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Country real wages have not gone up. thats the reason to be upset. meanwhile you got three people on top who own more wealth than the bottom half of american society. working people all over this country are saying we are sick and tired of seeing all of the wealth, all of the income going to the people on top. help us out. why are we the only country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people? why do we pay the highest prices for prescription drugs? why do we have a minimum wage today, ...

Affected the whole world. were talking very difficult times. which, by the way, jim, is another reason why britain in chaos is a problem. because britain always had a pretty, you know, sensible foreign policy, a sensible military policy. it was the u.s. main partner in the transatlantic alliance. so, you know, theres a lot of weak links at the moment. >> absolutely. the autocrats are certainly having their moment these days. christiane amanpour, thanks, as always. appreciate those insights. grea...

Leader kevin mccarthy, poised to become the next speaker, threatened to use it as leverage for further spending cuts if republicans went back to the house. take a listen to president biden and treasury secretary yellen who have different views on how to move forward on the debt ceiling. >> i think its become increasingly damaging to america to have a debt ceiling. >> do you support the permanent repeal of the debt ceiling, sir? >> you mean just say we dont have a debt limit? >> no debt limit. >>...

Crisis, its that overlap in the global economy. now the problem in the uk, particularly -- >> let me just tell the audience -- when his trip to borrow, when rates are at zero, its whatever everyone does. thats what we buy houses, thats why we start businesses. and when they raise rates to slow the economy, it makes it a hell of a lot of more expensive for these companies to operate! >> continue -- >> and as a famous warren buffett lied, nobody knows who swimming naked into the water goes out. an...

Administration actually wanted to buy barrels of oil to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve at $24 a barrel. and were actually blocked at the time by democrats. it was considered an unpopular thing to do. chuck schumer came out and called it a win to actually stop that from happening. we now, in terms if you think about what that serve looks like, were at $19.84 levels. well have to do a lot of buying. and while in some ways, its going to create an incentive for the oil companies, its not ...

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Of their constituents first. and thats what im running to do. >> well, actually, being freed from the ideology and the agenda of either of the two extreme political parties is a very comfortable place for me. i have been a republican, i left them when they got too extreme on issues i cared about, like choice and gay rights. i then found a home with the democrats. as i watched the democrats writ large get stranger and stranger on stuff i cared about, like disrespecting the police, defunding the p...

Situation, could they not? especially if russia were to lob a nuclear weapon? >> well, if russia did that, i think then all bets are off, and its just a matter of time before american troops land in kyiv. but i really just dont think thats going to happen. and i think that joe biden has got his mind elsewhere. i dont think hes really making this a priority. its actually ironic, thats where he gets his highest approval ratings while hes talking about infrastructure month, infrastructure year and ...

He insisted on taking and retaining and now fighting to retain information that belongs to the united states and to the president. >> it has monetary value. and its always -- >> or leverage. >> at least its not just ego. its he needs to be president for a reason. and being president does give him leverage from any legal liability it is survival. there is greater need to remain president. not to be embarrassed he lost. there is something more to that. >> there is also a question to nicoles point ...

Cut by opec at its russia-let allies, u.s. officials called their counterparts in saudi arabia and other big goals producers with an urgent plea to allay the decision for another month. according to those familiar with the talks, saudi officials said to dismiss the request which they viewed as a political gambit by the biden administration to avoid bad news ahead of the u.s. midterm elections. the one thing donald trump has taught the political class is leverage. if you want leverage, produce oi...