begins. john barrasso is a big fan of what he has seen so far this morning. watch. energy is called the master resource for a reason. it powers economies and powers countries and a force multiplier and an instrument of power. when germany is more dependent on russia for energy, that gives russia that much more power over germany and over the european union as well. sandra: interesting stuff ahead of hearing from merkel. bill: you can get natural gas cheaper from a pipeline than shipping across the ocean. but you could also buy our natural gas in germany and the united states could make a lot more money and that goes to the president. a holistic approach, right? he is undercutting the number one critique of him that he is tough on nato allies and soft on russia. he is pointing out the allies are soft on russia. barrasso is right. this is a big issue not only for germany and our allies in the region and united states. if you want to buy american
who benefit the most from its security pay their fair share. anybody suggesting for a moment he is acting in flavor of vladimir putin and russia, the point is this is their pet project, a project that putin is probably going to be making billions in his own pocket and trump is going after it head on like no president or no european has ever done before. what a great curveball to start things out with. he knows his critics will focus on the fact he is in there being soft on russia. okay, let s talk about that for a minute. let s talk about germany and who is benefiting from the pipeline? sandra: we re waiting for the meeting with the president and angela merkel. we know the president is taking on germany in a way we ve never seen before. the president is using words like captive, like russia is holding germany captive with this energy supply. what would you want to see from the president if they are not
divide and the battle that we see playing out over his confirmation process, mo. i think it is more likely than not that he will be confirmed. i think it would take something pretty extraordinary for that to be derailed. now, having said that there is reason there are hearings and a reason why people go over the record. i think democrats have every right and are right to point out the areas where they are concerned primarily when it comes to roe versus wade and his position on the affordable care act and when it comes to who role he would play if the investigation into president trump ever made it to the supreme court. i think all of them are legitimate questions. we already know in roe versus wade. in 2006 senator schumer asked him specifically do you consider roe versus wade established law. his answer was yes.
states peacekeeping efforts. if they pony up where they should be ponying up and agreed to and where we have not enforced them to pony up in the past. i believe we should let all these negotiations play out. the track record so far has raised a lot of questions in my mind and a lot of people s minds. but they re talking about paying more. bill: you guys go to the bullpen, okay? sandra: go to the greenroom. bill: get loose. president trump upping the ante as the u.s. fires a new trade war with china slapping tariffs on $200 billion more on chinese imports. more on the start to the nato summit. president trump calling out our closest allies over defense spending and ties to russia. can they get back on track and stay that way? governor bill richardson, our headliner, takes that on shortly.
making russia richer. you re not dealing with russia, you re making russia richer. sandra: to repeat the president s question. how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or the group you want protection against? it seems like it is more than half of german energy is coming from russia. nato was established for the right reasons in 1949 as a deterrent against then the soviet union. the same applies today with russia. vladimir putin is cunning, aggressive. he is opportunistic and use everything he can to take advantage and when he can use energy to gain an advantage he will do so and why i believe president trump is right to bring the fight as he is. sandra: the risk is that the president s strategy does not work and the nations do not respond to his demands. what happens then? i think it s a detriment to