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Russia's economy worsens even before sanctions hit. $70 billion in capital has left the country. russia's also suffering from st stag stagnant growth. the economy could shrink more. the white house says they have more sanctions prepared but did not provide further details on what they are. >> that's another question. what can be done? i was struck -- your father when he was on the other day was talking about how the president needs to be more assertive. and of course we also had had jane harman here. >> did you read nick kristoff this morning? >> no. >> wh what did he say? >> arm 'em. >> that'...

"huff post live" mark ginsburg and steve clemens, washington editor at large for "atlantic" magazine and a at the truman project. i'll start with you. we had ahman mentioning the idea now being circulated that the military leaders will try to dissolve the muslim brotherhood. the question is, what would that mean, practically speaking? it has been around for 80 something years. can you dissolve something like that? >> no, that's why it's laughable they're taking that strategy. i don't want to poke fun at what the military is doing. what you have is a military that slaughtered hundreds of its pe...

>> let's not kid ourselves. the concern for congress people going back to their district is not a question from. the question is why are you going to defund obama care? that's what they're afraid of because they created this frankenstein in their base. by voting to defund obama care, 40, 67 times, however you measure it. they have created an expectation and now they have to tap those expectations down because they're running into a train wreck. this is part of the same concept. same thing mitch mcconnell is trying to punt down the road. he is facing this in his own personal election in the sam...

Did you have a moment where you thought about it and said for reason x, i'm not going to or come to the house and decide, no, i'm going to climb the ladder in the house and get a chairmanship there. >> you would not believe that nobody has ever asked me that question. >> that is the problem. >> that is one of the problems but when the issue did come up, i have never said no. and the reason i haven't said no is because politicians like to be considered for higher office. but, quite frankly, being a judge or being a mayor of this senate has never been on my agenda because i enjoy being a big fis...

Dynamics. >> he ran in 2005 and was blown out. >> he won the democratic primary, but, again, bloomberg was an incumbent. this is an open seat. it is good to look at the history but the history doesn't tell us because what happened since the last four, five years of economic crisis the huge pressure in the city and the huge increase in housing costs. this is a different city and one of the things, all of us who have been in public life for a while, natural to fight yesterday's war. but let's talk about today in new york city where the issue is economic. where people are struggling to get by. a ...