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Ten richest men more than doubles, climbing a collective $1.3 billion per day. central banks pumped trillions of dollars into financial markets to save the economy. that set off a stock market boom lining the pockets of billionaires. oxfam said its not by chance, its by choice and governments should tax those gains and use the money to fund health care, vaccines and to address the climate crisis. >> that is revealing. all right, christine, get ready for this. an asteroid nearly missing the ear...

You ask anyone about the violence of the mob, trying to tear down the democracy, and it is a shrug of the shoulders. yeah, what happened again? the thing on tv? its had no visible, deep impact, i would submit, on most american people. obviously, they move on with the problems of their lives. is my child going to go to school today, stuff like that. it is incredible that such a violent act, such a threatening act to the core of who we are, the core of our democracy, the constitution of the united...

Priority. why shouldnt republicans get on board with some of the agenda items that he is proposing that could help lower costs for americans right now? >> honestly all we hear last night from his proposal to combat inflation was more government spending. and republicans believe that thats whats created inflation, excessive government spending. the governments been spending too much money for the past two years, ever since the beginning of covid. weve had too many covid relief funds, too many sti...

Russia right now as they witness the impact that these sanctions offer from the u.s. and allies. let me ask you about what were seeing. were seeing what we call the b roll, just awful images coming out of that country. the ukrainians have put up resistance. theyre saying they defeated an elite russian unit this kharkiv. clearly russia is ratcheting up the assault, bombed that tv tower, the memorial site. this is a new escalation. where do you worry this is headed next? >> a couple of quick point...

Always tough to tell in this fog of war period. lets say there are 2,000, which seems like the floor to me of what it could be at this point. in 20 years of combat in afghanistan, the u.s. suffered 2,000 casualties. for russia to have suffered 2,000 killed in action here in seven days is really quite remarkable. and i think will have deep impact in moscow and other parts of russia. secondly, to keirs point, the cultural piece here, these are co-religious companies, these are orthodox ukrainian, ...

Deep connections now. this is the third biggest economy, they have these big connections to the world. theyre just not going to have those connections anymore. i think another thing to mention and its an important point, as the russians see whats happening in ukraine, particularly with potentially cities under siege, the russians themselves have deep historic experience of a siege, lenin grand, saint petersburg, in the second world war, 1 million people died. thats seared into their consciences....

Strategic reserves. with that have a real impact and when will americans start to feel that? >> the answer is, yes, it will have a real impact. americans should see it at the pump relatively soon but theres a global market for oil and with the russian and ukraine situation disruptions in the oil and gas market. and domestic production, we have seen already a substantial increase relative to last year. the federal government is not placing limitations on further production. in fact theres 9,000 p...

Sanctions are tough but saying russia will keep on its feet. but western officials that i have been hearing from just in the past hour have been saying that there are indications that russian oligarchs, those billionaires who can own airplanes around the world, there are indications they are trying to move capital to get out of the way of the sanctions, a sign that the sanctions are going to have a real impact. those western officials, though, accepting it isnt clear how much pressure they would...

Studying someones legacy, lets do tonight with madeleine albright. we are coping with a land war in europe. just like the one going on -- at the same time, as all of us are trying to avoid horrors that many of us could -- use of chemical weapons by russia, perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. all redouble our efforts -- to make sure we get, this get through it and the sense of history. >> weve talked about her personal biography. but theres also a deep impact that she had on the world, a secre...

People talk about losing her on this week of all weeks, as a tragic irony. i am not sure that that entirely gets what it is they are trying to say, that they are trying to express. both her worldview, the reason that she was in this fight, the way that she saw the future of global diplomacy, side by side with the moment we find ourselves in, im not sure if you have a better way to describe it. >> i think the way to put it, i think you put it beautifully, alicia, as usual, and here is a case wher...