Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. What took decades to build and is the envy of the world.

A network of alliances that has kept the United States safe after World War II is today, right now,

shakier than at any other point, all because of the Trump

administration. Newsbreaking today of extraordinary discussions that weeks or months ago would

have been unthinkable. NBC News has exclusive reporting that some of the United States' closest

allies are talking about scaling back, their intelligence sharing relationship with the United

States. That includes the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand. It's also known as the Five Eyes

Alliance, but it also includes Israel and Saudi Arabia who are having these conversations. And it's

because, quote, concerns about safeguarding foreign assets whose identities

could inadvertently be revealed. One Western government official tells NBC News this, quote,

there are serious discussions going on about what information can be shared with the U.S.

The Five Eyes have always worked on the premise that we don't spy on each other.

I don't think that's reliable anymore.

Tulsi Gabbard and these other characters, I don't think we can have any degree of

normalcy in the relationship.

That's right now where we are, and I don't see any way that changes.

So that's what's happening behind the scenes.

Out in the open today, our European

allies held another emergency meeting to try to figure out how to prepare for a future without

the United States as a reliable ally. NBC News confirmed earlier reporting that there are

ongoing talks happening between around 20 countries, mostly European countries,

interested in contributing to what they call a coalition of the willing to support Ukraine.

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