they bought a rv like this for $500. there's no air-conditioning and toilet. it's families like these that are paying the consequences of ever increasing price of rent. >> housing cost top of mind for so many folks. that wraps up this hour. right now an andrea mitchell report. new polls show president trump lagging far behind joe biden as they trade insult on the trail. >> i believe the president is an existential threat to america. >> i heard biden, he's a loser. >> all these name calling, china is building roads and bridges. >> sleepy joe. he's a sleepy guy. >> quote, i have complete power. no you don't donald trump. >> joe biden is a dummy. i think joe is the weakest up

here. take two. the president threatens to retaliate by asserting executive privilege. while don trump junior returns to the hill to answer concerns he misled them. >> are you hear to correct your testimony? and songs of america. a duet like none other country music star tim mcgraw and historian jon meachum teaming up. >> when we look back at history, including martin luther king and our founding fathers, we tend to look at historical figures in a two dimensional way. i think what music does, if you look at the music of times that we're talking about, it allows you to have that third dimension to connect it.

good day. president trump is dismissing some dismal new numbers for his re-election strategy. the president clearly behind all the top democratic contenders. the biggest disparity, he's 13 points behind joe biden. mr. trump's response on twitter this morning is to tweet the polls are all wrong. biden in iowa for a second straight day is keeping up his pressure on the president. joining me now peter alexander. garrett hague at joe biden's second event. meebts political contributor david jolly, a former republican congressman and stephanie cutter, manager of president obama's 2012 re-election campaign. welcome all. first to you, you got some new insight sbos into the president has been dismissing the polls that he says are not a problem. >> reporter: you're right. we heard from the president

today frustrated with the report out there showing him trailing not just joe biden but five democrats. just about a month and a half ago and those according to a source with direct knowledge of that information, those numbers were very bad. quote, worrisome according to this source. the president disputed that saying saying the best numbers we ever had. that clearly is not the case. in fact, i'm told by the source who is aware of these numbers, internal campaign numbers for the president that the intention was, the hope was by showing he was trailing joe biden in the vast majority of those 17 states would impress upon the president he needs to be more presidential. if he focuses more on policies and less on the craziness, as it was described to me, he could

beat anybody but is evidenced by what we witnessed in the course of not just the last 24 hours but the last several weeks. he's chosen to lash out at the former vice president, joe biden who gets under his skin. biden is the toughest candidate they see on the roster of democrats. they belief it will be hard to taint the image of biden given the fact he's widely viewed as a stabilizing force and a decent man. >> as we can see the president of poland arriving at the white house there. tweeting out that the fake, corrupt news media said they had a leak into polling done by my campaign which despite the phony and never ending witch hunt are the best numbers we had.

they report fake numbers they made up and don't exist. we will win again nap w. that was the tweet. our colleague kristen welker at the white house was interviewing kellyanne conway and asking her about your reporting and what the president had tweeted. let me play that. >> we have folks familiar with these internal polls who say that's not the case. there is concern about internal polling. is there? >> the president will continue to press his message across the country. >> is that a yes? are you concerned? >> it's not a yes. remember when the president says we have socme of the best numbers, he means among republicans and he also means among some of the individuals who voted for him last time. >> has he ever asked you to mislead on the polls? >> no, and he knows i wouldn't. >> stephanie, you've been involved in national campaigns. kellyanne is denying the reality of what all the reporting in the

new york times, peter alexand alexander's reporting as well. >> that's consistent with how she represents this white house. i think it's not a surprise to anybody that he's down in his internals. if you look across all of the national polls and more tellingly the polls in the battleground state, high unfavorables and losing in head to heads with most of the democratic candidates. at the very least, democratic candidates, many of whom are largely unknown are competitive with him. that's a problem. >> let's interrupt for a moment. breaking news. don trump junior on the hill coming out of that testimony. >> clarification because michael cohen who is serving time right now for lying to these very investigative bodies, i'm happy to do that. i don't think i changed anything of what i said because there was nothing to change. i'm glad this is finally over. we're able to put some final clarity on that. i think the committee understands that. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it.

>> that was outside senate intelligence committee. stephanie, to you. just picking up on that. he was testifying because michael cohen's testimony, which has been credible, but because he had a lot of fact checking on his testimony was that donald trump junior's testimony was not accurate. he was asked back by the republican led senate intelligence committee but he's saying he repeated what he said before. >> he did. i think we'll know shortly whether that's indeed the case in terms of whether or not they take a next step. you know, i think michael cohen after he agreed to cooperate and acknowledged his own untruths, much of what he has said has prove on the be true. we'll see how this unfolds.

i think the more this continues to be in the press, we have known donald trump junior and others have been implicated in the mueller report. now the senate intelligence committee and other committees across the congress are diving deep in it. this is just the beginning. >> david jolly, i wanted to go to you. the senate intelligence committee is bipartisan and led by a republican. calling the president's son back is a big step. >> it is. recall when he fist announrst a the republican chairperson took a lot of heat who publicly admonished him who said this matter is done. i think the question around don junior being called back was this a platform he could clarify his previous testimony and i void any perjury trap or was this done to hold his feet to the fire and see if there was a lie that rises to the level of something meaningful for senate

action. i think what we have seen under mitch mcconnell's leadership is pretty clear. the senate intelligence committee provided don junior the ability to amend the record, whatever he said before. i imagine as mitch mcconnell said the plane will be landed safely. don junior probably cleared his name behind closed doors. we'll wait to see what comes out of the senate. >> this issue probably not front and center on the campaign trail where you've been following joe biden for the last couple of days. he had a better day yesterday where he put out his prepared statement at 6:00 in the morning. had people talking about it on cable news all day. guiding his shots against the president. the president appearing in iowa. going back and forth. the president last night not even mentioning biden by name. perhaps finally taking the advice of his advisers to stop elevating biden as the front-runner. >> perhaps. by then the damage was done. for the biden campaign yesterday

went about as well as they hoped. they were able to turn the page on all the stories from last week about the hyde amendment and the lack of citations and able to elevate him running neck and neck with the president of the united states. there was another democrat in iowa yesterday, the governor of montana, but you wouldn't know it. there's a bit of a divide between people who say this is the only thing that donald trump understands. you've got to go after him. other voters who say this shouldn't be about him. we shouldn't give him this much attention. our candidate should be talking about themselves.

we have seen some of that from the biden campaign. >> peter, the president seeming to focus so much on biden has clearly gotten into his head but backing off last night. it's true, the other candidates not being able to punch through there in iowa. pete buttigieg gave an important speech on foreign policy. a lot of us took notice but it's not competing with the trump-biden show. >> reporter: you're right. they have been advising the president to focus on the others. talk about elizabeth warren's recent rise. talk about bernie sanders. not only are we elevated him but

we're doing what we benefitted by what we got in 2016, giving him that free publicity. why would we give that away? >> thank you all. coming up, in or out? after two weeks away from the democrat debeat. who will make it onto the big stage. who will be left off. steve kornacki crunching some of the poll numbers that will help decide and what will it mean for governor steve bullock of montana. stay with us. bullock of montana. stay with us . align naturally helps to soothe your occasional digestive upsets, 24/7. so, where you go, the pro goes. go with align, the pros in digestive health.

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who will be on the debate stage exactly two weeks from today? a poll will who makes the cut with room for 20 of the 24 declares can understands. whose in, whose out? steve kornacki joins me from the big board with polling r numbnu that could help us. >> let's walk everybody through what we're looking for. it's about 43 minutes and 35 seconds, we should get a mammoth poll from nevada. they are part of the criteria the dnc is using to determine eligibility for this debate. as you say, 20 candidates are the max.

can you get 1% in three or more polls that the dnc recognizes. heading into this poll that's coming out at 1:00, here is how the 24 candidates stack up. if they have an x, they have reached that criteria. they have reached that threshold of three polls. 1% plus. a lot of xs here. those xs add up to 20. what you're seeing here right now at this moment the 20 xs, those are the 20 candidates that will be on the stage. at this moment, congressman from massachusetts will not be on the debate stage. he's nowhere close to hitting three polls. even if he hits 1% at 1:00 in this poll, it's not going to get him there. there's true from the mayor messam and mike gravel. so the suspense, when this poll comes out at 1:00, it's all

about this name here. the montana governor, right now has hit that threshold in two polls. remember, you need three. he's hit it in two. we have mammoth coming out. if in that poll steve bullock hi hits 1%, you have 21 that qualified. we think it would come down to bullock and swalwell. no one is shoe how that tie breaker would work. make or break. does he hit 1% and qualify or does he fall short and east probably out of luck unless -- today's the deadline for polls. unless there a poll in the next 12 hours or so, that's probably it. you're looking at the 20 candidates who will be in the

first night of those two debates. >> thank you so much. joining us montana governor steve bullock. thank you so much for being with us what a us. what are you planning to do? it must be frustrated, there are people already in but who are not elected governors and not the record of public service that you've had. last week the dnc said one of the washington post polls wouldn't count. i'm only 31 days into this. i had a job to do. my legislature was still going on. i had to get medicaid expansion

through. i think when you look at that field someone that's been able to actually govern, get meaningful things done through a republican legislature. someone from a rural area. we're missing something without that on there. >> the other point of view is don't democrats have to weed the field down. it's helping joe biden. he's the best known. he's becoming the front-runner. not only in polls but the only person the president is talking about. >> i get the excitement to take on trump. we're 236 days from the first voter expressing his or her

preference as far as who should be taking on trump. it's been those early states that make that decision. i trust the voters to be able to do that more than any party rules. i just got done with seven stops with iowa and elections are about people. chances are if i'm not on that stage near the end of this month, you'll see me speaking to people. >> will you have the money to keep going? >> we only now just 31 days ago. the first day and i got million dollars in first 24 hours from all 50 states. i think there really is both a need and excitementment for someone that can win back the places we have lost.

expect to continue to have the money to make sure to get our message out there and be hiring people to help out. it >> it's good to you. if you want to call us back, we'll talk to you or the next day. thank you. >> thank you. another 2020 democratic candidate michael bennett will join "velshi & ruhle" at 1:00 p.m. eastern. remember we're only two weeks away from the first presidential debate in miami. coming up next here, here comes the son. donald trump junior back on the hill today for that closed door interview on what the trump tower meeting and also trump moscow. stay with us right here on andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. ea mitchell reports only msnbc. when did you see the sign?

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voting on a resolution to hold william barr and wilbur ross in contempt after president trump said he will exert executive privilege. >> now the president is asserting executive privilege over all of these documents. this begs the question what is being hidden. >> joining me now chuck rosenberg and amy seigard. welcome both. chuck, it does seem that the white house is going to use everything they've got to deny the underlying documents and keep those key witnesses don mcgahn and others opinion what does congress do? >> what you're seeing is public

bargaining. there is such a thing as executive privilege. it's a real thing. i guess the question is how broadly are they asserting it. are they asserting it properly and will we have to let the courts decide how far to reach in this case. congress wants as much as it can get. white house wants to give as little as it has to. there's a back and forth about whether they will need to go to court to litigate it. >> don junior back on the hill. this was a bipartisan agreement to bring him back after michael cohen's testimony disputed and undercut what don junior said about that trump tower meeting. can he clean it up by restating his testimony and avoid any kind of criminal liability? >> that's the key question. there was an intimation that don trump junior had invoked his fifth privilege. you have to read between the lines.

i think it's there. the interesting question for me is whether he needed to do that again. does he have criminal exposure. the supreme court has made it clear that the invocation of the fifth amendment impressiprivile from the guilty as well as the innocent. he had exposure and the question is whether he cleaned it up or continue to persist in falseh d falsehoo falsehoods. >> the larger question about the mueller report is also what is not there. i think there's three ways to read the mueller report. mueller wanted us to read it as a criminal investigation. it's being interpreted as a political document by the white house and the congress. there's an intelligence way to read the report too. there are hints of the importance of intelligence and counter intelligence in the

report that are tantalizing. he talks about fbi officials being embedded in the office of the special counsel but not being part of the investigation. they have been meeting with the fbi and transmitting some information to the fbi. that's not in the mueller report. lots of questions tistill to be answered. those are aspects that adam schiff and the house intelligence committee are trying to get from doj. what is the prospect for that? >> i think this fits in our earlier conversation. this is back and forth between the white house and the congress both on the senate side and the house side about how can the congress exercise oversight and where is the give going to go? we do know most of the mueller report has been released. it's been redacted but most has been released. both sides seem to be working toward an arrangement where they are getting forward momentum. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much. if you haven't listened yet, check on the newest original pod

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from the star spangled banner to born in the u.s. to lift every voice and sing, these songs and anthems create a playlist that helped us shape our country. tim mcgraw and jon meachum have joined forces to explore the music that defined generations and united us all as the country. in the new book, "songs of america, patriotism, protest and the music that made a nation." tim mcgraw and jon meachi mi - i meachum and whoever that is next to you. >> i was going to wear a hat. >> what inspired you.

this unusual relationship. >> we have so much in common. we actually do. i read jon's book and i thaug abo -- thought about how music impai impacts people. you can hear a song that can put you back into a place and time. i asked what do you think music played and he said he hasn't really thought of it. >> we're both married to overwhelming women from mississippi. we have a lot in common. i think that every tension, every era can be told through song as well as economics and politics. it was great question. i sat and thought about it. dixie versus battle hymn of the republic. we shall overcome.

it's a window to look on the world we spend all our time thinking about in a way that makes you feel a bit more about what has unfolded in the country than simply just thinking about it. >> it allows you to make an emotional connection of what was going on at the times and what people were thinking and how art pushed things forward. >> i think about the country songs and the folk music i used to listen to in the cities which bound us together. also i wanted to play something from your book which is something i heard as a little girl looking up to elenore roosevelt. this is the lincoln memorial. she could not appear in dar constitution hall because it would not permit her as an african-american.

elenore roosevelt turned to the secretary of the interior and they got permission. that was a noteworthy moment. let's watch. ♪ my country tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ for thee >> that moment not yjust a breakthrough moment but so many people there. did that set the stage if the sieve rights movement. >> the organizers studied marion anderson's condition secert the. fdr says i don't care if she sings from the top of the washington monument, i just want her to sing.

the moment for miss anderson who then sang at the march on washington. she was a common denominator. that was easter sunday. 75,000 people were on the mall on easter sunday. >> which is amazing. >> it's a beautiful moment in american history. >> it says so much about elenore roosevelt. >> i'm think about something i kpier experienced personally. ni i was in the cathedral and they play played "god bless america." let's watch this. ♪

>> tim mcgraw, music helping heal america after 9/11. music and religion in that instance. >> absolutely. music is a balm in a lot of ways. what we found throughout our research and writing of this book, at every inflection point in our country when music was being created. whether it was reflective on the times going on or causing us to mover forward and look forward at what we can do and as a better people always had hope. >> great rhetoric celebrates and critiques. it created a conversation.

>> it's not all from sea to shining sea. >> that's a direct debate. what was going on in the country at the time. this is what's going on in realtime for real people. >> when the rosa parks statue was dedicated in 2013, president obama, democratic and republican leaders in congress lift every voice and sing is just such a remarkable anthem. let's show some of that. ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ till earth and heaven ring ♪ ring with the harmony of liberty ♪ >> tim mcgraw, you hear that and you just want to stand up and sing. >> absolutely. it's the ultimate in folk music.

at its heart it is a folk song. it's a song that invites you to join in and sing along and elevate every one around you. that's what great music does. that song was written by eldon johnson in the early 1900s for school children to be sung. it became the negro national anthem. >> it was viral. >> before we used that word it was a viral song. it acknowledged the past but spoke of hope for the future. >> just also strikes me that i got involved in music and became a young violinist because of public school education. instruments were placed in our hands. we all had school choirs. so much of that doesn't happen because of budget cuts. in so many places our young

people are not hearing muse ib a -- muse ib aic and the songs o america. >> art is such a driving force in our world. like i said before, art really reflects what's going on in our times and causes us to take an inward look at ourselves and an out ward look at what's going on in the world around us. >> to me it was interesting, how many speeches -- we have lost track of how many speeches we heard and covered. you can listen to a song at a more involved level than you can hear a speech. great rhetoric does that. there's something about the note. there's something about the cadences that push you toward that more perfect union. >> well, we have to leave it there but not really because the

book is songs of america. i'm so honored to have you both here because you touch all of our hearts. you guys are taking it o tennessee road performing right here in washington, d.c. thank you both so much. >> we're going to discuss the iran nuclear deal in honor of you. i want you to be happy. >> please don't. this is what makes me happy. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. house intelligence chair adam schiff is demanding answers as to whether the white house is now hiding intelligence about the national security dangers of climate change to fit the president's refusal to recognize climate science. such an extraordinary twisting of intelligence would be the first known time since the iraq wmd debate that the white house politicized evidence from the intelligence community. this while three former republican epa chiefs are warning lawmakers that the trump administration is undermining science about the impact of rolling back environmental protections. joining me now is the former

administrator for the epa in the george w. bush administration. thanks very much for being with us. first, tell us what your concerns are especially about this new warning from adam schiff that the intelligence experts at the state department are being silenced by the white house. >> every one is being silenced by the white house. every one that is part of this administration is being silenced. they are being told you can be the -- you can't talk about it. you can't mention it. you can't go to a conference where it will be part of the subject matter. denying it won't make it go away. joint chiefs of staff said it's this a national security issue. there's a host of nations that have interests up there. we do too. they' we're not paying attention.

we see towns and cities that will g going under water. >> we heard testimony from the past that some of our defense forces will be under water where behrain, norfolk, miami. how are we ignoring all these warnings? >> they've seen it. they've had to move back with some of the big storms and hurricanes we've had. that means they can no longer live the life they had because they can be the feed their herd. they move into the cities. cities don't have jobs for them or places for them. that's where isis and al qaeda go to recruit.

we can't just deny it. it won't go away if we don't talk about it. we're hindering ourselves and make it less likely that we'll be able to respond appropriately the next time something mayjor happens. the president in the oval office speaking. let's listen. >> you're not allowed to talk about whether or not somebody is a citizen or not. that doesn't sound so good to me. can you imagine, you send out a census a and you're not allowed to say whether or not a person is an american citizen. in poland they say they are either polish or they're not. i don't want to get you into this battle. it's ridiculous. i think it's totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. the supreme court is going to be ruling on it soon. i think when the census goes out, you should find out whether or not and you have the right to

ask whether somebody is a citizen of the united states. yes, ma'am. >> are the u.s. troops ready for this? >> we're talking about it. that's one of the reasons that we're here. a lot of money will be spent on a facility. a military facility. a great one with a good location in poland. it will be spread over a little area. one primary facility. we'll see how it works out. >> russia is a threat to poland and to europe? >> i hope not. we're with everybody. i hope not. i think russia will treat poland with respect just like the rest of the world is treating. poland has built up a great country. they get hurt too often. when bad things happen, it seems that poland is always the first one that's in there.

i hope russia and germany and everybody will get along. i want everybody to get along. >> is china overplaying its hand? >> they're massive demonstrations. i see it all the time. when you look at this demonstration, they said it was a million people. that was as big a demonstration as i've ever seen. i hope it works out for china and hong kong. >> are they sending a message to china with these demonstrations? >> i don't know what they are sending them. it's a demonstration that they are having. i understand the reason for the demonstration. >> what do you think about -- >> say it?

>> communication. >> we're going be discussing a lot of those elements today. >> internal polling. >> we have great internal becau internal polling. there were fake polls that were released by somebody that is -- it's ridiculous. no, we are winning in every single state that we've polled. we're winning in texas very big. we're winning in ohio very big. we're winning in florida very big. there were fake polls that were put out by the corrupt media, because much of the media in this country is corrupt, i have to tell you that, mr. president, some is excellent, but some is very bad. you know when you're going to see that? you're going to see that on election day. it was the same thing -- i had the same thing for -- i had the same thing for a long period of time in 2016. i was getting these terrible poll numbers and i didn't see it. because i would have tremendous

crowds and my opponent would have almost nobody. and i said i think we're going to win the state of michigan, we did. i think we're going to win the state of pennsylvania, ohio, and we won them all. they're giving out phony polls. these are polls that we have that nobody saw. we do very little polling because i'm not a huge believer in polling. i think you go out there and fight and you don't need polls. you need ideas more than polls. but we have some internal polling, very little, and it's unbelievably strong. the strongest i've ever been is exactly today. >> there's concerns, is that inaccurate? >> they're not advisors. it's fake news. those advisors don't exist. they don't exist. it's made up by the newspapers. it's fake news. >> mr. president, house and senate committees have subpoena power. how is this going to play out over the next two years? >> i think what the democrats are trying to do because they know they're going to lose the

election, they're going to just -- every day they're going to be going more and more after, after. i don't know if you have this, mr. president, but we have people that are totally out of control. it's the only way they think they can win the election. but at some point, the mueller report spoke. they were very disappointed. it said no collusion and no obstruction and no nothing. and in fact it said we were rebuffed, your friends from russia, that we actually pushed them back. we rebuffed them. so the democrats were very unhappy with the mueller report so now they're trying to do a do-over or a re-do and we're not doing that. we were the most transparent presidency in history. we gave them everything. and we've all had this conversation many times before. there's never been anybody so transparent. gave them 1.5 million documents. we gave them hundreds of people.

i gave them lawyers which i didn't have to give. i didn't have to give anybody. we gave them everybody. and people who didn't like donald trump, 18 trump haters, 18 democrats, and they were trump haters and they were supporters of hillary clinton, and they made the decision, and bob mueller came out with a report that said no collusion. and, by the way, and led to no obstruction. so now the democrats want to try and win an election so they just keep it going. and i think the american public is not going to stand for it. i'll tell you what the democrats should be doing, they should be working on the border. they should be working on drug pricing and they should be working on infrastructure where we could get that done very quickly. but they don't have any time to do anything. and i think it's going to be a tremendous day for us. it's a year and a half now until the election. i think it's going to be a tremendous day for us. >> reading with president xi at

the g-20, and can you update us on the agreement with mexico? >> we expect to have a meeting with president xi. we're doing very well with respect to china. we're taking in billions and billions of dollars. the tariffs have been very strong. we have 25% of $250 billion and tremendous money is flowing into our treasury. china is subsidizing those companies. our people are not paying for it. china is subsidizing those companies so that people continue to work. now the problem for china is that a lot of companies are leaving china because they don't want to pay the tariffs. but we're doing very well. and i have a feeling we're going to make a deal with china. i don't believe that china wants to continue the problem that they really caused themselves because we had a deal done almost i would say all of the tough points were negotiated. they were negotiated and they were agreed to and everything

was finished. and then china told us they can't agree to things that they already agreed on. all right. and that's okay. i said that's okay. we're going to put tariffs on. 25% on $250 billion. now we have another $325 billion left and if we don't make a deal, we're going to put a tariff on that too. and the united states is making more money than they've ever made, ever, ever before from china. i would like to make a deal, but we'll see what happens. as much as i would like to, china wishes they had that deal to do over again. you can't renegotiate a deal. we had a deal that was done and they wanted to renegotiate it. and you can't do that. >> we know that the president -- >> i think i will. we haven't picked a date. but we will. i just had an incredible time. that speech was special from the standpoint of the people of poland and i know it was

considered a very important speech. you people even gave me very high marks on that speech. i could say it, but i don't want to say it, but some people said it was the best speech ever made by a president in europe. but i did not say that. i'm just quoting other people. but it was a great day. the two folks, we'll never forget it. very, very tremendous, special people. >> how concerned are you about -- >> quiet. >> go ahead. >> how concerned are you about backsliding on democracy in poland and will that -- >> i'm not concerned. i know the president very well. i know the people and the leadership of poland very well. poland is doing so well. they know if they do backslide, they won't be doing well. they've probably never done better economically. they're like us. the u.s. has never done better

economically than we're doing right now. and besides that, they owe us a lot of money because they're buying a lot of things, so they have to do well. we have to make sure they do well. we're very, very happy with poland. you may want to say something about that. >> someone cheated you. there is no problems with democracy in poland. everything is excellent. >> that's what i hear. >> president trump? >> yes. >> the base that poland says they want to build, is this meant to house a -- >> this would be a certainly a statement that the u.s. would be making. i don't talk about permanence or nonpermanence, but this would be a statement that the u.s. is making. steve, go ahead. >> how many troops are you talking about? >> they're talking about 22000 troops but we would be taking them out of germany or would be moving them to another location. it would be no additional troops

to europe. as you know, we have 52,000 troops in germany and germany is not living up to what they're supposed to be doing with respect to nato. and poland is. i have to congratulate you. thank you very much. but poland is paying the max. the max will be raised. i raised over a hundred billion dollar last year from countries that were not paying and it wasn't fair to the united states. so they put up over a hundred billion dollar more. but as you know, germany is at 1%. they should be at 2%. and they're not getting there fast. we have 52,000 troops in germany. we've had them there for a long, long time. so we would be probably moving a certain number of troops to poland, if we agree to do it. poland is going to build a phenomenal facility in a very good location. >> you're not totally convinced that you want to do this? >> we haven't made a decision. we haven't finalized anything.

but the facility itself would be world class. >> would you like -- [ inaudible ]. >> that's up to them. that's up to them. they can name it whatever they want. >> thank you for allowing a question. can you comment about your speech in poland was brilliant. did everybody hear that? no. thank you. >> any comment about the corporation -- >> so energy is a tremendous asset that we have. since i've been president, we've become the largest energy producer in the world. and we now are shipping a lot of energy offshore and to different countries. vietnam just made a tremendous purchase of coal from west virginia. we're a tremendous energy producer. and within a year, especially if i get certain pipelines built,

it won't even be closed. we'll be double what other countries are. it used to be saudi arabia and russia, now it's united states, saudi arabia, and russia. so we've made tremendous strides. poland is going to buy billions and billions of dollars worth of lng from us. >> this is the result of a common initiative with the president. >> will you use sanctions to block the pipeline -- >> people, have a right to do what they want to do. i think it's something that i've been looking at and i'm thinking about and i'm the one that brought up the pipeline problem where you have russia giving a tremendous percentage of energy -- this gas is going into germany. i say, how can you do that? we're protecting germany from russia and russia is