In front of the new nato headquarters there are two memorial one is a section of the wall and the older a twisted girder from the wreckage of the twin towers in new york. Triggered the date symbolize natos sir steel hard commitment to our collective defense and our solidarity in the fight against terrorism but most of all they symbolize the unbreakable bond that unites the continents of north america and europe during the cold war nato successfully deterred the soviet union when the cold war ended we extended a hand of friendship to former adversaries and welcome them into your atlantic family. Need to help to end two wars in the balkans and we remain in afghanistan to ensure it never again because a safe haven for international terrorists. With out the enduring power of the chance of plastic Partnership None of this would have been possible but the part of the auction is that throughout our history people have questioned the Transatlantic Partnership from the suze crisis to the iraq w
To face with Vladimir Putin. Its going on right now. The u. S. And russia prepared, apparently, to announce a ceasefire in southwest syria that according to the ap. To former cia analyst tar rah mahler on what we can expect from all of this. Tara, first of all, the expectations of the media, obviously, far different from the sort of stuff that we expect because we think outside of the box. Going to eat trumps lunch. Thats actually a headline in Business Insider, that he is not prepared for a meeting, he doesnt have an agenda to which i would say what meeting does the president of the u. S. Ever go into without an agenda . Arent folks like you always prepping president s for that . Hopefully, there was an agenda going into this, and id hope on the agenda syria, hopefully, was top and center, and i think were hearing that it was. I hope the ukraine was at the top of the agenda and cyber hacking and other cybersecurity concerns related to russias intervention in the election and otherwise
John fortt, melissa lee and myself here at post nine as we are watching the markets down about 55 points. The president meeting with the secretary general of nato as diplomatic tensions with russia are on the rise. Our Kayla Tausche is standing by. Reporter since inauguration, President Trump, vicepresident pence and defense secretary mattis have all expressed the u. S. s strong commitment to nato. President trump in his meeting with nato secretarys general is expected to do the same. Senior National Security Council Officials describing that commitment as iron clad and saying that todays meeting will cover the need for allies to incompetent crease defense spending, a swift review of natos involvement in afghanistan and also the approach to russia. Nato countries serve as a buffer zone to russia. The president s approval of montenegros expansion in nato is an event that will put russia on edge. Officials would not comment on the timing of the president s decision to approve that reques
Russia to make sure that peace happens. Frankly, if russia didnt go in and back this animal, you wouldnt have a problem right now. Three reports now followed by analysis of this First Mission to moscow for the Trump Administration. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell and bill neely are in the russian capital. We have Peter Alexander at the white house where were just a few hours away from a joint News Conference with natos secretarygeneral. Andrea, let me start with you. There seems to beonfuon about whether this meeting with vladamir putin is still actually going on. Ist happening right now or is it over . Reporter im told it just ended, and only moments ago between the time we completed our show, just minutes ago, and the beginning of your show, craig. The meeting has ended, so in about 30 minutes this News Conference will happen. It will be tillerson and lavrov that will take two questions from each side. The Russian Press corps is here, the American Press corps is on this side. This is a very cro
In russiaamerica relations especially at the military level, under the administration of donald trump has not improved, but rather worsened. He is saying this as the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is behind closed doors right now meeting with his russian counterpart, talk object about their differences, differences right now that seem as big as black and white. Michelle kazinski is in moscow for moderating niece talks, michelle, what have you learned . Reporter hi, you know this was always going to be an extremely difficult meeting. But what was unusual was to see that tension on full display even before it started. You know, before this meeting, they usually have a photo op. There are pleasantries exchanged or at least cordialitys. But in this case the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov Just Launched right into it. With his sharp criticism of u. S. Strikes on syria, saying theyre a violation of International Law and cant happen again. He talked about the fact that there is