Russian drone SHOT DOWN in NATO airspace

. AISHAH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CB. COTTON, LIVE FOR US. >> SECURE SUPPLY AND PROCESSING. CRITICAL MINERALS IS ESSENTIAL. TO THE 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY. THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE THING. AND GREENLAND AND UNITED STATES. ARE GOING TO JOINTLY IDENTIFY. AS PART OF THE PRIORITY. PROJECTS AND MOBILIZE. GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE. SECTOR FINANCING WITHIN SIX. MONTHS. AISHAH: OKAY, SO THE U.S. HAS. SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT THIS. WEEK WITH N.A.T.O. ALLY. LITHUANIA, AN ADVANCED.

MANUFACTURING HUB THAT'S AIMED. AT HELPING THE U.S. REDUCE. DEPENDENCE ON CHINA. IT COMES AS N.A.T.O. FIGHTERS. JETS JUST SHOT DOWN A DRONE. OVER LITHUANIAN AIR SPACE WITH. TENSIONS MOUNTING ACROSS THE. BALTICS, LET'SBURY IN THE. MINISTER AHEAD OF THE PROGRAM. TODAY AHEAD OF YOUR VISIT TO. THE U.N. AS WELL. AND I WANT TO TELL US MORE.

ABOUT THE DRONE OVER THE AIR. SPACE. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT. QUESTION. YES, WE HAD SO MANY ALREADY. INCIDENTS WITH THE RUSSIAN. DRONES VIOLATING OUR AIR SPACE, AS THE RECENT ONE THIS WEEK, WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN BY ALLIED. FIGHTER JET ABOVE OUR. TERRITORY, AND THIS IS THE. CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ONGOING. BRUTAL AGGRESSION AGAINST. UKRAINE. RUSSIAN DRONES, DEROUTED. SOMETIMES. WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROOF THAT. IT'S INTENTIONAL, BUT WE CANNOT.

ALSO SAY THAT IT IS NOT. SO, THEY ALSO ENTER OUR AIR. SPACE WITH EXPLOSIVES, IT'S. REALLY DANGEROUS, THEY'RE GOING. ABOVE OUR CITIES, SO, THIS. TIME, IT WAS SHOT DOWN, BUT WE. ARE SO CLOSE FROM BIG MAJOR. CASUALTIES SITUATION OR SOME. CATASTROPHE HAPPENING. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO. CONTINUE PUTTING PRESSURE ON. RUSSIA TO STOP THIS AGGRESSION. AND IN THE WHOLE REGION. WE'RE CLOSE TO SOMETHING BAD.

HAPPENING. AISHAH: YOU SIGNED A PRETTY. GOOD DEAL WITH THE U.S. ON. CRITICAL MINERALS. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DO YOU. THINK THAT SENDS TO PRESIDENT. PUTIN WHO IS WATCHING? >> NOT ONLY TO PUTIN, BUT. CHINA, WE REMEMBER WHEN CHINA. INTRODUCED CONTROLS AND. CONSEQUENCES POUR OUR. INDUSTRIES. LITHUANIAN FACTORIES HAD TO. SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF LACK OF. MATERIAL. THAT'S WHY WE NEEDED LEADERSHIP. IN THE WORLD IT CREATE NEW. SYSTEM HOW WE CAN DECREASE. THESE DEPENDENCIES ON.

AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES. MANIPULATING TRADE FOR. POLITICAL PURPOSES. SO RUSSIA AND CHINA. SO LITHUANIA SAW THE BIG. OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE U.S. TOOK. LEADERSHIP BACK IN FEBRUARY OF. THIS YEAR AND SAID WE WILL. BUILD A NEW SYSTEM. THE NEW SYSTEM WITH PARTNERS. THAT WILL BE RELIABLE THIS WE. CAN TRUST AND WOULDN'T BE. POSSIBLE TO MANIPULATE SO WE. WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. WE SAW OUR INDUSTRIES AND THE.

NICHE CAPABILITIES AND. PROVIDING THE MATERIALS AND. COMPONENTS THAT CAN SUBSTITUTE. CHINA. WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE. THEY CAN IN THE DEFENSE. INDUSTRY AND THE OTHERS. AISHAH: BY THE WAY, CHINA'S XI. HERE IS HEADED TO WASHINGTON TO. HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE. PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO. RUSSIA, THE RUSSIAN SANCTIONS. BILL PASSED ON THE HILL AND THE. PRESIDENT JUST SIGNED IT INTO.

LAW. HE HASN'T INDICATED YET IF HE'S. GOING TO USE THE SANCTIONS. DO YOU THINK HE OUGHT TO USE. THEM SOON? >> THIS IS SUCH A GREAT NEWS. AND SUCH A GREAT TOOL. EACH TIME WHEN PUTIN SHOWED HIS. FLEXIBILITY AND STOPPED LYING. AND DECEIVING EVERYONE, WHEN HE. WAS THREATENED BY THE. SANCTIONS, OR SANCTIONS WERE. INTRODUCED BY THE UNITED. STATES. SO THIS TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP. GETS A HUGE LEVER IN THE WHOLE. SITUATION AND EVEN THE THREAT. TO USE THE PRIMARY SANCTIONS.

AGAINST RUSSIA OR SECONDARY. SANCTIONS AGAINST THE MAIN. TRADE PARTNERS FOR RUSSIA. PROVIDES HIM THE POLITICAL. POWER TO PUT PRESSURE ON RUSSIA. AND SHOWS US THE WAY IN EUROPE. TO FOLLOW WITH THE SANCTIONS. AISHAH: WOULD THESE SANCTIONS. WORK? WOULD IT BRING THE END TO THE. WAR? JOE BIDEN TRIED SANCTIONS AND. DIDN'T WORK. >> SANCTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE AND. THEY WORK AND CAUSE ECONOMIC. CONSEQUENCES, FOR FINANCES AND.

TO KEEP THE WAR GOING. WHETHER IT WILL CHANGE THE. POLITICAL DECISION FOR PUTIN TO. STOP THIS AGGRESSION, WE NEED. TO ACT COLLECTIVELY. THAT'S WHY EUROPE HAS TO DO ITS. PART AND THE UNITED STATES WITH. THE SUPER POWER ECONOMICALLY, AND ALSO, IT'S A BIG ROLE IN. CONVINCING THE OTHER COUNTRIES. TO FOLLOW THE LEAD. SO, I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A. MOMENT WHERE WE CAN ACHIEVE THE. RESULT. AND WE HAVE CONSTANTLY TO DO. WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE IT. WON'T HAPPEN IN ONE DAY. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE. PRESSING, OF COURSE, ALSO. HELPING UKRAINE TO SURVIVE THIS.

WINTER WHEN RUSSIA WILL TRY TO. WEAPONIZE COLD AGAINST ITS. PEOPLE. AISHAH: TALKING ABOUT POLAND, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED A NEW. DEAL WITH POLAND TO ESTABLISH A. U.S. ARMY BASE IN THAT COUNTRY. HE SAYS IF IT HAPPENS, THE. LOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. AND A HISTORIC STEP FOR OUR. GREAT U.S.-POLISH ALLIANCE. N.A.T.O., THE EUROPEAN UNION. THERE'S ALWAYS COMPLAINTS THAT. THE U.S. IS ABANDONING EUROPE. DOES THIS PROVE THAT WE'RE NOT?

>> THERE ARE TROOPS IN. LITHUANIA, TOO, WE'RE CLOSE TO. POLAND AND THERE ARE TROOPS. DEPLOYED THERE AND LITHUANIA. PROVIDES THE BEST HOST NATION. SUPPORT, I CAN TELL THIS, IN. THE WORLD. THE CONDITIONS FOR YOUR. SOLDIERS TO TRAIN, TO KEEP THE. READINESS HIGH, ALSO TO. CONTINUE CONDITIONS TO LIVE AND. ENJOY LIFE OTHER THAN THE. MILITARY LIFE AND WE WILL. CONTINUE TO DO THIS. AND WE ALSO KNOW, BOTH, ON BOTH. SIDES, THE UNITED STATES AND.

US, THAT IT'S THE MOST. STRATEGICALLY EFFECTIVE PLACE. TO BE BECAUSE IT KEEPS RUSSIA. OUT AND IT'S EFFECTIVE. DETERRENTS AND WE HAVE TO. CONTINUE THIS WITH. YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S PROOF WE'RE. NOT DISTANCING FROM EACH OTHER. WE ARE STILL THERE AND THE. UNITED STATES IS STILL THE. BACKBONE OF THE TRANSATLANTIC. SECURITY IN ALL DIRECTIONS, IN. THE NORTH, IN THE ARCTIC, THE. GREAT DEAL NOW IN GREENLAND AND. BE AT THE EASTERN FLANK WHERE. WE'RE STATIONED BECAUSE THEY. PROVE THAT IT WORKS AND THAT IS.

HOW WE KEEP PEACE IN THIS PART. OF THE WORLD FOR SO MANY. DECADES RIGHT NOW. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT. AISHAH: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE. UNITED NATIONS, THERE WILL BE A. LOT THAT WILL COME UP, INCLUDING THIS POTENTIAL OPTION. TO MAKE CANADA IS PART OF THE. EU, AN EU MEMBER. OF COURSE, IT'S NOT IN EUROPE, IT'S IN NORTH AMERICA. BUT THERE IS THIS PROPOSAL. THE PRESIDENT SAYS CANADA. JOINING EU IS LAUGHABLE.

LET'S PLAY THE SOUND BITE. >> LAUGHABLE, LOOK, THE WHOLE. THING WITH CANADA. CANADA HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE. TRADE PARTNER AND, NO, I DON'T. SEE THAT. AND IF THEY DO THAT, IF I THINK. IT'S AT ALL A HOSTILE ACT, I. WILL PUT VERY SERIOUS TARIFFS. OR STOP TRADING WITH EUROPE ON. MANY THINGS, SO, IF THEY DO. THAT, IF EUROPE DOES THAT WITH. A BAD INTENTION, IF IT'S A GOOD. INTENTION, THAT'S FINE. IF IT'S A BAD INTENTION, WE'LL. PUT VERY HEAVY TARIFFS OFFER.

EUROPE. AISHAH: DO YOU THINK THAT. CANADA BELONGS IN THE EU? >> LITHUANIA WILL TAKE THE. PRESIDENCY NEXT YEAR FOR THE. COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN UNION SO. WE'LL BE LEADING THE NATION. MEMBER STATES IN THE PROCESS. ALSO CONCERNS ENLARGEMENT. IN THIS DIRECTION WHEN WE TALK. ABOUT TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, OF COURSE, WE'RE INTERESTED TO. HAVE THEM CLOSER, BOTH WITH THE. UNITED STATES AND WITH CANADA. AND PRIORITY FOR US IS SECURITY. AND WHEN WE TALK SECURITY, SO. THE FIRST ORGANIZATION IS. N.A.T.O. FOR IT.

SO WE HAVE TO GET CLOSER WITHIN. N.A.T.O., INVEST MORE WHAT WE. HAVE TO DO IN THE DEFENSE, AS. LITHUANIA IS DOING, AND WE HAVE. CANADIAN TROOPS ALSO ON THE. EASTERN FRONT HERE, I THINK. THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK WHERE WE. HAVE TO DEVELOP THE RE. AISHAH: ARE YOU SAYING THAT. CANADA DOES NOT BELONG IN THE. EUROPEAN UNION. >> GEOGRAPHICALLY THEY'RE NOT. IN EUROPE. WHAT CONCERNS, WE SHARE THE. WESTERN CIVILIZATION VALUES AND. ALSO WITH THE UNITED STATES SO.

I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY. DETAILS. AISHAH: IT'S NOT A PRIORITY. >> PRIORITY IS SECURITY NOW AND. ESPECIALLY IN THIS WORLD THAT.