congressman, those conversations that you said you ve had with what you describe as seven or eight people have been saying five, six. you re saying seven or eight people who will absolutely never vote for kevin mccarthy. how are those conversations when you have them? are they being rational? are they defining in any way what they re for, as you said, as opposed to what they re against? which we all know is kevin mccarthy. well, i think every one of these people have said where their threshold is. and i m simply taking them on their word about their threshold. but once again, we ve got six or seven that are making progress, and maybe that will impact the others. it is time that we make a deal. it is time we get together. and it is time we get to work. congressman sessions, i very much appreciate your time. thank you. you bet. an interesting point he raises there. let s just start with that. that if you do make progress, as he s calling it, and you do get six or seven, and tha
parliament need to be doing anything to put pressure on to say if you really want to help at the american economy, american energy consumers and make progress, you need to open up make progress, you need to open up these markets, not artificially restrict access. 0k, nick loris from c3 solutions, good to talk to you, thank you. solutions, good to talk to you, thank vom solutions, good to talk to you, thank yon- the us is not the only trade concern for europe also today, european council president charles michel is in beijing for talks with president xijinping. many in europe see its economy as too dependent on china german investment in the country hit a record high in the first half of the year. ricardo borges de castro is head of the europe in the world programme at the european policy centre thinktank in brussels. good to have you with us. this is actually a really tricky trip for charles michel because there is huge investment, huge two way business relationships between chin
costs, energy costs, and the high cost of lifesaving drugs. though people have doubted us, trying to create a frame of democrats in disarray, we are able to consistently come together, find the highest denominator, get things done for everyday americans, and make progress. it s not me, i mean, congressman clyburn said all the language of defunding the police hurt democrats in the 2020 elections and was damaging. i want to ask you, though, you re portraying a rosy scenario about how well democrats are doing. you just lost the house. your party was defeated at the house. i get that it wasn t as bad a defeat as it could have been, but it wasn t exactly a vote of confidence in house democrats. well, what i ll say is that it was historic over performance by every single measure, almost
dems, blue dogs, moderate and centrist. democrats and all points in between. create this frame of democrats in disarray. we ve always consistently able to come together. to find the highest carmen denominator, get things done for everything and every day americans, and make progress. aisha, quickly breakdown for our viewers, as to what an effective democratic community would look like, as we just heard from week to this mess that we have for people like ron desantis? look, full disclosure, i ve always been a fan of congressman hakeem jeffries. i think he s the best and brightest of the democratic party, who we are, and who we aspire to be. what it looks like to govern, is what the democrats have been demonstrating for years. it s to include as many voices as possible. i believe that we really, the house doesn t have this problem as much as the senate, we have
really models where the finance gap is really largest. fire models where the finance gap is really largest- really largest. are you optimistic really largest. are you optimistic about - really largest. are you optimistic about that i optimistic about that happening, professor, given the fact that it has been so many years of ambitious goals and climate conferences and we have still yet to materialise any concrete action? still yet to materialise any concrete action? look, the 620 is a much concrete action? look, the 620 is a much more concrete action? look, the 620 is a much more pragmatic- concrete action? look, the 620 l is a much more pragmatic forum, doesn t is a much more pragmatic forum, doesn t have the same procedural constraints and it is a procedural constraints and it is a much procedural constraints and it is a much smaller selection of countries is a much smaller selection of countries so it is easier to make countries so it is easier to make progress t