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Us. jill, as you know, the u.s. offered to swap the convicted arms smuggler, russian, victor boot, for griner and paul whelan, another american held there, to which russia responded a demand for adding a convicted murderer held in germany now. in your view from reading this, are those swap discussions still open or do you read the kremlin here as using this as some leverage over the u.s., particularly in the midst of the war in ukraine? >> its a little bit hard, i think, jim, to know because a l...

Joining me now to discuss, francesca chambers, white house correspondent for "usa today" and elena treen. youve been covering this closely. do you think sinema eventually comes onboard? >> i do. i dont think that she wants to be the one person whos standing in the way of getting this done, especially as she looks forward to the midterms and the elections beyond. but shes going to want some changes. she has a lot of leverage right now, i think, with working in what she wants in the bill. i have s...

Having brittney griner as having leverage over the united states now. brittney griner saying she doesnt want politics to be part of it, but politics are inherently part of this awful situation for her. >> no question. and enormous pressure from russia given the kinds of people that they are attempting to exchange for brittney griner here. we will continue to monitor events from the courtroom. fred pleitgen in moscow, kylie atwood at the state department. another story were following this morni...

Now they have the military strength to back it up and unfortunately the military state remains depended on china and a lot of our imports. what are they doing right now? theyre trying to cut off taiwan. this reminds us we need to be stop being so relied on the communist party. >> harris: you talked about what former president donald trump did. what leverage do we have. by the way, we didnt even get to all of the fentanyl. they are killing our young people here. they are getting it into this coun...

Severe covid commit is the same and its not changed. it has been the same and its like two months of the same. >> todd: if barbara who is making this decision is not listening to the scientists, who is she listening to? >> in my opinion, labor unions. and im using this as a tool. they are using this as leverage. to bargain for more, especially with the speaker and barbara makes mention of this during the meetings at the county. she said everything she does shes doing with the labor partners. and...

Senator have got accustom to being the power they bring and the infamy that it brings, the criticism that it brings and protesters that it brings. it comes with that level of leverage that the two of them hold. i agree with you. i think the surprising thing about that bill was that chuck schumer could shut up about it. i think thats what caught everybody by surprise. how could this have happened under their nose? shocking. >> i do think that senator manchins comments about 2024 are important. so...

Would be accused of playing politics. will the public by the idea that this complicated bill will help thereby reducing inflation? >> i do not believe the public believes it will reduce inflation. we often hear the press report. this will reduce inflation, this will do this and then they never go back after the fact and they we were wrong and this will be that circumstance. >> again, it was just kind of a shockwave here in washington. joe mansion, he is a guy that keep saying no. finally, he sai...

Leverage -- lately, it has been the other way around, with sanctions and all that. here is one area where he knows he has the upperhand, where we are in a supplicant position. he knows how badly we want our people back. he understands the pressure that the president is under. i would forecasts stretching this out. according to what i understand of the soviet -- excuse me, freudian slip, russian judicial process, brittney griners trial process would have to be finished before there could be a dea...

Think? >> well in my view, don this is the one area where putins got leverage over us. lately, its, been you know the other way around with sanctions and all of that. so here is one area where he knows hes got the upper hand. where we are kind of in a position where he knows how badly we want our people back. he knows, he understands the pressure that the president is under. so, i would forecast stretching the south. according to what i understand of the soviet, excuse me for audience, if russia...

Both with eastman as well as to trump and republican members of congress. what does that say to you that hes now a cooperating witness for doj? >> i think the committee has been very effective at using public pressure and trying to push people to, you know, get on what they think is the right side of history to cooperate and threatening to charge people with contempt in the way that bannon was, but you see in a justice department investigation going forward that the department is able to pierce ...