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And also far and el paso as well, just shooting those bridges down with inspections essentially. and they won't say exactly what i think they want to say, which as we are going to do this to you, mexico, until you clean up your side of the border of the mass migration that is coming. to me it seems like it's a leverage point. i think that they are hoping to get the biden administration and the mexican governors to respond to this. it is proving to be a major muscle that the texas -- of the state of texas is able to flex. and they have a deal now reportedly with the governor of nuevo león who ...

And also far from el paso as well, just shutting those bridges down with inspections essentially. and they won'ty. say exactlyly what i think they want to say, which is we're going to do this to you, mexico, until you clean up your side of the border of the mass migration that's coming now. it's comin to me it seems like e a leverage point. i think that they that theyve a hoping to get the biden administration and the mexican governors to respond to this . it is proving to be a major muscle that the texas that the t state of texas is able to flex and they have a deal now reportedly with the go...

World is looking at him. it's a much greater political gain that he's playing and it is very interesting the united states chose the path of escalating the rhetoric to see whether that will somehow draw him out or put him down. so far we haven't seen either. >> so if he's using this as a leverage point to get what he wants out of the west, he said that he wants, nina, ukraine to never join nato. he said he has been promised for years nato would not encroach -- would not get closer to russian borders. he believes nato is getting closer and closer to russian borders. without that promise and the...

The west, get the west to be dependent on russian oil. in the same way, russia is dependent on america and pharmaceutical companies for drugs, life-sustaining drugs. so in a sense, it's a leverage point for the west, depending how western governments want to use that point is up to them. the same way that putin is really threatening the west with access to energy, the west in a sense could threaten russia with access to drugs. >> sarah, i'm glad you that wrote this, because a paid close attention because i saw it at kaiser health, i had no idea there was a carveout for pharma. thank you for wr...

That? >> i don't know. i know this is not a leverage point. not a political point. i think we feel strongly that just being responsible adults that we need to pay our bills and not allow just the idea of our economy be at risk. i think right now, they're holding firm in the idea that republicans should join them in doing the responsible thing and extending this for a couple of years. >> i'm going to move on and talk about the other big economic plan, that is president biden's build back better as it's called. the social safety net plan. as you know, for a long time, there was a stalemate over ...