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Contempt. john eastman, a lawyer who has taken the fifth. we are allowed to say, boy, thats suspicious. i think the committee has drawn that conclusion and they want to know and need to know who was in communication from the outside with that war room up to and including potentially donald trump. >> and shan, how does the committee piece together the role trump may have played in advising that command center? how do they put that together? >> well, the phone records well of course tell what was ...

On bbb, on build back better, but would rather not avoided at all. >> mike: lets bring in "washington examiner" political and investigative reporter, sarah wilson. one of them. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: from the wall street editorial board, "democrats tried to rush build back better into wall without policy debate or compromise. the left thought it could do so by beating the living crap after mr. manchin, as he put in a recent interview. he has no reason to apologize that a bill to trans...

Nobody should believe the crisis is over or that putin is suddenly having second thoughts and folding up his tent and going home. my guess is he is only trying to shape the diplomatic playing field for next week m geneva with these talks on european security. and his aim is simply to try and send signals he is being reasonable trying to split and divide the west and increase his leverage in any negotiation. >> trace: vice president kamala harris said russia needs to watch out. the united states ...

Serious blow last weekend with senator joe manchin dancing he is unknow on the bill. but members of the squad who are determined to get the massive spending plan past are urging the president to blow off congress, and use executive action to make it happen, whether or not congress gives the okay. aishah hasnies lab on capitol hill with the latest. hey, aishah. >> hey, mike. progressives dont have leverage at all and thats why there plotting a path alone without the likes of senator joe manchin o...

Expand east. those demands will be laid out next month in conversations as more than 100,000 russian troops remain on ukraines border. >> we are having direct conversations with russia. we are very clear that russia should not invade the sovereignty of ukraine, that we must stand up and we are standing up for its territorial integrity. >> reporter: the issue is starting talks with russia right now has to do with leverage. putin anticipated these conversations and moved troops to ukraines border,...

A tariff. and tariffs used to be uncomfortable for us, but donald trump taught us things about america first. its not just a slogan but a good policy priority. so we are suggesting that we consider an alliance with trading allies, particularly at the european union, that would give and provide that leverage that we already ought to have as clean producers of all things and put them at this economically and i just think that this is a way to be leaders globally on climate change without harming t...

A tariff. and tariffs used to be uncomfortable for us, but donald trump taught us things about america first. its not just a slogan but a good policy priority. so we are suggesting that we consider an alliance with trading allies, particularly at the european union, that would give and provide that leverage that we already ought to have as clean producers of all things and put them at this economically and i just think that this is a way to be leaders globally on climate change without harming t...

You luck along with kevin cramer in negotiating any trade deal. also if you are going to pop in the idea of a carbon tax that could spread domestically, is that what we really want? why dont we put sanctions on dirty russian oil and gas? its just a sanction. >> the only reason that we are suggesting is just to do it in alliance with the european partners. lets bring them on board. oftentimes we talk about energy security and energy policy and dominance. remembering the geopolitical opportunities...

I dont think they think that is something that will excite the base. the question is where does the white house go from here? do they continue to work that inside game, trying to get manchin along to get whatever they can? or do they make a pitch to the american people saying we tried for this big stuff, we want to put public pressure on some of the democrats who are not supporting it. thats more of a risky strategy, thats more combative than weve seen from joe biden but theres increasing calls ...

Howard: it took a single television interview to blow up president bidens top domestic priority with a few words joe manchin made clear to bret baier on fox news sunday last week that he was done with bidens nearly $2 trillion spending bill prompting a verbal smack down from the white house calling his conduct in explosive bull-- inexplicable with plenty of media attacks. >> i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just cant. i have tried everything humanly possible. i can get...