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Theres so many more help wanted signs than there are people looking for that work. that gives workers more leverage. theyve been getting big wage gains this year. so far, most of those gains have been eaten up by inflation. they arent going much faster than inflation. in terms of whether its good, i think broadly speaking, its good. i would like to see more worker leverage. weve seen inequality increase for decades. nice to see it moving in the other direction right now. but what you dont want i...

About the omicron variant? >> economys much, much better than it was a year ago. it has some to go, you cited the millions of people who still arent getting jobs. im worried about omicron. i think the most likely scenario is that it slows our progress, it doesnt reverse it. i dont think this is going to be anything like what 2020 was like. but certainly theres more uncertainty right now than there was a week and a half ago. >> what about the employees who are holding out for better jobs, better ...

Jennifer griffin. although this forum seems to happen with events happening around the world, this one really urgent it seems talking to military leaders about what russia is doing. >> the senior defense officials ive spoken to do point to whats happening on the border with ukraine and there is a qualitative difference in the type of troops and the type of weaponry they are seeing from vladimir putin and the russian troops that are there. remember, this is the second time hes done this last spri...

Right. the senate managed to avoid a shutdown pressed by a few right wingers who wanted to take the government off a cliff unless the government backed off sraoeb mandates. of course ted cruz was in on the weasely action saying we should use the leverage we have to fight against what are legal, unconstitutional abusive mandates. his junior partner in crime, roger marshall,s tried to play the victim card saying does senator schumer want to shut down the economy, does he want to threaten national ...

Culture we export through entertainment. in this country you have the freedom to be whatever crazy version of yourself you want to be and by doing it to become a character that no matter what culture you are, you want more of it. there isnt a lot of college football or nascar in china so there isnt much that my folks can do but when it comes to nba or tennis or soccer or movies -- >> greg: look at what disney did. the simpsons -- you are right. its what we export. >> we are doing the opposite, t...

Away from the political process. >> reporter: sinema has been a wild card in an evenly split senate, that has no room for any democrats to break from the party line. that leverage has left many senators on her side of the aisle questioning her negotiating style. some of your colleagues, some of them, progressives, think that youre an enigma, theyre not sure where you stand on any one issue while youre in the middle of a negotiation. do you think thats a fair criticism of you? >> i think im very ...

Response, like sanctions. if russia invades ukraine. im sure vladimir is scared to death. take a look. >> now, we dont know whether president putin has made the decision to invade. we do know hes putting into place the capacity to do so on short order should he so decide. weve made it clear to the kremlin well responsibility resolutely including with a range of high impact economic measures that weve refrained from ooohing in the past. >> sean: he just gave them a waiver and let them build their...

Congress group of g.o.p. holdouts using vaccine mandates as leverage. there is no resolution in sight. a shutdown could trigger everything from national park closures to delays in social security checks. and take a look at this crazy video. run away horse is spotted galloping down the highway in massachusetts. state police say the horse named max was pretty calm considering the circumstances. and they were able to rein him to safety. its unclear how he ended up on the highway. authorities contac...

Its going to assign 22 immigration judges just to work on these remain in mexico cases in order to make sure that, you know, the process is quick and i think this shows that mexico has had leverage in this process. the biden administration is facing record numbers of people crossing the border over the past year and they increasingly need mexicos help in order to manage these enormous flows of migrants not only from mexico and central america but from all over the western hemisphere. >> nick, th...

"high-impact response" like sanctions. if russia invades ukraine. im sure vladimir is scared to death. take a look. >> now, we dont know whether president putin has made the decision to invade. we do know that he is putting in place the capacity to do so in short order should he so decided. >> weve made it clear to the kremlin that we will respond resolutely, including with a range of high-impact economic measures that we have refrained from using in the past. >> sean: you just give them a waive...