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Weapons closer to north america. is that just bluster, or do you think that is a real threat from putin? >> i think its a real threat. they put this -- they have the cyber attack on the ukrainian government web page basically saying be afraid and expect the worst. thats pretty straightforward. the false flag operation you talked about, i do credit the administration for calling that to the international communitys attention. false flag being to have killers go in and have a hoax-like operation a...

>> the children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. >> and mom in her kerchief and i in high cap had just settled in. >> and i there is a rose a clutter and i tore from my bed. >> and i tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. >> and it gave the luster of midday to objects below. >> and what to my wondering eyes should appear? a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. >> with a little old driver so lively and quick, i knew in a moment it...

Officials coming out of these talks, there had been this long laundry list that russia put forward. many of the demands had been non-starters. we did hear from u.s. officials saying there had been some room for flexibility. the deputy foreign minister says russia even in flexible and now its the west turn. a lot of this is bluster publicly but could he will saying the same behind closed doors and what does that mean about the state of negotiations? >> yeah. its a critical week. they have been ex...

Almost a year into the presidency and i wonder to play devils advocate, i wonder, nse, what message it sends if there is the perception among voters who were told, look, all you had to do is turn out to secure the democratic majority, come out in record numbers, you have the majority in the house, senate, and, of course, in the white house. if youre perceived as throwing up your hands that you think its all bluster, does that disincentivize the engagement for people, do you think, later on? >> i...

And, of course, in the white house. if youre perceived as throwing up your hands that you think its all bluster, does that disincentivize the engagement for people do you think later on? >> it does, but i also dont think thats whats happening right now. so the legislative session started in georgia yesterday. and the republicans, the georgia republicans showed up to work for the first day of the legislature with a plan to continue the attacks on our elections infrastructure. now their new ambiti...

The summer. >> um-hum. >> last summer. i think people, foreign adversaries like putin, president xi in china, the ayatollah and kim jong-un all view that as a moment of weakness. we are not projecting strength as reagan talked about but rather projecting weakness, which historically going back to hitler and chamberlain, always invites aggression and i think youre going to see a lot more of it. >> russian president putin previously warned of a complete rupture of u.s.-russia ties if the biden adm...

Theyve done a terrific job. i was in the meetings, the nato meetings with secretary blinken. they have a unified alliance, pretty much germany, too, despite the new government. >> theres a more anti-russian foreign minister in germany than under the merkel regime. >> but because of the green party as well, which is not as excited about the natural gas and nord stream 2. it gets complicated. in any case, the alliance, theyve worked that hard. also, what i was checking on today is this new threat ...

Pro promotion and planning. in the lawsuit, he complied. he produced 2,000 pages of documents which he claims are sufficient to identify all account transactions between december and january of 2021. poppy, he revealed he has sworn testimony. a lot of bluster from the presidents former allies, railing against the investigation, here is his spokesperson cooperating. and he argues that the committee is seeking information he doesnt have the power to obtain. other witnesses are challenging the comm...

Could the committee take to force mccarthy to testify, and would he have any defense. thats a good question. >> well, its a tale of two kevins i think here. one says donald trump bears responsibility, even admitted to kevin mccarthy he had responsibility. when asked if he had testify, manu raju said sure. now its the second kevin mccarthy. hes completely reversed course. now, he has declined the committees voluntary invitation. the committee can now serve him a formal subpoena. and if he defies ...

President trumps state of mind. kevin mccarthy had really revealing conversations with donald trump, and thats what the committee needs to get at here, and i think the number one headline of all of this is these guys are hiding. despite all their bluster and tough talk, jim jordan and scott perry and kevin mccarthy are hiding. theyre hiding the truth from the committee, theyre hiding the truth from congress, theyre hiding the truth from the american public and now committee has to decide what th...