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The secret subpoenas issued? and that in and of itself would be astonishing. >> is there any precedent youre aware of, this subpoena -ing of records of members of congress? >> ive heard about subpoena and members of congress who may be the subject of a specific corruption investigation. but i have not heard of one where the white house or the executive branch investigates a equal branch of government without any predicate evidence or reason to do so other than potentially trying to gather dirt o...

Astonishing. >> is there any precedent youre aware of, this subpoenaing of records of members of congress? >> ive heard about subpoenaing members of congress who may be the subject of a specific corruption investigation, but i have not heard of one where the white house or executive branch investigates a co-equal branch of government without any predicate evidence or reason to do so other than potentially trying to gather dirt on them as leverage. in a fishing expedition and a political exercise...

Alexey navalny. that kind of thing doesnt happen really without putin administration blessing. does the united states have any leverage, tommy, when it comes to trying to pressure putin? its not like theres some sort of military solution on the table here. >> i think we have an obligation to stand up for universal rights and we have to get our own act together in the united states. polling shows that the average person in the world is worried about democracy. our goal shouldnt be to election our...

To do is push to the u.s. congress to pass an infrastructure bill that will help make those investments into renewable energies that will get us under way. unless we get our own house in order then we lose a lot of leverage to push others. >> get your own house in order, well said. earlier today a new israeli government survived a vote of confidence by one vote. benjamin netanyahu is out after 12 years in office, 12 continuous years. biden congratulated bennett by saying israel has no better fri...

Tell them as well to be democratic. you worked in government, tommy. you and i both know the american government does not give a consistent message on democracy. it depends on whether youre a friend or foe. >> i think thats right. i think we need to be more consistent when 2 comes to the saudis. i think we need to push imperfect partners. biden has more leverage and running room and political capital to push our allies to do more. one place is on climate change. the g7 ended with leaders united ...

Navalny. the last president to meet with putin was trump in 2018 in helsinki. so we need to catch up. >> yeah, the bar is so low with anything involving trump. a ruling that they are extremist organizations, that kind of thing doesnt happen really without the putin administrations blessing. the message to biden seems pretty clear. does the united states have any leverage, tommy, when it comes to trying to pressure putin? its not like theres some sort of military solution on the table here. nobod...

Proof. just unfounded accusations. im surprised that we have not yet been accused of provoking the black lives matter movement. >> reporter: of course, some would say some of the cynicism of that, guys, is that president putins strategy is actually, you could say, to get attention. his idea of the way history played out is that russia was dismissed after the fall of the soviet union and that what he is trying to do is ensure that russia is at the table. so hell use leverage, hell use threats. pe...

Be any deliverables, as they put it in the diplomatic speak. president biden himself yesterday saying, hes not sure hell move the president on any of the many issues of disagreement. but you also heard sort of a glimpse into the strategy on the part of this president who has so much experience on the world stage and so much experience even with russia. he talked about the fact that there are some domestic issues that russia has back home that perhaps arent quite as appreciated as much as hes hea...

Pipeline completed. u.s. no longer standing in the way. that means they have a huge leverage over our allies in the west. especially germany. they could just shut it off if they dont like sanctions in the dead of winter. good luck with that we are more than willing to cut a deal with them on national guard and oil. but they would rather deal with russia which is a huge insult. then you look at the fact that there has been two major cyber hacks that affect our energy as well as our food supply. a...

Landed, and out of russia, theyve been held for so long. >> their ash tear, unlawful detention needs to end. they need to come home. i have raised this every time ive spoken to my russian counterpart. i know that the president will raise it with president putin, and we will work every single day to get them released, to get them back. >> as you know so well, hallie, from the piece you did on the "today" show, your reporting this morning and the interviews with the parents, it is a critical issue...