NATO Meeting, Fund Fallout, Busch Shocker
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
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šļø 22 May 2026
ā±ļø 77 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening now, breaking news, critical meetings with allies. |
| 0:05.0 | Right now, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Sweden meeting with NATO leaders just one day after he slammed that very alliance. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, fun fallout. President Trump is facing very swift backlash from his own party to the so-called anti-weaponization fund. |
| 0:22.6 | One even calling it, I'm quoting now, stupid on stilts. |
| 0:26.6 | And later, sudden and shocking death. |
| 0:29.6 | NASCAR driver Kyle Bench dies at 41, just hours after his family said he had a severe illness. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off today. You're in the situation room. |
| 0:45.3 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:55.3 | And we begin with the breaking news. |
| 0:57.0 | Just minutes ago, we heard from the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. |
| 1:01.1 | He just wrapped up a very important meeting of NATO foreign ministers. |
| 1:05.5 | Rubio's goal is to calm allies who are unsettled by the increasingly strained relationship they have with |
| 1:12.2 | the United States. |
| 1:13.5 | And it comes amid President Trump's abrupt shifting of U.S. troops in Europe. |
| 1:18.5 | And it's the first high-level NATO gathering since President Trump threatened to leave the |
| 1:23.1 | alliance just a few days ago. |
| 1:26.2 | Well, I've said that to them. I said, if you're not going to pay, we're not going to defend. |
| 1:30.3 | Even now, it's not enough. |
| 1:31.3 | It's really not enough. |
| 1:32.3 | They should be paying more. |
| 1:34.3 | The White House has blasted allies for refusing to help the U.S. in the Iran war. |
| 1:39.3 | And minutes ago, Rubio said NATO discussions today included the possibility of peace talks with Iran failing |
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