overseas the vice president made his first major foreign policy address earlier today, promising an unwavering commitment to nato and a strong position against russia's actions in ukraine. lucy joins us from germany. >> reporter: i think the atmosphere is the room is a fairly good indication to reaction to vice president's speech. we heard muted, luke warm, applause, no standing ovations. the vice president, his comments reflecting the nervousness that america's allies feel about the state of relations going forward. look, donald trump has said a lot of things that have rattled europe. he has questioned the merits of nato, calling the alliance obsolete. he has expressed his admiration for vladimir putin at a time when russia is quite literally redrawing borders. what we heard from the vice president was his declaration of the unwavering commitment to