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And also far and el paso as well, just shooting those bridges down with inspections essentially. and they wont say exactly what i think they want to say, which as we are going to do this to you, mexico, until you clean up your side of the border of the mass migration that is coming. to me it seems like its a leverage point. i think that they are hoping to get the biden administration and the mexican governors to respond to this. it is proving to be a major muscle that the texas -- of the state o...

And also far from el paso as well, just shutting those bridges down with inspections essentially. and they wonty. say exactlyly what i think they want to say, which is were going to do this to you, mexico, until you clean up your side of the border of the mass migration thats coming now. its comin to me it seems like e a leverage point. i think that they that theyve a hoping to get the biden administration and the mexican governors to respond to this . it is proving to be a major muscle that the...

World is looking at him. its a much greater political gain that hes playing and it is very interesting the united states chose the path of escalating the rhetoric to see whether that will somehow draw him out or put him down. so far we havent seen either. >> so if hes using this as a leverage point to get what he wants out of the west, he said that he wants, nina, ukraine to never join nato. he said he has been promised for years nato would not encroach -- would not get closer to russian borders...

The west, get the west to be dependent on russian oil. in the same way, russia is dependent on america and pharmaceutical companies for drugs, life-sustaining drugs. so in a sense, its a leverage point for the west, depending how western governments want to use that point is up to them. the same way that putin is really threatening the west with access to energy, the west in a sense could threaten russia with access to drugs. >> sarah, im glad you that wrote this, because a paid close attention ...

That? >> i dont know. i know this is not a leverage point. not a political point. i think we feel strongly that just being responsible adults that we need to pay our bills and not allow just the idea of our economy be at risk. i think right now, theyre holding firm in the idea that republicans should join them in doing the responsible thing and extending this for a couple of years. >> im going to move on and talk about the other big economic plan, that is president bidens build back better as it...

Is essentially daring republicans to vote no, to really send, you know -- this would be congress creating sort of an economic crisis. really, this is about democrats getting republicans on the record. >> its an extremely high stakes game of chicken. its about blame and trying to create a political situation where republicans take blame for this. if, in fact, we get to this point. democrats did help republicans raise the debt ceiling when republicans were in control of congress. its been republic...

Reconciliation would be dead. rachel bay, let me start with you. with kurt can schrader laying down the line. madam speaker, you promised us us a vote one week from today or else. the or else is attached to it. >> and senator kyrsten sinema said this the house delays its september 27th vote on the bipartisan infrastructure plan or the vote fails, she wont be backing a reconciliation bill. its saying we are ready to tank the biden agenda if we dont get our way. >> last week we saw progressives co...

You know, i think it was three and three, three republicans, three democrats. >> thats right. >> again, theyre playing -- the party is the one that assigns the people a role, but theyre playing this official role in the county. we remember, right, two of the republicans voted not to certify the results, and donald trump called to congratulate them. they ended up backing down. then it went up to the state board of elections i think, and, again, there were several different republicans i think who...

Republicans voted not to certify the results. and donald trump called to congratulate them, they backed down, and then it went to the state board of election, and again there are several republicans who voted against certifying the results and one who did, who subsequently got threatened. i remember thinking, i didnt think about the role, the leverage point, the kind of our comedian leverage point that these random party officials are in making sure an election gets certified. i want to give you...

Inform this process. obviously, conditions on the ground are far different when august 31st deadline lisette. and personally as someone who served alongside local staff at embassies overseas, i think it would do an incredible disservice, both to those f afghan but also around the world for local staff who work alongside americans. we cannot and should not abandon them. >> it is interesting because former pentagon chief of staff and also an essay counterterrorism director and we had this to say a...