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Union are aimed at strangling russian banks, cutting off elites and damaging russian currency but calls persist to do more. >> they sanctioned 80% of the banks in russia well, vladimir putin controls 100% of the banks in russia. >> reporter: outrage prompting a message from governors today virginia joined ohio and new hampshire, banning vodka sas lein state-run liquor stores texas urging a vodka boycott. >> the russia government is a pariah, and the entire world should be protesting and letting ...

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Thing inside their own companies with their employees, with their customers, with their constituents. for them to pull out right now, it would really have an impact on their brand. what they can do, though, as richard said, is to make some statements, make some comments about what they believe in and show the world. >> power of the press rerelief, not necessarily power of the dollar. i want you to listen to figure skater johnny weir. >> i believe our presence in russia will do nothing but help f...

The world about the situation in russia. the vodka boycott has been a huge success. the boycott of russian vodka is working whether you like it or not. >> theres also talk now about putting pressure on the olympics, i should say full disclosure, this network will be carrying those olympics. what do you think about that? >> i havent taken a position one way or the other. i think the arguments are persuasive. steven fryes point about moving the olympics is legit. i think the world looking back on ...

Barking on two different campaigns, one, a vodka boycott that picked up all kinds of tracks on twitter after gay rights advocate dan savage encouraged others to dump stoli, though its produced in latvia. the other campaign applying pressure on the international olympic committee is looking to be more effective. on friday, ioc president said he received written assurances on the matter adding, there are still uncertainties and we decided to ask for clarification. today, a senior member of the ioc...

On that assessment. one, a vodka boycott that picked up all kinds of traction on twitter after gay rights advocate dan savage encouraged others to dump stoli, though its produced in latvia. the other campaign applying pressure on the international olympic committee is looking to be more effective. on friday, ioc president said he received written assurances on the matter adding, there are still uncertainties and we decided to ask for clarification. a senior member of the ico pointed to his comme...

We can focus on the core reality of the climate change problem which is an innovation issue that low carbon and zero carbon sources of energy are much more expensive than carbon intensive forms of energy. so we can work together on the innovation question, which is how do we actually make low and zero carbon energy sources price and performance competitive with carbon intensive forms of energy? >> so i really like that idea, right? theres a whole bunch of -- there was this universe of conservati...

Serves as a perfect artifact of the biggest obstacle of the u.s. getting climate policy right. at the base of one of our two main parties. 100% committed to denying that climate change is even a thing that requires policy. seriously, that is the number one barrier to get anything done on climate in this country because when it comes down to it, let me tell you something. even the fossil fuel companies, as powerful and destructive as they are, could probably in the end just be paid off, fought of...

Many in the u.s. beg to differ on that assessment. one, a vodka boycott that picked up all kinds of traction on twitter after gay rights advocate dan savadge encouraged others to dump stoli, though its produced in hlatvia. the other campaign applying pressure on the international olympic committee is looking to be more effective. on friday, ioc president said he received written ainsuranssuran the matter adding, there are still uncertainties and we decided to ask for clarify ki n clarification. ...