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Numbers, as you say. and if these numbers are coloured, _ numbers, as you say. and if these numbers are coloured, what - numbers, as you say. and if these numbers are coloured, what is i numbers, as you say. and if these i numbers are coloured, what is really awkward as there are no two parties that can make it to 50%, apart from the two big parties, who perhaps dont want to work with each other. it gives the greens and the ftp out huge amounts of leverage both of the big parties. huge amounts o...

It was about defunding the police with resources in the bill. he is many things. stupid is not one of them. he knows this is not defunding the police. >> where do we go from here? >> i think aside from the fact civil rights organizations are gearing up to how we come back with other legislation and use the leverage of the midterm elections because it will be a major issue next year there can be executive orders by the white house, by the president that can do some of these things that would be i...

And when you take what this country has been through, covid, shutdowns, the inability to get workers, inflation, look at what people are paying is not just gas, everything at the grocery store, for them to do this is not bipartisan the budget committee has no input from the republicans and no attempt to cut anything, this economy is a disaster waiting to happen. jillian: lets take a listen to what cory booker has to say on using leverage to get this done now. >> to get half of this done and moth...

Of, orwill you kind of government you can approve of, or will you say to them theyve got to shape up and behave properly? you know, ithink got to shape up and behave properly? you know, i think this is a great opportunity for the international community to actually incentivise taliban to walk the talk, what they said, to make sure they go in the direction. because as compared to last time, ifind direction. because as compared to last time, i find that the taliban are seeking international accept...

States. and trying to contain her as a cfo or trying to contain china through the recently announced rally between china and united states with australia. taking the tensions of wanzhou or the two michaels off the table leads to a long list of issues, whether its trade. whether chinas accusations that china bullies smaller places. whether its taiwan, in the air defense identification zone. whether its vaccine diplomacy to gain leverage in the region, these are all issues that the u.s. and china ...

Good evening, and welcome to "politicsnation." tonights lead a defining moment. right now im like you, still processing what has not been an easy week for any and every kind of justice or social cohesion. our nation risked its fifth shutdown of government in a decade, disrupting the few life lines extended to communities of color in the midst of a pandemic that continues to disproportionately harm them. meanwhile, the two-party infrastructure plan that president biden devoted so much of his earl...

He has more clarity but the white house said they spoke to house speaker pelosi, to schumer. do we have the beginnings of a deal maybe? what do you think? >> listlisten, i think this is legislative process and we havent seen what is going on beneath the surface there are multiple conversations going on. i think most democrats understand that to walk away with nothing would be a catastrophic defeat for not just for the president but for members of congress who were running for reelection in 2022....

When you have a 50-50 senate and an almost 50-50 house every single member has leverage. and theyre all trying to use their leverage to promote their priorities. and, you know, its a little bit of a game of chicken. and at some point and that point is coming very quickly maybe as early as next week, everyones going to have to turn over their cards. >> you mentioned the idea of this game of chicken but you see pretty clearly the house majority leader steny hoyer told cnn hes bringing the infrastr...

Juice up the amount that is being spent and not really just spent, invested. to use that term again. this is $3.5 trillion over ten years. which is way less than the pentagon is going to be spending in the next ten years. and so, i think thats something to really keep in mind as were discussing this, as were seeing the final packages come together is that theyre thinking long-term investments for this country right now. and so, the progressives, theyre on board with more spending and theyre sayi...

The men have been told to sit in mid october for depositions. tonight overseas the taliban perspective. on islamic rule in afghanistan. correspondent trey yingst has been on the ground reporting there. he tells fighter how the group says it will governor the country and whether it will be using the extreme punishments it has employed in the past. trey tells us the u.s. and other nations have considerable leverage. in what is clearly a taliban sanctioned demonstration there are hundreds of afghan...