came out to greet nixon and it s expected that many people will attend the ceremony, rather the address he s going to give at the warsaw uprising tomorrow afternoon. and of course poland is a country that spends at least 2% of its gdp on defense, which is something that president trump haranged european leaders in may at the g-7 summit. so this is a country that by and large is well disposed to president trump. having said that, it s worth pointing of the that the pugh research institute on its poll of trump and other leaders found that only 23% of polish responders have confidence in president donald trump s ability to deal with global affairs, compared to angela merkel who has an approval rating of 46%. so this is a government, a
but she s got a family of four so it s too tough. that s why she crosses here once a week to get her basic needs. john, this woman is a lawyer, and she cannot afford, with the wage that she makes, the price controls that the government puts in, to buy those basic things that she had in her suitcase. the cooking oil, the garlic, the crackers for her infant. and these are the stories that we are hearing over and over. i also met a woman who could not take one more step when she crossed that border into colombia. she was on the ground, waiting for an ambulance because she can t get the medical supplies in venezuela. john. we re seeing what looks like small scale exodus right behind you as you re speaking. the people move back and forth quickly. you had a chance to visit a hospital. what d you hear there? reporter: we did and those hallways are filled. hospitals here, we went to the
rightist, populist government that shares president trump s skepticism about things like climate change and the need to welcome refugees and migrants to europe. so they will put on a warm reception, not all poles clearly share the opinion of the government here. you re talking about a warm reception, how are they planning on filling the audience, ben? reporter: well, we understand from the social media presence of some of the members of parliament here, of the ruling law and justice party, that they are providing free transportation from various cities outside of warsaw, to the capitol, so people can attend his address tomorrow. and afterwards, they re going to be holding a picnic, so there s something of a draw, and facilities for anybody who does want to attend. but the government, however, has
that huge influx of refugees in fact the treaty that was supposed to regulate the whole thing dublin essentially was suspended and has never come back fully into force now in other words it is very difficult to get that multilateral european solution that the chancellor is pushing for but a couple of factors might indicate some room for movement here number one we ve got different governments at the helm of a number of european countries than the ones we had in the past starting with italy now that is not an easy thing italy has a populist government has just turned away that boat full of refugees and said we re not taking any more but that means there may be some new negotiating dynamic here and as you mentioned the chancellor is now apparently looking toward a sort of pre-summit of affected countries that means the countries on the southern periphery of the e.u. in the x. journal border that have borne the brunt of this crisis in the past and potentially