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Coalition that the u.s. is part of still. how complicit is the united states? is the biden administration in the continued slaughter of innocent individuals, innocent women and children in yemen by saudis? >> i am concerned. and im glad the president said yesterday that we were going to do more to try to end this conflict, but you have to remember that for years now, we have been arming the saudis. weve been providing them with support and intelligence. and their bombing campaigns. we have helpe...

That gas that gets sold into europe. he knows looking at the political context you have a midterm election in the united states, you have a french presidential election this year, you have a new german chancellor and you have a british prime minister in deep political trouble at home. these are the things hes dealing with. he knows the biggest tool they have to sanction him is something that would hurt their economy, would significantly hurt european economies and it would drive up energy prices...

Very strong about the kind of response that will take place if they invade. >> the preparations at the moment, you mentioned the dont trust factor which is huge here. theres an arms transfer. both the united states and the united states also approved for nato allies to take u.s. arms they might have and transfer them into ukraine. allies sending anti-aircraft and tank systems. requesting the transfer of some high technology helicopters to ukraine. a, are those the right steps, and, b, what else ...

Origins, why does this matter as we are fighting this pandemic currently, what do you say to them? >> it matters for a couple of reasons. >> bret: let me start with mic. >> i put my old budget director hat on and want to know if tax dollars are used to do this. not just because fiscal policy but could have given us more leverage to get more information out of the chinese if they were using our money and gave us another avenue to possibly put pressure on them. more importantly, i put the old chie...

Dont think it is most peoples. >> geraldo: erika and i visited budapest in the summer of 2020, looking forward to the elections in april over on the president very controversial they are, the authoritarian -- also on the ballot is the fact that in hungry they are not allowed to teach lgbtq facts of life until a kid is 18 or older. if you want america to be more like hungry? >> i dont know if i would say its authoritarian, they did not lock up hundreds of people without trial in solitary confinem...

Liz truss. she tweeted, simply, we will not tolerate a kremlin plot to install pro-russian leadership in ukraine. but the question really, paula, is even if there was a kremlin plot to try to install p pro-kremlin leadership here in ukraine, how would that work? how would they actually successfully seek to install a pro-kremlin leadership here? this is a democratic country with elections. would this happen in the context of an invasion? we simply dont have many answers. but at the same time as i...

Leaves in afghanistan. he proclaimed that we have all the leverage of the taliban. and he never abandon any americans. by the way, it has been 174 days. >> announcer: abandoned behind enemy lines. they 164. >> sean: joe bidens world of sunshine, cotton candy, lollipops, rainbows, chocolate ice cream, nothing to worry about. but not afghanistan. not a 40-year high of inflation. notes supply chain crisis. no worker shortage. no covid crisis. you know, think about it. ongoing catastrophe at home an...

Are crimes against humanity. these are people that have no sense of morality, just like what we saw what they did to venezuela, and your government steals venezuelan gold, or the destruction of libya or yemen. iran looks around and sees whats going on, the destruction of syria through a dirty war. the iranians need to protect themselves. so the iranians, therefore... so the iranians, therefore, they have to use leverage to force the americans and the europeans... well, look, you call it leverage...

Debate. the question, again, thats on the table becomes when that debate, after the debate fails, what happens when it comes to changing the senate rules? it is not just manchin and sinema, though. the white house is very well a ware there are other white house senators. it is reported senator tepster, at one point senator combs. i dont think he would be willing to do away with the voting rights. these are folks with some trepidation. i dont think the conversation and as black and white as peopl...

Response? and you have 45 seconds. >> it certainly explains the timing, why this is being done in winter because thats, of course, when the europeans are most vulnerable. but olaf scholz did probably tell both the americans and the uk if there was an invasion, nord stream 2 is dead. so i think putin has to be careful how far to push that leverage, fareed. >> thank you, ian bremer, niall ferguson, pleasure to have you on. scientists proved that rid- x reduces up to 20% of waste build up every mon...