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Strong now. i do believe he is leaving some leverage on the table. both with our -- his legislative facing strategy in the senate, but also in his leaning on executive actions. there is a great deal that needs to be done, that he can deal with a stroke of his plan that he is not doing. and in order to really ensure that we are generating progress for working people, protecting the vote -- the right to vote, the marginalized, our environment, standing up to corrupt interests. he needs to step up ...

Was tweeting pence didnt have the courage to overturn the election. he was also with mike pence, were told, in the oval office on january 4th when trump and lawyer john eastman tried to convince pence that he had the power to overthrow and turn over the election. so what are the implications of shorts testimony? >> the implications of shorts testimony is that its giving really firsthand knowledge of the interactions between pence and the president. what was transpiring both in the pressure campa...

A terrible agreement, but if he recognizes those two bodies, illegitimate bodies, as independent, then he loses leverage over ukraine. so i dont take this too seriously. >> all right. lets assume he pulls back some troops. what can putin claim to have accomplished? >> this is a great question because he can -- indeed, chuck, i think hes already started to claim success here. he can claim that finally the west, the americans, nato, theyre finally taking russias security concerns seriously. he can...

Its the natural gas that really gives russia leverage. its the pipeline that those pipelines that infrastructure that cant be easily replicated over night. almost all of that gas fra 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. >> of course russia using energy supplies as a weapon. its a weapon that can backfire. because selling that stuff is central to its own economy. >> thats very tru...

Arming when it comes to energy diplomacy. think about it, less than a year ago under the previous administration we were not only energy independent that we are poised to have the ability to make the east you energy independent. less then a year we have lost that ability so russia has the leverage over the eu to blackmail them and turning a blind eye. you could argue theyre trying not to but germanys response has been quite muted to this apparently pending invasion. i would say this is a culmina...

Are fairly conducive to north korean provocations. as you mentioned previously, we have the potential for russia to invade ukraine, we have covid—19, the elections coming up we also have the beijing olympics. domestically there is two upcoming korean anniversary. so the timing is right for north korea to draw attention and also distract us. and also potentially for north korea to increase its leverage if and when there is another opportunity to negotiate with the united states. it looks like t...

Hes cared a great deal about pow around russia. at the same time when it comes to russia, this has been prolonged. this mobilization thats gone on. hes put a lot of troops out there. and the fact that theres been some hesitancy here creating some mixed signals. why? because he knows that indeed it is going to be a heavy price. that russias going to pay a heavy price in terms of its economy. in terms of killing russians in a war. in terms of undermining their ability to be able to descript oil to...

Stream, nord stream one is a pipeline. it is owned and operated by russia. it transports natural gas from russia to germany, it has been an operation for about a decade. nord stream two is a parallel pipeline that has been built, but it is not yet operational, or online as they say. it is now potential leverage in the negotiations with russia. if nord stream 2 goes on a line, that would mean much more gas going from russia to germany, which actually could affect ukraine, it is not anywhere close...

Thats ambitious to say the least, though, right? speaker pelosi told us theres no deadline. do you think were going to see another showdown of progressives manchin and sinema? >> theyve lot so a whole lot of leverage. they dont have the frau infrastructure plan to say they wont do anything like think did last time. progressives can set a new deadline all they want, but they really dont have a whole lot to force people to come to the table and force a time line. >> weve seen these self-imposed de...

Nord stream project. >> russias threat to ukraine comes at essentially a very bhad time for olaf scholz. angela merkel was such a known entity. he comes into washington with such a huge pressure to align himself on the extremely tough sanctions that have been promised president putin if he invades ukraine. germany has some of the biggest leverage. its built at huge expense for russian companies that the germans have put on hold. president biden being absolutely clear in his statements that there...