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>> in my opinion, based on what i know, this is a hostage situation. paul whelan i believe was taken as a leverage for vladimir putin in response to the prosecution in washington. vladimir putin very much doesnt want her to talk to u.s. authorities. he was in a very weak position. he needed to change that negotiating position. so he looked for a hostage. i believe that this paul whelan arrest fits right into that pattern of behavior. >> so what do you think putin wants to get out of this? what i...

Russians. >> paul whelan, i believe, was taken as a leverage for vladimir putin in response to the maria butina prosecution in washington. vladimir putin very much doesnt want her to talk to u.s. authorities. and he was in a very weak position, and he needed to change that negotiating position. the response should be that there will be hell to pay for the russian government if they dont release this man. and its very important not just for this case, but if this man is allowed to be effectively ...

Down payment and we call it a day? >> well, it doesnt seem like its so easy thus far. i do think the biggest leverage the president has, other than if he had some opinion against democrats, and nancy pelosi and the house democrats did have an entire plan of legislative priorities, and as long as the shutdown remains in place. they may think they can win on that path for a while, but at some point when you are in governing, you want to show that you are doing something that actually makes a chang...

Donald trump recognizes that, and hes going to play the card. >> so nancy pelosi, the likely speaker, says that she will introduce a clean bill, the $1.3 billion in border security funding. not for the wall, but for other elements of border security. theyll send that to the senate and will likely die. >> right. because mitch mcconnell has said he wont support anything or put anything forward that president trump wont sign. so thats pretty bold and brave of him. certainly. look, i think i agree t...

The other issue weighing on the market, this unresolved trade situation between the u.s. and china. those issues continue to be unresolved, which means uncertainty that companies have about moving forward. we are just a few weeks away from the next earnings season. you will see a lot of volatility until then because investors will want to hear from those companies, those ceos. how is this u.s. traffic policy affecting business, jobs and how do they see things moving forward. the dow is expected ...

But they will have weight. >> and you mentioned sherry bustos who comes from my home state of illinois and shes emblematic of a new movement in the house of women coming up. >> carl, i want to stick with you for one second because this is an important moment. this is our nerd alert segment, which we invented. we were talking about the rules package. democrats have something in that rules package related to the gephardt rule. we wont talk about cut go and pay go but id like you to explain that. i...

Stock market the end of last year that maybe that takes some of that leverage away. thats what the headline will be. youve got trade, growth and the fed. the fed is raising interest rates. those are the three big drivers for this year, no question. and for stock market investors, it was the first meaningfully down year. thats not something that stock investors since the crisis have seen. thats what feeds into this nervousness. >> the president was tweeting about oil prices down saying this was g...

>> lisa: president trump has more leverage many dont separate funding from the rest of the agencies that need funding. this is specifically why nancy pelosi is offering to do it in two parts, to have dhs funding in one part and fund the rest of the agency that needs funding in a separate bill. this is why republicans should say no to this deal. and senate republicans and president trump should not play ball with this. they should keep it as one overall funding bill as opposed to separating. the ...

Thune, schumer and durbin. federal workers caught in the political crossfire. for his part, the president sounds like he might be willing to do a bit of horse trading to solve the problem. he said this on twitter yesterday to the presumptive incoming speaker nancy pelosi he said border security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. lets make a deal question mark. as you can imagine she forcefully rejected that offer by the president. wel...

From any military exercises, while extracting as much again s they can from us. >> lisa: how much leverage to they have is putting the strength on north korea customer get their largest trade produced china, compared to a country like iran? >> dagen: them done great things as far as bringing north korea to the table in the first place. nikki haley, along with mike pompeo, the secretary of state -- they both deserve great credit for pushing sanctions through, particularly with nikki haley as the ...