DETAILS: Russia ESCALATES strikes against NATO

A. SUNDAY NIGHT AND I HOPE TO SEE. YOU SOON. >> THANK YOU. >> DOES RUSSIA WANT WAR WIWITH. NATO OR IS HE DISTRACTING FROM. HIS OWN DOMESTIC WHOSE? RUSSIAN DRUMS ARE HITTING IT A. TERRITORY AND HOW DID NATO. RESPOND AND TURKEY AS A NATO. COUNTRY BUT ISRAEL IS A. LONG-STANDING ALLY. THOSE TWO COUNTRIES ARE. EXPERIENCING TENSIONS AS ISRAEL. STRUCK A SYRIAN AIRBASE FOR. JOINING US AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO. NATO THAT WOULD OCCUR.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S PUT IN TESTING NATO OR. DIVERTING ATTENTION FROM HIS OWN. SHORTCOMINGS? >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TREY. FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS HAPPENING. IN RUSSIA IS DANGEROUS AND. UNACCEPTABLE AND IT CERTAINLY. DEMONSTRATES AN INCREASING RISK. TOLERANCE BY RUSSIA AND BY. FIBER. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK AT. THE BASELINE. WE HAVE HAD DRONING CURZON'S AND. AIRSPACE INCURSIONS REALLY SINCE.

THE WAR IN UKRAINE STARTED. NATO AND OUR ALLIES HAVE. CONTINUED TO IMPROVE. OUR AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE AND. WE MAKE SURE WE E ARE GETTING. BETTER AND I COMPARED TO. FOOTBALL TEAM THAT'S ALWAYS. PRACTICING IN MAKING SURE WEEK. AFTER WEEK THEY ARE IMPROVING. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT. NOW. OUR ALLIES ARE SPENDING MORE. MONEY AND BECOMING INCREASINGLY.

READY FOR A FIGHT. REMEMBER THE STRAIT WILL. GUARANTEE THAT PEACE PEACEABLY. TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS. READY. >> ALL RIGHT AMBASSADOR TURKEY. IS A NATO COUNTRY. ISRAEL IS NOT A LONG-STANDING. ALLY. WHAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THOSE. TWO COUNTRIES AND SHOULD WE BE. WORRIED OR CONCERNED ABOUT ITS? >> WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. WITH BOTH COUNTRIES AS YOU KNOW. AND TURKEY AND NATO IS A STRONG.

ALLY OF THE SECOND LARGEST. STANDING ARMY NEXT TO THE UNITED. STATES. GERMANY WANTS TO KEEP THAT WAY. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S TURKEY. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THEY. ARE DOING EVERYTHING THE UNITED. STATES WANTS AND EXPECTS. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN IN. COMMITTEE PATIENCE WITH BOTH. SIDES. WE DON'T WANT CONFLICT WITH THE. REGION IS VEVERY VOLATILE RIGHT. NOW AS YOU KNOW. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE. TO ENGAGE AND OUR AMBASSADORS.

TOM BERRICK AND MIKE HUCKABEE. WHO ARE GREAT FRIENDS OF MINE. CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE. LEADERSHIP TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT. TO MAKE SURE OUR ALLIES DO NOT. EVEN THINK ABOUT FIGHTING EACH. OTHER. >> AMBASSADOR BEFORE I LET YOU. GET BACK TO YOUR WORK YOU HAVE. TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND A COUNTRY. THAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAN. THAT OF SPAIN. ANOTHER NATO COUNTRY AT THAT. SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT OF ITS WAY. TO BE LESS THAN HELPFUL.

>> WELL WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL ALLIES HAVE AGREED TO. DO MORE AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP. 2014 ANNEX THE CRIMEA BY RUSSIA. THE ALLIANCE AGREED TO 2%. BY 2024 SO AN ENTIRE 10 YEARS. LATER TWO-THIRDS OF OUR ALLIES. ARE NOT EVEN SPENDING THE 2%. DAYS. DONALD TRUMP GETS ELECTED AND. NOT ONLY DO WE GET TO THE 2% BUT. NOW EVERYONE IS GIVING 5% WE. HAVE SO MANY ALLIES THAT FORM.

FORMED A PACT. >> AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ALLIES. ARE COMMITTED TO CAPABILITIES. THEY THINK THEY CAN DO IT. CHEAPER. THE JURY IS OUT HOWEVER WE NEED. TO MAKE SURE ALL ALLIES TO. MATTER HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE. EASTERN FLANK OR THE PERCEIVED. THREAT TO RUSSIAIA PRESENTS THAT. THEY ARE INVESTING IN THEIR OWN. DEFENSE AND THEREFORE THE. COLLECTIVE DEFENSE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON OUR ALLIES. ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE. UNDERPERFORMING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WATCHING THEM VERY.

CAREFULLY AND WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP THEY THINK. SPAIN WILL COME ALONG AND. EVERYTHING WE WOULD EXPECT OUT. OF THEM. >> AMBASSADOR OF NATO ANOTHER. FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.