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Arab countries do basically put some sort of pressure on russia. may be countries like saudi arabia, which have some leverage over moscow because of oil production, to bring this down to the negotiation table and work out a solution. saudi arabia has offered to mediate between the two countries and i think that is what president zelensky is hoping, that there will be some support from this region. jakov milatovic will be sworn in as montenegros new president later today. hes replacing djukanovic...

That are in that legislation. and the cuts, not only for this year, but ongoing and to the year -- it is a radical budget appropriation program they are using the debt limit as a leverage to get what they want. which is the wealthy get wealthier, and the poor get poorer. when >> there is a budget and appropriations, debate there always has been. republicans actually control a lot of that process right. now that is the place for that. but i think you draw a picture thats very important for my vie...

Messes around the hous teats b and ignore them, but thatecs because i was missingse understaffs in. >> and what messes in the houses really are, which is leverage. those arent dishes ine ther the sink. those are leveragee. >> next time theres anyourse argument, you never clean up after yourself eithelf r. that used to be directed at me.o but if i do the dishes, i canra. no longer be because i have that leverage. >> whatges the new leverage?rae >> because theres alwaysarning leverage. there is al...

U.s. how much leverage does the g7 have on china to offer this kind of pressure to say, you know, pick a side? it shouldnt be russia, by the way. how much leverage do they have? >> youre right. the question of picking a side is paramount and thats driving all of this. the visit now in many ways by president biden is designed to reinforce the need to counter china and confront china on these diplomatic questions. the visit to japan, he had the meeting scheduled with the quad as well going to new ...

Bakhmut, they would then control it only in a haphazard fashion. >> and of course, we know president zelenskyy is at the g-7 appealing for more support, more assistance.huge. you see a meeting with prime minister modi of india. india is a big customer of the russians in terms of oil. theyve had a substantial relationship with the russians for many, many years, going back to the days of the soviet union. they are major arms supplier for the indians as well. what zelenskyy wants to do is use modis...

That says there is no such thing as a debt limit. because the president has a duty to take -- their is a legal argument that the president could say, no. you cant say theres a debt limit, there is none. we should just keep paying our bills, thats what we do. but i think the concern that kim suggested is that it is not -- and so the concern is there could be a legal challenge, and in some ways having this tied up in court might be worse than defaulting, because it lasts for a long time. so it is ...

>> reporter: a source telling me that the ukrainian president zelenskyy will be making his way here. and ive been told that that will be on sunday that he is meeting face-to-face with these other world leaders. and certainly he wouldnt be making this dramatic visit if he didnt think that there was something real to be gained in meeting these leaders face-to-face. certainly he will be making the request that he has been making the last 14 months which is for more advanced weapons, more sanctions ...

Their leverage in all of this i would just underscore what you said just a few moments ago, which is that you did see yesterday this mini progressive revolt with democratic lawmakers saying they dont want the white house to compromise on things like work requirements for social safety net programs, for food and housing assistance, so we know thats a real sticking point as well. and it is looming large over the presidents diplomatic trip here in japan. >> garrett, you have two sides, the extremes...

Weisselbergs testimony, his cooperation against mr. trump and others, but i have a problem with this and it may surprise you because im no fan of mr. weisselberg, and certainly no fan of mr. trump, but im not a fan either of successive prosecutions. if mr. weisselberg, lets say, committed two crimes at about the same time, and they charge him and convict him, and incarcerate him for one and leave the other one over his head so they can extract cooperation or obtain leverage later. i dont like th...

That came into their bank accounts from china, from russia, from ukraine, etc. >> john: this is a witness list london roberts has got that is pretty much mirrors what the house oversight committee is looking to try to do but cant at this point. >> it will exactly. i mean, they could if they subpoenaed those people and for some reason they are not doing that. but london roberts is showing no shyness in doing that. now, look, this is a witness list, its i guess a wish list. so far as i can tell, t...