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Nabbed, of course, that adds more collateral, as it were, for the russians, surely, and gives them a little bit more leverage in terms of negotiating release of whalen, putting an end to griners detention and then, of course, trying to figure out a way to get these americans back on american soil. so, yes, were talking about five individuals, five americans. and, you know, this problem is a global problem, and its a growing problem for americans. we have over 40 americans unwillfully detained ov...

Privately formulate a set of common war goals, coordinating strategy around them, gaining international support, and using all the leverage they have to succeed. the goal must be an independent ukraine in full control of at least as much territory as it had before february 24th and some security commitments from the west. the alternative to a negotiated settlement of some sort would be an unending war in ukraine, which would further devastate that ukraine and its people more than 5 million of wh...

What are you watching with the cases of the three americans? >> theres an estimated 20,000 volunteers in the foreign legion. at this point, more than four months into the war, there are some pows or captured foreigners killed in action given the large number of folks. these are going to be high-value targets or high-value bargaining chips for the russians and their proxies. russian-controlled forces in these republics. i think the russians will want to use them as leverage to pressure the u.s. a...

Speak. but really what it means, as you said, this is difficult, the russians have an interest here in utilizing as much leverage as possible to get zelenskyy to back off and to really gain at the diplomatic table when theyre ready. so more than likely there is a form of protection the americans have in that they are very valuable in that process. this is not to paint all hope is gone. its rather to say that americans who undertake the responsibility to do this must do it with a grave and sober ...

And it will give away the storee to to china. itll remove the leverage you have. ea i mean, look, hes already doing in the solar industry. hes already hes willing tool import solar panelsar made with labor to kill our ambassador off of fossil fuels. exactly. all r right, senator , we got to roll. but the republicans, theyre going to walk out, walk off w the plank on that one if they dont do the right thing. notnow. you. but who . all right. thank . and last night we spoke to congressman barry lo...

January 6th. what are the implications of this in your mind that hes talking about you could argue this strategic value of violence weeks before it happens? >> well, ive always believed that the street violence by hohool gan hooligans was a form of coercive leverage over the vice president. i had not in all of my work on this going back to the impeachment trial understood that some people were actually thinking of it as a tactical maneuver to force the supreme court into action. and, of course, ...

Reporter for the "washington post," j jackie alemany, and contributing columnist for the "washington post," george conway. jackie, youve been covering this closely. shifting from congressman loudermilk, he pointed to a letter from the capitol police that initially said they didnt find anything wrong with the tours. im not sure how that could be, again, when the capitol complex was closed to the public on january 5th because of covid. >> yeah. you also have to wonder why the capitol police is wei...

But they always figured that it would come back around to this moment. and there are had realities. this is not just about real politic for president biden but real politic for the united states. this is not the united states of the nix seonian era or the bush era. this is us almost a quarter of the way into the 21st century. the world has changed. china is more powerful. russia has a lot more leverage than it used to in the middle east in part because the united states has sort of withdrawn com...

Talking so des pond entally about that relationship and they said we have come this this to this climate summit, pressed to cut back on oil and gas production, yet here we are now being asked to increase it again. but i think the reality and this is what i was getting from saudi diplomats over the past couple of months is that they really wanted to repair the relationship. boris johnson, the british prime minister, went to saudi arabia from the saudis perspective, that was about rebuilding the r...

It is not at all clear what kind of leverage the president has available to him to pull when it comes to solving this problem. >> cant help but acknowledge in california gas prices peaking in that state higher than anywhere else in the country approaching $7.00 in recent days. jake, mike, amara, we thank you for your reporting. still ahead on "msnbc live," attorney general merrick garland says hes watching the january 6th committee hearings and so are his prosecutors, as the committee lays out...