is less than one quarter complete now, but the 1st bill is already nearly to montenegro. can't afford it. this massive construction project for a 177 kilometer long highway through montenegro is being built by a chinese company. the montenegrin government is financing it with a 1000000000 euro loan from a state run chinese bank. that's a lot of debt to take on for a country with an annual g d p of around 4000000000 euros. if we cannot repay the law, the chinese bank can ask, for example, for a bottle bicycle. it cannot ask for some mind we call can ask to contract to dance for hydro power to take over the railroad that would allow china to extend its influence in europe and gain access to essential infrastructure . montenegro, ask you to help re pay the 1st installment of the loan. that's due in july, according to the financial times. but brussels quickly rejected the request in the lobby. i think in the medium to long term. it would be better to support montenegro in this carry a situation that would allow the country to have closer ties with a european union. and you wa

due. montenegro can afford it. this massive construction project for a 177 kilometer long highway through montenegro is being built by a chinese company. the montenegrin government is financing it with a 1000000000 euro loan from a state run chinese bank. that's a lot of debt to take on for a country with an annual g d p of around 4000000000 euros. if we cannot pay the law, the chinese bank can ask for a present for a portal bicycle and can ask for some mind with that we call can ask to contract to dance for hydropower to take over the railroad. that would allow china to extend its influence in europe and gain access to essential infrastructure. montenegro, ask you to help re pay the 1st installment of the loan. that's due in july, according to the financial times. but brussels quickly rejected the request in the lobby. i think in the medium to long term, it would be better to support montenegro in this area. situation that would allow the country to have closer ties with a european union issue. and then it's monte

and montenegro can't afford it. this massive construction project for a 177 kilometer long highway through montenegro is being built by a chinese company. the montenegrin government is financing. it was the 1000000000 euro loan from a state run chinese bank. that's a lot of debt to take on for a country with an annual g d p of around 4000000000 euros. if we cannot pay the law, the chinese bank can ask for a pre sample for the bottle bicycle and cannot ask for some mind that we call can ask to contract dance for hydropower. austin has to take over the railroad that would allow china to extend its influence in europe and gain access to essential infrastructure. montenegro, ask you to help re pay the 1st installment of the loan. that's due in july, according to the financial times. but brussels quickly rejected the request, they call the i think in the medium to long term, it would be better to support montenegro in this carry a situation that would allow the country to have closer ties with the european union. and the

also on the show, montenegro wanted a new highway, but at what cost? financing deal with china has now soured and threatens to drag in the european union globe. welcome to the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. how much tax should a company pay, and to whom should they pay it? to be tricky. questions in a globalized economy, where the biggest companies can shop around for the lowest rates. many of them tech companies that often pay no taxes in countries where they're quite active. a foreign ministers from the g 7 economies are gathering london today. just for such a solution and here's where things currently stand. japan has the highest corporate tax rate with 31 percent with germany following close behind current corporate tax rate in the u. s. is that 21 percent? although the by did ministration would like to change that in the coming months to 28 percent. now take a look at ireland here. 12.5 percent as less than half of what it is and fellow you remember germany. and that's the reason why ireland is the you base for big tech companies like faceb

and montenegro can't afford it. this massive construction project for 177 kilometers long highway through montenegro is being built by a chinese company. the montenegrin government is financing. it was a 1000000000 year alone from a state run chinese bank. that's a lot of debt to take on for a country with an annual g d. p of around 4000000000 euros. if we cannot repay the law, the chinese bank can ask for example, for a portal bicycle. it cannot ask for some mind we said we call can ask to contract to dance for hydropower to take over the railroad. that would allow china to extend its influence in europe and gain access to essential infrastructure. montenegro, ask you to help re pay the 1st installment of the loan. that's due in july, according to the financial times. but brussels quickly rejected the request in the can all be, i think, in the medium to long term, it would be better to support montenegro in this carry a situation that would allow the country to have closer ties with the european union. and you want

and you should be montenegro has seen a sharp fallen revenue during the pandemic. its economy depends on tourism, which has crumbled, but it's not easy for the e. u to provide assistance. the block can't take over the loan payments, especially for projects it classifies as not economically viable. your districts one day, the support could consist of helping montenegro restructure its existing debt with china and then make an offer for further financing of infrastructure projects in the future when bites are going in. and in that sequence, month, you can most provide ongoing support to montenegro without giving it any money. but it will still be a heavily indebted country, dependent on paid ging. reminder of our top story, this our, she's having finance ministers meeting in london say they are closing in on a deal to push for a global minimum corporation tax rate. it aims to end the practice of multinational, paying little or no tax, and countries where they operate, the us as opposed to minimum level of 15 percent. and i saw from me on the business team here in ber

. >> his excellency, prime minister of montenegro. his excellency, president of the government of the republic of north macedonia. >> his excellency, prime minister of the republic of slovenia. >> the right honorable boris johnson, prime minister of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. >> his excellency, prime minister of the hellenic republic. >> her excellency, madame fredrickson, prime minister of the kingdom of denmark. >> his excellency, mr. pedro sanchez, president of the government of the kingdom of spain. >> her excellency, prime minister of the republic of iceland. >> his excellency, mr. antonio, prime minister of the portuguese republic. >> the right honorable justin trudeau, try minister of canada -- prime minister of canada. >> her excellency, prime minister of the kingdom of norway. >> his excellency, prime minister of the republic of albania. >> his excellency, prime minister of the kingdom of the netherlands. her excellency, prime minister of the republic of estonia. his excellency, mr. viktor orban

[cameras shuttering] [indistinct chatter] his excellency, prime minister of montenegro. [cameras shuttering] his excellency, president of the government of the republic of north macedonia. [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] [laughter] his excellency, the prime minister of the republic of slovenia. [cameras shuttering] [indistinct chatter] the honorable boris johnson, prime minister of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] his excellency, the prime minister of the hellenic republic. [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] her excellency, prime minister of the kingdom of denmark. [cameras shuttering] his excellency, president of the government of the kingdom of spain. [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] her excellency, prime minister of the republic of iceland. [laughter] [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] [laughter] [indistinct chatter] his excellency, prime minister of the portuguese republic. [indistinct chatter] [cameras shuttering] the honorable justin trudeau, prime minister of canada

wanted to remain in the realm of yugoslavia along with serbia and montenegro . so the relationships between these 3 parties soon deteriorated dramatically. on the 29th of february, 1992 above me and independence referendum was held. the muslims, known as both next and the croatians took a full part. but the bosnian serbs largely boycotted the vote and rejected the yes result. on the 1st of march, the same day a serb wedding party was sporting the serbian flag in downtown san diego. when it was fired on by a bosnian muslim gangster killing the grooms father, the family made for the holiday inn where a number of rooms had become the temporary h q of the bosnian serb leader rather than the carriage. the bloody wedding episode may have offered the bosnian serbs the opportunity they've been waiting for that same night, they began implementing what was effectively a dress rehearsal for the siege of sorry, a bow. barricades appeared. an armed masked man stalked the streets from his hub, but the holiday in red of an carriage over saw the action. this room room 5 studio,

who could forget this moment, donald trump appearing to push himself past the prime minister of montenegrour of nato's new headquarters. and last but not least, at the nato gathering in 2019, canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, british prime minister boris johnson and macron were caught on a hot mic gossiping about trump. the moment was even spoofs on saturday night live. >> did you see him speak for 45 minutes the other day? he was just supposed to be for a photo. >> i felt like he might try to distract the photographer to? >> he's not good-looking like us 30? >> is this retaken? >> sorry, actually it is. >> we wou to see you talking to at the same time, but we promise the seat to a friend. >> but i'm boris his friend, right boris? >> don't make this harder than it is. >> as much as the world leaders seem to be getting along this time around the white house confirmed today that biden will be holding a solo news conference following his summit in switzerland with vladimir putin, which takes place on wednesday. the goal is to draw a stark contrast to trump's chummy relationship with th

who pushes the president of montenegro out of the way and then -- his look afterwards.s going -- who does that? you know what it was like? for four years our mom started dating some jerk nincompoop and we want him out of our lives and finally he's gone and she's dating an accountant. and we're so happy to see the accountant. i love joe biden, the accountant. i am really happy and i just, i mean, it's so nice. it is nice to not have to be worried about it. i feel like finally we're in good hands. i'll be honest with you. the only time i used to like trump was when he was out of the country because i kind of felt like, oh, now we're safe. but i feel like we're in good hands with biden and he's getting us back into the paris accords, back into nato. we're back. we are back. and it's nice to see. sorry i'm ranting. i am so excited. what a great shot at the beach. and he didn't -- sorry, he didn't shake macron's hand for 90 seconds. he just did a nice shake. >> that will never not -- miles, that will never not be weird. that handshake will go down in history as one of the we

there was this weird attitude that putin had toward montenegro so trump just adopted it.f all people to shove. i wonder, even in russia they have where it looked like for a hot second during the obama administration, when you were ambassador, that maybe they would be able to emerge as a democracy. that didn't last. one election later, putin is back and he ain't never leaving, apparently. he does have this argument that actually, democracy doesn't work. and as does china. the autocracy is actually better. and it is hard for the united states to argue that our system is the best when half of our people don't believe in it. i'm not sure all americans believe in democracy. a lot have said they absolutely do not. >> i couldn't agree more. >> there is never been, it weakens president biden when he goes abroad to say we need unite the democracies of the world. i want to be clear. i applaud what he said. we are back. we're going to engage with our allies and we'll talk about values. that's exactly the right frame. but vladimir putin is out there. he's not alone, by the way. he's

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my time as...during my time as secretary general, we have enlarged, with two new member states, montenegroo�*s door remains open, but it is a decision by 30 allies and the aspirant country to decide when a country is ready for membership. russia doesn't have a say. russia doesn't have the right to try to veto a membership of any country. it's a very fundamental principle that all sovereign nations have the right to decide their own path, including what kind of security arrangements they want to be part of. and that, of course, also applies for georgia and ukraine. right. not long ago, president biden described vladimir putin as a killer. is that the way you see him, too? so i worked with president putin over many years in my previous capacity as prime minister of norway. i know that, of course, russia is responsible for aggressive actions. we have seen how they are trying to poison people who are opposing the regime in moscow, how they are cracking down on democratic protests, and how they are also responsible for aggressive actions on nato territory, with, for instance, the skripal case.

*s door is open. 0ver my time as secretary general, we have emerged with two new member states, montenegroproves that nato doors remain open but it is a decision by 30 allies to decide when a country is ready for membership. russia does not have a say. russia does not have the right to try to veto membership of any country. it is a principle that all the other nations have the right to decide their own part, including what sort of security arrangement they want to be part of and that also applies for georgia. not long ago, president biden described vladimir putin as a killer. is that the way you see him as well? so, i worked with president putin over many years in my previous capacity as minister for norway. i know that, of course, russia is responsible for aggressive actions. we have seen how they poison people trying to oppose their regime in moscow, how they crack down on democratic protests, and how there is a response of aggressive actions on nato territory as there was in the sergei skripal case. the author agreements under russia with president putin and therefore the decision to ex

the extended nato and the last few years, we've added north macedonia and montenegro, and these countriesout the size of midsized u.s. cities police force and no one has intent to argue that this in any way defends america's interest. now it's become sort of a social engineering project, the u.s. and through the state department and the pentagon is pushing identity politics, things like race conscious politics in france and ideas like gender fluidity, so i think it makes ideological sense for them to be all in on nato and the transatlantic alliance. the thing that they were most upset about was that he would dare do what he ran on which was pulled back from commitments in eastern europe. it's very strange though that republicans at the same timeit e joining the democrats in voting for nato expansion, attacking biden just like they attacked obama for being too hawkish. they found the rhetoric of putting america first and unfortunately, so pushing it. >> tucker: thank you for pointing that out. he's not tough enough on russia? he's demented to come of theset people. in q4 joining us. that's

macedonia and montenegro, these countries have militaries that are about the size of a midsized u.s.ody even pretends to argue that this is -- anyway defends american interests. now you understand why democrats sort of like nato. it's become somewhat of a social engineering project. the u.n., the state department, the pentagon is really pushing identity politics, race conscious politics in france. ideas about gender identity, gender fluidity and eastern europe and i think it makes ideological sense for the democrats to be all in on nato and the sort of transatlantic alliance and the people that try to take -- the people who are against trump within the administration on the first impeachment, the thing they were most upset about was that he would dare do what he ran on, pull back from nato and eastern europe. it's very strange though that the republicans of the same time or joining the democrats in voting for nato expansion, attacking biden just like they attacked obama for being too hawkish. they found the rhetoric of putting america first, the policy, the father beneficial. unfortu

he won't shove the prime minister of montenegro. he won't cow tow to putin. he will probably stand up to putin. that will be welcome to them. they also saw joe manchin's announcement. they see republicans passing restrictive voting laws. and they're thinking, hey, we spent years negotiating the paris deal with obama and then trump came along and tore it up. what's to prevent that from happening again in three and a half years in the reality is joe biden can do a lot on this trim and a lot as president. this won't be settled in one trim or even one term. we have to build back the credibility that was sent down so significantly under trump. this was the beginning of it but it is on all of us and we have to stick with it. >> it's a pleasure. thank you. >>> book again is after the fall. being american in the world we made. >>> while president biden is overseas promoting american values and freedom, shocking details about how far the trump justice department went in trying to get hold of email and phone records from cnn correspondent barbara starr. a secret court

he won't shove the prime minister of montenegro. he won't cow tow to putin. he is probably going to stand up to putin. that is all going to be welcome to them. but they also saw joe manchin's announcement. they also see republicans passing restricting voting laws. and they're thinking in the back of their heads, don, hey, we spent years negotiating the paris agreement with obama, the iran deal with obama, and trump came along, he tore that up. what's to prevent that from happening again in 3 1/2 years? so the reality is joe biden can the a lot on this trip and he can do a lot as president. but this is not something that will be solved in one trip or one term. we have to build back that credibility that was spent down so severely under trump. this was the beginning of it but it is on all of us and we have to stick with it. >> ben rhodes, thank you so much. it's a pleasure, sir. the book again "after the fall: being american in the world we made." >>> while president biden is overseas promoting american values and freedom, shocking details about how far the tru

trump really sent shock waves through nato, culminating in him shoving the prime minister of montenegroo meeting. that's nato's newest partner. nato alarmed enough it extended the term of secretary stoltenberg for stability. the u.s. supreme court wrapping up its term over the next few weeks. one of the cases its going to consider as early as today is should young women be forced to sign up for the draft the same way young men are? normally i don't cover the court that closely but i bring it up because liberal justice steven breyer might retire at the end of the term. that would free the president to nominate a new justice and get that nomination through the senate, provided joe manchin was on board. president biden's promised to nominate an african-american woman to the court. you can find me on twitter @scottmcgrew. >>> new video to show you this morning as the coast guard rescued a man from his kayak, roughly 70 miles west of santa cruz. we told you last week that the man was trying to kayak solo from san francisco to hawaii. he left a week ago. in this video he was doing okay. setti

a strong i'm not here to make friends attitude in brussels, shoving aside the prime minister of montenegrointo the front of the pack. he engaged in a bizarre white-knuckle hand shake grip off with macron. when it came time for the formal remarks he demanded his counterparts pay up. >> nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meets their financial obligations. but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states. >> final stop back in italy for the g7 brought one last photo up drama and six of the seven leaders strolled to town after taking a picture when the american president chose to follow behind. okay, that was a weird trump trip or something. after four years of that it's profession to see another american president abroad dealing with complex multi lateral issues there are a lot of them. but also not to mention just behaving like a normal person. not making us worry he's gonna rough up someone on the way to the camera.

. >> and, of course, no one can forget when donald trump pushed the prime minister of montenegro's sideing at history, when there is a major break with allies does it take just one summit to fix what's been broken? >> i don't think it takes just one but joe and jill biden are on an offensive journey right now. they're reminding people america is back. nato has been the center piece, the atlantic alliance, all the way from the truman administration to biden, the one weird person, president, was donald trump. so there is memory in europe, and they're hoping that trump was some kind of aberration who's going away. the fear is we see donald trump from mar-a-lago making noise, the fact that he may be republican nominee in a few years would make european countries perhaps a little hesitant to believe fully that america is back to its new multilateral, pro-nato, pro-european union posture. but thus farther just -- really could not be treating the bidens more warmly and they're just very glad to have a semblance of what they remembered as the old post world war ii america. >> you mentioned the

remember that president trump at the first nato meeting shoved the prime minister of montenegro to get to front of the pack. this one called a crucial organization. kaitlan, clarissa, thank you both. >>> all right, later this afternoon. attorney general mark garland will meet with "new york times," “washington post”, to talk about the controversial seizure of data by the trump administration justice department. the web widens. we know that trump's doj secretly obtained records from don mcgahn, in an effort to track down leaks. >> ag garland said the justice department will strengthen existing rules regarding seeking congressional records. democrats now demand that former trump attorneys general william barr and jeff sessions testify under oath. with us to talk about this is our senior legal analyst. he will li hoenig. let's start with the beginning, the predicate. do we know what the predicate was to begin these subpoenas and the gag orders and everything? >> we do not know right now. and there are so many questions here. the first question i would have is what was the basis to start t

to see him abroad at the g7 at nato making friends, not foes, not shoving the prime minister of montenegro out of the picture, comporting himself in a different way that former president trump did would be a sign of reassurance for many of the americans who polls show a majority of them are supportive of how this president is performing so far. >> to our viewers, the barking you hear in the background is one axel rucker who we decided just doesn't like he and his dad don't like when we're talking on television, so we're going to give him that. hey, barb, what do you want to find out about how the trump doj was operating? when people like barr and sessions say, we had nothing to do with this, how procedurally do we find out if they're telling the truth? >> well, what i would like to see, brian, is what lisa monaco, the deputy attorney general, has called for, which is an investigation by the office of inspector general. it doesn't sound to me like any laws were broken in these investigations, but because of the sensitive nature, it is required that doj lawyers comply with very strict guidel

trump really sent shock waves through nato, culminating in him shoving the prime minister of montenegro newest partner. nato alarmed enough it extended the term of secretary stoltenberg for stability. >>> one case they will consider is whether young women should be forced to sign up for the draft the way young men are. is it sexist to exclude them from selective service. i don't normally cover the court, but i thought i would bring this up because it's not impossible liberal justice steven bryer might retire at the end of the term which is coming at the end of the month. that would free the president to nominate a new justice. get it through the senate given joe manchin is on board. you can follow me on twitter. i'm at scott mcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. >>> new video to show you this morning as the coast guard rescues a bay area man from his kayak roughly 70 miles west of santa cruz. it all happened yesterday, but we first told you last week cyril was trying to kayak solo from san francisco to hawaii. he left a week ago. in this video here he was doing fine until he ran into some t

shoving aside the prime minister of montenegro to get ahead of the pack.ident emmanuel macron. he basically, demanded his counterparts pay up. >> nato members must, finally, contribute their fair share. and meet their financial obligations. but 23 of the 28-member nations are, still, not paying what they should be paying. and what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states. >> final stop, back in italy for the g7 brought one, last bit of photo-op drama when six of the seven leaders strolled through town after a traditional-group picture, while the american president chose to follow behind in a golf cart. okay. yeah. that was weird drug trip or something. after four years of that, it's refreshing. to see an american president abroad, you know, engaging in diplomacy, dealing with complex, multilateral issues. there are a lot of them. but also, not to mention, just behaving like a normal person. not making us worry, he's going to, like, rough up someone on the way to the camera. welcome

they were desperately anxious and thought it was glorious to have these places like montenegro and son so forth, but they value it at the empire in our massively and would try to hang on to it. they went to preserve and empire but they thought that invading serbia was going to tidy things up it precipitated this huge war with germany coming in behind austria and hungary and the russians coming in behind on the other side but france was committed to support russia if the french surrendered which they were never going to do as a guarantee so it was a sort of progression of these alliances up against each other but it providedca the trigger and there were forces on the move it was the largest party in the german parliament and they've been in charge with each other but they thought the glory of anotherry successful was to see but they did about the readiness they went to war. and on top of this we have to remember that nicholas the second was overthrown during world war i. >> bazaar was a more sensitive figure and he was very weak now and knew how fragile the russian empire was and he re

why they should have had these countries like montenegro and all the others on the table, the austriansalued their empire enormously and would have done it. the austrians variance went to war for an empire most people told them they had no chance of taking on anyway but they thought they were going to tidy things up. and far from that it precipitated this huge war with germany coming in behind austria-hungary and the russians coming in behind serbia and on the other side friends was committed to support russia and the chairman's, whereby they took out france before they turned to deal with the russians, that they would only accept fringe neutrality in 1914, the french surrendered their border fortresses, as a guarantee of their good intentions. it was a mad progression of these two alliances up against each other. of course it was certainly the case the assassination of the archduke provided the figure for this but there were forces on the move in germany. one we haven't mentioned is the politics of germany. the socialists were very antimilitarist deck, the socialists if they had been i

with all of these little countries like montenegro and so it and so forth.ians valued their empire they value to hang onto it. the hungarians went to war to preserve an empire that most people would've told them that no chance of hanging onto anyway. they thought nvidia serbia would tidy things up. would and all this nonsense. of course far from that precipitated this huge war with germany coming in behind austria and hungary. and the russians coming in behind serbia. and of course on the other side france was committed to support russia, the germans had a work plan whereby they took out fritz before they turn to guilty russians. so they told the french the only except french neutrality at the front surrender fortresses which of course they were not going to do. it was just mad progression of these two alliances. course it was certainly the case but the assassination of the archduke provided the trigger for all of this. there were forces on the move in germany. for instance when we have not mentioned is the politics of germany. britain tight military the lar

if you're a complete thug of the american president pushing the president of, i believe it was montenegro, out of the way, at the summit. a bit different this year, isn't it? >> yes, joe, i would say so. i traveled with president trump on a few of his journeys to the g-7 when he was in office. and it was sort of a right of passage that he would start bashing theresa may when air force one was about to descend until he would meet with the british prime minister. he obviously had better relationship with borisshadowed. we know that president biden was very critical of johnson in the past. there was certainly some tension and that still exists, a difference of opinion on how the northern ireland issue should be handled here. but that was set aside yesterday. it was real warmth between the two men. both expressing common ground. we had president biden gift boris johnson a bike and a helmet, since the two men share an enthusiasm for cycling. but they renewed this atlantic charter. we talked -- as mike mentioned, who, by the way has a much better backdrop than i do, their commitments to the vac

north macedonia, just a year ago, and montenegro a few years ago, years ago.mbers. and if you look at the older picture, one of the biggest success stories of reliance is the enlargement. at the end of the cold war, there were 16 members of nato. and today we are almost double that number to 30. and the enlargement of nato has been extremely important to spread democracy, freedom across europe. we have some countries that are aspiring for nato membership. ukraine and georgia. we are working with them. we have told them that they should focus on reform to meet the nato standards, to fight corruption. we help them. we support them. and first of all, that's important in itself. it makes them stronger and more resilient societies by investing in reform andsecondly moves them gradually towards membership. >> nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. we really appreciate it. >>> and coming up, we'll dig into gene's new piece on senator joe manchin, with the biting title, "joe manchin retreats to fantasyland and