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And that list importantly was crafted in -- with conservative groups in mind. it was basically a group of potential justices who were vetted by conservative pro-life groups and by others and so this is already a list that is quite conservative. and theyve already committed to picking from that group. and president trump after having gone through neil gorsuch, hes ready to make his own mark on this choice. i think the last time around he leaned heavily on his advisers and i wouldnt be surprised i...

Real leverage. you had dick durbin on before. they know they have to fight. they have to fight for their base. they have to fight for what they believe in and they a couple of things, one, that the person the president chooses is something that would be offensive to pro-choice republicans like susan collins or lisa murkowski. the other thing they have to worry about is that theyve got these ten red state democrats, some of whom may decide that its no sweat out of their back to go vote for this r...

Dont have the leverage they wish they had mplts. >> some of them will fight because they actually believe its important. its not just a political posture. >> but they go into it knowing that the odds are that theyre not going to win. >> theyre going to need 50 votes because if its a tie, then the vice president breaks the tie in favor of the republican nominee. this could create, as weve noted, some serious problems for those vulnerable democrats up for reelection in states that trump won. >> th...

If they are hoping to get this done before the mid terms, and chalk that up to another reason why members of congress will not be taking their summer recess because they have to get this thing together, they only need 51 votes. democrats have little leverage. >> right. they changed the filibuster rule for judges. so democrats dont have a lot of leverage right now. what they can do is try and stretch this out. i mean they are still smarting from what happened to mayerrick garland what which was p...

Do they have any leverage? i dont think so. >> that is the question. >> they gave it away. >> they gave it away. >> they didnt give it away. i think that is a fake you news issue, democrats gave it away. that the democrats had the filibuster and they threw it away on neil gorsuch. the republicans were going to get rid of the filibuster whenever the democrats invoked it, whether this nomination or the next one. so the idea that the democrats in the senate sort of made this terrible mistake by for...

German economy and give it much more leverage talking about investing joining the club of unicorns is a very startups dream and youll be founded listed firm worth a billion u.s. dollars there are only a couple hundred worldwide youve got to come up with a great idea of course youve got to win the trust of investors. at one point u.s. startup thera notice was worth billions its founders claim to have developed a revolutionary blood testing device that could conduct hundreds of laboratory tests us...

A famous example was the blockade napoleon imposed on britain in eighteen zero six known as the continental system it was an embargo on the purchase of all british goods by countries on the european mainland controlled by or allied with friends but the embargo failed to crush britain which found new markets farther afield. from actually when the war here started. to buy american thats what we want by america trump knows that the e.u.s more to lose than the us in their bilateral conflict because ...

A trade surplus lose much more than those with a deficit. i think it is wrong the eurozone should not maintain the kind of surplus spearheaded by germany we should reduce it to do so we have to spend. companies in the state need to invest more in the name of instead the german state infrastructure fall apart. twenty eight place out of thirty two according to the o.e.c.d. when it comes to going digital so theres plenty to do if we could repair germany show that were. trying to avoid a trade war t...

A major target of trumps wrath he evidently believes that keeping foreign goods out of the u.s. who boost domestic manufacturing. trade wars actually go way back a famous example was the blockade napoleon imposed on britain in eighteen zero six known as the continental system it was an embargo on the purchase of all british goods by countries on the european mainland controlled by or allied with friends but the embargo failed to crush britain which found new markets farther afield. from actually...

So this -- as this debt goes up, as ibemes moreurdensome here in the united states, china gains more and more leverage and control over the president. >> this is donald trumps big con. you played it over and over again. he made a promise, and he caught the headlines. he will get rid of the debt and have smaller deficits. well, you know, the bill will come due. but were living in a time now where there will be no acknowledgment of that. trump will never acknowledge the real numbers. the republica...