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Off his cooperation, meaning meadows. >> right. well, look, i guess i always thought meadows was likely to only go so far in releasing damaging information about trump in this respect. but i just go back to the point, if you go back to the supreme court decision in 1974, it would seem that the claims of executive privilege can be more effectively challenged in a criminal proceeding than even in a congressional proceeding. and you see the same question on this as we see on voting, as we see on ab...

>> vladimir putin is playing a game of chess. put 100,000 troops on the border knowing it would induce a response from the united states. it did. he is prepared to invade if he needs to but also prepared to use troops as leverage. putin made it clear where his redline is. he doesnt want ukraine to join nato and wants a legal guarantee that ukraine wont do so. thats russia seeking to exercise soviet-like control over another state and velting their independence. thats what vladimir putin wants.io...

Season in baseball, maybe you just won the world series, youre realizing that maybe re-signing with the home team is not the best move for your finances, maybe theres a big city team that can pay you more. a lot of workers realize they have all the leverage right now. theres a near record job openings in the united states, the latest numbers show 11 million job openings in october, shy of the record 11.1 million in july. hotel ep sharply, a million just in manufacturing, and thats why people wer...

Not getting into nato right now. i bet he gets that. to me only real deterrence is you are not going to do the swift transaction piece for russia would be show of force. i dont think biden is going to do it. putin holds all the cards and all the leverage. brian: what dolls it -- are you going to finish up? ainsley: i was going to say in july germany reached a deal to allow the completion of the nord stream 2. the biden administration says that that agreement should allow germany to stop the flow...

Concerns about themselves in the region. in fact, they say that, look, these soldiers, tens of thousands of soldiers amassed at the border, look, these are russian soldiers on russian soil defending russian borders. there is nothing to see here. there is certainly no risk to ukraine at this point. and whats interesting is if you ask u.s. officials, theyre a little bit puzzled by this. theyre not certain if russia is actually trying to retake mart of the former soviet union, or whether this is ju...

You know, but there is cable news channel that supports put nmsz. >> absolutely. >> delivers the talking points of vladimir putin. >> he sees that. he sees leverage from this fuel shortage or gas crisis in europe, that he can apply coercive pressure on with regards to keeping europe to minimal sanctions along the way. hes looking at all these different factors to determine if this is the opportunity to go. if biden, if president biden indicates that this is not the time, putin will look for anot...

The only real determine, the swift transaction piece for russia would be show of force. i dont think biden will do that. ashley: yesterdays call between the first two leaders since july. i will go back to something nearly days for the president biden presidency, the decision to see your leverage on the lord stream 2 pipeline when you do something like this was on the horizon, when you would need to hold something over vladimir putin, why would you see all your leverage so early and get nothing i...

Story. and part of the reason ukrainians not in nato they have not hit the criteria because the rampant corruption in that country. on your point with germany. their prime minister in waiting would not even confirm that they -- that he, this new guy, would actually put the nord stream pipeline on the take. and keep in mind, this is the last time there is leverage for the west and nord stream 2. because once the oil starts flowing, they need it. they need it for oil and gas. they cant -- they don...

Strongly. >> i was polite but made it clear if he invades ukraine there will be severe consequences. the u.s. will use force to confront russia invading ukraine is not in the cards right now. >> john: right now? the former cia chief and a fox news contributor. your job was to get inside the heads of foreign leaders. what do you think putins game is. is he planning on invading the ukraine or trying to use that as leverage to get concessions from night nato countries?

Furious at mark meadows. it looks like he has decided against upholding his reputation and helping the committee. and instead, kowtowing to trump and -- and sort of performing this slave iish act of loyalty. >> yeah. this guy was a member of congress. its incredible. andrew mccabe, gloria borger, josh, thank you. what we are learning about president bidens call with vladimir putin. with russian troops massing on the border at ukraine and tensions probably higher than any moment in recent histo...