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Attracted a record san francisco court where the ceremony was performed. >> i can assure joe didnt tip them off. he hated all that stuff. >> the story was actually it was mar len who called up the journalist. she recognized this was an opportunity. >> she was very savvy about the media. she knew she needed the media and the media knew she needed them. >> now vaulgss, theyre off on their honeymoon. >> mar len refuses to work until 20th century fox improves her pay and conditions. and now, she has...

I think in general youre absolutely right, we should not be removing any leverage. i think what president trump and the administration that he led really shifted correctly on was understanding that this is not purely a commercial situation with china, it is intimately connected to our national security and its been associated with the deindustrialization enter mentis number of problems our country faces. so look, there are countries out there, we are going to trade with china, but we should not ...

Google what the demands russia are. ask google for vaccines and everything else. you can do that yet what do we get? try and find that. they told us we might not threaten you anymore if you give us what they want. they dont want anything we would give them. they want ukraine and they want more than that. you served green beret and got into politics and told me before you were a congressman you wanted the representation and the voices that represent the american people on these issues. what would...

Now, at some point they will likely realize like i cant give up all of my leverage. i cant possibly release everyone. and thats a bit of a -- can be somewhat of a blockade. but theres some kinds of things the fbi will offer here. it could be things just as simple as food and water and sustenance. it could be connection to family members or to religious advisers, things like that. or maybe this person wants to speak to the media, make some sort of a public statement. so theres all kinds of cards ...

You know? thats my sister. and she is going to be a doctor. and we are very proud of that. >> in an interview with "the new york times" in 1989, sidney poitier discussed what it was like to be americas first black actor on the long road to winning an oscar. he said, during the period when i was the only person, no bill cosby, no eddie murphy, no denzel washington, i was carrying the hopes and aspirations of an entire people i i had no control over content, no creative leverage except to refuse t...

To take up voting rights legislation yet again. is there a future for voting rights legislation, lets ask our sunday night panel with us right now, chief correspondent for pbs news hour, also msnbc political contributor, brown, columnist for nbc daily and ceo of new daily project. hayes, how do you see this week playing out for democrats? any hope for chuck schumer to pull this off? >> it was just one of the two, it wasnt just joe manchin or kyrsten sinema standing in the way, theres more levera...

Down the threat to ukraine and get those troops moved off the border. the russians see those troops as their leverage for a much broader agenda. which is to try to assure that ukraine but also other nations do not join nato. that their long-standing argument that the united states needed to withdraw troops and arms and even nuclear arms from newer nato states, former soviet states, that that has to be abided by as well. so weve got the united states trying to buy some time by talking about reins...

Systems across the country? >> thats a real challenge. actually, we were successful in utilizing our leverage in over $130 billion. what im really proud about is our great senior senator from new york, senator chuck schumer brought us $1.1 billion to shore up the staffing, to make sure we have the supplies that we need. he has advocated for making sure our hospitals are up and ready to run. but, anderson, i want to keep going back. the science is clear. if you are vaccinated and you have a boost...

But do you think we are closer to a real conflict after the talks this week? >> well, andrea, we may well be. no one knows for sure who is in vladimir putins head. thats the great guessing game. its before before sure it was a prelude to an invasion, he was willing to have talks to see what demands he might be able to satisfy before actually going in or whether this was all you notice kind of a big effort to exert leverage, get the wests attention, extract concessions. he hasnt gotten any conces...

Political purposes. for the rest of the world, though, and folks like putin and chinas xi, they take them very seriously and thats the real threat. joining me now is indiana congressman jim banks, republican committee chair. congressman, if the europeans are just going to bow down to putin, and it seems they are, i mean, its a logical question, is it not, why are we more vested in troops and money in the situation than they are? >> its a great question, laura. at this point europe is as confused...