they're going up to the 2% leve level. >> then we heard from jens stoltenberg, the nato secretary general, who was asked have nato allies agreed to any increase in speed? have they agreed to any increase in level of raising that 2% above 2%, maybe 4%. stoltenberg said, look, nato allies agree we need to speed up and increase the spending but he did not talk about the 2% gdp agreement that is to be met by 2024 so we don't have backing from president macron, angela merkel or the u.n. secretary general indicating that backing up what president trump has said. indeed we heard as well what president trump defending himself when he was asked about his very open, very loud criticism of angela merkel the german chancellor and their energy supplies from russia. this is how he defended the statements that have outraged and surprised some of his all s allies. >> i think it's been an effective way of negotiating but it's not negotiating, i want fairness for the united states. we're paying for far too much of nato. nato is very important but nato is helping europe more than it's helping us. >> so the

let's listen to jens stoltenberg right now. >> we are here today so future generations can enjoy that same peace and security. we owe our success to change as the world has changed and above all to the men and women of our armed forces. some have made the ultimate sacrifice. so to the thousands of our soldiers, sailors and air crew serving on operations around the world let me say, we owe you and your families a huge debt of gratitude. your embody what nato is. your skill, your professionalism, your determination. you are what makes peace and security possible. you allow us to look to the future with confidence we honor you here today and thank you for your service [ applause ] >> you're throng jens stoltenberg the secretary general of nato giving brief remarks thanking the nato troops deployed around the world in the mutual defense of that alliance, nato troops are stood side by side with u.s. troops in afghanistan. the one time article five, the collective security agreement in nato, was ever enacted was after 9/11 when all nato countries joined together in the collective defense of

. >> i saw the conversation you had with jens stoltenberg, which was a very direct conversation. as you approach the meetings with vladimir putin coming up, do you expect a similar tone? >> i don't expect anything. i frankly don't expect... i go in with very low expectations. i think that getting along with russia is a good thing, but it's possible we won't. i think we're greatly hampered by this whole witch-hunt that's going on in the united states, the russian witch-hunt, the rigged situation. i watched some of the testimony, even though i'm in europe, of strzok, and i thought it was a disgrace to our country. i thought it was an absolute disgrace where he wants to do things against me before i was even... i guess before i was even the candidate. it was a disgrace. and then he lied about it. and, you know, talking about shutting it down, we, we. he says, oh, i mend the american people all. a sudden. he came up with excuses. i guess he gave in to a lawyer. everybody laughed at it. he's a disgrace to our county. he's a disgrace to the f.b.i. he led that investigation or whatever

there he is shaking hands with stoltenberg -- jens stoltenberg.will see how this develops -- we will keep covering this. there he is, justin trudeau of canada. up, live fromng bloomberg. ♪ >> dr. angela merkel. david: we are looking right now at chancellor angela merkel of germany walking into the nato meeting in brussels, greeting the secretary-general of nato, jens stoltenberg. we saw justin trudeau just before we went away. this is a ritual now as they all come in and meet the director general. alix: what a bizarre thing. the leaders are lined up there? how long is it going to take? david: how awkward you feel walking across that stage? alix: it's like the red carpet but you are not wearing anything interesting. we will be watching for that. the market is decidedly risk off, the dow down by triple digits. s&p off by .7%. you're getting hit particularly hard, the dax in particular. you have financials, you have materials, you have technology all struggling over in europe. other asset classes finding a hard time -- having a hard time finding that

president repeated his criticism at a meeting with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg at the summit got underway in particular trump singled out germany for. let's go right to do that is brussels bureau chief marks hope mine he is at nato headquarters covering the summit for us hi max so germany again in the crosshairs of president trump tell us more about what he said president come criticize germany this time for a new twist saying that germany was captive to russia as you know germany gets a lot of its natural gas from russia and of course pays for the amount of gas that they get in the logic of the president but the u.s. president here is that germany's willing to pay russia for that gas but it's not paying enough for its protection against russia that nato provides so it's a it's unknown to he's been singing for quite some time germany is not contributing enough to the nato alliance but with a new twist and that's very typical for down the child he seems to be mixing up different topics like trade like climate change now the relationship to russia with the collective defense of

but four percent he said that yesterday in a meeting with unmet need a secretary jenin jens stoltenberg and he again tweeted that this morning why this is so focused on who for its nato has been. genuine new fields and i think it's safe to say that that most european allies and especially germany in this place have been free riding on nato have been neglecting their military and even the german minister of defense has said recently that the bundesrat the german military the german army is in bad shape and something needs to be done and the german chancellor hinted at that as well saying yes we know we need to do more and it seems like trump is someone who hits home a message here and i'm not no psychologist but yet so my message here everybody says yes you're right more or less we're going to do more but he just keeps on getting that message although he's already accomplished what he wants to do what he wants to accomplish and nevertheless that's the message the main message coming out of the summit first of all the alliance is still together and second of all everybody agrees that the

we're waiting to hear from the secretary general jens stoltenberg. on facts and figures, you're a military guy, you made the military your life. numbers matter to you. the president said that u.s. defense spending makes up 90% of overall nato defense spending. that's not the case. it's around 70% when you look at how much they spend as a percentage of the gdp. with the nato-specific budget it's 22% so what's your reaction to someone who cares deeply about the facts when the president throws out those numbers? >> i'd rather not enter into that conversation. i don't think it leads to a good conclusion. i think what we should talk about is what the nations are committing and what the united states is committing and i think our track record as cross the last several years is a i don't think one. the united states has increased its troop presence, its rotational presence in europe. the united states committed its fiscal support to europe in the form of what was first the european reassurance initiative, now called the european defense initiative, our spen

he leveled it in the presence and directly across the table from the nato secretary-general, jens stoltenberg, but when he later hours later met personally with angela merkel, the target of his jibes, he couldn't have been nicer. he was totally complimentary and didn't say -- he said he talked about the gas pipeline privately, but, you know, if he were such an in your phrase, you know, stand up for america, why did he do it to jens stoltenberg but not to angela merkel when she was right in front of him. >> peter baker, this was rather striking, the twitter feed of secretary of state mike pompeo. now, in washington, there is an industry centered around the words what the president meant to say. this was a classic, i'll read it. theta is the most successful appliance in history. weakness provokes strength and cohesion protects, this remains our bedrock belief. peter, that's the kind of thing we used to hear from u.s. presidents. >> yeah, i know, exactly right. it's not that these issues aren't there, they're not perceived trump's tenure and office. what's different the way he approaches it. he

of germany in a public meeting with public breakfast in fact with the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. of course in front of journalists and cameras which i'm sure is no coincidence how great is the risk to you think that patients amongst world leaders is going to run out of the way that donald trump decides that he's going to handle this kind of thing. well i think it is already beginning to run out even before this horrible public. criticism of chancellor merkel she had been talking about the europeans you know providing for their for their own defense and it's going to also make it very hard to work with the european union on dealing with some of the trade issues some of which are legitimate but this is not the way to to to do it if you have those concerns you should express them in private he seems to do this on the basis one gets the impression that this is the case that there is going to be no retaliation that he can see these things pretty much with impunity if there is retaliating if world leaders get fed up with the way that they're being treated by him what kind of autonomy

the nato secretary-general, jens stoltenberg, pushed back on some of the president's criticism, saying indeed nato allies need to step up defense spending but said they already really have. and he emphasized the point that the u.s. and its nato allies are stronger together than apart, despite whatever differences they may have, the secretary-general emphasizing the strength of the alliance, something, frankly, that u.s. officials also emphasized ahead of the president's visit, but clearly, u.s. president donald trump seems more intent on talking about some of the differences in the alliance and criticizing other allies, as he prepares to come here to shake hands with many of those same allies at nato headquarters. >> all right, jeremy diamond, nice to see you. we'll talk to you in a moment. joining us live from london, cnn international anchor christiane amanpour. good morning, christiane. certainly, i've never seen a presummit breakfast quite like sets the tone for a president who is going to speak his mind to america's friends and allies. >> reporter: you know, christine, it is unpre

president trump met with nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg this morning. stoltenberg thanked the other countries. it's the first major gathering of western countries since the g7 in canada where president trump clashed be the other leaders. while leaving the white house yesterday, the president wasted no time complaining that member nations pay too little on defense spending. >> nato has not treated us fairly, but i think we'll work something out. >> so far this year only five of 29 nato countries spent 2%. there is concern about the last leg of the president's trip both abroad and at home. >> and i have putin. fankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. who would think. >> what would be disastrous for us is to have a negative nato meeting and then do something with putin that further destabilizes the relationship. >> president and president putin meet in helsinki next week. and that meeting is expected to be one on one without any aides present. yesterday when leaving the white house president trump would not say whether putin was a friendn say the boys

trump has now arrived for the annual nato summit being held in brussels nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg has tried to play down differences between member countries off to trump the best of allies for their trade relations with russia in a heated exchange with trump said it was unfair that europe relied on the u.s. for defense but bought energy from russia germany as far as i'm concerned just to russia because it's going to show budget energy for. the basics really getting their energy from first explain that and it really works. well stolzenberg said the alliance is what enables the u.s. to be a global military power a strong they don't. it's good for europe and good for not the states to roll wars and the cold war we are stronger together on the porch. the u.s. military presence on the presses of canada in europe is good for north america it's good for europe but it's also good for america and especially for the not the states because it helps to united states to be a global power the u.s. military presence in europe is about protecting europeans but it's also about projecting u.s. mil

nato's secretary—general, jens stoltenberg, acknowledges disagreements, but said the alliance was forginghad many disagreements and we have been able to overcome them again and again. because, at the end of the day, we all agree that north america and europe are safer together. nato is good for europe and nato is good for north america. china says it will hit back, after the us raised the stakes in a trade war between the countries with a 10 percent import duty on a further $200 billion worth of chinese imports. the tariffs will be due on hundreds of food products as well as chemicals, coal, handbags and cat food. more on this coming up later in asia business report. in wimbledon, defending champion roger federer has been knocked out. he was beaten by eighth seed, kevin anderson, who fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter—final. top seed federer, who was aiming for a record—equalling ninth singles title, missed a match point in the third set which proved pivotal. the duke and duchess of sussex are visiting dublin in their first official overseas engagement since getting marr

from the expression of alarm which briefly passed over the face of the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg trump turned a breakfast photo op into an attack on germany for its energy dependence on russia and unwillingness to spend more on defence, the leaders took the blows without striking back. next, he'll deploy his charm on vladimir putin at a one—on—one meeting in helsinki. anneliese, journalist like you see speak truth to power but that is really what donald trump was doing. he was pointing out that the europeans had got away with spending not as much as they should on defence for a long time. they are just relying on uncle sam. no. the point is that every american president has been saying that for a long time so this was not a kind of new thing. what donald trump was doing was what he does very well. he was giving reality tv drama, stealing the show, by getting attention. there were a lot of very important issues that the european citizens should have known about. they were on the table and crucial for our security, but donald trump decided to divert attention from those issue which

as jens stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato, told you injune, "without the finalisation of theeseeable future. this is an historic opportunity that cannot be missed." you agree with all that, so can you start the talks to join nato at the current summit in brussels? or are they saying, "let's wait until you've gone through all these hoops that we've been discussing on the name change." after this interview, after a few days, i will receive, in the name of my country, the invitation for full membership of nato in brussels. there will be a nato summit. having that in mind, there is a process very equal, like other countries, like montenegro, for example, the last member country of nato, they became a member country of nato in 2015. after invitation, we start accession talks. accession talks are planned to finish injanuary, 2019. until then, we plan to finish also a referendum, constitutional change involving the greek parliament. after this, we start ratification in the member countries‘ parliaments. 0k. and you start your eu accession talks in 2019. but part of the requirements

decades nato has become a political figure leaf tool for us military had gemini around the world jens stoltenberg pointed out himself in response to his on the exactly of the head of nato pointed out exactly this week he says that if you its european part of nato the military usage to the united states is in perception that the use of met us military force around the world becomes much more acceptable in the eyes of the rest of the world when it's done through the filter of a cold lucian within nato it is a political thing that i think is the military aggression you can't know because only healing has been pushed aside so that you know you have to remember that before you can demand goole of nato if you look at the meeting in two thousand and two or two thousand and thirteen was the fight against party. yes yes terrorism but also you have a big year to run some oh yeah right huge military for that and i couldn't agree more that it's a political institution the media there is a sion of europe and space by putting some space this is a way to politically control space and. you know more. the thing i

nato's secretary general jens stoltenberg tried to keep the ogace. >> we are stronger together than apart how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or from the group that you want protection from? >> because when we stand together, also in dealing with russia, we are stronger. >> reporter: later, president trump and german chancellor angela merkel exchanged pleasantries for the cameras during a one-on-one meeting, but merkel, who grew up in communist east germany, told reporters earlier, "i've experienced myself how a part of germany was controlled by the soviet union," and said her country today made independent policies and independent decisions. the nato summit is usually a chance for member nations to reaffirm their commitment to an alliance that focuses on afghanistan, syria, ukraine, and other world hot spots, but president trump appeared determined to upset that tradition, demanding nato countries spend 4% of their gross domestic product on defense, up from the 2% the u.s. has previously requested. >> we're protecting e

busting states for failing to contribute enough to the alliance tell the other side of the table jens stoltenberg the nato secretary general said they shouldn't just to please america peter all of us got the story for you as nato leaders come together in brussels the alliance seems more disunited then ever to start with the most influential member of the block is it odds with its partners and the money. they want to tell you get a set of bills united states. for years nato has been a club where the majority of members don't pay what they should including key allies and europe's biggest economies like germany which is way off the pace in fact again stoltenberg the nato secretary general has said that only seven out of the twenty seven year repeat in nato members living up to the two percent of g.d.p. that they're supposed to contribute it was agreed on to expect eight allies to spend at least two percent of g.d.p. on defense to see it moreover european partners a considering a defense force of their own outside of nato on the beginning of the next. a common falls of intervention a common defense b

north atlantic treaty organization in a joint press availability with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg immediately before the summit mr trump denounced they planned pipeline for russian gas to germany well as they. say when germany makes a mess of oil and gas deal with russia where they're supposed to be guarding against russia germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to russia so we're protecting germany with rejecting friends with the state of all of these crises and numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where this thing is dollars into the coffers of russia . mr trump's words seem like a temper temper tantrum to some as he said that germany was quote totally controlled by.

brussels and some made those comments if you just quoted was talking to the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg what was against staunton banks reaction. so the back is in a difficult position because of course as the secretary general of the alliance he wants to make sure everybody's on the same page on the other hand he's thankful to donald trump because he's putting so much pressure on the member states that indeed more contributions financial contributions have been flowing into the alliance quite significantly so but at the same time he acknowledged africa me back from that meeting with trump that truck had a very direct way of expressing himself i think he said a very direct language but i can self did not want to comment on this new issue that emerged the energy relation between germany and russia. right a bus on brussels bureau chief a mass reporting from the nato headquarters thank you very much. to the world cup non france have booked their place in the championship final and to talk about last night's game these to welcome her talking from sports says welcome you know there was so mu

standing with the secretary-general, jens stoltenberg. >> so i think the secretary-general likes trump. he may be the only one, but that's okay with me. >> we will make the summit a success. >> reporter: the president said that -- the president now knowing, of course, that he's coming to this meeting and not having a lot of things happening on the sidelines. he's not sitting down with the leaders of france or germany or canada who, of course, there is a lot of tension right now between the president and those leaders. yesterday you had the european council president say that america, mr. trump, needs to appreciate its allies. he said they don't have many. kendis, linsey. >> all right, thanks so much, karen. >>> meanwhile, the trump administration's trade dispute with china is ramping up. more on that later on this half hour. >>> turning now to the battle over the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, we're now hearing from one of the senators who could make or break kavanaugh's confirmation. the big issue is abortion rights. abc's stephanie ramos is here with the latest. stephanie, go

north atlantic treaty organization in a joint press availability with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg immediately before the summit mr trump denounced a planned pipeline for russian gas to germany well they. say when germany makes a mess of oil and gas with russia where they're supposed to be going against russia and germany because he's billions and billions of dollars a year to russia so we're protecting germany with friends with the state of all of these countries and numerous of their cousins go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where this thing is ours is the coffers of russia. mr trump's words seem like a temper temper tantrum to some as he said that germany was quote totally controlled by russia german chancellor angela merkel beg to differ as one might expect denying the accusation and said that she did not need any lessons in dealing with foreign policy from president trump and here for more on the nato summit we go to germany an artist peter oliver peter thank you so much for joining us many of us had hoped that this nato summit would be better than last year's when m

north atlantic treaty organization in a joint press availability with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg immediately before the summit mr trump denounced they planned pipeline for russian gas to germany so as they. say when germany makes a mess of oil and gas deal with russia where they're supposed to be going against russia germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to russia so we're protecting germany with rejecting friends with the state of all of these crises and numerous of their cousins go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where this thing. dollars is in the coffers of russia. mr trump's words seem like a temper temper tantrum to some as he said that germany was quote totally controlled by russia german chancellor angela merkel beg to differ as one might expect denying the accusation and said that she did not need any lessons in dealing with foreign policy from president trump and here for more on the nato summit we go to germany an artist peter oliver peter thank you so much for joining us many of us had hoped that this nato summit would be better th

we did get a key announcement from jen stoltenberg say yes we have agreed to up our investment in whathey call hybrid warfare ensuring they are protected against fiber attacks that interweaves with armies on the ground. they have a new cyber operations center to be announced drawing on member's capabilities. there was some agreement there but an awful lot attention -- of attention. emily: trump is headed to the u.k., what do we expect? >> this will be fascinating. he comes to the united kingdom on thursday. he will be jetting in, going to berlin palace, and that will be a dinner with theresa may, the prime minister of the u.k.. he will then jump in to london where he stays with the u.s. ambassador. i might add they will be protests throughout his three-day working visit, because not only will we have protests at the palace, there will be protests in london and he will be doing a military site visit. he will also be visiting the queen and having tea with her. get this, the most fascinating of all, there will be a giant trump baby-balloon flying above westminster. the mayor is allowing i

. >> this is the meeting of nato leaders, the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg will speak momentarily. this was the family photo. it's not just a glib name for it. they called it the family photo, the world leaders posing together supposedly in a friendly way. j this follows several hours of what has been a very controversial

mark: nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg opened the alliance summit in brussels with a message of solidarity and a promise to recommit to investing more on defense. >> today we will strengthen our collective defense and terms and step up efforts to project stability beyond borders and fight terrorism. fair burden sharing underpins everything that we do. mark: he spoke after president trump double down on criticism that nato members needed to step up on financial commitments to the alliance. the president and german chancellor angela merkel held a one-on-one meeting in brussels the presidenter complained earlier that it was in his words, inappropriate to pay germany for -- to pay russia for a gas pipeline while still seeking protection against russia by nato. summit,p has left the but before leaving, he met with .mmanuel macron . the president called it an honor to be with a friend despite complaining that france and other european countries needed to pay their fair share -- to pay their fair share. he said they will continue to work together. russian president vladimir putin will

whechb they arrive here, they have a lot of faith in jens stoltenberg, and the other members of the administrationthey have an understanding that president trump, like any american president, isn't here forever. and the relationship, they hope, will endure whatever turbulent he may bring to the surface of it. >> david rohde is on the set in new york. is there a policy in here when the president is dressing down the secretary general of nato and insulting germany, an american ally? is there a policy beyond getting people to pay more -- does he not want countries to use energy supplies from russia? does he want russia to be iced out of the global trading system? >> i think he's pushing for germany to increase to 2% for its defense spending. i want to point out how isolated the president is on this. 97-2 in support of nato. and the idea that germany is held captive of russia is tro d extraordinary, coming from a president, who the russians intervened in our election to help him win that election. i'm not saying the president colluded. >> the president has never used language like this about russia. >

. >> i saw the conversation you had with jens stoltenberg, which is a very direct conversation. as you approach the meetings with vladimir putin coming up, do you expect a similar tone? >> i don't expect anything. i frankly don't expect -- i go in with very low expectations. i think that getting along with russia is a good thing, but it's possible we won't. i think we're greatly hampered by this whole witch-hunt that is going on in the united states, the russian witch-hunt, the rigged situation. i watched some of the testimony, even though i'm in europe, of strzok, and i thought it was a disgrace to our country. i thought it was an absolute disgrace where he wants to do things against me before i was even -- i guess before i was even the candidate. it was a disgrace, and then he lied about it. talking about shutting it down and we, we, he said oh, i meant the american people all of the sudden. he came up with excuses, i guess, given to a lawyer. but everybody laughed at it. he was a disgrace to our country heft was a disgrace to the fbi. so when i look at things like that -- and

jens stoltenberg, secretary-general of nato, not really expecting to have this put in his face over breakfastn camera right at the beginning of this summit. everyone here was expecting it to be rocky, but perhaps not this rocky. stoltenberg saying look, the key thing here is that we have unity. we have differences, but we can work them out as we have in the past. and the reason he's saying that is because he believes, like many of the other nato leaders here, that russia, president putin is watching this space here right now for the next couple of days. any divisions, he likes to see those divisions. and of course, the nato leaders here worried because president trump is going on to meet prz putin next, and they don't know what he's going to say to him. >> all right, president trump wasting no time taking that message to nato allies. nic robertson in brussels, thanks very much. >> so, germany and european allies will not take the president's remarks lightly. senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is standing by live in london with more on that. good morning, nick. >> reporter: it

had heard the rehearsal on the plane going over, but the fact that he just took generals -- jens stoltenberg on. >> the tone in these summits says everything. that's where some of the nuances and details lie. you can tell how caught off guard some of the president's closest advisers were. it's also significant to talk about defense secretary james mattis. he, according to sources familiar with his thinking, has been concerned about these unscripted, unpredictable moments. he is trying to make a point of staying very close to the president's side during this summit because he doesn't want to roil allies any more so than they already are. that moment undoubtedly will only add to the tensions. as you all have been discussing, the broader implications are the high stakes summit president trump will have in president putin in just a few days from now. if these alliances are weakened, the concern is, it gives president putin the upper hand. >> senator king, thank you very much, liz sherwood-randall, and andy card, former chief of staff for george w. bush. >>> coming up, friend or foe? president tr

this morning, trump surprised all by attacking germany and lashed out at nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg. preses. trump: germany is totaly controlled by russssia because they were getting 60% to 70% of their energy from russia and a new pipelinene. and d you tell me if that is apappropriate, because i i thint is not. i think it is a very bad thing for nato and i don't think it should have happened. amy: president trump also repeated his demand that nato countries s increase theirir military spendnding. which they had already planned to do by 2024 in an agreement with president obama. this is european council president donald tusk. the america, i, appreciate your allies -- after all, you don't have that many. you will spend more on your defense because everyone expects now i that is well-prepared and a creep. amy: mess and take from protest are planned in london. then he will go to helsinki were trouble hold a summit t with putin. the trump administration has threatened to impose 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods, including fish, textiles, handbags, chemicals, petroleum a

ec alcindor: at his own briefing, the natotary- general, jens stoltenberg, dodged specifics. >> we understand that this american president is very serious about defense spending and this is having a clear impact. >> alcindor: also having an impact: an approach to diplomacy the president insisted it worked. >> i thi it's been a very effective way of negotiating. now, what has happened is presidents over many years, from ronald reagan to bark obama, they came in, they said, "okay, hey, do the best you can," a they left. nobody did anything about it. we had a really good meeting today.ad we great meeting in terms of-- in terms of getting along. >> alcindor: mr. trump was late to that first meeting of the day, which focused on ukraine and georgia.co those twtries are engaged in a military conflict with russia and they aspire to nato membership. the president will meet with russian president vladimir putin, on monday, in finland. he said interference in the 2016 u.s. election will be on the agenda. i >> i think we o that uceting not looking for so we want to find out about syria. and we will, of c

nato head, jens stoltenberg. he demanded nations increase defense spending. that the president held impromptu press conference in his own right where the president claimed that nations increased their spending after after the press conference he took somewhat of a victory lap. >> we had a great meeting today. we had a great meeting getting along. i know most of the people in the room because of last year, the year-and-a-half we've been in office, year-and-a-half plus but we have a great relationship. everybody in that room, by the time we left, got along and agreed to pay more and agreed to pay it more quickly. reporter: a bit unclear though what the president meant there, saying everybody agreed to pay more and do so more quickly, as emannuel macron, the french president, pointed out communique, the joint letter said they will try to stick to that 2% initial goal. the italian prime minister today as well-said that his nation will not spend more or will not spend it more quickly. they are sticking to their timetable as well. speaking of timetable, the preside

nato secretary—general, jens stoltenberg, also gave mr trump credit — saying that members have hearde committed, i think the fact that we have this open discussion has also clearly stated we will redouble our efforts and it also shows the clear message from president trump is having an impact. and joining me now is the former us ambassador to nato — nicholas burns. you were at the ambassador, did you ever see a summit like this? nothing like this. this should have been positive because we had the bends budget increases by every nato ally forfour straight budget increases by every nato ally for four straight years and the majority are on track to reach 2%, the magicalfigure of gdp by majority are on track to reach 2%, the magical figure of gdp by 2024. but the president chose to pick a fight with germany, then he misrepresented the facts around the defence budget, then he said allies had to double their defence budgets beyond what had been agreed, something the united states cannot even do. to me nato has been weakened by this because nato relies ona weakened by this because nato reli

and it was jens stoltenberg who welcomed the leaders. here he is with president trump.. he was getting out of his highly armoured car. he is being welcomed here. although the leaders coming togetherfor welcomed here. although the leaders coming together for what is called the family photo. these kind of summits with lots of polite conversation and smiles for the camera. this is angela merkel arriving. arguably the most anticipated conversations will be between the german chancellor and the american president. mr trump certainly laid the groundwork and i quite particular way with this comment at the beginning of the day. germany is totally controlled by russia because they're getting from 60—70% of their energy from russia and a new pipeline. and you tell me if that's appropriate because i think it's not. and i think it's a very bad thing for nato and i don't think it should've happened and i think we have to talk to germany. mr trump is referring there to germany's policy on gas imports and according to the eurostat website, russia is actually responsible for between 50

trump spoke at a breakfast with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. it was supposed to bght meet and greet. instead, the president criticized a pipelinect called nord stream 2 that would bring russian natural gas across the baic sea to germany. >> so we're supposed to protect germany, but they'reng their energy from russia. explain that. >> alcindor: stoltenberg, who is imalso a former norwegian minister, pushed back but was careful to moderate his tone. >> well, i think that ev during the cold war, nato allies were trading with russia. >> aindor: german chancellor angela merkel, who grew up in what was then communist east germany, quickly issued her own response. >> ( translated ): i have experienced myself how a part of germany was controlled by the soviet union. i am very happy that today we are united in freedom, the federal republic of germany. t because t we can say that we can make our independent policies and make independent o cisions. >> alcindor: she ated germany is the second largest provider of troops to nato operations. but president tru

he's said that jen stoltenberg, the nato secretary-general, is his biggest fan because spending is uphe issu e issue of security assurances. he wants nato countries to help the u.s. by spending more on their own defense, but also to we see the president talk about those things as one in the same, the trade deficit between the u.s. and the e.u. and the nato spending issue. the president believes that the u.s. is getting taken advantage of and that the u.s. needs to push much more harder on its allies, even more so thankers as very safes. >> brennan: reihan, the other thing we will start this week with, which is big news in and of itself, is this announcement of the president's supreme court pick. monday night, 9:00 p.m., prime time presentation here. of the three contenders, who is most pleasing to conservatives here? who do you think is actually going to become the nominee? >> welsh conservatives are divided on the question, partly because different groups have different objectives. if your objective is to have a justice, who like william brennan, plays the role of strategist and chie

nato chief jens stoltenberg has said that eight out of 27 european members were on course to spend thet him recently. and i asked him if france is concerned about the tougher us attitude to nato which president trump brings with him? we have to make a distinction between the us and the trump administration as we stand in the g7. and i hope that nato will be a very efficient summit. we hope that trump will be wise. he might say he has a point because if you look at french spending, he has been critical of british spending as well of course, but france spent 1.71% in 2017 of its gdp. short of the 2% target. out of a $2.6 trillion economy. why, he would say, are we carrying the burden? fance in previous years was one of the most operational countries in the realm, in syria, in africa, and perhaps more than the us. you have said that irrespective of what happens in the brexit talks, france and britain must have a close strategic partnership. so why are you, france, and the germans, denying britain unrestricted access to the galileo project to which britain has paid over £1 billion? in form

moments after posing for a pleasant photo-op, president trump lectured nato's secretary-general jens stoltenbergccusing other nato members of not paying their fair share of defense spending. >> many countries owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back where they're delinquent as far as i'm concerned because the united states has had to pay for them. >> reporter: the united states does pay a higher perjury of its gdp toward defense than any other nato member. about twice as much as france and roughly three times more than germany. in 2014 nato countries set a goal to contribute 2% by 2024. but the president interprettied that as a formal commitment. >> i think it's a very bad thing for nato. >> reporter: president trump also singled out germany for supporting gas deals with moscow since one of nato's main objectives is to stop russian aggression. >> how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or from the group that you want protection against? >> we kupdz stand when we stand together also in dealing with russia we are stron