let's go back now to teri schultz in brussels to george h.w. bush he was no stranger to war games he was a decorated world war two fighter pilot the u.s. ambassador to china when that country was opening up he was the former head of the cia i mean this was a qualified president when he became president what do you think his legacy will be right here with your. well brant you know there's been a lot of mentions here in europe of the legacy of president bush and you know i think that he was a man with whom that europeans could feel comfortable he knew their history having been a world war two veteran having lived through the cold war having helped end the cold war by many accounts he played a role in germany's unification as chancellor merkel has pointed out and i think that what i really find striking is that people can't help but compare him to the president that we have now in the united states someone who doesn't seem to know how nato is funded that's those are those are you know things that would not happen with president bush so i think tha

s teri schultz reports fears are growing that europe's security could be under threat. european leaders know the moment is near when the i.n.f. nuclear agreement between washington and moscow a traditional safeguard of their security will be declared dead we all know that the time is running out. but this is not tenable but we have norms we're told agreement which is all respected by one part of nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg emphasizes the dangers of the missile russia has developed which goes beyond i.n.f. limitations on flight ranges it is hard to detect it is nuclear capable and it could reach european cities with little or no warning time numerous u.s. briefings have convinced european allies that moscow's missile arsenal makes a mockery of the treaty but even as europeans acknowledge that some are doubtful killing the i.n.f. willing crease their security this of course is of concern to europeans because the europeans are in the line of fire they're in the line of fire between the russian cruise missiles and of the united states decides to bring back was m

s teri schultz reports fears are growing that europe security could be under threat. european leaders know the moment is near when the nuclear agreement between washington and moscow a traditional safeguard of their security will be declared dead we all know that the time is running out. that this is not tenable but we have enormous one troll agreement which is all respected by one part of nato secretary general un stoltenberg emphasizes the dangers of the missile russia has developed which goes beyond i.n.f. limitations on flight ranges it is hard to detect it is nuclear capable and it could reach european cities with little or no warning time numerous u.s. briefings have convinced european allies that moscow's missile arsenal makes a mockery of the treaty but even as europeans acknowledge that some are doubtful killing the i.n.f. willing crease their security this of course is of concern to europeans because the europeans are in the line of fire and they're in the line of fire between the russian cruise missiles and of the united states decides to bring back cruise

is teri schultz is standing by terry any other reaction from european governments. yes well the other government that has troops in syria the u.k. also very much disagrees with president trump's decision we've seen the u.k.'s junior defense minister toby was say this he says i strongly disagree isis has morphed into other forms of extremism and the threat is very much alive now that something that we're likely to hear from other european governments as well people are are just starting to react to this news it took everyone by surprise as i understand it even u.s. diplomats were not given much of a heads up that this was coming and so had very little to explain to allies and partners around the world. also has its quarter headquarters there in brussels of course what do nato officials make a surprise move to pull u.s. troops out of syria. and from my discussions with people at nato headquarters it was very much of a surprise i'm not sure whether they got any heads up at all that the announcement would be coming nato does not have troops in syria doesn't have a train

or the correspondent teri schultz of nato headquarters there in brussels terry thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a delegation from yemen's with the rebels is on its way to sweden for you when brokered peace talks there traveling with special envoy martin griffiths seen here in sanaa today there are also reports that yemen's saudi backed government and the whose knees have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations british prime minister to resume is defending her brightside treaty in parliament she faces an uphill battle to secure approval of the deal in next week's vote earlier today in an unprecedented move parliament held mase government in contempt for failing to release a legal report on boxer. mourners have been paying their respects to former u.s. president george h.w. bush members of the public officials who served under bush and his service dog solemnly filed past the coffin in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol bush died last week at the age of ninety four a state funeral is set for

british parliament will likely vote against this deal and that leaves us in no deal territory teri schultz how does brussels feel about a new deal. the e.u. has said very clearly that a no deal scenario is the worst case for everybody but council president all to still look no deals not not good for either of us but it's definitely worse for the u.k. and in fact there are signs that the u.k. government recognizes that itself remember that it appointed this food security minister to make sure that homes would have a stockpile of food in case of a no deal breck's it in case you know there were suddenly weren't shipments of food coming in and everyone knows that tariffs will go up sometimes extremely significantly something like between twenty and forty percent on agricultural products in the case of a new deal scenario so the e.u. very much wants to avoid a no deal scenario but again there's very little it can do to help to reason me other than talk to her again at this summit that's happening the end of this week and possibly give her statement of political support that wouldn't mean anythi

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to delay its withdrawal from the treaty it up use teri schultz reports on the new arms control debate. european leaders know the moment is near when the i.n.f. nuclear agreement between washington and moscow a traditional safeguard of their security will be declared dead we all know that the time is running out. that this is not tenable but we have an orphan troll agreement which is all respected by one part of nato secretary general un stoltenberg emphasizes the dangers of the missile russia has developed which goes beyond i.n.f. limitations on flight ranges it is hard to detect it is nuclear capable and it could reach european cities with little or no warning time numerous u.s. briefings have convinced european allies that moscow's missile arsenal makes a mockery of the treaty but even as europeans acknowledge that some are doubtful killing the i.n.f. willing crease their security this of course is of concern to europeans because the europeans are in the line of fire and they're in the line of fire between the russian cruise missiles and of the united states these sites to bring bac

preparation for a hard break sit but it's not quite sure what can be done a lot of that is illusion so teri schultz in brussels and. said this idea of march twenty ninth coming. being no agreement between britain and the if there is a heartbreaks if there is if we do crash out how does that affect the e.u. . the european union is very much against a no deal breck's it but it is said that look if that happens the side it's going to be worse affected is the u.k. that said both sides are making contingency plans industry is very worried that this is indeed going to be the case and that tariffs are going to go up even up to forty percent on some goods in the agriculture sector ten percent on cars it's just going to be chaos on both sides of the borders you know customs procedures are having to be put into place at the last minute and there's really no one who can predict what that will look like because we haven't been in that situation so contingency planning for a no deal bret's it is very murky everyone just agrees that it's going to be bad for each side truly we live in interesting times ten shots

with military force so that's the view from paris let's go over to brussels now where did the use teri schultz is standing by terry any other reaction from european governments. hi terry well the u.k. as you mentioned has expressed its disagreement with president trump's assessment of the situation on the ground in syria the u.k.'s junior defense minister tobias' elwood was even stronger than this on twitter he said i strongly disagree the isis threat has morphed into other forms of extremism and it's very much alive and as far as other e.u. reaction you foreign policy chief federica mcgreevey was asked at a press conference last hour. mrs mcgreevey was asked for reaction and said nothing so i think that people as you mentioned have been caught very much by surprise and are still digesting digesting this decision what about nato nato has its headquarters there in brussels to what nato officials make of trouble pulling u.s. troops out of syria. nato doesn't have any troops on the ground with its own operations in syria unlike in neighboring iraq where it would probably have much more to say abo

cheap foreign policy editor sadist sad dot and in brussels our political correspondent teri schultz welcome to you both of those start with you what does the departure of jim mean for america's european allies in the syria conflict well you know it's for germany it's really really important to have a reliable ally. when jim mad as a resigned germany lost a reliable ally in transatlantic relations in the h.b.o. and and much as much as resignation is of course was a result of the syria conflict so basically us leaving syria getting out of syria is a big problem just and october turkey germany france and russia got together trying to find a solution to the to the conflict and with us out of the picture it is going to make it so much harder to find a solution in syria terry already here in brussels. the u.s. is the dominant player in nato as we all know so the resignation of the u.s. defense secretary must be big news there at nato headquarters in brussels what's the reaction from nato. well big news indeed and not welcome news at all you know when this these sort of difficult relations with th

prime minister is attending talks with you have the european council don't toast welcome both teri schultz let's start with you welcome mrs may expect in brussels well she shouldn't expect arms to be open to wide we've just gotten word that she has just now walked into the council meeting for council building for her meeting with the european council president donald to ask and the line out of brussels today as in previous days has been reinforced there will be no new negotiations on the withdrawal deal that was reached nov twenty fifth that was stated again and again today in the european parliament in strasburg from john klobuchar to any peas there's really not a chance that she's going to get this deal reopened what mr younger says is that we can talk about the deal that we have we can clarify things but he said to a huge round of applause from any p's we will not reopen the withdrawal deal so she's going to get talks she will be listened to but she shouldn't get our hopes too high that she is going to get the legally binding guarantees that her representative here in brussels said she

teri schultz if this is a last minute game to see who blinks will do you know someone needs to do this quickly because otherwise there is no deal and nobody one sides. that's right a no deal scenario is definitely the worst case and neither side wants that to be the outcome here but the e.u. twenty seven have been very united in their message that they will stand behind the irish and the irish say there must be a backstop in this deal so treason they will head to ireland tomorrow where she's highly unlikely to hear anything but that and as barbara explained it then remains really a toss up about who will blink first in london because the e.u. is is not going to reopen this deal they're not going to be binding guarantees beyond what we've already seen in the november twenty fifth agreement so she's got a real mess on her hands when she heads back to london. council president donald to us just tweeted out after his meeting with her that the e.u. twenty seven wants to help but we just don't know how so yes i think there's some very high stakes gambling going on right now ok so bob reversa

s teri schultz she is at the a nato meeting there terry good to see you can the i.n.f. treaty be saved. it remains to be seen but it doesn't look good allies are at this very moment beginning a meeting where u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe will once again make the case for the what why the u.s. feels this treaty needs to be declared defunct the u.s. has many times briefed allies with evidence that has been very convincing i'm told that russia has developed a missile which completely makes the i.n.f. treaty irrelevant that goes beyond the limitations of the treaty allows and so now the u.s. says look we are all in greater danger if we keep pretending this treaty is in effect now allies are split on this issue some of them say you know glitz give us more time and in fact the u.s. has agreed to a couple more months other ally saying look if russia is already out there with these capabilities we feel safer if the u.s. catches up so it remains to be seen whether the europeans can convince russia to come back into compliance within a couple of months and therefore keep

s teri schultz she is at the a nato meeting there terry good to see you can the i.n.f. treaty be saved. it remains to be seen but it doesn't look good allies are at this very moment beginning a meeting where u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe will once again make the case for the what why the u.s. feels this treaty needs to be declared defunct the u.s. has many times briefed allies with evidence that has been very convincing i'm told that russia has developed a missile which completely makes the i.n.f. treaty irrelevant that goes beyond the limitations of the treaty allows and so now the u.s. says look we are all in greater danger if we keep pretending this treaty is in effect now allies are split on this issue some of them say you know glitz give us more time and in fact the u.s. has agreed to a couple more months other allies saying look if russia is already out there with these capabilities we feel safer if the u.s. catches up so it remains to be seen whether the europeans can convince russia to come back into compliance within a couple of months and therefore ke