Merkel responds to Trump's comments criticizing her government

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe's fate appeared to be in its own hands after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump called NATO obsolete and threatened the German auto industry.

Trump's comments came during a joint interview with a British and German newspaper.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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