Good morning, its thursday july 12th. We are going to start with President Trump in brussels, for day two of the nato summit. It has been a highly contentious affair for President Trump to say the least, as he continues to attack allies with a protection racket, to describe the involvement in the alliance. He said president s have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get germany and other rich nato nations to pay more toward their protection from russia. They pay only a fraction of their cost. The u. S. Pays 10s of billions of dollars to much to subsidize europe and loses big on trade. And in a followup, tweeting that germany wants protection from rush a from russia, attendees repeated that nato nations need to pay more for defense and germany was too dependent on russia. During that session, trump told allies they must increases the amount of gdp toward defense to 4 . That doubles the 2 target that is set for 2024. And not 2025, as the president tweeted. And the president is now demanding that allies meet the 2 3 of gdp toward defense per the pentagon. Not the 4. 2 figure that trump inaccurately stated in his breakfast with the secretary general. While he continues to question the importance of nato, his secretary state is taking the opposite approach saying nato is the most successful alliance in had history, all nato allies have committed to extending the success through increased defense spending and fighting terrori terrorism, weakness joining us live, Kristin Welker and International Correspondence cal perry. Really, after lambasting jrm any for most of the germany for most of the day. Trump sat down with the chancellor. And all eyes were on that. The chancellors response was pretty controlled, to say the least, talk to me about that . Well, the optics of that bilateral meeting, that you reference. Different from the president s firry remarks that kicked off the day yesterday. They reaffirmed their commitment to working together on a range of different issues much. But its important to note that the german chancellor pushed back when asked about the president s remarks to reporters. She said, look, im prepared to have controversial discussions and said she grew up in east germany, and knows what its like to be under russian rule. And so, this is not an example of that. She said germany operates independently, so, important for her to outside of that meeting with President Trump really sort of reassert germanys independence. Bottom line here, and this goes back to what we were talking about since yesterday, there are deep tensions at the backdrop of the nato summit which is now in its second day and its raising real questions about which had President Trump will continue to stand with its nato allies. Walk us through the president s day. He arrived at nato headquarters, he is going to make his way to where you. What is on his schedule today . He has a series of bilateral meetings, david, before he leaves nato. He will be meeting with the leaders of ukraine, georgia, they will be discussing the possibility a number of those countries want to join nato, but theyre going to be sort of discussing afghanistan, President Trump has long talked about his desire to withdraw troops from afghanistan, expect that to be at the forefront today. The president of afghanistan also at the nay oh nato sum su summit, President Trump will come and meet with the british Prime Minister, tereheresa may,d they had an awkward exchange. There will be a rot of eyes this will be a lot of eyes. They will have dinner this evening. And tomorrow, he will have tea with the queen. A lot of pomp and circumstance, but tensions at the background of the meetings, the american and uk has enjoyed what is referred to as a special relationship. That relationship now being tested in part because there are so many tensions between the president and the british Prime Minister over trade, over foreign policy, iran. But she needs him right now. She needs the u. S. She is looking for a trade deal. Her government is in crisis and of course, they are in the process of trying to withdraw from the eu. So, a lot at stake as the meeting is set to get under way. Cal, lets turn to you, the president , set to arrive in london later today. Help us understand what kind of reception he should expect when he gets there. We have been following this story of this miniture blimp of baby trump that will greet him when he arrives there. What kind of what are we thinking in terms of the reaction that he will get when he comes . Aside from baby trump. Yeah, today, theres the blimp right there. I dont think that today, you will see many protests. He is here for a couple of hours. He will meet with the american ambassador, woody johnson, own of of the new york jets, of course, but the entire visit is to keep him out of london. He was supposed to come here, spend the day tomorrow at the u. S. Embassy, the new exbamnish embassy in london. But because he is so unpopular, especially in london, the security measures are tight and they are trying keep his visibility down. He will be meeting with the Prime Minister a few hours outside of london. He will be meeting with the question, a few hours outside of london, and all of that is by design design. The Prime Minister can use any help she can get, she is barely Holding Together the government. She represents the strategy that is brexit, that is the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. She could use some kind of trade deal, right now the u. S. Has those tariffs on steel and aluminum and a potential victory would be avoiding land mines. Avoiding a public incident with President Trump. I imagine the Prime Minister will be measured in her response and greetings of President Trump when he does arrive there. This, this meeting, between the two leaders is really going to test the durability, i believe, of the relationship between the uk and the u. S. Talk to us about that and also, the fact that before the president left, to had head overseas, he said that he wanted to sit down and speak to his friend, Boris Johnson, who a couple of days later, stepped down. Adding a little bit of spice to all of this. Yeah, Boris Johnson is the consumate politician. He is seen selfish the way he resigned and its the beginning of a campaign to take over the leadership from Prime Minister may. If President Trump meets with Boris Johnson, that under cuts anything that he would do with the Prime Minister here, almost immediately. That would take over the story. This special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is on shaky ground. But so are all of the institutions that President Trump seeming wants to tear down much. He does not seem to care about n about nato or the European Union. Thats why theres giant blimp of the american president floating over the english capit capitol. The break down as to why theres a baby blimp. We will talk to you in a bit. Some of trumps criticisms toward nato allies is being met with push backs from lawmakers on both sides of the ill t house passed a resolution, expressing support for nato and passed one the bay before, with only rand paul and mike lee voting against it. There was mixed reaction in the gop, some republicans are rallying behind him. He wants to make sure that they get to the full percentage, whether its 2 , or something, that they need to be spending. And in other words, put your money are where your mouth is. We value our alliance. We value our allies. But you have to pay your own way. Okay, america, the american taxpayer has carried them on their backs. Now, some members of the party are rebuking the president , but much of it is coming from republicans that are not running for reelection. I subscribe to the view that we should not be criticizing our president while he is overseas. Let me say a couple of things. Nato is as important today as it ever has been. It seems like the tone of what we are doing is, is something that is, that is not good for the alliance. I think sometimes we can be too critical of our counterparts and i dont think we should be critical. The white house is offering up an explanation as to why john kelly looked displeased at the start of the breakfast, President Trump suggested that germany was being totally controlled by russia. A number of news outlets that kelly looked uncomfortable as trump made those comments. But according to White House Press secretary, he looked displeased because he was hoping for a full breakfast and they only had pastries and cheese. I mean, thats what upsets you, right . You want an omlette and you have pastries and cheese, it h it will turn things around. Lawmakers the vote comes after the Trump Administration announced a new round of tariffs on china this week. But the president s trade war against beijing and u. S. Allies may signal a boost to the u. S. Economy,al beit temporarily. The New York Times reports that the economists are predicting the gdp for the Second Quarter could reach 5 . That boost would likely be because china stocked up on american soybeans, crude oil and other exports before the president s initial tariffs kicked in earlier this month. Lets talk Paul Manafort, a federal judge has refused to keep him in a rule virginia jail. The prosecutors say he bragged of receiving vip treatment. Last week, man a foraformanafor asked for a delay in the trial, saying that being in rural virginia made it difficult for him to assist in his own defense. But the prison phone logs shows that he had more than 100 phone calls with his attorneys. Speaking with them every day. He also has a personal laptop that unlike other inmates, he is allowed to use in his unit. Manafort was recorded in a jailhouse phone conversation saying he is able to visit with his lawyers every day and that he has all my files like i would at home. Now, the judge, the same judge who the president and conservatives once cheered for questioning the scope of the mueller probe, seemed aannoyed at manaforts legal team after it requested to be moved closer to washington, only to fight the decision that the judge wrote in its favor. Its surprising and confusing when council identifies a problem and then opposes the most logical solution to that problem. Manafort is currently awaiting trial and jail, after his bail was revoked because of witness tampering. The perks he received while behind bars, was hi own bathroom, shower and no jail uniform. Its unclear in the same privileges will follow him to the next jail, where he is ordered to move. Still ahead, the president is overseas as we have been talking about. But he is lashing out on twitter at a former fbi lawyer. Lisa page. But adult film star, Stormy Daniels, arrested in ohio, what they are saying about it, those stories and more coming up next. Are you ready to take your wifi to the next level . Then you need xfinity xfi. A more powerful way to stay connected. It gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. Welcome back everyone, President Trump is in europe, but his head is in the russia scandal tweeting about House Republicans demands that former fbi lawyer lisa paige testify by tomorrow morning about investigations involving Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Paiges lawyer said she had not received access to documents to prepare for the testimony until after 11 00 p. M. Tuesday night. Accused the house panels of using unnecessary bullying tactics to push paige in to an interview immediately when she has offered to voluntarily appear before the Committee Late their month. But the chairman said that paige will be held in contempt of Congress Unless she testified in some way by friday. Giving her the option of appearing in public today along side fbi agent peter struck, whom she shared her dislike for trump in Text Messages during a romantic relationship. Yesterday, Speaker Paul Ryan said he would support a contempt vote on the house floor. Watch this. Congressional subpoenas for testimony is are not optional. I stand firmly behind the chairman, she was part of the mess that we have uncovered at the doj, she has an obligation to testify, if she wants to plead the fifth, that is her choice, but a subpoena to testify before congress is not optional. Its mandatory. President trump has been questioning why the russia probe continues. 8 00 a. M. Brussels time, trump wrote, as i head to a very important nato meeting i see that fbi lover lisa paige is dodging a subpoena and refusing to show up and testify, what can she possibly say about her statement and lies, so much corruption, where is the attorney general . Tagging fox news in the tweet and then shortly before 1 00 a. M. Local time, how can the rigged witch hunt proceed when it was started, influenced and worked on for an extended period of time by former fbi agent lover peter struck. The answer is clear. Struck is scheduled to testify before the House Oversight committee this morning. He has sat through 11 hours of interviews behind closed doors. Struck has called for the full transcript of that session to be released. President trump weighed in, hammering x fbi layer, meaning lawyer, saying she has refused to testify, and wow, is anybody surprised. Steve bannon defied a subpoena to testify as well. Bannons silence was attributed to the white house. A white house official defended its position saying the lawmakers overlooked a Standard Practice of coordinating with the white house to get information. Its a grandstanding move an official said of the subpoena issued to bannon. And still ahead, a republican senator who returns from moscow, gives his opinion of the up coming summit of trump and putin. Stay with us, that is next, everyone. alex trebek but you dont need any of those numbers to get affordable Life Insurance. You just need this number. Im alex trebek, and if youre between age 50 and 85, this is the number to call about the number one most popular whole Life Insurance plan available through the Colonial Penn program. Coverage options start at just 9. 95 a month. With no Health Questions and no medical exam, you cant be turned down for any medical reason. Plus, your rate will be locked in for life and can never increase. This is permanent coverage with a permanent rate, locked in as soon as youre covered. 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Huh, okay, and new overnight the lawyer for Stormy Daniels said his client was arrested while performs in an Ohio Strip Club last night. He claiming that it happened in columbus, tweeting this, she was arrested for allegedly allowing a customer to touch her while on stage in a nonsexual manner. Are you kidding in me, they are devoting Law Enforcement resources for sting operations for this. There has to be higher priorities. He called it a politically motivated set up, and reeks of desperation and vowed to fight the charges. Daniels claims she had an affair with donald trump in 2006 and suing to void the hush money agreement before the 2016 election. The important star is suing the president for defamation, and trump denies the allegations of the affair. Dwayne the rock johnson will not run for president in 2020, with the rock saying that the position requires years of hard work and experience to learn the skills and due to his up coming film schedule, he will not be able to commit to the real life role of president. He said i have so much respect for the position, its something that i considered, what i need is time to go out and learn. Its not over yet, just last night on the late show, the rock held open the possibilitity of making a run in 2024. There you go. Young man. Keeping all of our hopes alive. Keep the hope alive. I wanted to see the Campaign Video for dwayne the rock johnson. Well produced, highly produced. Action pack. He would be climbing a building and who know