It doesnt happen at all and we got some hints about that earlier this week ahead of the nato minister ariel from the u. S. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison she said that she expects this decision to be made by the Incoming Administration and thats not all she told us about what the plans may be lets hear from her i want to say that the announcement about troops in germany was also an announcement that the troops all the troops that were there before would be in europe its just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so but it has been well it is been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at where it is at the time that they take over so in fact when President Trump made this announcement he said very clearly that he thought he may be bringing troops home from europe out of europe back to the United States and that is not what the ambassador is saying now at the time he said he may put some
Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
What is the most glaring or salient way in which the transatlantic relationship is likely to change with the incoming biden administration. Well biden also people have picked for his cabinet and his kind of close coworkers are very committed to transit lantus as spies having that said we have to keep in mind that it was president obama who came out with this doctrine leading from behind and this is something President Biden will continue to do he will ask your own people ask. Germany to pay their fair share in the Defense Community to pay more money for their own military equipment so its gonna be a tricky part for President Biden because for sure he doesnt want to send back troops overseas and hurt military families that wouldnt be good policies either so its going to be tricky but i think it is fair to say that hes very committed to stable and consistent transatlantic relationships. Washington bureau chief in his poll reporting to us there from the u. S. Capital thank you and as bang
Of turning a blind eye to a burgeoning new migrant crisis. Hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The u. S. Death toll in the corona virus pandemic has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000 people by far the highest national, told worldwide. Infections are soaring to new highs across the country. New york city was the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak earlier this year. Now its decided to close all Public Schools again as it fights a resurgence in the its an unseasonably early last week of school for children across new york city. Classrooms are shifting to Online Learning until further notice. Its the latest in a series of new restrictions in the state. Parents and students alike are unhappy. Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant or to loyalty. Is it kind of a little sad if thats whats best for the kids or go with it . The citys man feels the same way workers. I want to for as much as we are unha
He has made this american 1st policy a priority. He talked a lot about making his goal to leave all foreign wars as part of the nationalist america 1st policy so he announced actually to withdraw american troops from afghanistan and iraq even before the nato mission is officially completed and regarding germany he. Plans in june as we just heard to withdraw close 220000 of the 36000 u. S. Troops based in germany citing a villains failure to meet its nato spending commitments but the bill we are talking about now states that Congress Continues to value germany as a strong nato partner and that u. S. Troops in germany are a central importance for supporting u. S. Missions in the countrys. Civil horn just talked about. What is likely to be the most significant change to come in the transatlantic lation share with the incoming biden did ministration. Well for President Biden its going to be a tightrope i mean he certainly does not want to be the president to send more troops bag overseas a