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Those sanctions because of what russia did in ukraine, those sanctions hit russia hard enough that they blocked western oil drilling in russia. and that was like an existential thing for russia. that was an existential challenge to the russian economy and to putin and his ability to continue to rule that country the way that he has been ruling it now for 20 years. so, again, i know, right? light reading. breezy concept, but in terms of a window into my own thinking where we are right now thats w...

Fier fight for our democracy. any moment now, a res lease leae house intelligence report. im exhausted for our viewers, garrett. >> yeah, well, and unfortunately bad news for them we have a little light reading coming our way here. up to this point, it is time to vote to adopt, but neighbors are able to look at it late last night. through the course of the month today, they say it lays out a straightforward recitation of the facts as we know them. that the president was working with forces insid...

As opposed to doing something like supporting judges or courts or processes, he basically makes the argument that when the u.s. tries to fight corruption in other countries, we do it by supporting their court systems. by discouraging political investigations. we dont find specific incidents that we want to have investigated and push for those investigations. and thats exactly what happens in this case. we got teamwork here. i just got my paper copy in my hand here. so im going to continue to go ...

Independent. were supported by the general public and foundations. we look where the worsting problems are to dig deep to build out these investigations. as you say, to go to the granbr give them a choice, either understand what were presenting to them, which is comprehensively vetted, rigorously reported, and act on it, or dont, one way or the other, we talk to their investigator investors, the general public. >> its not light reading. you gave this to the brands. many of them responded, many o...

Typical ideological lines only seven times with justices appointed by republican presidents on one side, and those appointed by democrats on the other. people points out that the court seemed determined to keep a low profile and to avoid being perceived as a partisan body. joining us now legal affairs correspondent for npr nina totenberg. im not sure they achieved seeming like a nonpartisan body. >> it doesnt matter from all practical purposes if you could say, oh, they only divided along ideolo...

Rest of it. is there any smart strategy in there? in other words, is that a way to loosen up north korea to maybe come to the table at least, although in the last year since singapore we havent seen much change to the nuclear program inside north korea. >> personal relationships, trust that comes out of those relationships does make a difference in foreign policy. thats something we have seen over many, many decades so i dont want to say that its a non factor. in this case, president trump took ...

Senate. ainsley: thats the big question. griff jenkins is in washington where lawmakers have a lot of reading to do, griff. shut down could be tomorrow. do they have enough time to read this. griff: im not sure about that. the president said he wanted to see the final product? here did you go 1159 pages of light reading. the president says he doesnt want to shut the government down but he is approaching this with caution. >> we will be looking for land mines because you could have that, you know...

Yet. as trump and his family headed off for a weekend getaway at the official camp david presidential retreat he told reporters he had a little relaxation and a lot of work on as we can to gender perhaps that includes a little light reading. the german mens national softball team has been training hard in southern germany for over a week now and in a few hours they face their first test ahead of the upcoming world cup germanys much against austria is labeled a friendly match. play is the last ch...

By him you know and that letter was. very nice letter all would you like to see what was in that letter that would you like how much how much you know how much given that. it was a very interesting letter and at some point i maybe it may be appropriate and maybe ill be able to give it to you maybe youll be able to see it shortly afterwards however the president admitted that he hadnt actually read the letter yet. as trump and his family headed off for a weekend getaway at the official camp david...

Country to come to the white house in nearly twenty years trump said the former intelligence chief delivered him a personal message from north korean leader kim jong un. a letter was given to me by kim young barnes and that letter was. very nice letter always you like to see what was in that letter and all your life with how much how much you know how much to which however the president admitted that he hadnt actually read that letter yet. as trump and his family headed off for a weekend getaway...