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Because we have the smallest majority in history and we only have the majority in one chamber. >> despite what speaker johnson understands here, far-right members of his party are now saying theyll vote to oust johnson over bringing up ukraine aid. thats how much the far-right does not want to help ukraine combat russias war of aggression. and this is not just a problem for the republican party. it is a problem for ukraine and america and the rest of the world. because ukraine and the vote on uk...

The Biden Administration should undertake a strategy leveraging the power of positive tipping points to create a larger-than-anticipated return on investment in the transition to a clean energy future.

No agreement is reached. isabel isabel rosales has more. >> reporter: they say they are ready to go on sfriek if it comes to that. the leverage point is 340,000, the number of people that work the u.p.s. they insist they are ready to get this started day one if u.p.s. cannot concede to their terms. and if it does come to a strike, it would be the costliest work stoppage ever in u.s. history according to the anderson economic group, thats a research firm who estimates that a ten-day u.p.s. strike...

Limit raise, then that should absolutely be part of a negotiation. a deal -- the basic function of any deal is that one party may get one thing and another party may get another. and if revenue raisers are not a part of that conversation, the question that we need to ask is what actual deal is even being proposed. and it is precisely because the republican caucus refuses to concede any single point to the white house that we are in the situation that we are. and that -- it goes beyond the point ...

We can talk about all the immigration policies. but the left wants to bring out young kids who came here through no no fault of their own, quote-unquote, and use that as a poker chip, as a leverage point to say we dont need to secure the border. thats insane policy for our country. we can do better. shannon: i want to play something that one of your colleagues said this week. he says republicans actually savor this situation at the border, heres what congressman hank johnson said. >> republicans...

And when we have that done, then we can talk about all the immigration policies. but the left wants to bring out young kids who came here through no no fault of their own, quote-unquote, and use that as a poker chip, as a leverage point to say we dont need to secure the border. thats insane policy for our country. we can do better. shannon: i want to play something that one of your colleagues said this week. he says republicans actually savor this situation at the border, heres what congressman ...

The his speech at the new york stock exchange -- which i commend everybody to the read, it was a great speech, and i notice you guys mentioned it a couple of times already. he mentioned that joe biden, when he was a senator, there were five dirty debt limit increases that had spending cuts, and he voted for four of them, and the fifth one he objected to because the spending cuts werent large enough. and then under president obama when they negotiated the dollar to dollar swap with speaker boehne...

Christina bob, shes the one that signs the attestation its a little parse. she attests to all the documents being returned is something represented to her, its not clear by whom. its my understanding shes already been before the grand jury what sort of tensions or tectonic tensions are brewing between the two intramaga attorneys on the mar-a-lago case >> i suspect that will be the governments leverage point. at least those two attorneys, perhaps other people privy to the conversations, so it bec...

That its safe, even though we know its safe. and doctors are thinking about just having a protocol for abortion medication just with that second bill. but it is more uncomfortable, its more painful. its not quite as effective. again, its cruelty. >> the other thing thats crazy here is, the legal uncertainty and that becomes a kind of excuse or a leverage point for the pharmacies -- right, i mean, yes, the fda can keep it on even if -- also, the legality of all this is very unclear. its very uncl...

Machines cars. there is a rational here. absolutely industrial policy. one in which the public sector needs to lead the way in and hopefully crowd in private investment. 40 plus billion dollars, lines out the door of companies that have committed to tens of billions of dollars inside united states, ohio, arizona, new york, that will continue to commit. if you are federal government and want to leverage it, put your policy tied to it. if you dont like it, dont apply for it. they understand the le...