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Went bust yesterday. joining me now is dale vince 0be, owner of energy company ecotricity. thank owner of energy company ecotricity. you forjoining seven thank you forjoining us. this is seven companies within six weeks. how are you feeling?— seven companies within six weeks. how are you feeling? well, you know, this is not new — how are you feeling? well, you know, this is not new to _ how are you feeling? well, you know, this is not new to us. _ how are you feeling? well, you know, this is...

The reality is that when you have a system thats not working effectively, and i would think that most would agree that the senate is not a particularly well-oiled machine, right, the way to fix that is to change your behavior. >> that was senator kyrsten sinema tuesday at an appearance at the border with republican senator jon cornyn. no behavior has been changed by the filibuster. zeero zip, nada. thats one of the five biggest myths about the filibuster that keeps getting pitched by sinema, man...

Show, manchin is just not very bright. maybe simple math is beyond him. maybe he doesnt understand what is happening at a state level. i would have loved to have asked him h he repeatedly turns us down. even if the problem of joe manchin was solvable. hes not the only problem in the democratic caucus. >> ive long been a supporter because it protects the democracy of our nation rather than allowing our country to rick shea wildly every two to four years back and forth between policies. the realit...

The surface and a pretty big way. >> the liberals are prescient and i make pressuring to the filibuster. >> the nuclear option work when it came back and took the supreme court? what goes around comes around. so we have some work to do. >> i think most would agree the senate is not particularly well-oiled machine, right? the way to fix that is to change their behavior, not to change the rules. >> the democrats are promising and active summer. >> the democratic center to produce big change on the...

Moderates, joe manchin, kirsten sinama. >> it was created to create this to work together. to those who say we must make a choice between the filibuster and x, i say this is a false choice. the reality is that when you have a system thats not working effectively, and i would think that most would agree that the senate is not a particularly well oiled machine, right? the way to fix that is to change your behavior. not to change the rules but to change the behavior. >> the filibuster has been used...

It in the queue. the longer these negotiations drag out on infrastructure, the less likely we are to have the needed debate around these voting rights measures. >> lets talk about that. youre calling for the end of the filibuster or making changes to it. progressives, they want it gone. moderate, joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, they dont want to touch it. this is kyrsten sinema. >> the idea of the filibuster was created by those in the united states senate to create comity and to encourage senators...

Hes a very experienced british diplomat. he was the national security advicer for a long time for britain. he was britains representative of the european union, very experienced. and those of us who know him in washington will know you hes a pretty much in-depth ambassador. it was consistent with things you have heard on cnn, read in "the new york times," on "the washington post," read in books about the trump administration, its dysfunctional, the president has no filter, he wrote. the strange ...

About the fact that i got golden tickets to get you into yale. >> i think the administrators are distancing themselves. they have not been charged, the schools themselves are not been charged here, they are clearly distancing themselves here from these coaches that are charged. you have a tennis coach that took in $2.7 million as part of this scheme. that is an enormous amount of money. you have other coaches saying duo thwe do this all of the time. i talk to coaches all of the time, this is som...

Significant investigation, and i think the u.s. attorney was very careful yesterday. i think he importantly said this investigation is ongoing. they havent ruled out charges for any of the kids wrapped up in this. i would expect or certainly its likely that other parents are going to face the heat for being involved in this scheme as well. >> yeah. this is like a tip of the iceberg kind of thing it seems. weve heard about the 33 parents and the coaches. it sounds like theres a lot more that coul...

However there are things if there were a really well-oiled machine, it might not have happened. >> and we dont -- most elections are not close. we dont invest in the technology and the resources. second, in most states, including florida, elections are run bipartisan officials. they are supervised by a secretary of state who is a elected state-wide official. >> and sometimes running for his own office, by the way. >> or her. many people may remember katherine harris who was secretary of state an...