say lack of access to abortion is most detrimental to women of color, to people who are struggling for financial stability. we know that just over half of the women who have sought abortions there in say that they had a financial interest or a struggle, not thinking that they could actually have this child. so what kind of resources, what kinds of efforts is the state making to help these women if you re telling them they can t have an abortion? where is the assistance otherwise? and that s one of the things that we need to do a better job of across the country, is taking care of mothers, letting them know that there is options. we had about 120 abortions in the state of south dakota last year which most people would say isn t very many, but it s 120 too many. and we do have amazing centers and people that wrap their arms around these mothers and these families and let them know that there are options for that child, that there is adoption, that there is ways that they ll come alongs
diplomacy. so i think they re making that case. and, look, marc and i actually don t disagree on this point, that strong economic sanctions and strong and very clear ramifications are critical. but when you look at something like nord 2, if we can go ahead and sanction it now to the bill that senator ernst was referencing and take away our leverage in this, right now the pipeline isn t operational. so putin doesn t have any if leverage with it. we do. and so if we sanction it now, we lose our leverage. if we make it clear that any sort of action by the russians could shut down this thing that putin wants more than anything, we ve got some leverage. shannon: julie, mo mentioned nord stream 2. that puts germany in the middle of this whole thing. of they re a key ally but,
aligned with moscow. downing street said prime minister boris johnson is expected to discuss it in coming day. french president emmanuel macron spoke with putin on friday and he later talked to ukraine s president and expressed full solidarity with ukraine. germany is taking a softer approach, the pipeline isn t operational and is weighing heavily on germany s response to the russian threat. the buildup is alarming defense officials, cnn defense official barbara starr has the latest. reporter: if vladimir putin going for a full-scale invasion of ukraine, america s top general laid out just how grim war dob. how disastrous could it be, in your assessment? if that was unleashed on ukraine, it would be significant. very significant. and would result in a significant amount of casualties. and you can imagine what that
anyway it flies in the face of this climate policy. and it flies in the place of its national security. and makes rinsz priebus wonder what does vladimir putin have on joe biden? so biden shut down key stone. the russian hackers shut down the biggest commercial pipeline in america. we are all waiting in line for a week for gas. and then he lifts the sanctions. and you are right. it s not america first. it s russia first and it s tons of money flowing back to russia. who knows what putin has on biden. i don t know. but certainly it s very bizarre when people testify under oath that they are going to oppose something and then they turn around four months later and they lift the sanctions. steve: let s follow the money. richard burt, former u.s. ambassador to west germany reportedly lobbying for foreign partners of the pipeline isn t
that it could halt the construction process by subjecting the russian company building it to tougher european union rules critics say that the pipeline due to start pumping later this year will make germany dependent on moscow and undermine european security that leaves a key part of germany s energy strategy under threat. construction of the north stream two pipeline isn t ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what s at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company gas problem. and that s exactly what critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas increase dress achille with those newer pipeline and