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Will, while we are still talking about consequences if putin does decide to act. here was jake sullivan over the weekend talking to martha, listen. >> we have been absolutely clear that if russia invades ukraine, one way or the other, nord stream 2 will not move forward. thats leverage for us that we have right now. >> sandra: hes still talking about nord stream 2 being leverage for us right now. we are still not doing anything about the energy situation that now puts russia number three on our ...

Wouldnt appear anywhere close to this person and to highlight this person in this activity is definitely sending a message to the wider community in china saying this person is untouchable. >> and clearly, there is no indication that there would ever be any investigation whatsoever especially after theyve gotten her to say i didnt mean that allegation of rape when i said it. >> i think its very -- shes -- peng shuai is in a very difficult situation. in the situation she was in and has been in wh...

>> wow. the u.s. among several other nations has enacted a diplomatic boycott of the games, citing chinas human rights abuses. richard, what do you make of that? what do you make of speaker pelosis comments? >> i understand where she is coming from. i respectfully disagree. yes, it is going to be risky for athletes to say something, but lets be honest. this olympics takes place against a backdrop of massive repression in china. the united states government has termed it genocide. it is clearly a...

Other artists want to join neil young and try to develop kind of leverage there? does the free market work itself out in that kind of situation do you think? what are your thoughts? >> joe rogan has a lot of fans, millions. so, its a very important person to spotify. and neil young doesnt have -- he has fans. im a huge fan. but, you know, i mean, in terms of their business, we cant make them do anything. its interesting way you put that. what should we -- we cant do anything. the market has to w...

That if they dont do "what we want in tehran, "we will pursue a nuclear weapon." is that what you mean by leverage? stephen, you know as well as i that if iran wanted to pursue a nuclear weapon, iran would have had it many years ago. the only countries that have gone beyond threatening are western countries. theyve tried to crush iranian society through sanctions, just like what theyre doing in afghanistan, just like what theyre doing in a host of other countries. theyre trying to crush women an...

Consequences of that. >> the risk of full scale invasion set off a scramble to ensure natural gas supplies. biden officials telling cnn that the united states has been in discussions with multiple companies and countries in europe, north africa, middle east and asia about stepping up supply of natural gas in the event of an invasion. remember, russia is an energy powerhouse. number two natural gas producer on the planet. more in the year that be the next three countries and not just that, europe...

Like the mayor. the mayor has a plan. joe doesnt have a plan. he has a talking point. you meant matily, you know, we have heard from the state legislature that thing about changing bail reform dead on arrival. right now as the "new york post" op-ed page wrote two days ago, right now governor hobleg has got the maximum leverage because ledges law temperature is negotiating the budget. if she really cares about safety and thinks that this no bail thing is a good idea she cant possibly but many dem...

Lawmakers will begin to seriously krr what they can do on the economic sanction front because congress has abdicated all their power as it has for years so this is really only their leverage as members of congress. >> jake sherman of punchbowl news, we appreciate it, sir. talk to you again soon. still ahead, clinical trials are under way for a new formula of pfizers covid vaccine. it comes as two popular treatments are not helping people sick with the omicron variant. well get into that. plu...

Trump didnt care about ukraine. biden cares. they know they can negotiate with the biden administration. so putin and his team, according to fiona hill, and i agree, said this is the time to move, so we can get as much as we can out of the u.s. they dont want to conquer ukraine as a whole. they want whatever they can get out of the leverage that threatening ukraine provides. threatening the province they first invaded back in 2013, or concessions about nato or demilitarization of eastern europe,...

And all the talk is about economic sanctions and what form those may take. now one suggestion is that there could be a clamp down on russian money outside of russia, and the us are concerned that london and the us are concerned that london and the uk has essentially turned a blind eye to all the money, millions if not billions of pounds worth of russian money which is been invested in the property market, very high end properties in london. and they said that that is basically removing the lever...