that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states we discuss this topic with a legal analyst lionel who believes the intel committee's report has little meaning . what we have here is unprecedented and no one knows what it means because it means nothing let's assume the president is impeached so let's assume he's tried in the senate and they vote on a super majority 67 votes to remove him which isn't possible but let's say through some act of god or he is removed can he run for president again and the answer to most legal questions of course is it depends but the answer is yes it's still unsure the constitution provides you can impeach as in the cases of judges

that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states however there are many concerns about the papers for a city so we put the mother oprah the scotian florida democratic party chair mitch caesar he is convinced by the report while media listen little thinks it has little meaning. what we have here is unprecedented and no one knows what it means because it means nothing why do we call it an impeachment inquiry because if it was an impeachment hearing or an impeachment proceeding the president would have been allowed to invite and to subpoena witnesses but since they didn't do that and didn't want him to do that they call that an impeachment inquiry and they have no

donald trump is on the other side of the atlantic ocean celebre. 70th anniversary of the north atlantic treaty organization so the timing is something many have noted but the document is out it repeats the longstanding allegations against trump that people have seen in the ongoing impeachment inquiries the republicans donald trump and the ukrainian leader of all deny these allegations. ok for now kind of open in new york thanks for putting all that into context for us well this was mentioning it's been the nato summit it's been a landmark day for the organization with leaders of member states gathering to mark the military alliance his 70th anniversary having been hit by a series of high profile disputes in recent months including over defense spending it's going to be looking to promote internal unity over the summit how do we see the organizations chief has been feeling somewhat optimistic and that is your friend president trying. it also was a good breakfast. probably told. by the. way all some people in london for their thoughts on 12 and its successes to date. people what they think are the main 3 ach

the north atlantic treaty organization flex its muscles in norway it was the biggest military exercise since the dissolution of the soviet union and a show of force all of directed at russia before the summit french president made it clear that he desired an end to the confrontation with moscow definition of a. common enemy what are common topics you question deserves clarification as you see it's a very strategic question sometimes a here is russia our enemy is it china is it the mission of the transatlantic alliance to designate them as enemies i don't believe so our common enemy within the alliance is the terrorism that has hit every one of our countries. with president mccrone had set the direction of the nato summit and rebuffed alliance partners especially in eastern europe in addition he criticized more severely than any. unilateral american withdrawal from syria and the actions of nato partner turkey in the region. president in the future. stake at risk is certainly. good spending a lot of money on the military it's very good having boots on the ground and being efficient milit

that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states. leaders of nato member states have been meeting for a 2nd day in london to mark the military alliances 70th anniversary despite attempts to put on a show of unity divisions within the crisis stricken organization of being really. live in london for us this hour is our tease. there are celebrations aside it does seem there are more cracks appearing within nato and so. this conference this summit is going to be defined not by the unity shown on the surface not least by all the leaders but by all the. very very clear and apparent cracks between many of those coming into this summit we saw very harsh words between t

that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states. russia's envoy to the world chemical weapons watch dog says a new investigation is needed into last year's alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma it comes after a number of o.p.c. w. employees raised concerns about the official findings the organizations report was compiled following the april 28th attack which was blamed on the syrian government the latest atrocity probe to retaliate and strikes by britain france and the united states on a number of targets in damascus he later whistleblowers began to coast out over the findings claiming the report was heavily redacted and scientifically flawed to s

then donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking into reports saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states and then whether it will be enough to put him off his kind of payson cocktails at buckingham palace with the queen the sleeping i guess we'll know when he gets his hands back on his twitter feed for now kind of open thanks for that. let's get some thoughts from george somberly he's a senior research fellow with the global policy institute in london welcome back to our team mr samuel a. the democrats they've laid out their case finally in paper all $300.00 pages of it will the judiciary committee weighty enough to draw off the articles of impeachment do you think. well undoubtedly drop the articles of impeachment whether i

the north atlantic treaty organization. russia. summit french president. and the confrontation with. a common topic question deserves clarification you see very strategic question sometimes i hear is russia our enemy is it china is it the mission of the transatlantic alliance to. i don't believe so our common enemy within the alliance is the terrorism that has hit every one of our countries stricken. with president mccrone had set the direction of the nato summit and tweet that off tonight his partners especially in eastern europe. in addition he criticize more severely than any other say fun unilateral american withdrawal from syria and the actions of nature partner turkey in the region has micron's nato. interesting question about a president in the future vision of nato at stake at risk he certainly you know he's arguing that it's all very good spending a lot of money on the military it's all very good having boots on the ground and being efficient militarily but you need to have strategic goals and the central strategic goals we just saw was that is th

that donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the north atlantic treaty organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report and saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking at the report and saying it's simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the united states. the british government facing a massive backlash after the release of a heavily redacted report on the fracking industry british authorities never intended it to see the light of day but greenpeace won a lengthy legal battle against london under the freedom of information act out of the $48.00 pages $37.00 would totally blacked out what remains of the one secret document shows a concerted plan to develop a positive image for the controversial gas extraction method among the general public. the conservatives have taken money from oil executives dresch the rights of communities and enabled for i can companies to t

controversial politically charged birthday gallow than the 70th anniversary celebration of the north atlantic treaty organization or nato that is currently taking place in london this week as the new york times reports the events for nato 70th birthday which was actually celebrated back on april 4th have been considerably toned down the times writes normally the 70th anniversary like the 50th would have been held in washington where the alliances founding treaty was signed with 3 days of pomp substance and white house dinners however the times goes on the right that given mr trump some predictability in his doubts about the alliance nato countries decided to have only a foreign ministers meeting in washington on the actual anniversary in april in fact talk watchers were around the campfires that this week's london get together was really only added because apparently britain wanted to show it still mattered in transatlantic security affairs what with the whole breck's of affair. talk about high school style entry going to global political level but where does nato stand today with the soviet union long gone the

the north atlantic treaty organization was founded in 1949 with 12 onlial members. the big four was the soviet union. today nato has 29 members who face threats as varied as russia, islamic terror, and cyber and space war. president trump has shaken the membership of the organization by waffling on it most important reason for being, the collective defense of its members. article 5 states an armed attack against one or more member station shall be considered an attack against them all. now the president of france also believes that nato is in very bad shape. i sat down with the head of nato at the summit this week. mr. secretary general, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you for having me. >> i've heard some of your defenses about many of the things that have been said this summit. president trump said nato was obsolete. now the french president says nato is brain dead. you point out there have been disagreements in the past, but this time, in the past it was over policies or suez or the iraq war. this is almost a disagreement about the existential existence of nato

nations in terms of their governmental economy and diplomatic decisions to shatter the north atlantic treaty organization and change europe and middle eastern security and economic structures in its favor. the withdrawal of american forces in the northern portion of syria led to russia occupying american bases as we with drew after we had bombed our own bases. and it's now clear that russia and syria are very tight allies. russia is improving its air bases and its naval bases in syria and apparently as a nice, cozy relationship with iran. so much so that they are now providing very distanced missile air defense systems to turkey. i'm wondering if we -- if in fact the department of defense has abandoned the national defense strategy as laid out in the 2018 national defense strategy. so, mr. esper, could you please tell us if in fact we are engaged in countering russia in the middle east? >> sure, thank you. i think mr. smith -- chairman smith said it in his opening remarks, history matters. the relationship between russia and syria goes back of course to the cold war when it was the ussr. they've had a ba

the president and members of the north atlantic treaty organization are gathering in london on the 70thy of the alliance. but this meeting is no party. the trump administration has already announced major cuts to its funding for nato, and that leaves many leaders worried about how committed the u.s. is to this military alliance. i want to bring in will tanner. he is the director of the think tank onward, and he is former adviser to prime minister theresa may. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so telling president trump not to do something usually backfires. what will the effect be if he does weigh in? >> this is a critical time for the u.k. election. we're less than two weeks out from polling day, and if you look at the polls, while the conservatives do have a healthy lead at the moment, the labor party is narrowing that gap considerably. and this comes at exactly the time that two years ago in the 2017 election, labor started to make some serious gains and to squeeze the conservative vote. so boris johnson and his team, i expect, will be worried about that happen

participation in the nato summit here, which will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the north atlantic treaty organization. earlier today in his first bilateral meeting with the secretary general, the president insisting that the impeachment inquiry has not diminishes his standing on the world stage but at the same time slamming democrats for putting together this hearing tomorrow while he's overseas addressing major issues of national security. >> i think it's very unpatriotic of the democrats to put on a performance where they do that. i do. i think it's a bad thing for our country. impeachment wasn't supposed to be used that way. >> at the same time, the president defending the white house's position not to send an attorney to tomorrow's hearing and also promising that if this does go to the senate, the procedure will be much different and that he would recommend that many of this administration officials, that the house wanted to have come up and give testimony, people like the secretary of state, the acting chief of staff, the energy secretary, the former energy secretary, rick perry, will be encoura

arrived with his wife melania at 10 downing street for an evening reception with the north atlantic treaty organizationare expecting some royals there as well. while it may be all smiles at dinner, for investors the president playing the role of scrooge on his first day of that visit to london by saying a china trade deal may have to wait til after the 2020 election. he immediately prompted widespread selling. this is the intraday picture. we opened gapping lower, and it's a pattern that is still holding as we head into the final hour ora

arrived with his wife melania at 10 downing street for an evening reception with the north atlantic treaty organization leaders and, of course, we are expecting some royals there as well. while it may be all smiles at dinner, for investors the president playing the role of scrooge on his first day of that visit to london by saying a china trade deal may have to wait til after the 2020 election. he immediately prompted widespread selling. this is the intraday picture. we opened gapping lower, and it's a pattern that is still holding as we head into the final hour of trade. the dow 30 is filled with companies that have exposure to china. from boeing to apple, to intel to dow chemical, no surprise it's suffering the biggest percentage loss, down 333 points, 1.25%. but, you know what? tech is also getting a double whammy. during the president's meeting with emmanuel macron, france's president, instead of sticking up for big tech -- which is about to be taxed by the french -- president trump's only complaint was that he wants to be the one to tax american tech companies. gary shapiro is the ceo of the consu

nations on this prefer in terms of their autonomy and diplomatic decisions to shatter the north atlantic treaty organization and change europe and middle east security in its favor. the withdrawal of american forces in the northern portion of syria led to russia occupying american bases as we withdraw and it is now clear that russia and syria are very tight allies. russia is improving it air bases and its naval bases in syria, and apparently has a nice cozy relationship with iran so much show that they are now providing very advanced missile air defense systems to turkey. i'm wondering if the department of defense has enabled the national defense strategy as laid out in the 2018 national defense strategy. so, mr. esper, could you please tell us if, in fact, we are engaged in countering russia in the middle east? >> i think chairman smith said it, in his opening remarks that history matters so the relationship between russia and syria goes back to the cold war, with the ussr, that relationship in the post soviet russia was reinvigorated -- >> excuse me. the history lesson will take several months. >> i promi

way to london where he will attend a nato summit this week, marking 70 years of the north atlantic treaty organizationtion hangs in the balance. blake berman is live in london with the latest there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you as well. absolutely beautiful, a little chilly but we'll take it, a beautiful december monday in london as president trump and the first lady will arrive later this evening. they are set to leave the white house in washington just a couple hours from now as you just said. the president will be coming here to london to commemorate the 70th anniversary of nato, leaders from those nato member nations will be here as well. pretty packed agenda for the president once he arrives in the u.k. he will be making a return trip to buckingham palace. queen elizabeth will host a reception there tomorrow for world leaders. he's expected to have talks with emmanuel macron from france and angela merkel from germany. the president is not slated to sit down for a one on one with boris johnson. elections in britain, 10 days away a senior administration official says the pr

catherine lucy saying the president had to a meeting of the north atlantic treaty organization seekingo showcase his work on the world stage as the impeachment inquiry continues at home. mr. trump, who labeled the alliance obsolete has upended gatherings with complaints members must spend more on defense, but his white house conciliatory tone, taking credit for increased military spending and declaring that the transatlantic relationship is in a very healthy place. stephen is next, democrats line in new york. good morning. caller: good morning from frozen new york. a problem withe impeachment because they said they had no firsthand witnesses. they bring in firsthand witnesses and they don't like it. then they say they want hearings and public. they make the hearings public, they don't like it and then they say they want trump to have a chance to question witnesses. they do that and they don't like it and trump says he is not coming. they keep changing the story. trump won't testify because he is a walking lie. he is perjury walking. only putin and trump supporters believe him and my co

north atlantic treaty. thus was born the atlantic alliance, and nato. its organization for the defense of the west, the beginning of the true system of collective security. realizing the treaty brought the united states firmly onto the european scene for the first time in at least time, -- in pe ace time, the communists reacted unfavorably. yet, by large, western europe took this move soberly. in spite of communist threat and propaganda, when nato's first supreme commander arrived in paris, the planned demonstrations came. the temporary headquarters, the military staff of the alliance began building continental defenses. soldiers of many nations working together in peacetime, because those nations realized to aver war, the safest thing was to be prepared for it. e theeurope's ports cam first military weapons to restore balance. sailors armaments, men, from the atlantic, from canada and the united states, here this time to prevent the guns from sounding. an airfield on the landscape, the nations receiving putting aid dollars, him to good work. roadways, bridges, dams, ev

north atlantic treaty. thus was born the atlantic alliance and n.a.t.o., its organization for the defense of the west. the beginning of a true system of collective security. realizing that the treaty brought the united states firmly onto the european scene for the first time in peacetime, the communists reacted to say the least unfavorably. western europe took this move towards offensive rearmament very soberly. and in spite of communist threats and propaganda, n.a.t.o.'s first supreme commander, dwight d. eisenhower, arrived in paris to take his post, the planned demonstration came to naught. in a temporary headquarters, the military staff of the alliance began their task of building the continent's defenses. soldiers of many nations, working together in peace time, because those nations realized that to avert war, the safest thing was to be prepared for it. so, into europe's ports came the first weapons to restore the military balance. along with them, soldiers from across the atlantic, from canada and the united states, here at this time to prevent the governments from falling. and with the airfield

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