this is the headquarters of the north atlantic treaty organization. to this building, come ministers from 15 nations of the north atlantic community. they speak different languages, have different cultural backgrounds. the countries they represent vary in size from very large to -- very small to very large. but here, distinctions paid. all languages become 1 -- the language of hope. why do these nations ally themselves with nato? why nato and why must this organization continue to exist? let's go back to the beginning of the story. in may, 1945, the war in europe came to an end. this had been the price of europe's unpreparedness. but in may, 1945, our hard-won peace seemed at last secured. a few days before, allied forces from the west had joined hands with the russians from the east. their statesmen met cordially at yalta and pakistan and agreed the countries they occupied should be truly liberated and freely elected governments should be set up as soon as possible. within a few months, the countries of western europe and scandinavia were free and ind

the north atlantic treaty organization. or as it came to be known, ato. together in washington in april of 1949 they put the seal on their union. they were resolved as they put it to unite their efforts for collective defense and the preservation of peace and security. it was to be the end of leaning over backward in the face of consistent soviet expansion. meanwhile, for west berlin it had been a tough winter. on the air fields fog, mist, and freezing cold. yet, in spite of the conditions the air lift had carried on. in spite of the conditions, and --. by means of the air lift west berlin had been kept alive. all of the sufferings of war in the midst of peace. there could be no turning back now. if the russians thought the city could not be supplied indefinitely by air they would be proved very wrong for the air lift or possible reinforcements. more planes, improved runways. greater facilities. and so what had begun as akeshift became routine. food and supplies, month in, month out. soon it became clear that the west had not only won a victory against lo

well that is the big question because the central part of nato is the north atlantic treaty it was signed it's coming up to its seventieth anniversary it was signed an alliance between north america and europe at the end of the second world war at the start of the cold war and at the center of that is what's known as article five of the north atlantic treaty and that basically is an armed conditional pledge where if one nato allies are turned to then all of them consider it attack on them only been invoked once incidentally in favor of the u.s. after nine eleven now you've got president trump saying things like we are supposed to protect germany well no says you must protect germany and all the other. allies all total of twenty nine members of nato so he really is questioning the fundamental principles of this longstanding alliance the u.s. is most important a military alliance arriving right now we have the canadian prime minister justin trudeau and i suspect there may well be tense encounters not just with chancellor merkel after the comments we've heard in the last couple of hours but

reaffirming "the ironclad commitment of the united states to its obligations under article 5 of the north atlantic treaty, to the collective self-defense of the north atlantic treaty organization alliance." the senate reaffirmed today in that language that the united states would rush to the defense of any member of nato that comes under attack. mitch mcconnell voted for that direct disagreement with the president. every republican voted for that except the two republicans who sometimes call themselves libertarians, rand paul and mike lee. and every democrat voted for that. the language that 97 senators voted for today went on to endorse "long-term strategy using all elements of united states national power to deter and if necessary defeat russian aggression." the russian aggression that donald trump pretends doesn't exist. and that language made a demand of the president in dealing with russia. the language attached to the bill now says that it calls on the administration to urgently prioritize the completion of a comprehensive whole of government strategy to couldn'ter malign activities of russia that

north atlantic alliance still relevant this is an inside story. i know and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth piron i'm leaf lettuce is said to show donald trump's increasing frustration with the north atlantic treaty organization the u.s. president's accusing allies in the military alliance of failing to pay for their protection the new york times says trump wrote to nato members including the leaders of belgium canada and germany and warned chancellor angela merkel continued german underspending on defense undermines the security of the alliance and provides validation for all the allies that also did not plan to meet their military spending commitments it will become increasingly difficult to justify to american citizens why some countries do not share nato as collective security burden while american soldiers continue to sacrifice their lives were trumps displeasures seems sure to be discussed at the nato summit in brussels next week the us leaders already warned he may change u.s. troop levels unless the twenty nine members of nato pay more critics say he misunderstands the way nato finances work with nato his budget covers military and civilian costs the united states pays twenty two percent

resolution 256, resolution expressing support for the countries of eastern europe and the north atlantic treaty organization. >> is there objection to consideration of the resolution? >> and there was no objection. and i told you there wasn't going to be much to see here. and because there was no objection, that means that that resolution passed the house of representatives unanimously. that happened after the president engaged in a public argument about nato in which in his desperate attempt to win the argument he did what he always does when he's desperate. he lied. >> germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it is getting so much of its energy from russia. >> as "the new york times" correctly pointed out immediately after that president trump is wrong. the germans only get about 9% of their energy from russia, not the 70% that mr. trump claimed. and joining us now is democratic senator jack reed. he is the ranking member of the senate armed services committee. i wanted to ask you about how easy and how hard was it for you to achieve what you did yesterday on the senate fl

i think nato should itself brilliant reinventing itself you know its name is the north atlantic treaty organization it is no operating very far away from what it says on the tin very far away from the north atlantic you know building up its presence overrode the russia in terms of its borders i think you'll find another way of reinventing itself if it's not russia as the main enemy which it is at the moment i mean the end of the say that you know they have to pursue the war on terror against the higher the opposition or of the skiver that really have a military build up in terms of china there will be some justification for maintaining nato because really there's quite a lot of stake here in terms of the military the military apparatus in united states in britain and france so i don't mean it was going to disappear but i think you're going to see possibly another change of its focus. well nato leaders lock horns over funding the military alliance and britain says it demonstrating its commitment by boosting its presence in afghanistan the prime minister to reason may is sending hundreds

north atlantic alliance still relevant this is an inside story. welcome to the program i'm elizabeth piron i'm leaf lettuce is said to show donald trump's increasing frustration with the north atlantic treaty organization the u.s. president's accusing allies in the military alliance of failing to pay for their protection the new york times says trump wrote to nato members including the leaders of belgium canada and germany and warned chancellor angela merkel continued german underspending on defense undermines the security of the alliance and provides validation for all the allies that also did not plan to meet their military spending commitments it will become increasingly difficult to justify to american citizens why some countries do not share nato as collective security burden while american soldiers continue to sacrifice their lives what trumps displeasures seems sure to be discussed at the nato summit in brussels next week the us leaders already warned he may change u.s. troop levels unless the twenty nine members of nato pay more critics say he misunderstands the way nato finances work with nato military and civilian costs that the united states pays twenty two percent of that becau

doesn't nato still have that support of the president it's interesting article five of the north atlantic treaty which was the treaty that set up nato almost seventy years ago was signed in in washington d.c. that article is only actually been. used once which is all nato allies say that they will support any of the other allies if they come under attack and that was after nine eleven it was invoked after nine eleven all the nato allies saying a lot of attack on. u.s. was an attack on them well now you've got president trump saying we are supposed to protect germany they have to protect germany and if that article doesn't mean anything then nato doesn't mean anything absolutely and james it seems very much isn't it for president of the everything comes down to a matter of business and cost even when it comes to defense spending so i'm one of the key complaints that he has is the father he contends that the u.s. is pain far too much and there are those countries among the twenty eight other countries that are not pulling their weight they're not spending what they should so let's have a look at s

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be with you for our younger viewers nato one o one the elevator speech version what is the north atlantic treaty organization when and how did it come about what's its mission statement. and it was founded in one nine hundred forty nine as a military alliance against a military threat then posed by the soviet union since expand it to a total of twenty nine countries with the thirtieth countries soon to be entered macedonia and an attack on one is an attack on article five is the centerpiece of the alliance an attack on one is attack against all and interestingly the only time it has been invoked was on separate twelve two thousand april twelve-step temper two thousand and eleven after the attacks obviously a new york and bush administration was not very happy with this because they were afraid that the lack of nato military capability might impede our own operations but it's the only time that article five was ever invoked in brussels the president's comportment was classic trump enter bull in a china shop bellicose on the offensive exit claiming personal victory let's watch it is made for over

continued his anti diplomatic approach to europe immediately upon arrival for a summit at nato the 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.

north atlantic alliance still relevant this is a story. i know and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth piron i'm leaf lettuce is said to show donald trump's increasing frustration with the north atlantic treaty organization the u.s. president's accusing allies in the military alliance of failing to pay for their protection the new york times says trump wrote a nation remembers a.

the north atlantic treaty company is committed to defending one another, founded in 1949, the start of the cold war, focused on fighting off then soviet aggressions. the expansion, communism across europe. nato characterizes it to encourage european political integration. the u.s. was the leading founding member here. nato gave them a foot hold, today there are 29 member countries. for the large part a security of nato article 5 guarantees an attack on any member of nato is an attack on all members and all members are bounds to respond or assist the attack. article 5 has been invoked once in the history of nato. it was in the u.s. in the days and weeks after 9/11. so why would those four countries want to join nato now? for the same reasons the organization was founded, common defense now against russian aggression. putin has been expanding russian influence in the balkans. okay, you know about russia's annexation is of crimea in ukraine. this organization was expressty formed against russia, president trump is warning to putin, hostility, understandably worries some of its members. so

continued his anti diplomatic approach to europe immediately upon arrival for a summit at nato the 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

army big picture film documenting the reasons for the creation of the north atlantic treaty organization. narrated by edward r. murrow, the report shows events following world war ii that led to soviet occupation of eastern europe, and the efforts of leaders, including general dwight eisenhower to organize nato to defend western europe. it features efforts by general dwight eisenhower to convince 12 nations to fund, equip, and staff in order to contain soviet expansion. >>

media we'll see on saturday sixty nine years to the day the united states senate ratified the north atlantic treaty establishing nato nations have been responsible for aerial bobbitt about yugoslavia afghanistan and iraq. the very idea of a trump the summit was controversial from the start they met in helsinki and essentially agreed the u.s. and russia should at least dialogue to start a process of mending a very damaged relationship much of the media in the foreign policy swamp reacted with an apocalyptic meltdown how does the establishment its money. come to arrangements and that's what the us president says critics are suffering from after a huge backlash by mainstream media and democrats the helsinki summit with the russian president. and investigation reveals that facebook moderators did not remove the page of a far right activists as it generated revenue. and victims of the two thousand and fifteen paris terror attacks either feel rejected the offer of court refuses to blame the french state for its handling of the tragedy. this is our to international coming to you live from the russian capi

they are buying this gas from russia well it's not supposed to protect germany there is a north atlantic treaty that was signed almost seventy years ago actually in washington d.c. article five of that says an attack on any of the nato allies is an attack on all of that treaty they are all required to protect one another article has only been invoked one time after nine eleven but the basic underpinnings of nato in this alliance or in some ways being challenged and so you know is nato itself and the alliance at risk change because of what trump is saying can they survive this u.s. president. well certainly there is a lot of talk from others and particularly from the secretary general about the unity of nato and how that they have a job to do and they're going to continue doing it but certainly nato has continued through the cold war that was created for through the end of the cold war and its expansion because i think in many parts because of the determination of one country the united states is that determination still there james thank you very much for that is our diplomatic editor james bay

but he doesn't talk about the importance of the north atlantic treaty organization. he doesn't talk about what nato has done well for decades and decades, and he doesn't talk about the importance of maintaining the strong collective defense in the future. it is so noticeable to leaders around the world. >> yeah, they are just cared that the president does not value that part of the alliance and what it is worth, especially because he is saying things will be easier with putin than with the european countries. he is focusing on when the agreement is supposed to be stepping up their defense spending, and it is not tomorrow, so this is basically, they are receiving a message loud and clear it is not something they can hang their hat on. it seems to move beyond that point right now without any kind of longstanding woj. >> this is a statement of impulse on his part. and there is part of caring about history and the american role, but the nato benefits from all of this. he can take about all of these things, but at the end of the day by going after a key ally when he is si

take for example the north atlantic treaty organization. which was set up to defend against the soviet threat. donald trump not much of a fan. >> nato is really there for europe. much more so than us. it helps europe. no matter our military people say. it helps europe more than us. >> putin happy to see friction in the ranks of his rival. >> does this squabbling over nato help russia? >> well, in a sense that maybe they should completely be falling apart. that will help. we don't see that falling apart yet. a former u.s. ambassador laid out the arguments. >> putin sees nato as the main obstacle to his efforts to redivide europe. and he doesn't like the european union for the same reason. it's spreading democratic values to ukraine. and trump seems to see the institutions as problems rather than the defense of freedom. >> reporter: following the end of the cold war. putin was furious. and sought to under mine it ever since. trump also names the eu as a rival. >> the european union is a foe. what they do in trade. now you wouldn't think of th

nato is the north atlantic treaty organization. a political and military alliance between north america and europe. one that rose from the ruins of world war ii in part a response to potential soviet aggression in western europe. >> the atlantic pact, eight nations agree the united states, canada, great britain, france, belgium, holland and norway. if one is attacked, the 0 others would consider attack. >> in other words, i got your back, you got mine. a complete 180 for centuries that guidedup rip. the idea behind that, look out for yourself. in 1949, president harry truman called nato a positive, not a negative. added its influence will be not only in the area that it specifically covers but throughout the world and no doubt its influence has grown. nato officially started with 12 founding members. it outlasted the cold war and now includes 29 nations. among them, former members of the soviet union. even after the berlin wall fell, nato continued to play a pivotal role in world piece. nato helped implement the military end to the

imperial projects with its guns basically targeted at russia so anything that destabilizes the north atlantic treaty organization is a pretty good thing from the moscow perspective however there is plenty to unsettle them as well particularly going into the helsinki summit upcoming with trump and putin due to sit down together on monday now one of these things is the fact that donald trump has painted russia here as the bogeyman as the enemy so that's not going to go down in russia particularly well also donald trump has taken a. russia's energy exports of course russia is massively dependent on being able to sell its oil and gas around the world particularly in western europe and it uses its energy exports as a foreign policy tool so anything that we can that's that ability for russia is going to be seen negatively here there is a view also this bubbling away in the background here not just in moscow to say but also in western europe that perhaps donald trump has ulterior motives that he's not just warning western europe about the dangers of reliance on russian energy what he's actually done trying

we've heard a lot of talk about nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. why should we get involved? nato was established not only to protect europe, which would be the first line of attack, but to protect the united states if we can keep the russians from getting to europe, they'll never get here. somehow all that have is lost. as far as trump proponents go, they say nato is not important anymore. it's america first. we'll take care of ourselves. the other side, you know an isl. you can't do it by yourself. you have to think about the rest of the world. there you have the conflict and i suspect that conflict will go from now to 2020. >> our coverage continues online. go to nbcbayarea.com. there's a section dedicated to all the news out of the white house. >> it is a landmark lawsuit, defending one of its products in front of a jury. the claim is the products cause cancer. the man at the center of the case took stand and he's bay area related. >> reporter: dwayne johnson made his way to court with his wife today. as johnson actively battles cancer he's bat

north atlantic treaty organization is a group of countries in north america and europe committed, very basic definition here, to defending one another. it was founded in 1949. this is after world war ii at started with 12 countries focused on fighting off soviet aggression, the expansion of communism across europe, and as nato characterizes it, to encourage political integration. the u.s. was the founding member here. nato gave the u.s. a strong foothold in europe. today there are 29 member countries and that number could grow to 33 in the next round of expansions. cost nia and herself goe viva, ukraine, georgia and macedonia want to join. why? well, in large part the security of nato's article five. it guarantees an attack on any member of nato is considered an attack on all of its members, and all members are bond to respond or assist the attacked member country. article five has been invoked just once in the nearly 70-year history of nato, it was by the united states after 9/11. so why would those four countries that we just talked about want to join nato now? well, for the same rea

take for example the north atlantic treaty organization set up to defend against the soviet threat. a fan. >> nato is really there for europe, much more so than us. it helps you aeurope no matter the military people say helps europe more than us. >> putin happy to see frictions in the ranks of his rivals. >> president putin does this squabbling help russia? >> maybe they should completely be falling apart that may help but we don't see that falling apart yet. >> a former u.s. ambassador laid out the arguments. >> putin sees nato as the main obstacle to his efforts to redivide europe. he doesn't like the european union because it's spreading democratic values and they see it as problems rather than the defense of freedom. >> when eastern european nations flooded into the european union following the end of the cold war, putin was furious and sought to undermine it since. trump names the e.u. as a rival. >> i think the european union is a foe. what they do to us in trade. you wouldn't think of the european union but they are a foe. >> a dozen secret agent haves been indicted by robert

murrow tells the story behind nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. ♪ narrator: the war cameo an end. ♪ this had been the price of europe's unpreparedness. but in may 1945 our hard-won peace seemed secure. ♪ narrator: a few days before, allied forces from the west joined hands with russians from the east. their statesmen met cordially at yalta. they agreed the countries they had occupied should be truly liberated and freely elected government should be set up as soon as possible. the countries of western europe and scandinavia were free and independent. when a country is occupied by russia, stalin had other ideas. europeout eastern elections were held, but the russians had placed the communists in key government positions and in the secret police. within a short time the non-communist leaders had been liquidated. russia had swallowed up eight european countries without firing another shot other than those of the execution squads. great britain and the united states are tested that these countries had been coerced by threat of force and russia had broken her treaty, but russia

first, nato stand force the north atlantic treaty organization founded in 1949.it is a military alliance designed to be a check on the former soviet unions expansion into europe. it consists of 29 countries, stretching from turkey across europe and the atlantic ocean to the united states and canada. all countries act as a mutual defense coalition as defined by article 5 of the charter. article 5 says quote, an armed attack against one or more in europe or north america shall be considered an attack against them all. triggering joint defense by all member countries. that provision has only been invoked once, after the 9/11 attacks, bringing coalition aid to the u.s. to fight against al qaeda. currently trump's beef has to do with military spending. members are asked to spend 2% of their gdp on their own defense each year. only five of the countries are actually meeting that goal. when trump claims members aren't paying their fair share to the alliance, that's not really true. nato also has a budget to cover common cause. according to the "new york times," all of t

it is the north atlantic treaty organization found the in 1949, meant to be a united check on the sovieton's expansion into europe. it's now made up of 29 countries stretching from turkey across europe and the atlantic ocean including the united states and canada. all the countries act as a mutual defense body. article 5 says quote an armed attack against one or more member nations in europe or north america shall be considered an attack against them all, triggering joint defense. that provision has only ever been eninvoke the once in the organization's nearly seven decade history. that was immediately following the attacks on september 11, 2001, bringing coalition a to the u.s. effort to combat al qaeda. remember this. only time article 5 has ever been invoked has been in support of the united states. then there's the m ill tear spending target, which is a focus of the president's nato criticism. member nations are encouraged and urged to spend 2% of their gdp on defense but only five. nations actually achieve that goal. the obama administration negotiated a plan to get members to that

nato information service this half hour film details the berlin air lift, creation of the north atlantic treatyrganization, and the problems face go-to city and the western allies as the cold war developed. >> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers can never long divide peoples, never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of the wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it.

this nato summit the north atlantic treaty organization, this is an all-out fight over money and it's already happening he hasn't even stepped off that plane. the president is gunning for this fight already in a tweet, calling out nato members who aren't paying their required share of the nato budget. so here is how it works. the u.s. throws far more money into the nato kitty for the defense of europe than any other country in europe that is a member of nato, there are 28 of them and before the president even took off for belgium to demand nato allies boost their defense spending the president of the european council returned president trump. listen. >> i would like to address president trump directly, who for a long time now, has been criticizing europe almost daily for, in his view, insufficient contributions to the common defense capabilities, and for living off the u.s.. dear america, i appreciate your life, after all you don't have that many. liz: you don't have that many allies is what he just said, so we're going to keep this picture up as the president lands in air force one h

north atlantic treaty organization signed to try to keep global peace and security after world war iiries initially signed on, another 17 joining later. most recently montenegro last year. article 5 is the part that says the parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them shall be considered an attack against all. in other words, if one nato nation is attacked, the other nations are expected to help them. that's something the u.s. invoked after 9/11. to do all this, nato wants money from allies. the president often refers to allies paying their fair share. but he's really talking about what they spend on their own militaries. back in 2006, nato countries agreed to send 2% on their own defense and military readiness. only 5 of 29 countries meet the goal. wot noting, by the way, poland, and others are basically within a few bucks of hitting that. complaining about defense spending is nothing new. presidents dating back to john kennedy have done this but president trump is unique in just how tough he is with nato calling it obsolete at one point, reversing that assessment

the world leaders, 29 leaders of nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. they've assembled in brussels as they do every year, getting together for this picture. president trump there appearing alongside british prime minister theresa may. we just saw the secretary general of nato stoltenberg as well. we should also note we don't have control of this camera. this is a pooled shot. they are getting ready for their pictures. david, i'm putting you on the spot here. for some reason, i think you might know the answer to this question. how do they determine placement for this picture, or is it just you show up and you get anywhere you fit in? >> well, you have -- i appreciate the confidence in me, but it's completely misplaced. i don't have any idea why they're placed where they're placed. >> ian stoltenberg is to the left of president trump, to our left. of course, british prime minister theresa may front and center in the blough business suit. geoff bennett, do you know the answer to that question? >> i wish i did, craig. i don't know the answer to that questi

second, nato stands for the north atlantic treaty organization. it is not about trade.kes his assertion, what we call in the law, a red -- what's that? that's a fish, bob. a red herring, okay? what is nato about? it was made in the '40s to deal with what eventually became the cold war. russia. russia has always been what it was about, okay? and nato became the main shield against russia during the cold war. so imagine the fear of heading into the brussels summit tomorrow and thursday and hear trump dismissing the meeting with putin as easy and hearing him say this. >> you know, president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what? putin's fine. he's fine. we're all fine. we're people. >> he's not fine. not fine. annexing crimea. mh-17. they shot down a civilian plane. i was there. i saw the disrespect for the dead. i saw men in russian military uniforms not letting them be collected. what's happening in syria is not fine. the u.s. meddling of the election is not fine. so what's the main point here? he's making it about something very different. he doesn't want to tal

concerns about the direction that this president is going in whether you're talking about the north atlantic treaty organization or trans-pacific partnership. what they say publicly is very different because they're reacting to their voters who overwhelmingly approve of trump. as long as donald trump is at 89 or 91% approval with republican primary voters and i can say this as you know working for eric cantor who lost a prizing primary a few years ago, that weighs in those members minds very much and why they're not critical of him publicly though they sure are privately. >> that's a key thing for the world to understand, donald trump and the republican party, which is the president trump is not popular with the american electorate. he's under 50% when it comes to approval rate. he's incredibly popular with the republican party. >> interesting, i think a lot of the world leaders who he interacts with have taken into account the sort of trump factor. they're quite shocked and discombobulated every time a tweet comes out that seems to pile on to his allies and kiss up to his foes but there is a certa

the north atlantic treaty organization was founded in 1949 with just these countries that you see in gold. it was in the devastating aftermath of the second world war. the broader purpose of the alliance was to prevent soviet expansionism to maintain global peace and extend security and stability. only 12 countries initially signed on. now, after the collapse of the soviet union in the early 1990s, there was intense debate over what to do next. one side wanted to expand nato and grow its security presence to the east along the russian border. the other side wanted to pull back military commitments in europe because the threat from moscow was fading and there were fears that a nato expansion would isolate russia. all right, jump to present day. look at this. this was nato then. take a look at it now, it's all here through eastern europe. nato is much bigger now. another 17 countries have added on to the 12. montenegro the most recent. the concern over russia's expansionism seems more relevant than ever. for example, ukraine. nato's allies defense spending and his allegation that the u

very transactional way but that's not how nato is supposed to work remember that the north atlantic treaty was signed sixty nine years ago is coming up for a seventieth anniversary in washington d.c. the most important part of the treaty is article five which says that if any one nato nation is attacked then all the other stand around that nation it's only been invoked once in favor of the us of to nine eleven but the way president trumps talking transactionally about this and talking about economic deals at the same time as he's talking about defense commitments i think in some ways questions that basic unconditional pledge that's at the heart of nato so what else is on the agenda then of the summit are we likely to see james any recommitment to increased spending from other member states. well they've done a deal on this that done a deal back in twenty fourteen at the summit that took place in south wales that they were going to all of them commit to spend more of it should we get to a stage with a ten year period that all of them would spend two percent of their g.d.p. on their defense

but when you are able to get the north atlantic treaty organizations 29 stations to act as one it isnt to would be belligerent nations whether estonia is hit or united states is hit. 29 nations breathing down your throat. steve: brian, right now only five of the 29 countries are meeting the commitment. you know that donald trump is -- he is in a results-oriented guy. he want to be able to say when he leaves today, here in half an hour, he wants to be able to say you know there were five when i went in that were paying and we got commitments for x-number more countries doing it. if he makes that statement in the next minute or two that would be gigantic victory for him. ainsley: some of these countries are very, very wealthy. spain is at the bottom of the list. .92%. brian: they economy collapsed years ago. steve: the company behind us greece. ainsley: their economy collapsed. steve: that's why their g.d.p. has imploded and that not so much. brian: collapsing nato doesn't work to anyone's benefit except for our enemies, china and russia. modernizing nato works to everybody's benefit.

clerk: house resolution 256, expressing support for the countries of eastern europe and the north atlantic treaty organization. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration to the resolution? mr. engel: mr. speaker, reserving -- mr. speaker, reserving my right to object and i don't intend to object. i want to first of all thank the chairman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: thank you. i want to first of all thank the chairman for bringing this resolution to the floor. he foreign affairs committee marked up this resolution a while back. it passed unanimously, and we were under the impression that it might come up for debate on tuesday under suspension. that's what should have happened. marked up this members should have had the opportunity to debate this in the house before the nato summit meeting began this morning and sent a clear message that this body stands with nato, that we support this alliance, that the most successful in history, that our allies can count on american leadership and american resolve. instead, we're rushing it through today

the words of the national definance strategy, they are making efforts, quote, to shatter the north atlantic treaty organization and use emerging technologies to discredit and subvert democratic processes in georgia, crimea, and eastern ukraine. they have attempted to subvert our own democratic processes as we saw in last week's indictment of 12 members of the g.r.u., russian military intelligence. we have seen in russia and china a return to great power competition and eight years of obama-era polocies facilitated these developments. at the same time we continue to face significant threats from rogue regimes like iran and north korea. the iranians benefited from the payments they received from the obama administration. over $1.5 billion, when they entered into the obama nuclear deal. this deal paved the way for a nuclear armed iran with no real verification provision, no complete disclosure of their past activity, no cessation of their enrichment activity. and it lifted restrictions on their ballistic missile program. president trump was right to withdraw from this disastrous deal, but we're still

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. >> so collective defense, article 5 of the nato treaty is foundation or the the whole idea of the north atlantice. did he undermine u.s. commitment? >> he undermined the united states commitment and credibility around the world because the principle of nato is when one is attacked all are attacked. that is also a lesson we've learned from the history of appeasement prior to world war ii when neville chamberlain brought back peace in our time, supposedly, by sacrifice ago few powerless pieces of land in europe and obviously it failed to satisfy a rapacious hitler just as a few pieces of land in europe now like crimea, which we have sacrificed, is failing to satisfy a rapacious putin. so the principle here is more important than ever because not only is the united states under cyber attack literally everyday but also europe is and our intelligence agencies depend on that cooperation day in and day out. donald trump may have no use for united states intelligence and his betray yam of that trust is greej use but our intelligence agencies know the value of cooperation from the english, the dutch and