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And doesnt need socialism. im against it. laura: why didnt you do what -- pelosi played hard on you role of why didnt you say we will on infrastructure once you show your hand on the $3.5 trillion, why are we giving leverage democrats on the process, pelosi says we are doing it the other way and youre like okay. >> you nailed something so follow this. it is going to pass the senate with democratic and republican support. $3 trillion bill wont get support. does nancy pelosi hold the bill hostage?...

People are considering. and a carve-out on the constitutional right to vote is certainly one of them. another is -- and this is the goal of balancing the senate so that the majority cannot overrun the minority. the minority has leverage to slow things down, thereby seek amendments, make sure that a bill has been analyzed competently before we vote on it. seek a compromise. make their case to the public. all those things are legitimate. whats not legitimate is paralyzing the senate from acting. o...

Have to be aware of a contract consumer is flying in that theyre intentionally trying to get the consumer to fly for example a different airline, thats not happening at all, this is all about transparency and southwest, i have a suggestion for them, one way to solve the problem go back and fix your direct flight flight fairs like you mentioned, get those fares were reasonable not now theres no more and we won have this problem. >> i will get a final from yuko mcdavid i understand and airline ana...

Him perhaps fleaineing and also compare the other co-defendant that remained in the u.s. i think he had $5 million. youre talking about $200 million compared to $5 million, youre talking about the extraordinary wealth difference here and something else, the person who has maybe the most to lose versus the person who has the $5 million bond, imagine what the leverage were talking about who might be willing to cooperate against the other. they cant talk to each other by court order so you can expe...

Drawdown is done? >> i was interested in that. general frank mckenzie, three star, very experienced commander made that comment today. in theory, 31 august, it is over, and we are no longer carrying out the missions in afghanistan. basically, we are out already. and swred about -- we have about 650 troops protecting the embassy and the airport, and we are gone, and almost no leverage, and thank god for the u.s. navy carriers and air force in the region flying long range missions. i dont know how...

With the organization of american states, with the united nations, to ensure we put pressure in the regime that has oppressed cubans for decades. we need to listen to the cuban people. they are demanding freedom. they have been marching on the streets really threatening their lives. there have been hundreds of mass detentions. many people have disappeared. and i think that the united states government is prurg the cuban regime to ensure that they listen to their people in their demands for freed...

Vaccination rates at the slowest they have been since january. misinformation is the single biggest barrier to getting shots in arms. so at this point what would be the most effective message to convince the unvaccinated, especially as we ethese pockets of the country with very low vaccination rates suffer? >> good morning, boris. i am going to say the dreaded word. thats mandates. i really think what we need to do is push the fda to come up with full licensure as quickly as possible for these m...

Will get done and theres a lot at stake. >> so a couple of things there. yes, theres a lot at stake and perhaps hes right and nothing will get done, but then the flip side to that is it doesnt appear that much is going to get done with the current state of play if there isnt an end to the filibuster. so what is the leverage that the president has in this situation? >> fred, it is difficult to overstate how much his answer on voting rights and the filibuster dismayed civil rights and voting right...

Now that is not going to happen and if we have a crisis with russia they are not going to use this pipeline as economic leverage in the crisis to gain geopolitical advantage we discussed. thats nonsense because we know full well what do that. the only way to stop him is not to have the pipeline. it is the strategic mistake and it unfortunate because it wasnt necessary and its a combination to the europeans we seen many presidents in the past due. have going out of power, this was her idea and sh...

Threats going forward. thats of great concern to me. the threat is from china. china sees us backing out of afghanistan and sees an opportunity there to increase their leverage. there is no question they have their sights set on taiwan. earlier this month at the anniversary of the chinese o communist party ping said china will re-unify their nation. we need to collect intelligence on warnings of chinese threats to taiwan.ic more than that we need to deter them. we have not done that. >> thats a ...