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It depends on russia for a lot of its gas so thats where i think europe has a big role to play here. one of the most controversial issues is the new pipeline, nord stream 2, that has been built between russia and germany and theres been a lot of pressure coming from washington on germany to basically use this as leverage, to stop it if russia invades ukraine. so the new german government in berlin, its a very tricky issue for them. angela merkel was accused of being too soft on russia, mainly be...

Not a big deal. oil is easy to transport you. put it in a barrel, you put it on a ship, it can come from anywhere. its the natural gas that really gives russia leverage because its that pipeline, those pipelines, that infrastructure that cant be easily replicated overnight. so all that -- not all, but almost all of that gas from russia is coming by pipeline. and if russia were to curtail that, that is the real short-term or immediate term vulnerability of europe to russian energy. >> and of cour...

And some of those hosts are certainly vaccinated. you have to be vaccinated or tested to work at fox news. nevertheless, a sort of hostility to the vaccine certainly and hostility to any incentives or any coercion to get the vaccine, skepticism about vaccinations has become so much a part of the culture of conservatism that in some ways it even supersedes fealty to donald trump. you have ron desantis, the one sort of point of leverage that he seems to be able to find in trying to displace donald...

Avoid this mistake from happening. >> sandra: putin has a lot of leverage when it comes to energy. the fact that they have oil and energy that germany would need. jacqui heinrich, our white house reporter, just had an exchange and i believe we have the pool tape now where she asked the president a question specifically as it pertains to the possible invasion of ukraine. the answer is something. watch. [inaudible]. >> sandra: the exchange, jacqui heinrich said she asked him why are you waiting fo...

Cyber attacks. in some cases, building resilience will mean increasing our production here at home. in others, working more closely with trusted partners, nations that share our values so the supply chains are not used against us as leverage. i made this clear to president xi of china. we need not have confrontation, but we have a stiff technological competition, and were going to insist everyone, including china, play by the same rules. thats what were doing here today. as a result of the progr...

Affecting all aus stree yans 18 and older. pregnant women, people with valid medical conditions and those who have recovered from coronavirus in the past six months will be exempt. its a get tough tactic that comes after weeks of volatile protests in austria by a vocal minority over coronavirus restrictions. and many countries facing similar resistance say theyve heard enough. in greece, people over 60 who choose not to get vaccinated now face fines of more than $100 a month. health officials sa...

Doing more. you are right. vladimir putin has over 100,000 troops amassed on the border of ukraine. he is not leaving. we dont have the leverage to induce him to leave, and ukraine once more from us. and the fact that we are not able to do enough is risking, really driving a wedge between not just the united states but nato and ukraine. >> sean: so, 8500 troops being brought up to a higher state of readiness is meaningless, is that correct? >> well, we are not going to deploy our troops to your ...

Not only does the statutes carry mandatory minimums. this district attorney is not under the same time pressure as the january 6th committee as in congress. she can conduct a thorough invest investigation at her own pace. shes not going anywhere. there is another part of this investigation, which is the u.s. attorney, not the state prosecutor but the federal prosecutor, the u.s. attorney in the northern district of georgia in atlanta was forced out at precisely the time president trump was tryin...

District that says were not going to be open is always going to get -- im not being critical of you. its always going to get front page. its always the top of the news. lets put it in perspective. 95, as high as 98% of the schools in america are open. functioning. capable of doing the job. how about jan epstein, bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. your top foreign policy advisers have warned that russia is now ready to attack ukraine. theres unity among europeans about what it it would look ...

>> well, vladimir putin is always looking for angles in which he can gain a little bit of extra leverage, a little bit of extra benefit from his foreign policy, so if the world is distracted by the olympic games, if international diplomats view the world sort of turning to beijing, perhaps he will think thats the moment to strike. now i think the think we have to keep in mind putins expansionism should be put in the context in the fact that russia is not actually a major economic power. its econ...