Page 1010 - Leverage News Today

Theres compromise both sides give up something but in this case republicans are going through this whole charade of a negotiation then in the end democrats regardless of what happens with the deal democrats are going to pass whatever they want anyway so what are democrats giving up? >> republicans get no leverage. what are they going to go to the voters with next year, i worked with them on the infrastructure and then they roll on the $3.5 trillion making these new permanent entitlements. they l...

Our immigrants, in particular those daca students. all of this is connected to the protection of voting rights. >> congressman orourke, let me ask you about that basic idea of nationalizing the fight in texas, as reverend barber just put it. you obviously have been straddling the different parts of your political power, your political base as a national figure in the democratic party, as a texan, somebody whos gone home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington t...

Pipeline. the project will double russian gas exports to germany. there have been concerns over moscow using the energy is leveraged to exert political control in europe. as part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. ways the us involved in whether a gas pipeline in europe goes ahead? david willis explains. in actualfact, ben, the last three american administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. ...

With exactly what went on, what he was asked about by the fbi, the nature of the questions about his relationship with mr. barrack, the nation of the interactions between the white house and mr. barrack. and everybody that matters that hes been working with at the uae knows what happened. when they look at the united states and they see absolute silence, they see no investigation, they see no arrest, but they know that theres something going on, they know that theres something really horribly po...

Politics. can liz cheney survive this politically? and, more importantly, what happens to the other republicans who voted for the commission? are they going to get blackballed the way she is? >> i think that remains to be seen what they say about this. i have no doubt kevin mccarthy has asked republicans other than liz cheney to get in line. look, i think every step of the way kevin mccarthy has just made liz cheney a bigger player on the national scene. he has made her the central player on thi...

Home to essentially barnstorm the state while texas democrats are in washington trying to get federal help. tell me about that idea of nationalizing the texas fight. >> well, those texas legislators in d.c. have already begun the important work of doing that, providing that moral pressure and leverage on the u.s. senate and president biden for that matter to pass the for the people act. that is the last best hope for voting rights not just in texas, but georgia, florida, and about a dozen other ...

Part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. david willis, our correspondent join us now from washington. david, why is the united states involved in whether or not a gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not? in gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not?— go ahead or not? in actual fact, go ahead or not? in actual fact. ben. _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last- go ah...

Guess what? that gives the emiratis leverage over not only barrack but all the folks hes been dealing with in the white house. and guess what? communications are no longer anywhere in this world where its just between the two people who are talking. so if say, the saudis were listening in on those conversations, if the qataris were listening in on those conversations, if the russians were listening in on the conversations, everybody who was aware of what was going on, suddenly by virtue of that ...

Completion of controversial $11 billion gas pipeline. it will double russian gas exports to germany, there is moscow use the energy as leverage to exert control in europe. as part of the deal germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. police in spain have arrested a 22—year—old uk citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high—profile twitter accounts. including those of elon musk, barack 0bama and kanye west. the hacked accounts pretty foll...

Consider what may happen if the winter is cold coming up. and he threatens to turn off th gas going to germany. it could go across ukraine and poland we could see a war over this. thats the point is that he has a lot more leverage over european markers. if he has a lot more leverage i will show the poor president is not tough enough. >> he says that he is and that everybody understands where he coming from. the administration is also unde fire over numbers at the southern border. when you watch ...