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Vice president pence as well. and i think everything we can do from both administrations together to support it will or potentially could make a difference. and really, with the delta variant and new variants, vaccination becomes more and more important. i will say that, chris, the low vaccination rates in detroit, the low vaccination rates among african-americans, these are not generally trump people. so it is not just red versus blue. we have to reach the vulnerable and the ethnic minorities. ...

>> i think for people of the trump persuasion, yes, i do believe that former president trump has enormous influence over people who support him. vice president pence, you know, as well. and i think that everything that we can do from both administrations together to support it will or potentially could make a difference. and really with the delta variant and new variants vaccination becomes more and more important. but i will say again, chris, you know, the low vaccination rates in detroit, the ...

Whatever, kevin mccarthy is a leader and attaching the republican brand or keeping it attached to the former president at a time you read that has an excerpt, general mark milley, concerned those at the white house would try to keep power, refuse to yield to joe biden. they may try, but theyre not going to f-ing succeed. you dont do this without the military, without the cia and fbi. where are the guys with the guns? this is americas top general who served in democratic and republican administra...

Our children and all of our futures. >> wally, thank you for your time, we appreciate you. >> thank you for having me. take care of yourself. >> just a few hours from now president biden will be welcoming german chancellor angela merkel to the white house. merkel set to retire after the election in september. vice president harris noted merkels legacy will be her longevity and her leadership. she has now met with four different u.s. administrations. right now parts of europe facing catastrophic ...

Must not shrink from scrutiny of their human rights records. they should acknowledge it with the intent to improve. this invitation follows a report last month from the u.n. high commissioner for human rights cites george floyds murder. protests that followed and detailed worldwide racism and police brutality against those of african descent. several republicans tied their criticism to the ongoing dem administrations and repression in in america but dont do squat to get the u.s. get involved in ...

I dont think we need to frame the argument so china and russia can play their what aboutism games. >> martha: great point. i want to ask you also about the biden administrations response to this plot the f.b.i. was working to uncover to kidnap and abduct and take back to iran a woman who is an american citizen now living in brooklyn. this is the reaction when jen psaki at the white house was asked about this situation and about whether or not it would have any impact on our perspective of wantin...

Foreign conflict as a way to strengthen his hand in a fight to stay in the office. he suggested regular calls with milley and meadows so they could keep the hot spots down overseas. the crazies have taken over, pompeo warned one colleague about the white house. end quote. but as pompeo reportedly sounded the alarm on, quote, crazies undermining the show, he was openly denying that joe biden won, making this declaration at a news briefing a week after election day sound even more insane in retros...

Tired of talking about it for the last ten years. its crossed multiple administrations that weve been in this endless infrastructure week. we want to see it come to an end and get something done. this feels like -- this bipartisan framework for infrastructure seems like the closest thing. it doesnt have as much controversy about payment, and it seems to have a lot of consensus in congress and around the country. we want to try to push it across the finish line so something finally gets down on i...

Is going back to obama the answer now? >> it wasnt clear that what we did then made a big difference. im not sure what it means to engage the cuban people in a country which is tightly controlled by the government. i would actually say what we should think about is offering to reduce certain sanctions in exchange for specific reforms, be it about cuban foreign policy. t not clear why they need to have thousands of their intelligence people in a place like venezuela or domestic economic and polit...

Just a crime, right? that doesnt happen because everyone says, well, the guy is blowing his top and theres no legal authority. but that is an instruction that is given by the president, according to your reporting, to the top general of the united states. >> thats correct. and there are -- there are multiple instances of this in the book, but what comes through, i think, for one of the first times is mark milley, general milley, as really a fascinating character here. and he is -- hes an ivy lea...