of the founding of the country's ruling workers' party meanwhile in south korea the military has been putting on a show of its own firepower from abroad reports from gary young. it's a timely opportunity for south korea to show off its military hardware given the current standoff with north korea and. we are doing our best to show the strength and

and should turkey remain a member of nato? >> translator: i have to say that despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily intervention, we continue to support the turkish course towards europe. we respect it as a regional power and we believe that it must stay oriented towards the european perspective oriented to its collaboration with the west and oriented towards nato. we do believe that the european outlook perspective of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so that we can have those reforms towards the democratization. my answer to your question is relatively easy. yes, we do believe that turkey must remain within nato and its european course. but on the other side we have to ensure and we must make it clear to this ally of ours and its government that the road to europe and the collaboration with the west has certain responsibilities. one of the most necessary conditions is to respect international law, to collaborate and not promote tension with ally countries such as gre

should turkey remain a member of nato? >> translator: i have to say that despite our concerns recording turkey, despite our concerns towards intervention we respect the turkish course towards europe. we respect it as a regional power. we believe it must stay or remember ended toward the european perspective. stay oriented with its collaboration with the west and staibably oriented towards nato. we do believe the european outlook perspective of turkey can also be it can be a lever of pressure so we have reforms over democratization for the rest of the country. so my answer to your question is relatively easy. we do believe turkey must be remain in nato and its european course but on the other side, we have to sure and we make it clear to this ally of ours and its government, the road to europe and the stay and collaboration with the west has certain conditions and certain responsibilities. one of the certain conditions is and responsibilities is respect international law and collaborate and not promote tension with allied c

and nato forces came to the rescue of course of against yugoslavia why isn't nato bombing madrid. well. you know the position i think is completely different but the why would say is that under no circumstances should people going to a natural business of voting for the future of their own country should be subjected to violence in this way this can be a peaceful process if people in the table wanted to be a peaceful process but at the moment they're only seems to be one one party who are interested in conducting the in a peaceful way and scimitar seem to be determined that you know they will not lose catalonia at any cost we will wait and see what happens you know over the next few days if you detect from even cattle lands who oppose independence that the sight of these hundreds of people being injured and police spanish national police taking away ballot boxes was meant as a lesson to people right across europe and they better not seek autonomy. well. i mean the madrid did use the word disobedience and their early statements. but what the actions don't have was a. real sense tha

is the leader of nato now. if there is a leader. the world environment, the president of china is more progressive than the president f the united states. when president trump says one day he is going to pull out of the iran deal and the next day he is not. for the last 75 years, the word of the president of the united states was something pretty much everybody else around the world would take to the bank. the word of this president basically means nothing. you lose that, you lose the confidence of the world, and it is really hard to get that back. mara: i think a lot about this. the damage he is doing to america's standing in the world, or the disruption, is that permanent? it matters whether it is four or eight years. but america is the world's greatest democratic superpower. none of that goes away. we still have these democratic institutions he has not succeeded in totally undermining yet. in a post-trump world, and i do believe the next president, his whole message will be "i am not donald trump." whoever i

send to it to nato at @nato, and then it's gone. >> anthony: really? >> akram: yeah. >> anthony: how does that feel, knowing you can call in a tomahawk missile over there? >> akram: it's out of the movies. >> anthony: did anyone think it was possible that in their lifetime they were going to see the end of this son of a bitch? most people are telling me they never dreamed. >> akram: i don't know if you can call them dreams, hopes, wishes. it was just something in the sky. something i look at every night. >> anthony: right. >> akram: but when i hit that point and got into misrata and stood on gaddafi's body, any dream will come true. >> anthony: what's the situation now? >> akram: uh, it's fluid. it can swing any direction. >> anthony: well, look, what happened in benghazi a few months ago, i mean, what does this mean to the country? >> akram: i think there is a dark, mysterious hand who doesn't like this country to prosper. they see system and organization as aig enemy to them. these dark hands are slowly getting diminished. >> anthony: how -- >> akram

troops in the country demonstrators carried out to us and nato has signed saying afghanistan has been occupied by america it comes as the united nations releases new figures of the casualties from that war and it seems that the situation worsens in comparison to the previously. he says any for me i was praying in my house and when i saw american helicopters i told my wife and children to save themselves after that i just heard a loud noise and then my house was destroyed six people were wounded including women and children. they destroyed their house and our family members why the americans are killing our women and children every day in afghanistan and they just say sorry it was a mistake. was sitting in a room together and suddenly we had the massive bombardment of village and i was injured. last night on the explosion happened i was near to my uncle and cousins and they're going soldiers opened fire in a bullet flew about my face i ran in here and came out only hours later my. cousins were dead so they went to the village to tell everyone meanwhile the u.s. military has decided to

, step up their commitment to nato, modernize their own forces. he got a lot of blow back from that. concerns we were going to leave nato. we were not committed to article v. he's been very clear. as a result of that, countries have stepped up contributions to their own defense. this leads to a strong nato, which we desperately need with the threats all of us are aware of in the european theater and beyond in central asia where natu nato is playing a vital role. the second part he's brought great international sport for is our policy towards north korea. the implementing of sanctions and diplomatic pressure. we have the most comprehensive sanctions in place that have ever been in place to strangle the north korean's regime economic revenue streams. we have china joining us on putting pressure on north korea in ways that has never been achieved before. i attribute a lot of that to the strong relationship president trump has with president xi. we have the international community more unified with north korea's nuclear program that ever seen. sending

member countries to step up their contribution and commitment to nato and modernize their own forces. he's been very clear that as a result of that, countries have stepped up their contributions towards their own defense and this leads to a strong nato, which we desperately need in the european theater and beyond in central asia where nato is playing a very important role in the fight against terrorism. the second area is our policy towards north korea. the implementing of the sanctions and diplomatic pressure. we have the most comprehensive sanctions that have ever been put in place to scramble the economic revenue streams. we have china now joining us and putting pressure on north korea in ways that have never been achieved before and i attribute that to the very strong relationship that the president has with president xi. so we are more unified than we've ever seen. countries sending north korea home. it's a combination of pressure and the president building a very strong message to north korea that you will engage with us at some point to solve this because we're not going to al

a few hours ago nato has already killed at least thirty people in central america police in russia have detained more than two hundred sixty people at anti-government protests in twenty seven cities offices in st petersburg broke up demonstrations against reading a putin supporters of opposition leader alexina vonnie held the ranis to mock putin sixty fifth birthday and protests have been held across australia against its largest coal mine project the indian group adani is behind the proposal its ripple promising to bring thousands of jobs but environmentalists say it will destroy the great barrier reef you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera inside story is next to stay with us. with. saudi arabia and russia have been rivals for decades and on opposite sides on many

is the leader of nato now. if there is a leader. on the world environment, the president of china is more progressive than the president of the united states. when president trump says one day he is going to pull out of the iran deal and the next day he is not. for the last 75 years, the word of the president of the united states was something pretty much everybody else around the world would take to the bank. the word of this president basically means nothing. you lose that, you lose the confidence of the world, and it is really hard to get that back. mara: i think a lot about this. the damage he is doing to america's standing in the world, or the disruption, is that permanent? it matters whether it is four or eight years. america is the world's greatest democratic superpower. none of that goes away. we still have these democratic institutions he has not succeeded in totally undermining yet. in a post-trump world, and i do believe the next president, his whole message will be "i am not donald trump." whoever i

is the leader of nato now. if there is a leader. the world environment, the president of china is more progressive than the president of the united states. when president trump says one day he is going to pull out of the iran deal and the next day he is not. for the last 75 years, the word of the president of the united states was something pretty much everybody else around the world would take to the bank. the word of this president basically means nothing. you lose that, you lose the confidence of the world, and it is really hard to get that back. mara: i think a lot about this. the damage he is doing to america's standing in the world, or the disruption, is that permanent? it matters whether it is four or eight years. but america is the world's greatest democratic superpower. none of that goes away. we still have these democratic institutions he has not succeeded in totally undermining yet. in a post-trump world, and i do believe the next president, his whole message will be "i am not donald trump." whoever

this weaponry was used against nato air forces this weaponry was used against nato airforces in the war this weaponry was used against nato air forces in the war over kosovo independence in 1999. there is evidence to in the city centre of buildings bombed in the same conflict. but the capital is not the war ravaged the preston city that some people may expect it to be. in fa ct some people may expect it to be. in fact belgrade has picked up quite a reputation for its hedonistic nightlife and cafes like boulevards. the centre is a blend of neo— renaissance architect, intermingled with the brutalist blocks built when this was yugoslavia's capital. but perhaps the most distinctive features of the city are these things floating jetty is that set along the banks of the sava. tina tells me how important the river is to the city. i think it looks more like the riviera than a river. basically, i mean given that belgrade is this amazing geographical place, like on the co nflu e nce geographical place, like on the confluence of the danube and the sava, two great rivers, this city blitz by the r

when do you think nato troops will be able to withdraw from afghanistan? we have a plan and we are racing through it. look at the ministry of defence. and look at it three years ago. this year, the war has been superbly managed. we were like 12—year—old is taking over the responsibility of a 30—year—old but we learnt in the process and now in terms of management and leadership, things are really falling in place. 0ur security forces would be able to do their constitutional things and cling to the legitimacy of power. 7000 soldiers lost their lives, 12,000 were injured, 10% of your fighting force was lost, including desertion. no army can sustain losses like that and you're telling me the corner has been turned?m brea ks me the corner has been turned?m breaks my heart, but please understand, over 100,000, over 110,000 nato troops were suffering casualties. we are a developing country but i am extraordinarily proud of the sacrifices and the reason it is changing is because of equipment. in 2014, it looked like an impossible task now it looks so the d

nato military presence in our country because my country poland is your tank mine. for you we are the buffer for germany that's right we feel exactly the way you did in the one nine hundred eighty s. and before and now we would count on more support in reassuring in in leveling the level of safety for the entire alliance what type of support you want to see come out of the brussels talks between nato and russia when it's the first talks as you say the since the un troops of crimea since the russia for the first time since the second world war changed borders by force on the pretext of helping a national minority we've seen that movie before and i know where i'm speaking in here in berlin and we know how it ends it's very it's a very dangerous game and russia needs to be told very firmly that that's not home ok do you think that's not happening right now is not there sanctions on russia should they be tightened should there be more sanctions which i think they are working i think president putin is very anxious to remove them which is why for example he intervened in

ambassador to nato in the obama administration who was on washington journal to talk about a report of filter machine vulnerabilities. host: douglas lute served as u.s. ambassador to nato in the obama administration from 2017, also harvard kennedy school of government in the future of diplomacy project, fellow for that. joining us to talk about voting machines and security, good morning. affiliated with a group looking at this topic, defcon, is the group, what is your involvement in it? def con is collection of of the country and the world's best hackers, the center hacker community. every year they hold a big convention, 25,000 people come. year in july, it was in las vegas and our connection with featured is year they a special event and it was an vent that challenged the best of the hacker community to see if they could penetrate some of that are machines still used around the country. host: electronic voting machines? guest: electronic voting machines, that are either connected to the internet or to the inernet in a way that introduces vulnerabilitys. are getting hackers to hack in

but frequent military maneuvers by russia like the recent one on nato's eastern flanc, have rattled the nerves in the scandinavian country known for its neutrality. and as a result it has beefed up its defenses. while some residents of the outlying island don't view engaging with this once robust trade partner as a problem, others fear that russia could once again shift europe's borders. usually, only rifle clubs practice in gotland's "tofta" forest. and this world war two era cannon has certainly seen better days. but this fake building is a sign that sweden is holding its largest maneuver in decades. patrik monard belong's to sweden's 18th battalion. it was transferred to gotland following russia's crimea annexation. >> how does it feel to be exercising in gotland again? >> excellent. now we're doing the right thing.

congress has done something lately insisting on maintaining article five of the nato treaty which the president came around to. first she didn't embrace it and then he did. so it's not just president trump and whatever he may believe and his views have shifted some, but there is a coequal branch of government that has people in it with long experience. mike gallaghe gallagher doesn't look 90 years old but he's had extensive military experience and been a national security advisor. voices like yours will be very important there. >> i wanted to quickly say, the reason we came into the

but the one thing that he was good on with nato a lot of countries only a few countries are paying of a to put two percent g.d.p. and i think that he has them focused on getting there so there's been some goodness to with some honesty and some candor and they've got up to twenty twenty four to raise their spending so we're seeing a lot of countries are sitting there are you there and what he said in february said the money is coming in like never before so the money is coming in i think we're seeing an improvement. you think there was room for improvement for what nader was spending on defense yes how disappointed are you with the lack of progress on the republican legislative program i'm thinking of the failure to appear to repeal obamacare much trumpeted both in the campaign and since trump took office the legislative program is in tatters is there i think on health care it is and i think it's discouraging i think we expected better out of the silent i know five of the six senators who. pushed back against the bigger bill had campaigned the effort to work on health care because of t

nato was intended to contain the soviet union. it worked. one morning the soviet union disappeared, and nato headquarters was faced with a crisis. what do we do now? they have held the alliance together for 26 years since the soviets disappeared. nato overall is useful. i will give you an example. i'm a phd in european history. i have lived in europe a number of times. when the chancellor of germany, who is a very smart woman, smart leader, when she says it is time for the europeans to leave. i got hit with this when i was in kiev the other day. i say, the morning she increases defense spending, i will take it seriously. the germans don't have a military strong enough to lead anywhere. they would be lucky to get to the german order. the europeans have to decide who they want to be. they have lived on american security and american strength since 1945. we are saying to them, george h.w. bush said to them, donald rumsfeld said that you have to do more, you're not doing your fair share. germany is one of the largest economies on the planet. the

backed assassination of argentine revolutionary che guevara coming up in the show why is nato not bombing madrid just save barcelona we ask a member of britain's parliamentary group on catalonia what atrocities he witnessed last week when eighty years ago international brigades for u.k. backed fascism and from playing judy garland in the end of the rainbow around the world to the coppers it's hollywood sometimes star carlotta campion in follies at the royal national theatre award winning actor tracy bello told coronation street to j. edgar hoover was shoot you're only killing a man the apparent last words of che guevara before he was shot dead by cia forces in bolivia on this day nine hundred sixty seven we speak to take of ours brother about the persecution of his family and the adjoining legacy of one of history's most famous revolutionaries all the more coming up in today's going underground but first catalonia in spain is the location of arguably one of the most critical flashpoints of the modern age of twenty tens of thousands of volunteers from fifty three countries went to fight br

and that's a move which moscow claims violates a fundamental peace treaty signed between russia and nato years ago and that was designed to and decades of cold war tensions which of course right now are again on the rise and the russian defense ministry spokesperson believes the additional deployment undermines russia's own security by surrounding it with hostile forces in country to the claims of nato and the us only in significance of the troops approaching the russian border in fact now it's not a brigade but a u.s. mechanized military division so what's the pentagon's explanation for moving these forces what washington has of course repeatedly referred to russia as a threat that they must protect themselves and their european allies against but the pentagon itself or their spokesperson insists that this division has there's nothing sinister about it that it's a purely defensive attitude we are in in those places to as a defense and to a defensive posture and we're very clear about that and anyone who sees things anything differently. would be wrong now they also went on to say that i

no longer a threat to their security but frequent military maneuvers by russia like the recent one a nato eastern flank have rattled the nerves in the scandinavian country known for its neutrality and as a result it's believed up its defenses while some residents of the outlying island don't view when gauging with this once robust trade partner as a problem others fear that russia could once again shift europe's borders. usually only rifle clubs practicing gotland tough to forest and this world war two era can on has certainly seen better days but this fake building is a sign that sweden is holding its largest maneuvering decades patrick moneths eighteen patella and was transferred to gotland following russia's crimea and accession. to exercising in the excellent excellent.