now it is not working that well for estonia.hey have this huge of social security tax to make up for the lost revenue from the flat tax. the economist i talked to all said, why don't we just have a graduated tax like everybody else? the estonian government feels like it is their trademark in the world. so they don't want to give it up. host: as you know, a lot of countries have single-payer or government run health service. you wrote all about that. and most of the countries, 175 out of 220, whatever it is, have the vat tax. united states has the highest corporate tax at 35%. what is it about as that we think we are so much smarter than other countries? guest: in many ways, we are. i think american exceptionalism, i understand it because we are the strongest, richest, freest, most innovative country in the world. there is a lot for americans to be proud of. i was a foreign correspondent for many years. when you are here, you can see the problems we have, but you get 10,000 miles away, and united states looks pretty great. so, i

to find out, we sent nick kwek to estonia. tartu, estonia's second—largest city.most cities, graffiti and street art provoke around every corner. if you know where to look. it's also home to one of the biggest spray—painted pieces i've ever laid eyes on. but albert's been painted dot by dot, and i've been promised i too can achieve artistic genius with the right tools. believe it or not, these pictures have all been painted with spray paint. they've been pieced together splodge by splodge by the sprayprinter device. my daughter wanted a unicorn on her wall, but i couldn't draw. so that pushed me towards creating this device. to make these magical masterpieces you need the right kit — a smartphone with the appropriate app installed, an external battery pack to keep it fullyjuiced, a tripod to hold it steady, some paint, and of course the sprayprinter. first you select an image and align it against the area you want to paint. so the image is projected like a giant virtual sticker. portraits with shadows work best. the phone's camera exposes for the led on the device

that nature, we would put in that military force and we support the enhanced progress that is in estoniall, was stabbed repeatedly and killed on wimbledon common in london. what made the murder even more shocking was that it was witnessed by her two—year—old son alex. he was the only witness. that put him in potential danger from the killer and changed his life completely. the combination of the need to protect alex's identity and the intense, shocking media intrusion led his father, andre, extraordina rityviv'nj’ detetththet story of what followed. but most of all, letting go: a true story of murder, loss and survivial is a tribute to his mother, rachel. i remember everything. waking up. waving goodbye to my father as he drove off in his motorbike to go to work. i remember walking hand—in—hand with my mother along wimbledon common. with marley running around. your dog? yes. and then, as we ventured deeper into the trees, there was a section that was covered by trees. all of a sudden, we both sensed that there was something in the air so we both turned our heads to the right quickly and

estonia is paying 2.16%, estonia. britain pays 2.21%, greece, greece, they're broke than i was sophomore year in college, they're paying a 2 1/3%. the united states close to 4%. so all those other countries that were snickering amongst themselves, they're deadbeats. they're paying well under 2% and they're laughing at the president says i'm perfectly happy to help you out in the age of terror but would you mind throwing in a little bit more cash. we'll put in blood, tear, effort, the lion's share, vast lion's share of budget, would it kill you to pony up a few more euros you have free, and they're laughing at him. man. more after this. break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentle mist experience to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. whether you're after supreme performance... ♪ advanced intelligence... or breathtaking style... there's a c-class just for you. dec

took back top spot from serena williams at the start of the week, was beaten by anett kontaveit from estoniat. but the second saw kerber really struggling forform, as she was beaten 6—0. second seed karolina pliskova had no problems. the czech advanced to the third round after beating the american lauren davis, dropping just one game in each set. third—seeded garbine muguruza fought back to beat latvian qualifier jelena 0stapenko. the 23 year—old who's also the current french open champion came back to triumph 2—6, 6—2, 6—1. simona halep is also through to the third round. the romanian, who won in madrid last weekend, beat germany's laura siegemund. her good form on clay appearing to continue as she came through 6-4, 6-4. in the men's event — well it couldn't have easier for rafael nadal, as he made his way into the third round of the rome masters. the spaniard was three—love up in the first set when his fellow countryman nicolas almagro retired with a knee injury. nadal, who is coming off the back of victories at monte carlo, barcelona and madrid, is going for a record eighth title at the e

caroline: london has always looked to estonia.e is the other part of this which is we should in the valleyes and other technology companies will be watching carefully that these initiatives are not about listening or spying on ordinary citizens or creating registries of immigrants or muslims. there is a lot of concern this could be disguised as a way of more government intervention in people's lives. we really do not know what it means yet until there is more flash on the bones. what does give me confidence is the man who will head this is a technology veteran. he was at microsoft. before that at g.m., so we have some leadership not coming from government but coming from the technology sector. caroline: it is interesting you are saying it might be the silicon valley employee base who might rise up in concern about what this will do. do you think they would be more positive or negative on their c.e.o.'s looking towards this council or providing executives to the council? michael: everybody in the technology business wants there to

the united states, united kingdom, greece, poland and estonia.t obama an n an interview with the atlantic said he hates free riders talking about people who are just free riding. this is an issue back in the obama administration. as i mentioned before defense secretary roberts gates had a problem with these countries not paying the 2% they promised. when i covered the pentagon rumsfeld had a problem and confronted them directly in these nato meetings and different meetings around the world. it has happened time and time again but the countries still have never paid. guess what? some of these countries are now paying. in part because president trump is mentioning it in public. it may feel bad and may be awkward but there is something happening. >> bill: a means to an end is how he would argue that. you're very right, bret. he did not hold back. steve, how do you think, if we can reverse our discussion here and put yourself in the seat of these european leaders. do they like this blunt talk? how did they react to it? do they react to it? >> i'm sur

all these gestures toward eastern europe, estonia is defenseless against the russians if they decide to take it over. >> martha: but aren't you talking about strengthening nato on that front as well? russia does not want to hear that we are encouraging everyone to pair their fair share. they're looking to strengthen nato because they know what that means. >> we're talking about a relatively trivial difference. were talking about roughly $100 billion. the gdp complained combined ofs about a trillion dollars. is that $100 billion not going to make a dime's worth of difference of there's not any invasion. what makes a difference, what deters the russians is not that estonia which happens to pay 2% or 2.5% which will get you lunc lunch. >> martha: is understanding that you are in this together, that you are part of an allianc alliance. it noted to do what they promise to be part of that very important alliance. >> we have had this chronic problem of america paying an unfair share since the founding of nato in the 40s. there is nothing new here and yet through all that time when we had to

to find out, we sent nick kwek to estonia. tartu, estonia's second—largest city.ert's been painted dot by dot, and i've been promised i too can achieve artistic genius with the right tools. believe it or not, these pictures have all been painted with spray paint. they've been pieced together splodge by splodge by the sprayprinter device. my daughter wanted a unicorn on her wall, but i couldn't draw. so that pushed me towards creating this device. to make these magical masterpieces you need the right kit — a smartphone with the appropriate app installed, an external battery pack to keep it fullyjuiced, a tripod to hold it steady, some paint, and of course the sprayprinter. first you select an image and align it against the area you want to paint. so the image is projected like a giant virtual sticker. portraits with shadows work best. the phone's camera exposes for the led on the device, and when it illuminates, it sends the can's location to the app. the phone then tells the printer its coordinates and the printer decides when to spray and when not to. once you ge

would be even stronger than it is today, especially -- >> it shows that only the u.s., and k, greece, estonia poland make the 2% margin or higher. agree with what the president said? >> i agree in principle but it's complicated than that. in the sense that certainly gdp is certainly an important act of good faith, and again, where i agree with euros sident, that the need to meet the united states burden. in sharing the on the other hand it comes down to what you spend. you can certainly waste all of and spend it on military bans, but on paper you've spent 2%. along with the 2% debate, it's just important to write. out of are we getting this? are we getting planes, are we getting ships, are we getting out and do the work in the field? talking to magnus norman of the atlantic council about the president's trips. with the g-7 leaders today, and yesterday's leaders.with nato democrats can call 202-748-8000. 202-748-8001. 202-748-8002 nts, for that discussion. now, there was a focus on with the yesterday, nato meeting, but there was also some discussion about style. see in the video we saw some of

estonia 2.1. france 1.7. turkey, norway, lithuania, romania, latvia all below 2%. do the numbers need to go up and if so are they capable of doing it? is it realistic? guest: if greece can pay more than 2% i would certainly think italy, spain, and france can do it. we are protecting them. nato is protecting them. they owe the rest of the european nations and the united states an obligation to do their fair share. host: the president is also wanting to ask nato to step up in the fight against isis. is that the role of nato? guest: that's a little more complicated. that's up to the president to decide how he wants to try to move nato. i know nato was very successful in the breakdown of the former yugoslavia, bosnian-serbian war so maybe there is a role for them, but really in the middle east it's more important that the people over there provide the boots on the ground and ight the fight -- kurds, turks , sunnies. host: the former ambassador to nato wrote an opinion piece writing that troops, ships, tanks, and planes are not the core of nato's strength. at the core o

degrees, cold enough for frost to start the day across parts of finland, latvia, this way near and estoniainds that are these eastern north—easterly winds across parts of the eastern uk. in scotland move 20s. - miller will have 20s. miller will have half hour. —— in halfan the two contenders for the french presidency are going head—to—head in a live televised debate. 20 million viewers are expected to tune in as centrist candidate 91“? i off brexit talks. threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election that will take place onjune eight. donald trump welcomes the palestinian president to the white house and says he serious about peace in the middle east.

if you are watching your contest in estonia or mulled over you will not be thinking about brexit, you. the last country to and from 18 to position was denmark, and the entrant that you're actually wrote this year's uk entry. it is entertainment but it is...i entry. it is entertainment but it is... ido entry. it is entertainment but it is... i do not know how to put this, but it is most a comedy show for a lot of people. i know a lot of people take it seriously, such as the australians. they are not even in europe! why do they love it so much? are theyjust party animals? there are quite a few australian fancier who are getting into the spirit of it, but theyjust love the competitive nature of it. they love the fact that it is so unique, nobody else in the world has anything like univision, and i note that the uk has traditionally taken the mickey out of eurovision a bit. it does have a silly elements to it, but at the end of the day it is a music competition for the biggest stars in some writers to take home the glory. thank you forjoining me. in the last few minutes, the home secretar

then, you hear the stories of estonia where they had the audacity to move a statue out of a public square and into a cemetery. russia shut off their internet. in lithuania, when they invite members of the ukrainian parliament to come and join them and celebrate the independence , whathuania with 25 years do the russians do? the hackett group roman terrien's desk parliamentarian -- they hack into the parliamentarians' accounts. this is not just about one candidate or one party or one election. this is about protecting our democracy. that is why four of us stood up on january 4 and we are still saying it now that we must have an independent commission to investigate what happened in this last election. [applause] so, yes, ther: senate is a place where we can stand up and do what's right. it's not the only place. the other place is right here in this room and in this town. look at what happened the day after the inauguration. menions of women and marched across this country and the majority of them had never been involved in politics except a vote. how many people in des moines? 26,000 peopl

likes of this one, i keep saying, idea that greece is somehow managing to come up with their 2%, and estonia, but germany can't. >> they have been called to task on it at-this-point. if they don't i follow his lead, if may take a year or two, then i think that president will keep beating on them, beating on them just fi abily. trish: turning to leaks that are happening continued to happen, and we just saw, a in the case of manchester. that people here were leaking to american media details about that case. so much so they uk said, we can't share intelligence any more, really putting our intelligence gathering into jeopardy. what -- how does he change this? this is ao. >> these needs too bring in leaders of various intelligence entities lay the law down, and say, i want you to -- fbi director whoever it may be or she may be, and cia all of rift, say ridiculous, we're destroying our ability communicate internally, and media now having a field day on us. we are under cutting our friends, in the world. and this is going to be long-term fight we have to stop, there is no need to know american pub

for comparison, were looking at the same rating help by saudi arabia, israel, estonia, and japan.e a look at this chart. it encapsulates moody's reasoning for this downgrade. debt to gdp soaring. 280% in terms at of the debt to gdp ratio, an increase from 240% from 2016 alone. you can see the diversions when it comes to gdp growth stabilizing, easing, but debt continuing to grow. it expects the financial strength of china will be eroded in the coming years as a result of the economy-white debt and built up. slowing, andially even though you have financial reforms, deleveraging, particularly the financial sector, moody's saying that will not make a difference when it comes to this constant increase in contingent liabilities held by beijing. we will continue to watch that story. singapore, taiwan, malaysia coming on line. we are really watching the aussie dollar falling over on that news. take a look at what we are seeing across markets in asia. have the aussie dollar falling .2%. this after barely budging in the last couple of sessions. when we are seeing equity markets broadly in

if you asked in the if nato is going to be driven by estonia or even need toon't y answer that questionvid: that was ian bremmer on "bloomberg surveillance." could theresa may lose ground in the election race two weeks away? the latest next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm david gura. let's turn to the latest on brexit now. the pound falling today as prime minister theresa may's conservative party loses ground in the general election race. the election now is two weeks away. emma ross thomas talk to my colleague mark barton about the significance of the shift we have seen the polls. >> you could argue that theresa may has been saying that one of the risks to conservatives is that voters would be complacent and voters would not go to vote. you could argue that this is what the tory voters need to go out and make sure they bring her home. it is true that the polls were wrong in 2015 and also with the brexit referendum. at that time, they were sort of wrong consistently. they bounced around the same levels. we do not have a massive shift. even if some of the un

stand up against russia aggression which is strong in the balkans and ever present in countries like estoniania and latvia. >> he is jumping right in going overseas. this is a big trip. >> he has already assuaged the nato allies when he met with the secretary general at the white house and said we are here and we are a member and we want to be with you on this. i think what's really important in addition to solving the palestine conflict is the g-7 and nato meetings. with north korea's aggression, we need to have all of our allies on the same page encountering north korea and stopping them from bad behavior which is endangering asia and the rest of the world. laura: one of the things we've been looking at with visiting pope francis is the president's trip and pope francis views. >> i think this is a work in progress. the president and the pope couldn't have two more divergent views. that being said, for the president of the united states not to have a harmonious relationship with the pope. [inaudible] >> we can't envision the being combative. it will be a decent visit. >> i think the preside

and then you hear the stories in estonia where they had the audacity to move a statue out of a public square and into a cemetery. what did russia do? shut off their intranet. right? in lithuania when they had members of the ukrainian parliament they asked us to come join them. just to come and celebrate the independence of lithuania 25 years.something we can imagine our own country doing. whether - russians then hacked into their accounts previous seen this before and we saw that again in france. but guess what?b one. right? that happened today. [applause] so as sean noticed, this is not just about one candidate or one party for one election. right? this is about protecting our democracy. and that is why four of us stood up on january 4 and you are still saying it now we must have an independent commission to investigate what happened in this last election. [applause] so yes, the senate is a place where we can stand up and do what is right. but it is not the only place. the other place is right here in this room and in this town. look at what happened the day after the inauguration. o

he said many nations are not actually spending that. , estonia,t year alone greece, poland and the u.k. met that target. the u.s. led the defense 2016, note of 3.6% in something he was shying away from, calling on nato members to up their spending. vonnie: it became elector, it was pretty astounding that he was saying each nation needs to contribute. then he did appear to go off script. this is the interesting part. he said i never asked once what the new building cost. you saw the ruefulness. he made some passionate and almost touching remarks about manchester and how it was a day for remembrance and resolve, including 9/11. the reason, the number one founding reason for nato was the idea of russia infiltrating the west, and how there needed to be collected agreements between western countries to keep out russia during the cold war. mark: he mentioned that. he mentioned nato should not just be about russia. .e expanded his own vision we should focus on terrorism and integration, which is better than manchester. he knew he would go into this nato meeting. would step up his fight agains

us, the u.k., estonia, poland, and greece. none of the economic behemoths, no one is doing what they are supposed to have so we have the burden on us. i think donald trump threw the towel in a little too early by accommodating nato and said i'm with you. i would like to keep the pressure on. >> eboni: i think a lot of people felt we pay too much and may be don't get some of what the people that aren't paying. is it a fair thing? should trump have been harder? >> mo: demanding that our nato allies pay their fair share, absolutely appropriate. however, and this is where i get a little concerned and i think when we are hearing so much concern out of europe right now is, we are in tenuous times. we are in a period where europe is under assault. where borders are mushy when it comes to -- the traditional nationstate model isn't exactly what we are in right now. to have the united states raising questions about whether or not it will be there for our allies when you've got terrorism coming in one direction and russia coming in the o

stand up against russia aggression which is strong in the balkans and ever present in countries like estonia, lithuania and latvia. >> he is jumping right in going overseas. this is a big trip. >> he has already assuaged the nato allies when he met with the secretary general at the white house and said we are here and we are a member and we want to be with you on this. i think what's really important in addition to solving the palestine conflict is the g-7 and nato meetings. with north korea's aggression, we need to have all of our allies on the same page encountering north korea and stopping them from bad behavior which is endangering asia and the rest of the world. laura: one of the things we've been looking at with visiting pope francis is the president's trip and pope francis views. >> i think this is a work in progress. the president and the pope couldn't have two more divergent views. that being said, for the president of the united states not to have a harmonious relationship with the pope. [inaudible] >> we can't envision the being combative. it will be a decent visit. >> i think the

greece and estonia and poland.rance and germany are kind of laughing. >> eric: the head of nato in brussels and they are not even meeting the commitment. >> rachel: i didn't just look at the leaders they are the speech. i am thinking about the parents come of the mothers and fathers whose safety depends, their children safety depends on nato in this security. europe has to care more about their children safety than we do. >> eric: here is honestly the point. the united states is nato. let's be honest. if any of these other countries go to war we have to defend them, where is the vast majority of those military assets? those assets are coming out of our pockets. >> rob: everybody hates the sheepdog until the wolf shows u up. >> kat: when we come back, it's time to wake up, america. eric bolling is fired up about the montana body slamming drama around candidate gianforte. tonit in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already sp

because i know you're wondering, the u.s., the u.k., poland, estonia, and greece. >> harris: it was interesting to see, i would have loved to been a fly on the wall. kevin, thank you very much. this was really a moment for the history books, but all around the world, whatever the narrative that's going on here, this was the driver today. >> mo: it was important moment for the president, no one can deny that. every american president of the last several presidents have been calling on nato members to pay their fair share. this is more direct than anyone has done in the past. we'll see if it's successful or not. >> harris: isis and the coalition, a coup for the president if he gets it today. >> mo: having more parts involved in the fight against isis is absolutely important. it's absolutely critical. what's most interesting to me about this entire trip, most of our european allies don't trust this administration. i'm glad the president is calling on nato members to pay their fair share just as i'm glad president obama did as well, however, i think a lot of them are wondering whether or not this p

not paying the required 2%, and amazingly, a couple of the five countries that actually are include estoniae perhaps because when they got all the loans they had to agree to give their 2%. i don't know. greece certainly can't afford it while germany probably can. >> reporter: and this is a commitment, trish, they have to make, they have to meet it, in a few years' time, some of them have said, look, we're trying to get there or going to get there, but you heard president trump say that 2% should be the bare minimum. he wants them to go far past that threshold with the u.s., i believe at 4% or so. trish: well, look, they're facing a serious threat, blake, they really are, and time they recognize it. we can help lead them as we historically have done in terms of addressing this threat. but they need to be on board, and part of that includes shelling out a few bucks. anyway, blake burman, thank you very much. >>> president obama weighing in on the terror attack in england, saying, quote, we can't isolate ourselves, we cannot hide behind a wall. all right. that's quite a statement, right? what

of the 28 countries, only five -- the u.s., u.k., poland, estonia, and greece, meet the criteria. >> this is not fair to the taxpayers of the united states. many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not paying in those past years. >> france is close to the goal and today its newly elected president emmanuel macron had a working lunch with president trump on the sidelines. after which the men agreed to work together to strengthen the alliance. after a little more than 30 hours on the ground here in brussels, the president made his way back to italy, this time to sicily, for the g7 summit and we believe that on the agenda will be economic cooperation, security coordination, and climate change. >> bret: kevin corke traveling with the president. thank you. the search for a new fbi director. kevin, i'm going to bring you back. i have a question. search for a new fbi director is continuing. we had reporting last night that senator lieberman had dropped out of the running. what is new with that? >> you are right about that. senator lieberman, very concerned abou

thank you to greece, estonia, the united kingdom, poland. send that signal. i'm not thinking the other three. >> kimberly: after the manchester terror attack, isn't president trump right to continue this push for nato to do more and fight terrorists? it's not just your financial obligation but put some skin in the game here. >> absolutely right. the military flooded the streets throughout the united kingdom after this happened. and the other nations, germany, a wealthy nation -- italy, france, why are they doing it? they certainly could but they choose not to because they would rather spend their money on welfare programs and welfare payments. it's part of the tradition of being because a socialist and lavish. they are not paying what they stood for defense and hurts all of us. >> kimberly: absolutely. matt, what you think president trump and his message should be tomorrow for the g7 summit? >> will president trump ran on as this idea that we are no longer going to shut our jobs and our economic opportunity for strategic relationships and purposes. it's going

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that's the u.s., the u.k., greece, estonia and one more. i want to say poland. that is true. it is poland. it is expected the president will make this argument. lit go this way. you need nato to be safe and secure, but you also need say to to secure your economic health and stability. that's why it's incumbent upon all the members to pay their fair share. that will be tough talk tomorrow. but tonight it's a little r&r as the president and first lady get a chance to have dinner with the royals. yes, there will be plenty of belgium chocolate. >> shannon: bring some back for us. safe travels. good to see you. all right. president trump hiring his own private lawyer outside the white house in response to the growing russia investigation. is it an unusual move for a president to make or not? we're gonna take a look at some other cases that this high powered attorney he just hired has taken on. plus the deputy attorney general making a public appearance to honor a true american hero and survivor. details on that just ahead. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it's a series of s

what happens if putin decides to test that with estonia, let's say, is the today. >> huge differencesphere between where he started this trip in saudi arabia, where it was all smiles and dancing, literally there. and then what we saw yesterday was really rather chilly. >> well, except it was consistent on that front. if you think about candidate trump, and president trump and nato, the same person. he was critical of the nato alliance and had the guts to say so in front of their face. what to me was out of character, he didn't do that in saudi arabia. he was pretty critical -- he was just as tough on saudi arabia, they need to pay their fair share. we didn't have any of that rhetoric. it's interesting that with democracies, he was fine with lecturing them with some of the authoritarian regimes, monarchies, however you want to classify a saudi arabia, he was willing to be deferential. and i think it's that split personality that has troubled some foreign policy folks i the need to make such a presentation to the nato folks? >> i think it was -- the audience wasn't europe. i think the

pollutants affecting the selections in the ukraine, and those eastern bloc countries, in estonia, andn the united states, trying to affect the democratic process. that is how i read it. clearly, russia is more of a threat, nuclear north korea, clearly is a threat. i thought he was referring to the democratic process. >> tucker: okay. i was actually going to draw a chart of my piece of paper. if we were to assess which world figures had a measurable outcome on the election, you put vladimir putin in one column and james comey and the other, i think comey would win overwhelmingly. there is no accident evidence that putin had any effect on this. for all the talk, there is no evidence. the it's a little weird, would you say, that comey is trying to divert attention with presenting no evidence, to putin? >> no. we don't know about the prudent peace. obviously, we know about the comey piece. that has been debated ad nauseam them throughout the whole campaign. comey's statements, his testimonies, they were all very public. putin was not working publicly. putin is working covertly. it sure do

that had the perception that the president isn't necessarily fully on board when it comes to, say, estonia, that will tempt vladimir putin to testthat? >> that's the concern. i think one of the things putin has since, in the last few years, that the united states is weak in responding to russia. so he's been taking advantage of it. whether in crimea or the ukraine or syria or in these intelligence attacks against the united states, trying to interfere with our elections. he is obviously been very aggressive. if he reads the tone of this meeting, as somehow raising a question as to whether the united states will stand with article 5, and will stand with our nato allies, that could be trouble for the future. >> all right. let me move now to put on your intelligence hat. the potential that it was actually fake intelligence, or fake potential e-mails that motivated then fbi director comey to essentially take the decision process over whether to prosecute, or the announcement of the decision on the clinton part of e-mail investigation, to essentially take that away from the justice department a

the united states, united kingdom, greece, poland, and estonia. so far too many nato countries have been not spending enough on their defense, meeting the minimum commitments, like france, for example, germany, which only spends 1.2% of its gdp on defense. president trump was absolutely right to send a clear message to the nato alliance that all members have to spend more. >> jenna: why are not spending more? is it internal domestic politics for them, that they have other concerns, that it's difficult for them to tell their people, hey, we're going to spend this much on defense? what's the reason? >> a whole host of reasons really varying from country to country. in the case of germany/france, for example, they prefer to spend money on vast welfare systems as opposed to building up their military, and they're relying on the defensive umbrella that the united states has provided for so many decades. in many ways nato has become a two-tier alliance where the united states and the united kingdom largely bear the overwhelming burden of military operat

what's important is with russia pushing in ukraine, building up its forces against estonia, cutting off electricity supply through cyber and dozens of other actions that never make the headlines back here but well understood in europe, there is always the need to reaffirm the fundamental foundation of nato. >> congressman, you hear the general here and hear what angela merkel as well as germany's foreign minister say. they did not think it was implied the way you did, that the u.s. will always have germany and europe's back. how are they getting it wrong? >> well, i think number one angela merkel has her own issues. the eu with brexit germany becomes predominant economic player. she could not even persuade the world community for the ttip, european trade agreement and france had major debate with le pen's candidacy falling out of the eu. i think that's her kiran. as far as the middle east, the general knows as somebody who served on the defense committee i know their contribution on terrorism in the middle east was, in fact, weak because it is not part of their mission. but we have move

and you've got poland and estonia and latvia and lithuania all concerned that russia may be looking atnging them back into the warm embrace of the soviet union. this is designed to prevent that from happening. if donald trump is strengthening nato, he is doing exactly the opposite of cozying up with russia. >> exactly. the polls are doing more than what is expected of them as they usually do. greatest people in the world after the americans, the polls. always taking on the chin when there's a war but wonderful people. he's getting these others embarrassing them into it. countries like germany and so on. one of the officials today said were not going to use nato to defend or fight isis, and trump will challenge that as well, secretary tillers ended and is absently right. this is a mortal threat in case they haven't noticed manchester and the throat of all of europe. >> martha: how can they deny the responsibility when their credo is an attack on one as an attack on all. how can they say were happy to pitch in what were supposed to pitch in a but not going to look at this is a global thr

the u.k., poland, greece and estonia are at the 2% or higher mark whereas many other countries including germany and france and romania and turkey, all below that mark. some like spain fall below the 1% mark in terms of spending of shared defense. isabella is on the line on a democratic line in massachusetts. hi. caller: tism thank you so much for c-span. and i would say that the biggest story would be the meeting between donald trump and the pope. and i just hope that our president really heard the pope's message about climate change and peace. it sounded like he did. because i think those are our biggest problems. and tying right in with that, i think the second biggest story of the week is the horrible atrocity at manchester. and i hope, too, that the pope who is such a wise and good man has some influence on our president there too. because as jesus christ said, we need to talk to our enemies. we need to recognize their humanity. we need to forget each other and we need to be accountable for our own sins. my god, we've destroyed the country of iraq, afghanistan. we've done so much da