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supreme court. were going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, february 28th. im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican partys biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate m...

Talk to us about the impact these sanctions may or may not be having and the current state of the russian economy. >> jonathan, you know im a sanctions nerd, but im especially excited about this package of sanctions, and thats because it targets the mining and middles section of russia, which a big part of the section of their economy, and russia has been exporting even throughout this war metals such as platinum, palladium, nickel, iron, or steel. this is a very heavy piece of their economy and...

Im also curious if you can talk us through the stalling that yulia just referenced. >> yeah. i was nodding because i was actually just recently asked this question, and i had the same exact answer, which is that for sanctions -- as you know, im a sanctions nerd. i love me a good sanction. but sanctions are not going to be what changes putins mind. they are a prong in the broader strategy. but for the sanctions to really be tough and to really send a message, it has to get at the heart of russias...