we must do more together as allies and partners.in afghanistan, we fought the guest coalition in history. 50 nations from many continents united in a single cause. in all operations, from the balkans delivery of -- the balkans to libya, they have made valuable contributions. we must maintain our political and military cooperation with them to build stability in the world. we must also do more to help those who require our assistance to develop effective local forces. in wales, we will launch a defense capacity building initiative. this initiative will allow us to help other nations build up effective defense structures and forces of their own. so that they are better able to take care of security in their own region. and so we can project stability without always deploying large numbers of our own troops. so our wales summit will ensure that nato stands ready, robust, and resolute to face the future. ladies and gentlemen, we are fortunate to live in lands that are free. but freedom is not a natural state. it has been fought for, suf

that god was an ally in this great cause. and so the night before the invasion, when colonel wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer, he told them, do not bow your heads but look up so you can see god and ask his blessing in what we are about to do. also that night, general matthew ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise god made to joshua. i will not fail thee nor forsake thee. these are the things that impelled them. these are the things that shaped the unity of the allies. when the war was over, there were lives to be rebuilt and governments to be returned to the people. there were nations to be reborn. above all, there was a new peace to be assured. these were huge and daunting tasks, but the allies summoned strength from the faith, belief, loyalty and love of those who fell here. they rebuilt a new europe together. there was first a great reconciliation among those who had been enemies, all of whom suffered so greatly. the united states did its part, creating the marshall pl

simply because of allied air. the germans have difficulty maneuvering, and a subsequent invasion does come, but it's not as well-known. it's the invasion of south france, which happens on august 15. this is one of the things maybe i should have mentioned. the normandy invasion was always envisioned as one part of two complementary and patience. he wanted an immediate follow-up in south france and then to put major pressure on the germans from both sides. as it turns out, it takes two months, mainly because of the possibly of landing craft another shipping. when the landing happens on august 15, it is at that point in tandem, and hitler finally says, "let's retreat," in the germans are more or less kicked out of france in the two weeks after that. two more specifically answer your question, it takes about half the summer to figure out there is another invasion coming. >> this question concerns german high command and hitler on the strategy of committing the armored divisions. by the second or third day after d-day,

. >> does israel have an ally in the current flow of events? >> egypt is behind israel and anti-hamas and the turks are attacking the israelis as nazis. the whole thing is in turmoil. >> the leader of egypt is very strongly on the israeli side of this thing and against hamas because he believes they're the equivalent of the muslim brother hood and they are. saudi arabia and the allies -- i don't understand what the turks are doing. the a rab countries are in favor of israel. >> katar? >> katar is the only one. >> they're funder of the islamic state. >> the saudis are supportive of what they're doing. >> egypt is -- >> anti-hamas. antimuslim brother hood. >> egypt and -- the saudis and a lot of the other countries are are allies. >> the saudis have to worry about extremists in their own territories. you can't stamp it out. you have to learn how to work with it and you have to give the people in gaza some means to make a living. you have 80 percent people on food aid. there's a blockade on them. israel likes to talk about how we left gaza, gaza's

now, other allies need to strengthen their commitment. and i am the first to say this on european nations can and should do more. nato is an insurance policy, an insurance policy against stability and all members must pay their premiums and that premium has just gone up. arsenic in wales, i asked all alliance features to commit, to change course on defense spending, to reverse the decline in to back up the commitment with concrete action. estonia, as an example, estonia has shown that despite a severe economic crisis, it can be done. estonia has joined the united states, greece and the united kingdom and its allies that invest at least 2% of the gross domestic product in defense. and i welcome the commitment of latvia, lithuania, poland, romania and turkey to do the same. and if other european allies spent 2% of their national income on defense this year, we would have another $90 billion to stand. that is the equivalent of today's defense budget that germany, italy, netherlands and norway combined. now i am not naÏve. i know we will not

now other allies need to strengthen their commitment. and i am the first to say that some european nations can and should do more. nato is an insurance policy. an insurance policy against instability, and all members must pay their premiums. and that premium has just gone up. at our summit in wales, i expect all alliance leaders to commit to change course on defense spending, to reverse the decline and to back up their commitment with concrete action. estonia, as an example, estonia has shown that despite a severe economic crisis, it can be done. estonia has joined the united states, greece, and the united kingdom as allies that invest at least 2% of the gross domestic product in defense. and i welcome the commitment of latvia, lithuania, poland, romania, and turkey to do the same. and if all the european allies spent 2% of their national income on defense this year, we would have another $90 billion to spend. that is the equivalent of today's defense budget of germany, italy, netherlands and norway combined. now, i'm not naive. i know w

president, thank you for your gracious welcome to the reunion of allies. history reminds us that france was america's first friend in the world. with us today are americans who first saw this place at a distance. and the half light of a tuesday morning long ago. time and providence have brought them back to see once more the beaches and the cliffs, the crosses and the stars of david. generations to come will know what happened here, but these men heard the guns. visitors will always pay respects at this cemetery, but these veterans come looking for a name and remembering faces and voices from a lifetime ago. today we honor all the veterans of normandy. and all their comrades who never left. on this day in 1944, president franklin roosevelt addressed the american people, not with a speech but with a prayer. he prayed that god would bless america's sons and lead them straight and true. he continued, they will need thy blessings. they will be sore, tired by night and by day without rest until victory is won. the darkness will be filled with noise and pain. me

now, of course, the allies had gained overwhelming command of the air. one of the things that made d-day possible. one of the reasons why a 1943 invasion would have been very problematic, very difficult. we really had not gained complete command of the air over the channel and over the invasion beaches in 1943. by 1944 we had, but nevertheless there were still some german aircraft. mostly they attacked at night, but the idea of the barrage balloons is they create a barrier, interference for any plane attempted to strafe the beach. the cables and the balloons themselves would interfere with attempts to do that. so that was their military function. >> mr. symonds, as a follow-up on this on twitter from michael asking about lessons learned from the guadalcanal campaign amphibious landings, if they brought any of that to operation neptune. >> lessons not only from guadalcanal and the extended campaign from the sol mons but from subsequent landings. the saipan landings were taking nearly simultaneously two weeks apart from the d-day landings. opposite sides o

now, other allies need to strengthen their commitment. and i am the first to say this on european nations can and should do more. nato is an insurance policy, an insurance policy against stability and all members must pay their premiums and that premium has just gone up. arsenic in wales, i asked all alliance features to commit, to change course on defense spending, to reverse the decline in to back up the commitment with concrete action. estonia, as an example, estonia has shown that despite a severe economic crisis, it can be done. estonia has joined the united states, greece and the united kingdom and its allies that invest at least 2% of the gross domestic product in defense. and i welcome the commitment of latvia, lithuania, poland, romania and turkey to do the same. and if other european allies spent 2% of their national income on defense this year, we would have another $90 billion to stand. that is the equivalent of today's defense budget that germany, italy, netherlands and norway combined. now i am not naÏve. i know we will not

he joins up with some native allies. they go and they find a fort, a makeshift fort, that has army officers or militia and in confusion and panic, the british fire shots. there is a small skirmish, and this is seen as the start of actual hostilities. the name of this military officer? george washington. george washington starts the first global war. all these surprises, right? they are fighting over pittsburgh and ohio and george washington is to blame. all of that to say, a very small place that does not have a lot going, because of these larger concerns of empire, takes on a larger importance. and becomes something that people feel is worth going to war over. the governor of virginia is really shocked about this. in part because this territory of ohio is a region virginian's s believe they have a right to. and they see their future moving into virginia and, particularly those in power, speculating on land in ohio and making a great deal of wealth as people move out. governor dinwiddie -- wouldn't you like to have that

i know he's talked to a number of our allies in the gulf and in asia. they looked at this stuff and said, gosh, the chinese made -- if the chinese made a major grab on some of the islands disputed, would or could we react? if the iranians do some things that challenge our allies even more, would we react? and they look at the negotiations with the iranians on the nuclear issue right now, is this a sign of u.s. engagement or is the u.s. basically pulling out? so i do think both the syrian example, some of his rhetoric, it has made allies nervous and i think some of the positions the president took are totally understandable. i still think it's really debatable how much of an impact the u.s. could have had in syria or if you would want to get sucked into that conflict. but saying you're setting red lines and not acting definitely has been seen as probably our allies and probably our nemesis in a sense that he might not be there, he might not live up to what he's saying. >> charlie: you cover the secretary of state and carol covers the president of the uni

so allies come and . go they pick and choose. so to say that you can't be an ally, there are issues we have with the germans where we are uncertain about their policy and that will sometimes necessitate getting information through other means. >> ifill: annette heuser what about that? is germany alliance worthy or an unreliable ally on these issues? >> i think there can be no court at all that germany is a very serious and solid partner of the transatlantic alliance and a friend of the united states still. and the fact that, in some cases, germany has a different position in foreign politics than the united states doesn't mean it's not a solid ally, and for decades right now, the u.s. has forced us and supported us and developed german and european foreign security policy. but now we have different perceptions regarding ukraine and how to deal with vladimir putin, for instance, we are not seen as a solid ally anymore. >> ifill: let me ask you both the question, is it worse the president did know about some of these incidents or h

despite the millions of words written about the allied invasion about normandy, june 6, 1944. what did general dwight d. eisenhower say when he gave the final order to launch the attack? it's puzzling to me, anyway, that perhaps the most important decision of the 20th century did not bequeath to history and posterity a quote to mark the occasion, something to live up to the magnitude of ike's decision. something iconic like general douglas macarthur's vow to the people of the philippines, "i shall return." the stakes of the invasion certainly merited verbal splendor, if not eloquence, if the overlord operation had failed the allies might never have won the war and yet eyewitnesses to eisenhower's great moment of decision could not agree on what he said. and as for eisenhower, he could not even agree with himself. he related five versions of his fateful words to journalists and biographers over the years that perhaps even more mysteriously he wrote five different versions of the statement in a 1964 article commemorating the 20th anniversary of d-day. to put those words, whateve

of its allies, and they say, yes, to me., it is one thing this make a speech, and then another thing to look in the eye of us and tell us. >> and i have traveled with the president this year where he had to go somewhere and look them in the eye and try to convince them that he will be there. i mean take saudi arabia for , instance. they are very nervous about the u.s.'s engagement with iran. and the president had a trip earlier this year and then had to stop and sit face-to-face and say i will be there and i am , going to do x, y, and z. and he is repeatedly having to do that. and i think part of the frustration if you talk to people in the white house is that, yes the president gives a , lot of speeches but aside for syria which i think turned out to be a pretty consequential decision in terms of perception of this president and the united states, besides that, they have done everything they say they will do. and so, but they still continue to battle this perception. and perception is something, particularly when you're dea

certainly merited verbal splendor, if not eloquence, if the the overlord operation had failed the allies might never have won the war and yet eyewitnesses to eisenhower's great moment of decisions could not agree on what he said and as for eisenhower he could not even agree with himself. he related five versions of his fateful words to journalists and biographers over the years that perhaps even more mysteriously he wrote five different versions of the statement in a 1964 article commemorating the 20th anniversary of d-day. to put those words, whatever they might have been into context, the high drama of those meetings leading up to the invasion decision certainly bear repeating. all of the elements of the d-day attack were in 1944, nearly 12,000 aircraft, almost 7,000 sea vessels, it was arguably the largest amphibious invasion force in history. every possible contingency had been planned for, every piece of equipment issued and every bit of terrain studied. the invasion force was like a coiled spring, ike said, ready to strike hitler's european fortress and all it waited for was his co

as the european defense agency and allied command work very closely together.thatnk i could safely say we avoid duplication and waste of resources through close coordination. i would say an efficient division of labor. finally, on clinical conservation, i think we have the biggest problem. because of these well-known , it isand disputes sometimes difficult to organize nato-eu meetings. there is one area we are allowed to discuss informal meetings, namely bosnia. operatespper -- the eu a 30 plus operation which means use nato -- eu can assets to conduct operations. so we are allowed to have formal nato-eu meeting. while bosnia is important, i can easily think of other issues nato-eurant close cooperation. even in this area, we have seen progress recently. actually, we have had two meetings. it is an example when the situation so warns, -- so warrants, it is possible to have a pragmatic way forward. all in all, i would not buy such a bleak picture as you did. -- yeah. i see some light. i see some light. there is still progress to be made. ultimately we need to co

do something to challenge our allies, would we react? they look at the negotiations on the uranian's on the nuclear issue, is this a sign of u.s. engagement or u.s. pulling out? -- the examples and some of the rhetoric, has made allies nervous. i think some of the positions the president took are totally understandable. i think it is debatable how much the impact the u.s. could've had in syria or if you wanted to be sucked into that conflict. saying these redlines and not acting has definitely been seen by our allies and probably our nemesis in the sense that he is not -- he might not be there. he might not live up to what he is saying. >> you covered the secretary of state and carol covers the president. do they see eye to eye or is john kerry want to engage in more bold foreign-policy and use of american force? >> i think the sense i got is that john kerry is more about that. he was talking about a much more aggressive army and supporting of the opposition. when thehat speech u.s. look like it was going to take action in syria and got

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i just want to say that if you see it with human common sense in my opinion spying on allies and friends is a waste of energy. germany has now told the cia contact at the us embassy in berlin to get his things and leave. for the first time after a series of spy scandals this is a strong message from the germans that they've had enough of washington's behavior . through pretty poor foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of and biasing snooping slip ups to get to this stage that paints a picture of an abusive relationship in june of last year it emerged that the u.s. had spied on its european allies prompting this response from the chancellor spying on friends is not acceptable then it was revealed that mrs merkel's private cell phone was bugged by the n.s.a. washington promised not to do it again but refused to sign a no spy deal but still wanted to talk trade and rebuilding of trust between the transatlantic partners flash forward to april of this year when germany's request to see the chancellor's n.s.a. file was turned down even th

and its allies. including the united states, who were becoming worried from their -- wearied from their already long commitment to a difficult conflict in a fan-away land. but despite these challenges, when the secretary general came to washington in september, 2009, and spoke here at the atlantic council, the administration had great confidence in his ability to lead the alliance through this difficult phase. and he has certainly lived up to that challenge. at the lisbon summit in 2010, nato's 28 members vowed to stick together through 2014 in afghanistan, at which point responsibility for security would shift to the afghan forces. under his leadership, nato has stood by its commitments taken at lisbon. the alliances today concluding of combat mission, transitioning responsible to afghan forces and preparing to take on a post-2014 mission to train and advise afghan forces. secretary general will go down in the history books as having led the largest and longest combat mission in nato history in afgh

rockets are being fired by hizbollah and this is ever since hizbollah and hamas just joined their ally ins over the last a supporter for the opposition fighters in syria but certainly not only to escalate in there are growing concerns in israel that this could ultimately become a war that is going to be fought on various fronts. ok thanks paula. slay reporting live there from tel aviv thank you. meanwhile palestinians are dying in the israeli bombardment of gaza the total number of those killed in the offensive has reached one hundred fifty seven israeli military is calling on residents living in northern gaza to evacuate as it plans to intensify far. i don't know and i said yes and i know what i mean by that but i was. at a loss or a little subtle what a budget of a ton of a c. for. tell us about the devil will the music come up from what i did it was just over this at the moment. what israel launched the offensive on tuesday and is claiming it only targets hamas militants the united nations is calling for a ceasefire say three quarters of the casualties are actually civilians but isr

is insisting a certain amount of spying is necessary, even amongst allies.international spy museum in washington houses artifacts of a time many thought were over -- a time when cold war rivals regularly expelled u.s. spies. washington clearly did not expect its ally germany to take the same action in 2014. >> it is our view that allies with sophisticated intelligence agencies are aware of the activities and relationships that are included, and when differences arise, we are committed to resolving those differences through the established private channels. we do not believe that trying to resolve them through the media is appropriate. >> but berlin's message has reached the media -- the expulsion of a top cia official made headlines in the u.s.. for the first time, american media and politicians are taking note of berlin's anger and its demands for washington to address spine allegations. -- spying allegations. >> i am concerned we are sending the wrong message to a key ally, which is germany. >> there is also a sense that all countries spy and the u.s. need

and immediately engaging ukrainians, talking to our nato allies to see who has what. but because this, i think, is going to be a relativity easy intelligence problem to solve, they're going to quickly move from who did this to what the policy response is. and the meetings will be about what sort of pressure should there be, with nato, with our allies? and what should we be doing against the separatists in ukraine, assuming that's who fired this missile. >> talking about policy issues and our allies in the coming days. and showing you the provocative headlines drilling down on what we are covering down. flight murder at 33,000 feet, the downing of mh-17. "the daily news" saying, this is putin's war. joining us from moscow, is jim maceda. let's get to what is coming from the kremlin here and how vladimir putin is responding. people will say, no matter what, because most likely this missile is originating from russian soil, this is a russian/kremlin problem. >> right. so far, the reaction has been pretty much anticipated. it's the blame game. what seemed encouraging at f

of course was the dominant power in that entered in that's why everybody the allies wanted it. their side george that's probably the most important outcome is that the united states became the hedge amount of the world and if you look at it you know they conquered you know most of the western hemisphere had control of it and then we had the expense of the united states it was the next logical step for the united states in many ways. yes that's absolutely right i mean that's exactly it was the outcome and it certainly. manifested itself very much after world war two when all of the victorious powers or all of the european powers were pretty much spent with the exception of the united states and the soviet union which is to go back on the point that ivan made i mean i think it's very important that to remember that germany saw it before nine hundred fourteen as a power in decline and i think germany was right to do so because france was becoming a ever stronger. russia was industrialising very rapidly and given the franco russian alliance that had been signed some twenty years be

we're taking these actions in close consultation with our allies.ting with brussels to agree on their next steps and what we're expecting is that the leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences, including a weakening russian economy and increasing diplomatic isolation. now, meanwhile, we're going to continue to stand with the ukrainian people as they seek to determine their own future. even in the midst of this crisis, they have made remarkable progress. they have elected a new president, they're pursuing new forums and they signed a new agreement with the european union, and the united states will continue to offer our strong support to ukraine to help stabilize its economy and defend its territorial integrity, because like any people, ukrainians deserve the right to forge their own destiny. we live in a complex world and at a challenging time. and none of these challenges lend themselves to quick or easy solutions, but all of them require an american leadership, and as commander in chief, i'm confident if we stay p

if tranquility means as watching as israel, our closest ally, our most important ally, is shelled by relentless rocket attacks of terrorists hiding in schools, job well done. if tranquility is turning our back on the wars in iraq and afghanistan -- we lost 4,000 americans. i guess for you it's mission accomplished. but you and i both know that we've been watching unfold both overseas and right here abroad right here in the united states has been far from tranquil. mr. president, why don't you consider the events of these past 24 hours to be a very, very costly and deadly wakeup call? and while all this was happening yesterday you spent 40 seconds dealing with the killing of nearly 300 innocent people. and your secretary of state is lecturing israel to restrain itself again and again. that's time for a wakeup call. that means if you draw a red line in the sand with syria, you have to mean it. it's time for you to stand up to hamas. and that means stop giving them american tax dollars and supporting them. stand up to iran. take out their nuclear sites before god forbid they get a nucle

we're here today to talk about energy, energy for our country but also energy for our allies. and this is a discussion not just of energy, but it's about jobs, good-paying jobs. it's also about economic growth. it's about generating cash revenues to help reduce the debt and the deficit without raising taxes. and it's about national security. not only our national security, but also working with our closest friend and ally, canada, as well as our allies in europe, the european union, and working to help countries like the ukraine that very much need energy supply from sources other than russia. with the current events going on in the ukraine, it's very clear that we need to play a long-term game, a long-term strategy deploy a long-term strategy when it comes to helping our allies. not only, again, in terms of our national security, but working with our allies to make them stronger, their strength, their national security, the national security of our allies also contributes to our strength and our security here at home. so that's what we're here to talk about. we're here to tal

cities not to mention the allies in europe and israel.by the way all those rockets landed in israel? where did they come from? every and. we all hope and wish this will work out but there are very few that thing get well and i hope we are wrong. and if anyone criticizes the deal as a warmonger we just want to go to war but here's what i don't want to seattle like to see is all into a situation where it is no longer an option. war is a terrible and horrible thing the only thing worse is a nuclear weapon. i hope i am wrong but i don't believe that i am and i fear mr. chairman someday soon they will do in north korea on us. and there is very few or the little we can do about it. mr. chairman. >> would you allow me 30 seconds to make a statement? i have to go. it has become obvious to me today that with every aspect it is a treaty being considered and i believe it requires advice and consent of the united states senate and i hope we move forward with legislation that would require that. thank you. spending aphakia for holding this hearing. i

i just want to see that if you look at it using common sense in my opinion and allies in france is a waste of energy. this of course follows these two scandals that we've seen what involving a officer of the federal intelligence service remains in custody awaiting trial who was arrested last week and just this week we saw the searching of a the home and office of an employee of the defense ministry there's no arrest being made there but that inquiry continues so that's the decision it's been made by the germans they've told the representative of the u.s. security services yes the packets bags and leave the country. the letters from relations have said alfredo among politicians let's take a look at what they've been saying we have germany's finance minister is that the. peggotty of the alleged spying makes them want to cry and social democratic party member called what in the u.s. spies been exposed on a weekly basis is the great thing spectacle and the member of the european parliament says germany is being treated as if it was america's worst enemy well this certainly isn't the firs

how the president managed his allies is running thru "the mantle of command." president nursing him reluctantly in going into the next volume that concluding that commander in chief through 1945. in short what i hope i have triedyhç to do is to give "the reader" the intimate idea of how his headquarters at the white house in the oval office, in this special matt firm he personally established there and with shane grow law his secret attempt. i would like "the reader" to see how roosevelt took his notion from the greatest military defeat in the history of pearl harbor with only 11 months later which left hitler speechless in fuming and gave hope to so many millions of people across occupied europe that the americans are coming. it is a tremendous sagas much of it not told the four are only to a few and the unfolding drama as the commander-in-chief as the united -- commander in chief of the united states was since to the voices of his advisers and allies. using his unique talent for a leadership to lay them moral and military foundations for american victory. so

coming up next, my commentary on why our allies have teamed up. president obama and the update coming up next lou: coming up tonight, a brand-new report highlighting perhaps reason will be clinton may have to forgo a political run. and president obama issuing empty threats to vladimir putin again, dr. keith ablow will join us to talk about the present state of mind. and first, a few comments, if i may, of the well-developed and propensity to threaten our enemies but never quite able to deliver on those threats. here is the president, one in russia, of the consequences. >> if russia continues to violate ukraine's sovereignty he and the separatist become more dangerous and are not only rest of the people of ukraine, but a broad international community, then russia will only further isolate itself and will only continue to increase. lou: his warning begs the question does president obama have standing? the credibility to persuade the international community to support his threats against vladimir putin and russia. so far the answer is clearly no. eur

you know the allies coming to belgians belgium's defense and i also think you know many of these. much of this hostility to germany was fairly recently fairly recent right now near the war because britain and britain certainly had a worse relationship with russia over and over the nineteenth century then with germany and also i think the russians in germans had a fairly good relationship as well or certainly at least not a hostile relationship but everyone formed alliances in the german sort of got left out and if you recall the german rate germany was regarded as a progressive country and has certainly been built fide since then but it was had the widest voting franchise in europe and was. the you know the kaiser had a less power than woodrow wilson did and so you know this idea that they were autocratic in the kaiser was running everything and not even in the foreign policy was that true and i think you know this the the victors write the history and unfortunately i think germany's got in there. the short end of the stick on that ok let's talk about short ends of sticks here pie

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a major ally expels one of america's top spies. >>> caught on camera tonight, our team covering the wave of humanity heading to our southern border captureses something we have rarely ever seen in a very dangerous place. >>> and american beauty. remembering an icon that made so many women super stars and defined the look for a generation. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. while what we are watching in the middle east is not all out war -- the at least not yet, it is so far a rather lopsided conflict. while hundreds of rockets fired by hamas continue to rain down on israel causing a huge number of israelis to take cover every single day their air forces and defenses are far superior from their warning sirens to their jets and bombs and helicopters and drones and the rocket shield they call iron dome paid for, in part, by close to $1 billion u.s. the palestinians are more or less trapped in gaza with no sirens to warn civilians of an incoming strike. as the israelis continue to hit back when struck. the palestinian death toll in gaza stands at 90. mostly civilians. right now the

allies and friends. but the analysis doesn't seem to be any clearer, i would argue, to president obama or even secretary of state kerry in the situation in israel. gwen: john, the white house -- the president said earlier today that this has been a head-snapping moment. i wonder if it is for the white house as well as for the rest of us who are citizens of the world watching planes fall from the sky, watching tanks and little boys being killed on beaches and all oaf these horrible things we've seen this week. is it a head-snapping moment for the white house? >> there's no question about it. we haven't talked about the young children from central america coming to the american border and what happens to those people? it is an extraordinary moment that you have so much chaos and disorder in the world. you have a president who's committed as a matter of policy to not intervening militarily abroad, so it is how he reacertificates control and manages this set of cry says isn't exactly clear. gwen: i feel like

not just the media but in europe the allies, supposed allies of israel have stayed silent in the face of what hamas has been doing and israel has been taking the hit. anti-semitism is alive and well in europe and has been for a long time and growing. the president of the united states needs to stand up and say i know i want to get both sides to back off here but israel is getting a bad rap, hamas is putting these people in harm's way and nobody else is saying it and it's time for us to say it. united states stands with israel in that regard. it's time for our allies to step forward particularly germany and say it's the fault of hamas and not the fault of israelis. >> so very different from president obama's stance. president dana? >> right now i would say if we as a country say we believe that israel has the right to defend itself then we should let israel defend itself. and keep our nose out of it for a minute. meaning we don't have to always be there trying to bring people to the table. as well intentioned as it may be that secretary kerry is exacerbating tensions. also i think pres