-japan alliance. first, the alliance needs to further materialize. seamless bilateral responses. especially joint response to gray zone challenges. as a low end of conflict as well as ensuring operational capability under the so-called a 280 environment. this should be highlighted. in the gray join, of course, japan has the primary responsibility to deal with. we will enhance our capabilities and operations, mobile deployment of light armor and amphibious operation capabilities. based on the seamless and phased joint operations among japanese coast guard, maritime, ground and air forces and u.s. forces in japan. we also need to further enhance u.s.-japan defense cooperation for high-end operations under the a-280 environment. to that end, i believe it is necessary to come up with u.s.-japan joint concept on roject power despite anti--- challenges. u.s. guidance -- moreover, japan needs to dramatically increase the resiliency of critical defense platforms and ethics. we should not let china neutralize the u.s. forces in theater operation. measures, including fighter based air defe

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but we continue to be an alliance built on shared values. sharing solidarity toward its members. germany will never forget the contribution nato made towards making our country become reunited. and this is why we will continue to make our contribution toward security and solidarity as members of this alliance. [applause] mr. stoltenberg: nato's greatest strength is the enduring bond between north america and europe. we saw the strength of that bond after the 9/11 attacks against the united states. and president trump, those attacks struck at the heart of your own hometown in new york. and for the first time, nato defense r collective post, article 5. one for all and all for one. hundreds of thousands of european and canadian soldiers have served shoulder to shoulder with u.s. troops in afghanistan for over a decade. to help ensure it never again becomes a safe haven for international terrorists. it is our solidarity that keeps our nations safe. and when our open and free societies come under attack, we stand up for our values and our way of life. that is why a strong nato is good

future of the alliance. coherentrategic and and actionable through print -- actionable blueprint of the leaders brought together. joining us today are three of the regulars in the mount fuji dialogue. three of the most important contributors to the u.s. japan alliance in recent years or it to my immediate left is gern nakatani. he served as defense minister from 2000 14 to 2000 extreme and was deeply involved on the security legislation and new interpretations of article nine, defense guidelines. is a former member and a graduate of the defense academy and ensure when he graduated and was a second lieutenant and i showed him the u.s. japan security meetings with the name gen, people were bit can use. i'm sure is rapid promotion and success is due to merit. and not his first name. sitting in the center is another onoderaefense minister, . prefecture.miyagi 2014sted him in july of for the first real description -- abeabbe administration. he is a graduate of tokyo university. sitting all the way on your hima. i

aggressive alliance isn't going to work?t redoubles the need for that half of british politics it redoubles the need for that half of british politics that believes in progressive politician, globalalism, we need to stop fighting each other. we need to work out, it's entirely possible, how we can stop that tory ukip alliance taking britain off the cliff edge into an economic catastrophe. into wto rules which isn't a cliff edge. let's see the tory manifesto calling for it. that's the.., — into nobody is saying that they want to go down that direction. it's not the disaster that people try to present it as. it's the way we trade with the rest of the world, as you well know. ian, if you are right and if this is going to direct towards a big majority in a months time. this is the chance for her to do a radical manifesto, isn't it? she can push through anything she wanted. will she? i don't think she will. she has been a cautious politicians. over the past few weeks she proved to be anything but a cautious politicians. first of a

of the alliance. and with those experts joining us today are regulars with the mount fuji dialogue most contributing to my immediate left a member of the house of representatives. >> serving as the defense minister and is deeply involved in the debate from security legislation and new interpretation of the defense policy reform a former member of the defense forces i am sure when they graduated as a second lieutenant people were a bit confused. but i'm shirred is rapid promotion of success so to set in the center is our first guest. [applause] the member that we hosted the of ministers here in july 2014 with the defense policy with asian alliance to make a big impression and to sit on your right is our next guest who has had a very interesting to weeks. to a sicko from the democratic party of japan november of the of number of japan. is deeply knowledgeable about the strategy and served as the special adviser national security advisor to the prime minister and the state minister for defense purposes s

in that alliance was also spain. badly in also come out the seven years war, and they lost a lot of territory including florida. their primary goal was to regain territory. the french american alliance of 1778 brought france into the war for the first time, and what that did was bring most importantly the french navy into american waters. any war at this time with britain was always going to be in naval war. her member, britannia ruled the waves. it prevented britain from having the kind of dominance it used to to be able to resupply and move troops around. that knocked them back on their heels but it would not have been enough until the spanish foreign minister, on my left, who as i mentioned established the spanish goals of recovering territory like gibraltar and florida, to come into the war. the entry of spain and to the war in 1779 fundamentally changed the nature of the war, from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the combined spanish and french navies outnumbered the british, and they were

our alliance is united in the importance tohe cooperate and insist on freedom and we also are united in the trust that it is not isolationism and the building of walls that makes a successful month but open societies that share the same values. with the end of the east-west conflict, a new era began. a new era bringing new challenges and new dangers. as we continue to be in alliance , germanysaid values will never forget the contribution nato made toward making our country reunited. this is why we will continue to make our contribution toward security and solidarity as members of this alliance. [applause] strength iseatest the enduring bond between north america and europe. we saw the strength of that bond after the 9/11 attacks against united states. attackst trump, those struck at the heart of your own home town in new york. invokedfirst time, nato our collective defense post article five. one for all and all for one. hundreds of thousands of europeans and canadians served shoulder to shoulder with u.s. troops in afghanistan for over a decade. againp ensure it never becomes a safe

and that nato will always defend the values on which our alliance is founded. so, chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the very night when the wall came down. we welcome you here to brussels to the new nato headquarters and the floor is yours. chancellor merkel: your majesty, secretary general, dear colleagues, nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference of nato, a modern building like the building of this headquarters is a reference to the future. however, if we are to find convincing answers for the future, it is good to remind ourselves of what we have achieved in the past and what we can build on. this fragment of the berlin wall embodies the history that during the cold war had left its mark on nato for many decades. however, this wall also symbolizes something that has been a determinant factor for my life for many years. because i lived on the eastern side of the wall. and it is the division of berlin, it is an expression of the fact that if we stand firm, as this nato, if we can rely on the courage of our friends from central and east

and the most successful military alliance in the world.w, though, he's bringing -- they fully expected it, though you could see in the body language of the other members as he was speaking that they did look a little bit like shifty children being lectured by the headmaster. they knew that he was going to be coming with that message, and some of them believe that that message has to be delivered, because it gives them cover to encourage all members to pay their 2% of gdp. some of them are paying it, some of them are not. but what they really hope to hear was a once and for all commitment to article five, you know, an attack on one is an attack on all, and they want to really hear that the president is fully committed to the alliance. so, that is the beginning of this relationship. and then, of course, you know, he came to nato having called it obsolete. he met mr. macron, the new french president, having backed marine le pen, his far right extremist, and said that it was an honor to meet him and what a great job he had done in his election

he mentioned russia, the alliance needs to be firm in pushing back against russia. that is something that will be welcome to all the ears there, but the terrorism and immigration focuses are not things that most nato members see as the key reason the alliance exists, and it will cause internal divisions among many of those nations. remember, there are nato alliance members who have membe extremely different approaches to immigration and migration, from the middle east and north africa. there are already tensions in europe over that, and it's something that nato has tried in many ways to not have to take a unified position on. it would be difficult for many of its members. >> thank you so much for that. i want to go to the statement that was released by president trump on the leaks and the intelligence sharing. the criticism we heard, pointed criticism, from theresa may. the alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling. these have been going on for a long time, and my administration will get to the bottom of this. the leaks of sensitive inform

on the alliance, moon said i'm america's friend, the alliance is the bedrock of korean diplomacy or democracy. he wants to strengthen the alliance. you say that sounds like a conservative. how can you go against that? he also said things like he wants to negotiate the agreement with not only united states but china. negotiating south korea's security of the country which has been putting forth disingenuous claims about the thad system. --wants the wartime transfer to south korea seemingly quickly. when that was done before it caused a great deal of angst and south korea. and also he wants to increase south korea's independent defense capabilities. continuing to have their independent missile-defense system not integrated with the broader, more effective ally missile-defense system. you can spend, yeah, he was to strengthen the alliance, or you can see a lot of cases where he wants to go in a more independent path even on the military structure. i think the same with north korea. while maintaining a strong relationship with the united states, he wants to reach out to north korea. he was to hav

so our alliances clearly matter. they matter in our long-term strategy to address the rise of china, but, of course, so does our relationship with china, and that is the third principle i would like to discuss. we must continue to engage with china, not seek to contain it, as some have argued. in fact, when you look at the u.s. relationship with china, ever since secretary of state kissinger and president nixon in the early 1970s began having discussions with china's leadership, america's policy towards china has always been about engagement. it's never been containment, like our strategy was with regard to the soviet union. of course it has taken different forms. you had the one china policy, which we are still focused on, the taiwan relations act which was developed by this body in the 1970's, you had initially by president bush and continued by president obama the strategic economic dialogue where senior leaders in the united states and china met every six months. i had the opportunity to participate in that as as

on say the alliance, moon has said i am america's friend, the alliance is the bedrock of korean diplomacy or democracy and he wants to strengthen the alliance. you say that sounds like a conservative. but he has also said things like he wants to negotiate the agreement with not only the united states but china and how do you negotiate with a country that is putting frrth -- it frank he wants the transfer quickly and when that was done before it caused a great deal of angst in south korea. he wants to increase south korean's independent and having the missile defense system not integrated you can see it as maintaining a strong relationship with the united states but he wants to reach out to north korea and have sanctions and engagement. you can say that sounds like statements from u.s. officials or you can see it as he brings baggage to the table because his relationship with the hunt administration. you could see if not divergence, turbulence in the relationship. >> what do you think about him reopening the case on industrial complex? >> that is a violation of u.n. security council resolu

this has been an alliance for good, for 50 years.e after what was considered wars that involved millions of people that many thought would be never fought again. however, this alliance has kept the peace in this part of the world. want to drop in here real quick. >> however, if we are to find convincing answers for the future, it is good to remind ourselves of what we have achieved in the past and what we can build on. this fragment of the berlin wall embodies the history that during the cold war had left its mark an nato for many decades. however, this wall also symbolizes something that has been a determinant factor for my life for many years because i lived on the eastern side of the wall. and it is the division of berlin. it is an expression of the fact that if we stand firm as nato, if we can rely on the courage of our friends from central and eastern europe, then we can bring down a wall and make it something to be remembered. our alliance, if united in the awareness of the importance to cooperate between freedom and united in

so on the online he wants to strengthen the alliance also says things like they like to negotiate with not only the united states but china and the country has been putting forth disingenuous claims and also wants the transfer to happens d quickly. when it was done i caused a great deal of angst. also, he wants to increase the independence defense capabilities, so continuing to have the independent defense system not integrated into more. >> just from their they want to strengthen the alliance. they have the beaten path of the military structure and then the same with north korea while maintaining a strong relationship in the united states. he brings a lot of baggage to the table so you could see it as turbulence in the relationship. >> what do you think about him reopening the cases on the industrial complex do you think that he would go ahead with something?security >> she would have to work in conjunction with the un and the committee for prior approval of economic engagement in korea and also the transparency measures and resolutions, so it would be a very troublesome move forward

beatrice pangilinan: so, asian law alliance is a non-profit legal services organization.'ve been serving not just the asian community, but the larger immigrant community and low-income communities here in the south bay since 1977. so, we're actually celebrating our 40th year this year. and we focus on different areas of law, which include housing, public benefits, immigration, and domestic violence. robert: i've followed richard konda and the staff there in terms of handling so many big issues, not caring whether they're popular or not in terms of what the issue is, but immigration particularly right now in the forefront of what you do, right, and kind of needs to be. where are we right now in terms of we see all the legal fighting going on, and how many different aspects of the community it affects, where are we right now in terms of immigration and for immigrants? beatrice: well, it seems to change every week. so, you know, you've all heard about the travel ban and, you know, the effect on sanctuary cities. and really, there's just been a general fear in the communities

and so how the alliance is able to respond is a key issue. the u.s.and nato allies have got a forward presence now in eastern europe, and there will be looking for the united states to reaffirm that commitment to the presence of its troops and its support for the policy. so i think i will play, that will be a major issue even if it's not one of which the make any kind of declaration. with the eu we can enter more this in the q and a. this is the biggest relationship in the work of a transatlantic relationship between u.s. and the eu. it represents about 46% of global gdp. so clearly this relationship will be a key one, and administration has not yet articulate any kind of agenda for the relationship with the european union. this is a big glaring hole in their policy toward major partners, and so this meeting may be an opportunity to start setting some direction on that. and then just to look at what some of the countries around the g7 table will have on their mind. in germany chancellor merkel, her party just one a major state election yesterday in 20

those countries in the nato alliance who do not pay their way he has criticised.s that do not meet the 296 for countries that do not meet the 2% that he had a point, there are plenty of countries who work towards spending 2% on defence but have not done so. it was a speech i think for his supporters of back home, they did however, the leaders here, want to give him something because america is crucial to this alliance and they have agreed amongst themselves despite reservations that themselves despite reservations that the nato alliance will be a formal pa rt the nato alliance will be a formal part of the coalition against islamic state. what does it mean in pratt is? to be honest, it is more symbolism than anything substantial. —— in pratt says. he could have aircraft to fly over syria and manage the airspace during the bombing campaign but the secretary general of nato said it would not be directly involved in direct combat. us media are now reporting that jared kushner, the presidents son—in—law and a senior adviser, is under f the eye scrutiny as part of the e

clinton: when we started the alliance for the healthy generation in 2005 after my heart surgery, there were not that many groups working on the childhood obesity issue. there weren't that many people saying -- you know, we are about to have epidemic levels of type 2 diabetes. and the attendant consequences and heart troubles, stroke, some , and premature, among other things, blindness and amputations and that human heartbreak is going to be staggering. and i have to say, i was amazed that we couldn't generate more interest for it. but when she got in and she spoke to a whole younger generation of people, i am just an old white guy in a suit. i'm boring. and she asked our group, the alliance for the healthier generation and the let's move campaign, you could see the landscape open up. and more people were being willing to write about this or talk about it or educate people about it. so i am very grateful. and i'm glad that when she left the white house, she didn't leave the cause. i will never forget when the american heart association asked me, after i had my quadruple bypass surgery i

we will preview the nato summit he's attending after calling the alliance obsolete last year. but first why british investigators are convinced the manchester bomberer did not act alone. we're back with that in just a moment. panic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm everything. i'm from all nations. i would look at forms now and wonder what do i mark? because i'm everything. and i marked other. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. >>> welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united state. i'm hana gorani. we continue our coverage of the manchester arena attack. british authorities work to shet down a network they believe is behind that concert bombing. police have now arrested eight people including two new arrests this morning. it's not clear yet how many of them are connected to the attack that killed at least 22 people and wounded so many more. but you're seeing some amateur video thereof some of the police activity across the city. and it has been very busy the last few days. police say the su

donald trump certainly gave both barrels to those countries in the nato alliance who he believes are he didn't really understand, to some extent, how nato worked — there is no obligation, no enforcement, there is no punishment for those countries that do not meet the 2% but he had a point, and that is that there are still plenty of countries that have said they will who work towards spending 2% of their national income on defence and have not done so. i this this was a speech really for his supporters back home, who back him when he says nato hasn't been paying its way. they did however, the leaders here, want to give him something, give donald trump something because america is crucial to this alliance and they have now agreed amongst themselves despite reservations that the nato alliance will be a formal part of the coalition against so—called islamic state. what does that mean in practice? to be honest, it is more symbolism than anything substantial. yes, nato can give for example its early warning aircraft to fly over iraq and syria, to manage the airspace for that bombing campai

i think it is nice to have complex alliances with nicely focused subjects.nd it probably doesn't do any substantive harm, but cooperation in counterterrorism is extraordinarily difficult, even in the west. to actually cooperate in counterterrorism between very diverse, often conflicting interests among given arab states is a lot harder. and part of it is that when you really look at the data in sources like the start database, which is as close as when to an official database that's not classified, you suddenly begin to realize that terrorism is a country by country issue. it is not a matter of international terrorism dictated by isis centr. it is a mixture, for example, in yemen, you have a question of first who is a terrorist and you have certainties which is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. how closely that is tied to al qaeda anywhere else is extremely questionable. there doesn't seem to be an al qaeda central in the normal sense. we in the united states right now are focused on isis, or isil, as a key threat. looking at the figures for the meaner regi

there are alliances to stop attacks. this is about fundamentally defending them democracies in europe and the united states, and these are coming through things like fake news and interference. trump and the time president, i think it is worth noting that the irony of the situation is in a lot of countries, both the united states and elsewhere, we have opened up our system in such a way that the old-fashioned toitical party's ability control the candidates were is or gone down, and you get politicians who are not politicians. we can make fun of politicians, but they do have some advantages, which is that they used to be in government, they are used to dealing with others in a certain way. when you invite people who are not politicians -- sometimes that is a good thing, but you are also bringing in a lot of withxperience and problems government leadership when you do so. side, on the republican we saw 16 candidates run in the primary. why is that? >> we opened up the primary system in such a way that it is not the party's

i have been very, very direct with secretary stoltenberg and members of the alliance, in saying thatontribute 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 defence. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states, and many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years, and not paying in those past years. nato leaders have officially agreed a us plan to increase the remit of the alliance to tackling the group which calls itself islamic state. the bbc‘s jonathan beale is in brussels. well, donald trump certainly gave both barrels to those countries in the nato alliance who he believes are not paying their way, but also showed, actually, that he didn't really understand, to some extent, how nato worked, in that there is no obligation, there's no enforcement, there is no punishment for those countries that don't meet the 2%. but he had a point, and that is that there are still plenty of countries that have said the

tighten investment to the plan of the alliance of prosperity have been instrumental in pushing local leaders to enact change. why should this be a concern for the us? left unchecked the security rule of law and economics of all the challenges of the region will continue to push more unauthorized migrants north and will continue to make the region a prime transit area for illegal drugs en route to communities all across our country. of course, being across our state, closest neighbors, their fate and prosperity bears other repercussions for us interests. what happened in san pedro, honduras impacts americans in abilene texas. that's a fact. what we need assertive action. if we take more concrete decisive actions now, the prospects will be bright. if we don't, it will get much worse. about a year ago we form this task force is part of an independent effort to put forth a long-term strategy for support in partnership with the region. this is not a group of washington insiders trying to come up with the answers of what will propel catalytic change beyond the borders. the four cochairs an

national interest to have alliances. it is in u.s. national interest because we have such national interest not only in asia and europe. it's in to have our forces overseas. it's a stabilizing mechanism not only for our allies but for us. it's not that we need 100% reimbursement because a lot of it is -- >> if you were advising him right now what would you say he should do to win the support of the american people? >> i would try to advise so many things, especially the trump administration is fairly unfamiliar especially about the trade. i think the trade is very related with foreign policy, but this trade must be different than trade from other countries. it was once its own country. we shouldn't just simply look at the amount of profits, gains from trade but these to force relations by ensuring -- so i think we are concerned about the th kind of situation. >> do you any advice for the president? >> let me just say, we have many in the audience who are really the person this issue should probably be directed to for comment. you know

how the alliance is able to respond is a key issue. nato allies have this court presence in eastern europe and they will be looking for the united states to reaffirm its commitment to the troops and policy so i think that will be a major issue, even if it is not one on which they make any kind of declaration. can come more to this in the q&a. this is the biggest trade relationship in the world, the transatlantic trade relationship. clearly this relationship will be a key one and the administration has not yet articulated any kind of agenda for the relationship with the european union. this is a big, glaring hole in their policy towards the partner so this meeting may be an opportunity to start setting some direction on that. and this is to look at what some of the countries around the g-7 table will have on their mind. merkel,ny, chancellor her party won a major state election in the state of north pine -- north rhine-west halia. she is more likely to stay in office of the september. emmanuel macron makes his first as president today t

alliance. an alliance means that it's an agreement. part of the agreement is that everybody finds a way in the budget of their country to carve out enough money to give 2% towards their own defense so that the alliance works. the other part of this alliance that has been missing in the minds of many people is that they have been attacked time and time again by islamic radical terrorists. they've lost hundreds of people on their own soil. so he got three strings. he got in the sort of come towards the idea of paying their fair share print he got them to agree to better intelligence sharing in the new unit that they said they would construct and he got them to agree to be part of this coalition that will fight isis as a group. do not see those as small victories at the very least? >> extremely small. and very symbolic, very little substance. nato was not constructed to fight terrorism. >> martha: that happens to be where we live right now. that's the threat that faces them that is more immediate

for decades, it's important that that alliance continue. but the united states can't foot the bill the entire time, you know, for decades, relied on this massive military might of the united states and the defense umbrella that goes with that to focus on their economy while the united states focuses on their defense and that has got to change. there's a great path forward for the alliance. but we have to go into this as partners. and that partnership has to be addressed on a more equal footing. >> you know, christian -- >> poppy -- >> weigh in but i also want you to answer this part of my question which is this is a president who ran on america first right and that's a big part of what got him elected. however given the world today, it is not america alone. does this president's policies, rhetoric, et cetera, not even -- you know, as you said no joint statement out of the g7. does that put america first at risk? >> well, look, you know, it's very confusing what just happened. i don't think there was any sort of real america first sort of co

and the three presidents created the alliance for prosperity and that's taken off very well. what we also attempted to do was to not only get after the drug flow, which is entirely due to the drug demand in the united states, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, the reason for the drug flow is because of our drug demand and we do almost nothing about it. yes, we try to rehabilitate drug addicts. yes, we try to arrest our way out of this. but we do very little in our country, my country, the united states of america, to try to get at this incredible drug demand of the three hard drugs that have direct result of what's happening in central america. the breakdown of societies, lack of police effectiveness and a lot of other things. so as we tried to get at that, we also in my last job tried to get at some economic development you may ask why was a four-star journal at the time interested in economic development in three countries in the northern tier. and the answer is because that's the solution to a lot of things that plagued them that then caused them to leave their country,

the folks at cambridge health alliance told me that before the a.c.a. that if one out of three people walking through their doors has health insurance. today, after hard work in massachusetts to pass bipartisan health reform and to implement the a.c.a., more than 90% of the people in our state have health care. more than nine out of ten people coming into cambridge health alliance clinickings now have coverage. and because of that coverage, c.h.a. can offer a wide range of services including treatment for opioids. they are making headway, more lives saved, more success stories, more healthy babies. i'm not going to tell the seniors and the mammas and the people on the front lines that they have to give up those gains to pay for tax cuts for the richest. if republicans want to defend this unforgivable health care bill, then they can start by coming out from about behind closed doors where they are conducting secret negotiations on health care. they can look the american people in the eye and admit they care more about the healthy few in this country than

both the alliance for health and the partnership for healthy america are trying to do that.wo organizations have involved 400 plus companies in making some sort of commitment to children's health. foundation,johnson and i want to thank them, has supported our work. they asked us and give us a little money to figure out how we could deepen our cooperation. idea ofame up with this a business fund which would give every company a chance to provide all children and families with whom they are in contact, either as employees or customers, the chance to make choices that lead to the healthy as possible lives. fund, whichusiness they -- the robert wood johnson foundation -- are going to f und quite generously to start out, these two organizations will develop new and innovative solutions to get even more kinds of partnerships with companies. and to involve nongovernmental organizations. we will have better coordination across the field. one of the things i learned, for alliance withr communities all across america through the help medicine initiative is there are a lot of things th

>> they are sending a major signal that america believes in its traditional alliances. if you look at what barack obama did he never embraced egypt, the largest sunni arab country with the largest christian population, never embraced saudi arabia, we did business together but this is the signal donald trump wants to reform the traditional sunni arab alliance against isis and iran. this is repositioning american foreign policy and return to traditional alliances. >> you mentioned melania not wearing a head scarf, ivanka not wearing a head scarf and the king shaking their hands, something you don't often see in saudi arabia. the comfort level, when you see these trips it can be stiff, a bit uncomfortable but as we watch this play out, there does seem to be a feeling of comfort and ease. >> there is. the saudis made a bed early on in the foreign minister who was for many years the ambassador in washington and the advisor to the previous ambassador understand our country, he was educated here, sidestepping the american political scene, we are going to bet on donald trump an

that is what the alliance is all about.hen it comes to whether you care, yes, dollars matter and euros and pounds, but it was really about the solidarity underscored by the afghanistan mission. >> i absolutely totally agree with everything ivo said. i wish trump had done that. i'm merely saying relative to some of the more appalling things he has said about nato before, he could have been cross about macron's firm handshake or any of the things that might have irritated him. charlie: i missed that. what did macron do? >> macron delivered a particularly firm handshake which seemed to shake trump. charlie: a firm handshake shook the president of the united states? >> it is a strange thing, what web has been ahe live it this morning. charlie: it seems especially timely, article 5, at this moment because of whatever threat there might be by russia to some of its neighbors in the balkan states. >> i think that is the second piece. not only is it a failure to reaffirm commitment to article 5, it is the other piece which is the fa

the united states has led this alliance for many, many decades, but the u.s. has been bearing the military burden. it's only right that the president calls on fellow nato members to invest more in their own defense frankly. the nato aalliance has been successful, but in order to continue that success we need to see commitment from all nato members to support the alliance joyride love you have to come back to talk about whether or not our priority is in the right place. should it be about spending when it comes to nato? should it be more focused on russia, an emerging russia? that's our topic next time. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> leland: great conversation. now to this, a growing opioid epidemic, killing thousands. today senate lawmakers are listening to testimony on what could stop illegal shipments of these drugs. plus, press releases related to the manchester bombing have british officials furious, the leaks possibly coming from the united states. we'll take a look at the impact they could have on the investigation. >> the recent attack on manches

what do you think is the state of the alliance today?en and lies a few comments we've seen so far. a >> a couple things. one of them is the commitment to defense is very real and very strong today. that is largely because of the behavior from russia and invading ukraine and invading georgia, threatening some nato allies like the baltic states. there is a sense that nato does serve a necessary role for providing defense. secondly, you have things like isis or the operation in afghanistan, the ability to have nato allies integrate their forces on priorities in the united states is very, very valuable for the u.s. and that's something nato continues to help. >> jenna: e believe it is effective? >> i do, if we didn't have it, we would regret it. >> jenna: do you mark >> i won't repeat the president's comments, but let me say it's important work that's getting done at nato. it takes a lot of work to make that happen, but it is beneficial. >> jenna: great to have the perspective from someone on the inside. we appreciate your thoughts today. th

here flow as president for a contentious meeting of the leaders of the nato alliance. but his words about muslims haunted him back home today. a federal appeals court voted 10-3 to block his partial ban on travel to the u.s. by citizens of six mostly muslim nations. the reason, according to the chief judge, bigotry. jeff pegues is following this. >> reporter: the president's executive order would have temporarily suspended visas from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. circuit court of appeals it from going into fek, writing for the majority, chief judge roger gregory wrote, mr. trump's order speaks with vague words of national security. but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination. the travel ban was a cornerstone of president trump's campaign. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: shortly after taking office the president signed a first executive ord