,ut new kids on the block europe, portugal, wanting -- montenegro. these countries in europe do not require a long-term physical presence. a minimum short physical presence is good enough to maintain your residency status and to qualify for citizenship. people who are not about leaving hong kong immediately, physically, they may choose those european solutions so they can stay in hong kong but they have plan b in place and they can leave for europe at any time. kathleen: people have to be wealthy to do this. before hong kong was taken over by china, people went to canada all the they had to invest a lot of money. what kind of investment, what kind of money do these people who are going to apply for the visas have to put down in order to have this, even if it is on the back burner? and canada, quebec and western migration program required bond investments of 1.2 million canada's dollar. we can -- in europe it is different. you don't need to buy bonds. you buy real estate. $350,000.m is after five years when you are eligible for citizenship or permanen

go by they wonder whether if push came to shove the united states would actually go to war to defend montenegro millet a nato ally or defend poland to send us dhoni or defend a country like that because the body language and some of the rhetoric of the president suggests that he wouldn't do you think we should yes if they're a nato ally we have made that commitment i think if one falls away then the entire the entire edifice crumbles you can have the debate before a country comes to nato well about whether they'll be and that's why i was annoyed kelly's point is that these entangling alliances get us deeper and deeper into it sounds very much like pre world war one right it sounds a little bit like all of these side deals may get us into something where all of a sudden we have a kinetic conflict we have a war we have deployment of troops and and all other means of war brought in in something that seems smaller than we should be using american muscle and power for the lives so kelly come back to you for a minute on this on this question is i think it's a fasting are we to an inflection point whe

go by they wonder whether if push came to shove the united states would actually go to war to defend montenegro millet a nato ally or defend poland defend us tony or defend a country like that because the body language and some of the rhetoric of the president suggests that he would not do you think we should yes if they're a nato ally we have made that commitment i think of one falls away then the entire the entire edifice crumbles you can have the debate before a country comes to nato about whether they'll be and that's the annoying kelly's point is that these entangling alliances get us deeper and deeper into it sounds very much like pre world war one right it sounds a little bit like all of these side deals may get us into something where all of a sudden we have a kinetic conflict we have a war we have deployment of troops and and all other means of war brought in in something that seems smaller than we should be using american muscle and power for the lives so kelly come back to you for a minute on this on this question is i think it's a fasting are we to an inflection point where you beli

lance with ankara moscow is also accused of fermenting a coup attempt in the greece's neighbor montenegro the u.s. sees a bigger role for greece in the balkans to fend off russian and chinese influence at his grace comes out of the worst of its debt crisis u.s. commercial interest is growing 50 companies including brands that include coca-cola and microsoft were part of an international trade fair in thessaloniki this year scott lucas is professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us now via skype from birmingham scott i'm a being too cynical had it to say that this agreement is only happening because to is drifting out or away from us influence i don't think you're being cynical enough i think you've mentioned quite well in your correspondent spoke about the leverage that both sides are trying to get against turkey but i think you can go beyond it i think the trumpet ministration is trying to project of course strength versus china and russia but it is notable that the trumpet ministration is doing this not by going through nato we're turkey is also a member t

right now the secretary of state mike pompeo speaking with the prime minister of montenegro. faces a subpoena deadline today. more on that in a moment. no questions expected to be taken there. >>> to that breaking news about text messages released by house democrats. the texts show how the u.s. leveraged a possible meeting between president trump and vladimir zelensky to push into an investigation. the texts were provided by kurt volker. >> on july 25th, volker texted a top zelensky adviser. head from white house, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate get to bottom of what happened. the statement ultimately made it to president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani. giuliani said that statement didn't go far enough and suggested adding references that would imply investigation of joe biden and his son, hunter, and the 2016 election. >>> the newly released text shows a u.s. top diplomat was concerned. president trump was withholding hundreds of millions of dollars of military ad would amount to a quid pro quo. bill taylor texted gordon the u.s. ambassador

yesterday, while the secretary of state was in montenegro, he just refused to answer any questions related to the inquiry. well, today, he couldn't stop talking about it. and what he did, well, he did not mince his words. now let's listen to what he said. >> i think there's clearly politics involved in this. this administration was incredibly focused on making sure that we worked with ukraine in a way that was appropriate. and it is not only appropriate, but it is our duty to investigate. if we think there was interference in the election of 2016, i think everyone recognizes that governments have an obligation, indeed, a duty to ensure that elections happen with integrity, without interference from any government, whether that's the ukrainian government or any other. >> reporter: well, alex, that was not the only reference he makes to the impeachment inquiry. later in the day, still in offense, while he said that the inquarry is a gotcha game. he called it silly because he said it diversity attention on the issues that people really relate to, which are, of course, those things that he tal

have a lot of pushback in europe, but will they like it if russia successfully carries out a coup in montenegro or if they invade the baltics? there are benefits to us and our allies to having this present so as my says it would be to walk back we would pay a cost for walking back. if you're asking what we can do about it, i think be informed, call your congressman. be aware, be aware on the positive side there are loads of folks who are thinking this way that are already pushing back. i am impressed by the men some of you are probably them so i think we are going to be okay. [applause] >> name? [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at what is live wednesday. on c-span our campaign 2020 coverage includes joe biden holding a townhall in rochester, new hampshire at 12:4:05 pm eastern. it the same time on c-span2 there is a discussion on us policy toward russia and ukraine with david kramer, former state department official with the george w. bush administration. later ireland ambassador to the us talks about brexit and the future of us uk relations entry:40 p.m. eastern. >> you never made a

expanding that work, unh cr has asked us to submit a proposal to work and also tijuana, mexicali and montenegro so my next one we hope to be operational in those locations and we're also expanding beyond legal services to include services for mental health psychosocial support and services for survivors of gender-based violence in all four of those locations. so i've been to the border a lot in the last year. i think i this is my sixth time and i'm not the one doing the work that i'm the one working with our partners, working with the lawyers and implementing the programs. and i also communicate on a regular basis with the lawyers that are down there doing the work and there's a facebook group called migrants persecutions protocol. which is what the mpp should be called instead of migrant protection protocol. and i asked them yesterday on facebook what's the number one thing they would like this audience to know and the responses were the situation is worse than you think. it's inhumane. people human rights are completely disregarded. just how dangerous it is. people are kidnapped virtually eve

he was before that in montenegro, in macedonia today. and before that several days in italy doing state business presumably meeting at the vatican with his holiness the pope. and also touring his ancestral home seeing the coliseum, the borzsy museum and not answering questions today. a question was asked to him in mont negative owe about kurt volker's testimony. he being the envoy to ukraine. and he ignored the question. he also had famously misled the press for 10 days about whether or not he was on the call himself deflecting questions and finally acknowledging it during a news conference two days ago in rome. so pompeo is under subpoena to deliver documents by today. so far, as far as we know and this could have just transpired on the hill we don't know anything's within turned over or whether le he will turn anything over but his ambassadors who are very much involved in this and it was he who's been dealing with the shadow diplomacy of rudy giuliani. and it was mike pompeo as a member of the benghazi inquiry years ago against.. he w

he just left macedonia after touring italy and stopping in montenegro where earlier today the secretary ignored a question about kurt volker's testimony. >> reporter: do you still believe president trump was acting inappropriately? >> clearly heard and ignored. joining me now, wendy sherman, an msnbc global affairs contributor, and david ignatius, associate editor of "the washington post" and an msnbc political contributor. welcome, both. wendy, having been at the state department, what is your reaction to these text messages where only bill taylor among the group of former officials and current officials, only bill taylor pushed back in those texts about linking a political goal with a foreign policy demand on a foreign leader? >> i know ambassador taylor and he replaced marie i don't hayov. bill is a seasoned professional, this is his second tour of ukraine. he was an ambassador under george bush. he is a stalwart, accomplished diplomat. i think what you're seeing in that text is the reality that this was a quid pro quo, it was inappropriate, it was wrong. ambassador volker, who also

go by they wonder whether if push came to shove the united states would actually go to war to defend montenegro millet a nato ally or defend poland to send us stony or defend a country like that because the body language and some of the rhetoric of the president suggests that he would not do you think we should yes if they're a nato ally we have made that commitment i think if one falls away then the entire the entire edifice crumbles you can have the debate before a country comes to nato well about whether they'll be and that's why i was annoyed kelly's point is that these entangling alliances get us deeper and deeper into it sounds very much like pre world war one right it sounds a little bit like all of these side deals may get us into something where all of a sudden we have a kinetic conflict we have a war we have deployment of troops and and all other means of war brought in in something that seems smaller than we should be using american muscle and power for the lives so kelly come back to you for a minute on this on this question is i think it's a fasting are we to an inflection point wh

continues the match can then be abandoned several england players were targeted with abuse during a game in montenegro earlier on this year and some of the squad have said they'll consider walking off the pitch tonight if there's a repeat. we had a mini in started with on things that could happen. moment to happen as well oh so. there's a protocol in place that. you know from my point of view and a close front if you were to do a job tomorrow on the football person hopefully we don't have to cross that bridge . for you to put in the bulgarian championship we have a lot of players of different ethnicities and skin color i don't think that we have the big problem like for example england do i'd like to focus on football because at the end of the day we're all civilised europeans and we're all working for the sport and this is all that matters well ahead of world football has been talking about racism he says players need to be protected but says it's up to the referees to take action very says the incident happens if the referee has the possibility to stop the game. to interrupt the game and finally sho

expanding that work , unh cr has asked us to submit a proposal to work and also tijuana, mexicali and montenegro so my next one we hope to be operational in those locations and we're also expanding beyond legal services to include services for mental health psychosocial support and services for survivors of gender-based violence in all four of thoselocations . so i've been to the border a lot in the last year. i think i this is my sixth time and i'm not the one doing the work that i'm the one working with our partners, working with the lawyers and implementing the programs. and i also communicate on a regular basis with the lawyers that are down there doing the work and there's a facebook group called migrants persecutions protocol. which is what the mvp should be called instead of migrant protection protocol. and i asked them yesterday on facebook what's the number one thing they would like this audience to know and the responses were the situation is worse thanyou think . it's inhumane. people human rights are completely disregarded. just howdangerous it is . people are kidnapped virtually eve

process, we have added so-called -- the so-called military might of countries such as solvenia, albania, montenegro, and now today north macedonia. what benefit is it to the united states to add countries which barely have enough military might to defend themselves? i say that adding north macedonia to nato adds absolutely nothing to our national security. the best case scenario we can hope for with these countries is that an incident that triggers a major land war never occurs. if you think this is far-fetched, remember that world war i began when a serbian nationalist assassinated the heir to the hungarian empire. within months the very system of entangling alliances that our forefathers warned about turned europe into a killing field which ultimately killed upwards of 19 million people. adding yet another small country to nato does nothing to dissipate the chances of catastrophic war and in fact encourages that possibility. what military capabilities does north macedonia bring to the table? 8,200 active duty soldiers. additionally, in 2018 they spent a whopping $120 million a year on their milit

to montenegro, one of the baltic countries? i think this is corrosive to everything we've worked to build over the last 70, 75 years. this is consequential. as big as the stakes are in syria, in some wait global consequences are bigger. >> as you rightly point out, the president made up the story yesterday that all american soldiers are out of syria. there are special operators there that have just been asked to stand aside or move to different places in the country. can you see a scenario because of what may happen now, because these prison may break home ownershopen and terrorism will break out again that they'll have to go back? >> certainly. they'll they'll have to use force again from the air. every time you rush to withdrawal you create a vacuum. cra vacuums get filled not by good guys. we need think about endurance strategies. how do we keep small levels of troops working with local partners to create -- it doesn't solve situations but it makes them manageable. we had found that in syria. that's what's so tragic about th

talked about it before, a putin, a xi jinping, one of these guys saying we're going to probe against a montenegro. maybe this is a chance to do it once and for all. ed on xi jinping will wake up and say maybe this is a chance to seize taiwan. >> richard haass, elace labott, thank you both for being on this morning. >>> coming up, june say slow month at trump's doral property. >> that's when the bedbugs probably come in. >> you always think about them when you hear the world doral. >> i always think bedbug. and farenthold's coming and he reported how much money they've been bleeding out. >> oh, because of the bedbugs. >> well, if we have a bed and breakfast and the official mascot of it was a bedbug. >> yeah. >> it would be down on money too. let's talk to farenthold about the g7, doral. >> bedbug. >> bedbugs, and bedbugs. we'll be back. bedbug. >> bedbugs, and bedbugs. we'll be back. i can't believe it. what? that our new house is haunted by casper the friendly ghost? hey jill! hey kurt! movies? i'll get snacks! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on our car insurance