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A little bit of political posturing but it is the white house basically saying they are sick and tired of this hand wringing and they want to get down to business. and i would say that there is a lot of people who feel that way. but the big problem is that the white house has next to no leverage here. so they are saying we need to get down to business or what, or the president wont sign the bill? or the president is going to abandon something? the president in the matrix of who has leverage and ...

Now, these john deere workers really feeling like they have nothing to lose as they are on strike this morning, 10,000 of them across the country. brianna? >> they certainly feel like they have leverage. vanessa, thank you for that report. and "new day" continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, october 14th. im john berman with brianna keilar. countdown to showdown. will the witnesses show and what happens if they dont?...

Obviously, about that harvesting, is this something that is completely confined to the past decades and decades ago now? the one important thing i can share with you is that we have to understand the history. at the time that henrietta lacks underwent her surgery, informed consent really hadnt been invented, and we can really attribute those kinds of scenarios that she experienced as the leverage that allowed us to enter a world that we exist in now where we have a high bar of respect for person...

We have kept the firewall between our committee and the department of justice so they cant say there was any unfair leverage or influence we were using. but given the time frame that we are dealing with, joy, we hope that the attorney general sees the importance of moving ahead with this indictment, moving ahead with locking steve bannon up, moving ahead with clearing the air that you cant conduct an insurrection on the government of the united states of america and nothing happen. so clearly, i...

Line. there is an aspect of that. but in the end, really? a year or more than a year of not being able to get this stuff at least somewhat under control? its hard to believe. >> part of the confusion will be enlightening, because the corporate sector hasnt had to think about how to please workers for a long time. im hoping this creates a leverage shift where these people have choice, these workers, they have leverage, and they have to be addressed at people who matter as not something to mitigat...

Workers are not on the job as well. this is a trend that were seeing in the labor market now. were seeing workers have actual leverage, organized labor, theyre really flexing their muscle. but general workers as well, now theyre saying, listen, the leverage is on our side. we know you, the employer, youre having trouble filling these spots. and were going to fight for these better benefits and wages so now is our time. >> it is a great point, right? you are seeing with unions here, also with peo...

Thats leverage they could have. they could sue him to enforce the validity of the subpoena. theyre free to take those steps. you punish him in one sense but compel him to testify in another sense. well have to see what happens as this plays out. >> im curious about where this ultimately leads, right, because beyond those support players, the question is what did the former president attempt to do and can congress prove it, right? they had eight hours of testimony from the former acting a.g. jeff...

Insurance companies negotiate directly with big pharma. keep your eye on big pharma and health cares labor numbers. because if they dont get what they want, theyre going to start talking about sweating employees, laying people off. theyre already dealing with a shortage. but theyre one of the biggest employers in the united states. and theyre going to have tremendous leverage. keep that in mind. now, lets dig deeper and youll see how eiits all connected. you take the truck drivers we need to get...

I think workers have a better voice now to speak up for what they want. theyre trying to make it better for themselves and they feel like they have leverage because theyre finding it harder to fill open positions. there are more than 10 million unfilled positions in this country. >> allison kosik, thank you. >> you got it. a standoff is come to go a head right now in chicago as a head of a police union orders the mayor to defy the vaccine order. plus there are reasons why women gained power ...

Has, is going to be unable to fix these -- what are fundamentally short term problems for that long. it is true, theres kind of a -- i keep looking at this supply chain stuff and thinking about the old childrens song, theres hole in the bucket, cant fix this, cant fix that, down the line. there is an aspect of that. but in the end, really? a year or more than a year of not being able to get this stuff at least somewhat under control? its hard to believe. >> part of the confusion will be enlighte...