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From eastern nato countries like poland and the baltics that are on the border of russia. theyve been invaded by russia many times. so they see this as a different way. germany quite frankly has not been the best nato ally. their chancellor has not once come out publicly saying that they would shut down the nord stream 2 pipeline.that would be the best leverage to stop putin. >> sandra: he did say standing next to the president that he would stand united with the united states when asked about s...

>> on friday i watched our commander-in-chief say im convinced that a vladimir putin has made the decision to invade. the next day you had the president of ukraine come out and say youre so convinced hes going to invade, why not levy sanctions? now seems like the perfect time. i cant help but think of the analogy that if your house is on fire and flames are high in the sky, thats the time you called fire department and take action. but not for president joe biden. >> brian: it is nonsensical to ...

Denied vladimir putin some of the leverage he clearly has? >> is a leverage for us, not leverage her vladimir putin. you said turn off. it has not been turned on. there is no gas flowing through right now there wont be for months to parts through because the diplomacy of the united states. and we have been absolutely clear that if russia invades ukraine, one way or the other nord stream two will not move forward. that is leverage for us that we have right now. we intend to loot use that leverage...

Escrow like account, if you will, have it be held somewhere, as long as everybodys complying with the agreement if the treaty were -- or the agreement, its not a treaty, were abrogated again. then the material would be returned. >> interesting. >> thats one idea being kicked around, because the truth is the biden administration cant promise that future administrations will abide by this. we dont have the bipartisan support to put this through the senate as a treaty, so they each got to think of ...

Now, the problem, don, here is that at the end of the day, the valuations of properties are inherently subjective. like i might believe that my house is worth $10 million, and i can say that to my accountant. but at the end of the day, its just an opinion, right? and its hard to charge someone criminally sometimes on the basis of what they say in statements like this. >> but even if youre trying to use it for leverage and -- >> well, you know, thats at the heart of the investigation. is it just ...

The capacity to transport 55 billion cubic meters of gas every year, or power 26 million homes. nord stream 2, owned by gazprom, runs parallel to nord stream 1, and the $11 billion project was completed last year. but it is yet to receive the official signoff from the german regulators it needs to start operations. this is a huge geostrategic significance. nord stream works for russia because it gets to supply its biggest european energy customer, germany, directly by passing all these transit c...

Is control of, and access to, energy supplies — oil and gas. it gives leverage to both sides. and today, another reminder that events elsewhere in the world do come home to roost. record prices at petrol pumps as the price of oil spikes amidst the uncertainty. another worrying factor in the cost of living. its ridiculous. youve got to work more hours to earn more money to pay for more fuel. youre never home cos youre always working trying to pay the bills. if sanctions are imposed against russ...

Energy as leverage. last week he said the citizens of hungary will not be being high prices. >> dana: the biden administration still has not released its annual report on ice arrests and deportations for fiscal year 2021. the first time in a decade that report has not come out by the end of the calendar year. were into february now. bill melugin is live on the border in la joya, texas. what do you know? >> the ice report for fiscal year 2021 running very, very late. keep in mind the fiscal year ...

3.54 a gallon and president biden is asking the saudis to pump more oil, and our next guest said lets put the brakes on this and drill more here. thanks for coming in on a saturday. let me read from a wall street journal editorial. how the biden administration is doing. theyre trying mightily to defer a russian invasion in ukraine at the same time his regulators are working to give vladimir putin more leverage over global energy supplies. hes talking about more regulations on our own energy indu...

Is a dynamic situation. and depending on what happens in the coming days, we will re-evaluate the need that ukraine has and our ability to support. and we have been doing that through the course of these many months. >> lets go to molly from abc. >> thank you, madam vice president. i wanted to ask you first, are you going to take part in that nsc meeting? >> yes. >> and i wanted to follow up on your meeting with president zelensky yesterday. >> okay. >> when he spoke after your meeting, he share...