he thanked the president of the united states for focusing so much on this and yet there's this apprehension about what nato does. let's get to the secretary general. how does he convey to the president what he wants to convey, understand the role of nato and keep the president supporting the appliance? >> he's gone to great lengths and has been very productive in his ability to bring countri ba in the fold and spend more money. the sec reeitary general has gotten it up to seven nations. it it was really quite puthattic. but that's how he started this press avail. he said to the u.s. president look, it's part of your rhetoric that has brought these countries to the table and immediately president trump slapped that