ago, part of a congressional commission and russia took two of the capitals in 60 hours and we had a fight our way back into europe because we are an ocean away in the united states after them having taken out our a rivl airports and airfields. a major, major challenge. we cannot take this for granted. and i m not talking about a huge amount of u.s. troops here. will. that s not the right answer. we have a we have a challenge with china. and we re outgunned and outmanned there. and we have to move resources in that direction. this is about the europeans. will: right. the europeans sticking up for themselves. the german military is almost non-excess tent in terms of its capabilities. i m beingly critical to make the point. yet, they have the largest economy. other countries like that where there is not much exantd. we have got to get serious here in nato and outgun our capability. and our defense budgets are inadequate. will, during the cold war, the
hasn t outwardly criticized it either for president xi. reporter: imperfect balance is a good way to describe it. they cemented their relationship with russia and respecting integrity, trying to minimize their exposure to the western sanctions against russia. this is such a mission impossible that s why analysts say they have indeed made a choice. they have decided to side with russia despite their public assistance of being impartial and trying to play the role of a peace maker. if you look there are government statements and official reports as we discussed the last hour, it was increase beingly clear.
another of the disgraced expresident s closest allies in that fight to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost beingly is now taking the fifth had the january 6th committee s investigation that is probing donald trump s responsible for insighting the surk. john eastman, author of what is now known as the east man memo who was a scheme to persuade and pressure vice president mike pence to throw out the election results in violation of his constitutional mandate note saying the committee earlier this week he is asserting his right against self-incrimination. a move politico describes as quote an extraordinary assertion by somebody who worked closely with trump to overturn the 2020 election results. eastman becoming the second
no hate speech on our platforms. hopefully from all friends that we re seal it in your hate map with the dots. god willing 2020 will bring us more hope and less hate. jonathan greenblat, thank you. it was a weekend of violence for religious communities in the united states. a church near fort worth, texas, after a shooting and killed and it was beingly streamed on youtube and this is disturbing just a warning, you see a man get up from a seat and touk to somebody. moments later steps back and pulls out a shotgun and fires twice and within seconds the parishioners also armed spring into action and kill the shooter. blayne alexander is live in the town of white settlement, texas. so, blaine, how is the community rea reacting to the shooting and what more are we learning? reporter: well for so many people here in this community,