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>> good morning, ashley, griff. the biden administration shipping to beijing as it searches for ways to fight inflation. secretary janet yellen with a virtual call and in his statement "secretary yellen with issues of concern including the impact of russias war against ukraine on the global economy and a nonmarket economic practices." the white house weighs decision to rollback chinese tariffs put in place during the trump administration. "the wall street journal" reports that could happen as so...

Bringing civil lawsuits to enforce subpoenas. but this puts you at the mercy of the person youre trying to get a subpoena on. they control and can influence the lawsuit, how -- when they file it, how complex they make it, and the department of justice may or may not enforce the subpoena. we dont -- youre somewhat at their mercy. they have their own rules in the office of legal counsel as to when a white house witness doesnt have to respond. so avoid all that. go to the inherent contempt. its a s...

Sail lad, but this business about hes watching, he knows youre loyal and you will do the right thing. thats a little more discreet, thats mob style. >> it is mob style. its done in a subtle way, so you have plausible deniability that, oh no, that wasnt the, threat we are just supporting you, or we are just reminding you that were all here together to encourage you. but this is also a gift, ali, like you just said about rudy giuliani. because when someone tempers with witnesses, it is itself a ve...

For dealing in drugs, notwithstanding the fact that all they found on her was a vape and they say cannabis oil -- thats not much of a thing. thats not why she is really in jail, thats not what this is about, would you agree? >> i completely agree, just today in her trial, the state prosecutor talked about i think they found 0.7 grams of hashish oil total in her luggage. allegedly. so the problem is, brittney is the best chance for russia to get with victor out of the united states in a very high...

Types of obstruction of justice can be a real cold one for prosecutors. it can lead to two a path that the person may not have exposed themselves to without making those kinds of statements. so for example here, we have someone communicating a message, cassidy hutchinson says on behalf of mark meadows. who is that someone, talking to that someone could be very valuable. it is clearly an intermediary, and that person has some problems if they are conveying a message invent tended to temper with w...

Get her released. >> its a big deal. in terms of -- they have this case against her for dealing in drugs, notwithstanding the fact that all they found on her was a vape and they say cannabis oil -- thats not much of a thing. thats not why she is really in jail, thats not what this is about, would you agree? >> i completely agree, just today in her trial, the state prosecutor talked about i think they found 0. 7 grams of hashish oil total in her luggage. allegedly. so the problem is, brittney is ...

Hes gone and talked to the committee already, just not in a transcribed interview. when he went previously he made clear the one thing he wasnt willing to talk about was any conversations he had directly with the president. of course his communications with the president is whats most relevant to the committees inquiry. we heard cassidy hutchinson testify that pat cipollone told her that if the president went down and made some of the remarks that he planned to make, that he would put himself in...

Minor case and have tried to make it into a much bigger case in order to get leverage and to use her as a bargaining chip. so, we dont know. the fact that she may have possessed this doesnt mean that shes not being used as a bargaining chip, and of course, as you pointed out, the state department has declared her wrongfully detained and has transferred her case to the special envoy for hostage affairs, so that means the u.s. government thinks shes being held as a hostage and is going to be used ...

Fake electors scheme or with cassidy hutchinson, the issue of the rally at the capitol, cipollone keeps saying to these people dont do that, its illegal, you will be violating the law, you will be committing a crime. that warning is incredibly important, especially if it went to donald trump and he went ahead anyway. so thats why hes so important and thats why the committee wants to hear from him. >> we should expect, though, that hes going to claim privilege in certain situations, right? i mean...

Leaders in terms of ukraine. but he understands when he gets home, hes got pressures on the economy, hes got pressures even from the left and his own party about what are you going to do about roe v. wade, so it is very difficult territory to navigate for him and how he navigates it is carefully, and i dont know that he can do it successfully. well just have to see how he manages it. >> when you speak about economic challenges, some perspective, because the degree of the energy crisis here in eu...