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Bret: yeah. and the question is whether the u.s. will getten concessions during these talks in geneva. karl, vladimir putin has this vision on the old soviet regime which is why these actions in these two countries are kind of eyebrow-raising. but why should americans sitting on the couch at home care about this? >> well, because the u.s -- european alliance is a key cornerstone of stability and peace in the world, and its important to us economically. and to surrender countries like ukraine and...

You. and second, as we begin a new year and as we prepare to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack. we will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats of violence. we will protect the cornerstone of our democracy, the right to every eligible citizen to cast a vote that cou...

Country to vote. and to also have their vote counted. its going to be a hard thing to explain to your children and grandchildren. i stood up to the filibuster, but we wanted to make sure that it was easy for people to have their vote and to have their vote counted. no one whatsapp that conversation, so we have to persuade our colleagues to pass the voting rights act. >> congressman david cicilline, thank you very much for starting off our discussion for this year and tonight. thank you very much...

>> i mean, obviously, we cant change the past, but what it can do is inform the future, so given what has happened, what is the number one thing the administration has to be doing right now for, you know, god forbid, if there is another variant thats highly contagious like omicron? >> the administration needs to be proactive. theyve been really reactive. they were reactive in the trump administration. theyre still reactive in the biden administration. and testing has to be a cornerstone of how w...

Should consider. in fact there is a story about his _ should consider. in fact there is a story about his military _ should consider. in fact there is a story about his military titles - should consider. in fact there is a story about his military titles in i story about his military titles in this one on the sunday times. andrew is also about the actual title duke of york as well as his links with charities which is been involved with up its important to say that prince andrew denies the allega...

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Everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack. we will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats of violence. we will protect the cornerstone of our democracy: the right of every eligible citizen to cast a vote that counts. and that is great to hear. on that point about threats of violence to public officials, he actually spent a lot of his speech, about half his speech, talking about threat...

Of leverage this january six one year anniversary. the emotion around what happened at the capitol and that the very plain threat of american democracy that continues to this day. that they can leverage all of that to force manchin and sinema to come around on this filibuster and get behind the idea of pushing through this voting rights legislation which of course has been a cornerstone of the biden agenda for a year now. but it has fallen behind other issues like infrastructure and stimulus spe...

Public are confident in the countrys elections. that probably reflects the residual big lie feeling among many republicans that follow donald trump and now on the democratic left the feeling that all these states are changing voting laws and so theres no confidence that let mat balloting wont be altered by republican newly elected or appointed republican officials. >> totally. i dont overstate our democracy is in jeopardy this year. if we have voting laws so some partisan can overrule the will o...

That over the last several months. so when it comes to changing the senate rules, though, the president did say before the holiday break that he could be open to fundamental changes to those rules. and when it came to a carve out of the filibuster that would mean changing it for one issue or something along those lines. the president views that as a last resort type measure but they very well may be in that last resort type place because senator schumer sending this letter today, bluntly worded ...