reporter: the weather in warsaw matched the frosty mood.elations between poland and its neighbor are not the warmest they have ever been. berlin takes a dim view of poland's refusal to accept refugees and the government's tough treatment of democratic institutions, criticisms that have led the eu to begin proceedings against warsaw. chancellor merkel recalled the successes of the solidarity union in the 1980's. ms. merkel: from that era, we know how important pluralistic societies are, how important an independent and judiciary media are, since all of that was missing. i was pleased to hear that poland will be answering the european commission's questions. reporter: as a result of exit, poland is losing an important partner in the eu, another reason to aim for better relations with germany. >> i am confident the good partnership between poland and germany is necessary for the success of the european project, but how will that project look in the future? poland puts more emphasis on nationstates, with less power for brussels. >> the countrie

we though when the population of the warsaw ghetto, it was down to about 50,000. we know from the records of the warsaw ghetto administration be how many children under 10 were still alive. officially acknowledged, known by the administration. fewer than 500. there had been 50,000 of them when the ghetto was closed. now flash to the next picture. this is another one. this is a -- people having been rounded up from the warsaw uprising and being marched off where they were going to be sent to auschwitz. there is another child under the age of 10 on the right. we actually know her name. we do not know the name of the boy in the preceding photograph. now what can i want to draw your attention to is something tragic about these pictures. who are these people? who could these children be? who's still alive under the age of 10 in the warsaw ghetto after three years of german persecution and deportation and suffering and starvation and so forth? who's still alive? a few months earlier the head of the jewish administration had pleaded with the people, give me your children

when the population of the warsaw ghetto was down to about 50000, we know from the records of the warsaw ghetto administration how many children under ten were still alive know by the administration. fewer than 500. there had been 50000 of them when the ghetto was closed. the next picture is a show people having been rounded up from the warsaw uprising and being marched off to where they were going to be sent to assurance. there is another child under the age of ten on the right. we know her name, we do not know the name of the boy the preceding photograph. what i want to try your attention to is something tragic about these pictures. who are these people? who could these children be? who is still alive under the age of ten in the warsaw ghetto after three years of german persecution and deportation, suffering, starvation, and so forth. who is still alive? a few months earlier the head of the jewish administration had pleaded with the people, give me your children. the germans had demanded a number of people into my shipment, we do not want to give them to people who are working in facto

i said leading into that that summit it is the road through warsaw not the road to warsaw. in other words we would have to relook even after the changes we made in warsaw which i see happening today. the baallian arrivals. first of all, we are looking at prepositioning of materials. i believe our allies need to come along besides us and look at preposition materials forward. being able to join force to material rather than having to move the weaponry materials to europe gives us a quicker response. we need to look at more rotational force, more forward based prepositions to fall in on those. we should encourage our allies to come forcefully alongside in both respects. >> do you regard the military rotation as sufficient in to and all of russian. i know ball kin, roughly the same length as the border we have between west germany and warsaw patch, is that the correct -- should we be looking at that as a benchmark or do you feel like the military rotation is sufficient for the times? >> i have been vocal in the past -- >> i wasn't to say baltic. >> i have been straight forward

, not the road to warsaw. we would probably have to look even after the changes we've .ade in warsaw if italian arrivals and baltic nations, brigade arrivals in poland and others. i believe it is a road through warsaw. i would give you a broad recipe. you're looking at repositioning of materials and i believe our nato allies need to come alongside us. being able to rapidly join forces to materials rather than materialsmove whether to europe gives us a quicker response. i believe we need to look at more rotational force, more forward based pre-position materials in order to definitely fall in on those. our alliesncourage to come more forcefully alongside us in those respects. >> do you regard the military rotation as sufficient into and out of the balkans? i know the border between russia and belarus are broken countries. should we be looking at that as on the field of military rotation is sufficient for the time? past. fairly vocal in the i believe the real and perfect solution would be increased on permanent

by november 4, soviet and warsaw forces invaded west germany. they had bombed its entire eastern border. but because nato forces provided strong resistance, soviets begin launching chemical attacks. nato responded in kind. that is the back story. now, this is the part that american and european nuclear officers on the ground in europe began practicing. when conventional and chemical war turned nuclear. unable to repel the soviets ground advance nato attempted to send a message to the warsaw pact, the destruction of one city to avoid total nuclear war. i talked to the ambassador to nato and he said that in this scenario, this city was usually key. the soviets usually responded. they would usually respond with boston. on the morning of november 8, nato requested permission for initial limited use of nuclear weapons against preselected target. the western capital granted nato permission to destroy the eastern european city with a nuclear attack. the use of nuclear weapons do not stop the aggression. the next day, the leader of nato requested follow

july, warsaw summit last nato reaffirmed its commitment fourstain the effort for more years until at the brussels 2020. conference, 75 countries and organizations confirmed their intention to provide $52.5 billion to afghans needs. this plays a very positive role going into the future. $1ia has dedicated another billion on top of the $2 billion they have already given and we's appreciate -- given and we appreciate their support. international commitment plays important on the confidence of the afghan people and government. the afghan security forces fought bravely and 2016. they will do the same this year and in the years ahead. the afghan people have confidence in their security services. and they do not want the taliban to return. they know all too well what that means. we have an exceptional partnership with the president, the chief executive, the security forces, and the people of afghanistan. the president is making bold reforms and implementing anticorruption measures to professionalize and improve the afghan security forces. the government of afghanistan is committed to peace

that was to assure allies in warsaw before warsaw we adopted a change whereby we said we now need tomove to more of a deterrent posture and what does that mean. and i said leading into that summit that it is the road through war warsaw in other words, we would probably have to relook even after the changes we make in warsaw what you see happening today, the battalion arrivals and the baltic nations, the prograde arrivals in poland and others. i do believe it is a road through warsaw. i would give your broad recipe, first of all we are looking at pre-positioning of materials. i believe our believe our nato allies need to come alongside of us and they look at pre-positioning of materials materials forward. being able to rapidly join forces to materials rather than have been to move the materials to europe gives us a quicker. [inaudible] [inaudible] to come more forcefully alongside of us in both respects. >> do you regard that the military rotation as sufficient into and out of the balkans, i know that the border between, on one hand russian belarus and there a belkin country. it's rou

this builds upon the success of the warsaw conference. it which the alliance committed to 4 morthis builds upon the suf the eyears. i believe the competence demonstrated in the afghan security forces to commit to 4 more years provided assurance to the donors there would be a more secure environment meant. our goal is to break the stalemate and get to a place where they can apply these mostopment dollars effectively. i will listen to the dialogue i got on the tail end. part we on a positive path in terms of corruption and other government issues? gen. nicholson: positive, but a lot of work left to do. sen. tillis: thank you. thank you mr. chairman. thanks for having this hearing, which is so important. general nicholson, i join my colleagues in thanking you for your service and everyone who works with you and under you. testimony,ed in your i am quoting the 98 u.s. designated terrorist organizations globally? there located in afghanistan-pat standridge. constitutes the highest concentration of terrorist groups in the world and demonstrates

i said leading in that summit that it is the road through warsaw, not the road to warsaw. we would have to relook even after changes we made in warsaw, which you see happening today. battalion arrivals in the baltic nations, brigade arrivals in poland and others. i do believe it is a road through warsaw. we are not where we need to be. i would give you a broad recipe. first of all within we are looking at prepositioning of materials. i believe our nato allies need to come along side of it and they look at prepositioning of materials forward. being able to rapidly join forces to materials rather than having to move the weaponry materials to europe gives us a quicker response. i do believe we need to look at more rotational force, more forward based preposition materials in order to rapidly fall in on those. and i think that we should encourage you're allies to come more forcefully alongside of us in both respects. >> do you regard the military rotation as sufficient into an out of the balkans? i note that border between on one hand russia and bella reuse and the other hand

am optimistic all nations are a steady path to reach the level of commitment made at the wales and warsaw summit. remainssatlantic bond very strong. i see her in brussels a quick and purpose in this alliance and a profound determination to stand together and honor our commitments to each other. i have confidence we will sustain the legacy we have inherited and do what is necessary to defend our freedom. take you very much, i'm happy to take your questions. >> jennifer griffin, fox news. thank you, sir. what does russia need to stop doing in order for the u.s. to work with them? the chairman of the joint chiefs is meeting with them for the first time since they invaded ukraine. can we trust them? they have totis: live by international law just like we expect all mature nations on the planet to do. what we will do is engage in aically, we are not position right now to collaborate on a military level, but our political leaders will engage and try to find common ground or a way forward where russia, living up to its commitments, will return to a partnership of sorts with nato. going to have t

i am optimistic that all nations to reachsteady path the commitments made at the wales and warsaw summits. the transatlantic bond built on common values remains strong. i see in brussels a quick and purpose in this alliance, and a profound determination to stand together and honor our commitments to each other. i have confidence that we will sustain a legacy we have inherited and do what is necessary to defend our freedoms. thank you very much. i am happy to take your questions. reporter: jennifer griffin, fox news. thank you, sir. what does russia need to stop doing in order for the u.s. to work with it? the chairman of the joint chiefs is making -- is meeting with his russian counterpart for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. can you trust the russians? i think the point about russia is they have to live by international law, as we expect all mature nations to do. what we will do is we will engage politically. we are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level, but our political leaders will engage and tried to find common ground or a way forward where russi

the ussr and warsaw pact nations were viewed as the biggest threats to national security. some soviets requesting visas were approved. but if applicants couldn't pass muster with the u.s. intelligence community, they were turned away. into the u.s. faced restrictions not placed on other foreigners. there were critical areas around the country placed off-limits. and no one accused washington of orchestrating a campaign against the russian orthodox church. the last of these restrictions fell about 25 years ago after the soviet union fell apart. to comment, go to behind the headlines dot net. i'm mark hyman. happening now.. the water level at lake oroville in northern california is down.. and authorities have lifted a mandatory evacuation order.. allowing tens of thousands of people to return home. but the situation is still dangerous. residents are being warned.. they may have to evacuate again. latest developments. crews are working around the clock to repair the oroville dam. because of a giant hole in the main spillway, the biggest concern is the erosion of the emergency

after the warsaw summit, this summer in july 16 when the allies granted four more years of commitment to afghanistan, president donnie sat down with his team and us to say how we going to achieve success in four years ? we are working on that plan now. this command involves expanding the amount of control that the government has over the population, i should point out that this investment we have made has resulted in an afghan population who universally, almost universally, 87 percent, reject the taliban. they do not want to return to the town man. three quarters of the population have great confidence in their security forces so this is a population and a government who want to work with us on either support. jesus deal strategically, it's important region of the world, this is a tough neighborhood. ran in pakistan, china, central asia. once removed from that other conflict zones, we have partnered afghanistan. a moderate islamic republic where once partnered again, we had a population who reject terrorism and we have a ability to have a counterterrorism platform and a critically imp

after the warsaw summit this sumner july of 2016, when the allies granted four more years of commitment to afghanistan, president ghani sat down with his team and us to say, how are we going to achieve success in the next four years? we are working on that plan now. this plan involves expanding the amount of control that the government has over the population. i should point out that this investment that we have made has resulted in an afghan population who universe lil, well almost universally, 87% reject the taliban. they do not want to. a population and a government who need our support. eostrategically a population. we have a partner in afghanistan. a modern islamic republic that ants to partner with us. we have an ability to have a counterterrorism platform and a critically important -- in a critically important part of the world. so success going forward, we believe, means helping the after begans to achieve this greater population control. that then will enable us to have the enduring counterterrorism plat frm form to help to continue to protect our homeland and those of our alli

by november 4, soviet and warsaw attacked germany. forces invaded west germany. because nato forces provided assistance, soviets begin launching chemical attacks. nato responded. that is the back story. this is the part where american and european nuclear officers on the ground in europe began practicing. when conventional war turns nuclear. sovietso repel the thende dadvance, destruction of one city to avoid total nuclear war. this city was usually key. the soviets usually responded. 8, the morning of november 8 , for requested assistance nuclear weapons. the western capital requested permission to destroy the eastern european city with a nuclear attack. the use of nuclear weapons do not stop the aggression. the next day, the leader of nato requested all-around use of nuclear weapons. washington and other capitals filled this request. by november 11, nuclear war broke out. reagan.resident the great irony was that while nato was practicing a long, slow, drawnout transition from conventional to nuclear war -- as such, misreading indicators. in able archer 83, it d

she was treated in a local hospital, but was treated in a local hospital, but was fine to warsaw forhe other car was a local young man who was sober. the crash has raised concerns about government security. just two weeks ago, the polish defence minister was involved in an eight car pileup, and last march the president's cap moved off a motorway when its tyre burst at high speed. neither man was injured. the latest crash has prompted the interior minister to call an emergency meeting with the government protection service. state prosecutors have opened an investigation into what happened. —— interior minister. it's another weekend of fierce rivalry, intense pressure and big expectations in the six nations tournament. england take on wales later and if england win, they will be just three games away from breaking the world record i think the game does mean a lot to a lot of people. we are able to share that, hopefully we can share it in a positive manner. i think we're very fortunate to have a stadium that is suitable or apt for the occasion. we've experienced lights, fire, music. eng

he tried to persuade the soviets, to send bombers from britain to receive the warsaw uprising of 1944, not the jewish, the polish population uprising, and land behind soviet lines. he would not be successful in persuading them to prioritize this either even if we wanted to. >> i want to ask are you saying we allowed this to happen? >> i didn't hear this? >> i am asking are you saying we allowed this to happen? >> we allowed this to happen? >> the one thing the united states could have done that western countries could have done was let more people in in the 1930s and that would put them out of harm's way, the refusal to let in more refugees wasn't -- was an enabling fact was we were restricted by how much we could succeed at. we couldn't reach the death camps, we could not impede that. there are several groups that could have done something. everyone had something more important to do. why not blow up the railway lines? or along the eastern part of the border of poland, north to south. the strategy of the whole army, to conserve strength when the germans were about to lose and then to

wars warsaw with a high of five below. meanwhile, we go over to north ameri america. we have some storms that are on the menu for those located in the south because of warmer air surging in from the south and we have cold air from north. we have a slight risk for strong thunderstorms for those of you living in the ohio river valley. back towards the northwest, we have a trail of low pressure systems that are going to be moving through the area and that's going to bring the possibility of a decent amount of snowfall. some places range anywhere from 30 to maybe even 60, 70, 80, cen centimeters of snow. rain extending into southern california. rain to denver and into chicago. snow from vancouver, seattle and winnipeg. winnipeg high of 17 degrees below zero. that's the warmest we're expecting for tuesday and rain along the eastern seaboard. as you look at the forecast for east asia we have winds relaxing over the north eastern portions of china but we have rain that's developing. that will change over into snow n for beijing. down toward the south and the philippines a tr

earlier this month, chancellor merkel met the prime minister in warsaw to try and patch things up. --ur presesident trump's polilicies a wake-up call for europe? karnitschnig,ew that report asks how much u.s. support the eastern european countries can count on, but the statement we heard before that from the defense secretary, he mentioned strong support. that doesn't sound like a wholesale rejection of nato. matthew: not at all, but this is part of the problem. you have not is coming over and saying how nato is his second home. shoulds, the europeans pay more, but the u.s. has been saying that for many decades. nobody knows who to believe. should they believe mattis, what does tillerson say? you have michael flynn who was toced to resign, who seemed take a different position and was cozying up to moscow. as this conference gets underway in munich, there are all of these open questions they will not be able to answer. one key question is who is going to replace clean as national security adviser? how much the defense secretary and secretary of state support the international alliances

alliance to plan this year, including milestone dates torques make steady progress toward meeting warsaw and wails commitments to carry our fair share of the security burden. ladies and gentlemen, the transatlantic bond remains our strongest bulwark against instability and violence. nato exists to protect our way of life, to include the free exchange of ideas that characterizes this annual conference in one of the world's great cities. here i am confident that we will strengthen our partnerships, confronting those who choose to attack innocent people or our democratic processes and our freedoms. host: you'll be able to watch that full speech by the secretary. and the panel discussion we're getting as well with senator john mccain later on the tv schedule and on the online schedule later. here's a photo in the financial times in the meantime. secretary of state rex tillerson meeting with his russian counterpart. this is in bonn, germany yesterday. first meeting. it was high level contact between russian and u.s. since president trump became president. that's a photo in the financial times

coming european home, the idea of building new security structures on the bases bynato and the warsaw pact blending these security structures into a completely new european selected security framework that would fully integrate russia. however, by the time they get a genesee death germany is unify and it is unified in nato and you european coming home is no longer an idea that is acceptable to washington, but even to the europeans because thethey are thinking about deeper european integration, vertical integration, rather than bringing in the so you union. lothe summit, even though a less said about the future of europe, the key discussion centered around the persian gulf. in dixie conversation -- in a key conversation we are publishing in our book, one that did not publish completely and we had to find ways to find parts of this conversation, bush makes essentially a private plea to gorbachev, even saying, you know, if we commit to this, we don't have to inform our press about it. . need your help he says i need your help on this issue. we must push for u.s. -- you and resolution, wh

she's been flown by helicopter to warsaw for medical tests, but doctors say she has not been badly hurt by peruvian authorities for information leading to the capture of the former president, alehandro toledo. he faces corruption allegations. he's one of three former peruvian presidents being investigated for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes from the brazilian building giant, oderbrecht. mr toledo denies the accusations. french police have arrested four people in the southern city of montpellier on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. police said they were detained after they bought chemicals that can be used to make bombs. a laboratory was found during a search. this latest plots or four people arrested, for men and a 16 old woman, and in their possession was found acetone. that is significant because it is a highly flammable liquid, which can be used to make the explosive tatp. ——16—year—old. this is the same explicit used in the 2015 attacks in paris and in the attack on brussels last year. so this could explain why the authorities are legally worried about this, a

level implementing many different measures and we have signed a joint declaration usk inn president t warsaw and we are following up on implementing that. we are working closer on cyber and addressing how to build the capacity in our neighborhood and how to stabilize our neighborhood as we work together with the european union. cooperation is more important now because we live in times of turmoil and instability and we need a strong cooperation between nato and the european union and we welcome the very strong u.s. support for that approach. >> next question, ken thomas from the associated press. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to talk about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation? what assurances have you received from the president that something like this will not happen again? secretary-general, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defense. what are the consequences for in ac

going to warsaw, poland is a natural for a citizen of chicago. we have more polish americans in that city in our state. we're very proud of that polish heritage. they're wonderful people, hardworking, good polish amicans, aays thinking about their own homeland, which was under the control of the warsaw pact, the soviet-inspired alliance, for decades at the expense of their freedom. and i also visited kiev, ukraine. that capital has become well known to many of us since the invasion by vladimir putin, which is the point i'd like to make the the things that binds these three countries together despite their differences in history is the fact that if you asked each of these countries today to identify the major external threat to their existence and to their freedom, they would identify vladimir putin of russia. i found that in warsaw, again in lithuania, as well in ukraine. it was interesting as senator jeanne shaheen joined me in my trip to visit poland that as we met with the leaders of that nation, we heard repeatedly their concerns about russia

measures, and we signed a joint declaration between president tusk, president juncker, and me in warsaw, and we are now following up on implementing that. we are working closer on hybrid, on cyber, on addressing how to build the capacity in our neighborhood and how to stabilize our neighborhood are areas where we are working together with the european union. and i think actually the nato-eu cooperation is even more important now because we lives in times with turmoil and unpredictability and then we need a strong cooperation between nato and the european union and i welcome the very strong u.s. support for that approach. >> next question ken thomas from the associated press. mr. thomas: thank you mister vice president. i wanted to ask about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration, or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation, and what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? out of the loop on this and for mister secretary-gene

she was treated in a local hospital, but flown to warsaw for further checks.a local young man who was sober. the crash has raised concerns about government security. just two weeks ago, the polish defence minister was involved in an eight—car pileup. and last march the president's car slewed off a motorway when its tyre burst at high speed. neither man was injured. the latest crash has prompted the interior minister to call an emergency meeting with the government protection service. menawhile, state prosecutors have opened an investigation into what happened. bill hayton, bbc news. we've heard about fake news — how about false publicity? well, that's exactly what the the head of lithuania's tourism department has done. using these pictures as part of a publicity campaign to promote the country. however, if you look closely none of the pictures are actually of lithuania — they're actually of finland and slovakia. she's had to resign. here's what the prime minister had to say. when we try to promote our country, we used images that aren't from lithuania. it is

she was treated in a local hospital, but flown to warsaw for further checks.n who was sober. the crash has raised concerns about government security. just two weeks ago, the polish defence minister was involved in an eight—car pileup. and last march the president's car slewed off a motorway when its tyre burst at high speed. neither man was injured. the latest crash has prompted the interior minister to call an emergency meeting with the government protection service. menawhile, state prosecutors have opened an investigation into what happened. bill hayton, bbc news. volunteers in new zealand have managed to refloat about 100 of the 400 pilot whales that swam aground on a remote beach on friday. many of the whales died overnight at farewell spit at the top of the south island, but those that survived are now swimming in the bay off the beach. simon clemison reports. as they went for high tide, volu nteers as they went for high tide, volunteers do everything they can to call them. pouring water is and covering the wells and cloth helps regulate body temperature

she was treated in a local hospital, but was flown to warsaw for further checks. of the other car was a local young man who was sober. the crash has raised concerns about government security. just two weeks ago, the polish defence minister was involved in an eight car pileup, and last march the president's car moved off a motorway when its tyre burst at high speed. neither man was injured. the latest crash has prompted the interior minister to call an emergency meeting with the government protection service. state prosecutors have opened an investigation into what happened. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how the art and the history of the tattoo artist is being celebrated in new york. there is nelson mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba

her father who owned a thriving barbershop turned out to be right in the middle of the warsaw. he showed up one day and it was completely destroyed. he tried to cut one last customer's hair and that is tank flew by and that was the end. they just realize no livelihood anymore. danger danger everywhere they looked and the girls are in danger like so many others you can't stay here. you have to leave the country and cross the borders and in their case they went to egypt. >> host: these are difficult decisions to make. there is a moment that's impactful is i want to take you out and if you take me out you kill my soul. if a you take me out a you save my soul. >> and then you work for refugees too. i always ask and try to put myself in their position. i think probably we don't realize what value there is in home and community until it is torn away from you. and with your hometown in your country, it felt very linked to her country. as they drove over the borders she looked across her shoulder and felt that she saw her country behind her crying. she year and for the day that she cou

and we are proud that warsaw is often called the orthopedic capital of the world. the vast majority of medical device manufacturers employ fewer than 50 people work many generating little to no sales revenue. this is what makes the potential reinstatement of the .3% excise tax on medical device sales so harmful. this misguided tax was -- would subject the medical device industry to one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world and eliminate thousands of jobs. repealing this tax has broad, bipartisan support in both chambers of congress and i urge my colleagues to make eliminating this tax a top legislative priority in 2017. mr. speaker, thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize chancellor heath carver and recognize his appointment as chancellor of the university of tennessee at tennessee. i've known keert carver for more than 30

been able to bring that to a new level and we signed a joint declaration between the presidents in warsaw and are working on that and we are working to stabilize our neighborhood and i think the nato eu corroboratikwo cooperate important because we live in times of turmoil and unpredictability and we welcome strong u.s. support for that approach. >> next question, ken thomas, associated press. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to ask you about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated you were left out of the loop on this situation? what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? for mr. saenl, both you and the trump administration have talked about the need for additional funding for defense. what are the consequences for inaction by nato action? are there any scenarios in which the article 5 commitments might be considered conditional if nato members do not fulfill their defense spending obligations? >> let me say i'm very grateful for

administration is asking for a more equitable sharing, particularly meeting commitments that we made in warsawnd then the third area, which is also important, something we work on pretty hard, even before the transition of administrations, is to make sure nato continues to transform to be relevant to security challenges we confront today and tomorrow, as opposed to those we challenge yesterday. in nato terms, we talked about it as 360 degrees, anyway not only made the challenges -- that not only doing we meet the challenges that nato may face, but other destabilizing activities that we may know of with consequences in europe. michael: i wanted to ask you about the trump administration's russian policy and i say this at some appreciation that president trump is trying to improve the tenure of u.s.-russian relations, even though that will be hard and the predecessors had the same ambition. i have body taken a number of snapshots into the policy. mr. trump wants to get along with president putin and we have the back story what happened last year election and other comments. you and ambassador hal

every issue, is there any argument for the european allies to exhilarate their io—year pledge at warsaw military spender jamal stone? ——— national military milestones? we have started to move. in 2015 we stop the courts and in 2016 we started to increase. so we have already started to implement what we decide in 2015. the big question is how we can make sure we continue and make sure we maintain the momentum. that is why i welcome ideas like national plans. some allies already have these, very clear commitments, road maps, how to move. . . clear commitments, road maps, how to move... we will leave that news conference, the now but it will continue in brussels. we will speak to our correspondence at brussels after four o'clock. interesting that the first question was exactly about one of those questions ——— comments from the us defence secretary. a long pause before he answered but then he said thatjames long pause before he answered but then he said that james mattis expressed strong commitment to nato and talked about the general importance of burden sharing. but analysis from our defe

reagan came in with a strategy to defeat the soviet union and the warsaw pact. that was part of it. you know, as others have said, why isn't mr. trump or general flynn talking about what's going on in ukraine right now? since saturday, ukrainian -- or the russian forces have advanced on three different axis in violation of the accord. why aren't we talking about that right now? >> paul? >> well, in fact, if i can pick up on the general's point. it has become -- and ukraine has for quite much more time but much more ken etic can means tht forces are engaging. 19 people were killed. these are russian backed separatists fighting the sovereign nation of ukraine and american ally and we're saying nothing while the iranians have launched -- tested a ballistic missile. i think the united states has a right to call them on that and to complain. i think the general is right, better done in concert with allies and diplomats and with your generals, central command didn't know. the contrast is being noted. all around the world. the president spoke to president putin today. we haven't gotten a r

level, implementing many different measures, and we signed an agreement between poland's president in warsaw, and we're following up on implementing that. we're working on cyber, on addressing how to build the capacity in our neighborhood, and how to stabilize our neighborhood, our areas where we work together with the european union. and i think actually the nato/eu cooperation is even more important now, because we live in times with turmoil and unpredictability. and we need a strong cooperation between nato and the european union, and we welcome strong u.s. support for that approach. >> next question, ken thomas, the associated press. >> reporter: thank you, mr. vice president. i wanted to ask you about the dismissal of general flynn recently. did you feel like you were misled by members of the trump administration or were you frustrated that you were left out of the loop on this situation? and what assurances have you received from president trump that something like this will not happen again? and for mr. secretary general, both you and the trump administration have talked about the nee

so much so that at the warsaw summit of nato just this past year, we made the decision to actually baseore u.s. troops on that eastern prifr re in those countries of nato. so nato matters a lot. getting these other nato member nations to amp up, and i think vice president pence has done a wonderful and stabilizing job there. what has not been wonderful and stabilizing are the shock waves that president trump sent in questioning the validity of the alliance, the worth of it, while he was hugging russia. and that is -- i think russia's biggest strategic objective in the world today, the number one objective is to split the western alliance, to split the united states from europe, and to basically drive a dagger into the heart of nato. and i think pence is trying very hard not to have that happen, but it's not clear that pence and donald trump are on the same page. >> governor, corinne, and steve -- >> i agree -- >> hold on, hold on governor, you're going to have a chance in a couple minutes. stay tight. hold your seat. we're going to come back. >>> coming up the conflict within the republ

and thank you very much andrzej kubisiak, a recruitment officer based in warsaw.g. we have actually learned very little about this case because the security minister stood up in the security minister stood up in the commons a short time ago saying he could not comment because it would be against the law to reveal details about the agreement that was reached between the government and this man about how much compensation he was paid. it would also be wrong, he was paid. it would also be wrong, he said, to talk about the work of the intelligence services about how much surveillance was on him after he was released. that was in response to a really long list of questions from yvette cooper, the labourmp questions from yvette cooper, the labour mp who chairs the home affa i rs labour mp who chairs the home affairs select committee. she wanted confirmation that this payment of up to £1 million had been made to him and others. was he monitored between 2010 and 2014? was he under a control order or the replacement for control order or the replacement for control orders w

streets in moscow, you see hammers and sickles all over the metro stations, whereas in post--soviet and warsawact capitals, the giant monsters statues of stalin had been torn down. they have been toward down but moved to a park in moscow. you can still go and see them. been changed.have the way that schoolchildren commemorate their own history is ped.ologetic, even prep ukraine on this cultural sphere is a country in flux. they had been democratic and may have been working tirelessly since the collapse of the soviet union, but it is not always easy. to tear down want the statue of lenin where they celebrated their 13th birthday 50 years in. it is hard -- 50 years ago. it is harder to change the small villagers' textbooks, but that is where it has to happen. adia, you make a point of the russian playbook being the same over the decades and generations. maybe the tools have changed. how might organizations in the international community combat this? what programs can be done? -we raise awareness? ms. mcconnell: it is constant vigilance. people in the atlantic conference -- council have done a fa

and post-soviet warsaw pact, the giant, monstrous statues of stalin have been torn down. day have been torn down but moved to a pocket in moscow. you can still go and see it. and textbooks haven't changed. the way schoolchildren to commemorate their own history is unapologetic. ukraine on this cultural sphere is a country influx. they have been democratic and working tirelessly since the collapse of the soviet union but it is not always easy. people don't want to tear down the statue of lenin where they celebrated their 13th birthday 50 years ago. it is hard to change the smaller villages, the textbooks. that is where the fight has to happen. >> nadia mcconnell, you may the deck of the russian playbook being the same over the decades and generations. maybe the tools have changed. how might organizations, the international community, what programs could be done, how do we raise awareness? >> it is constant vigilance. you will hear in the atlanta council, a fantastic job of putting out credible information. if i might make some other comments. one of the things i don't thin