administration officials tell us as he is meeting with jan stoltenberg reaffirmed ironclad commitment to nato. several issues on the docket we were led to believe on among them syria, iraq, afghanistan just to name a few. the second criticism president trump had towards nato some member nations are not paying their fair share. it was in this very room with angela merkel last month he criticized germany and other countries not owning up to the commitment of 2% of gdp by 2024 for defense spending. the president has an ally we're led to believe in jan stoltenberg as it relates to nato members having to increase their defense spending. we were told that would be one of the topics that the two would be discussing throughout the afternoon here. senior members of the administration are walking in here, melissa. we believe this is about to get underway. i should leave you saying this is press conference. meaning that several questions, a handful we at least believe will be asked of the president. the big topics of the day of course being syria, russia, north korea, china. we will see what the