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Economy. we are sitting in a unique position today that we didn't have a decade ago, that is strength in the gas and oil sectors. we should be working with the consumers in europe, who are now buying from russia and reliant on russia to change their purchasing patterns a bit. that's the kind of thing that would really result in leverage vis-a-vis russia. i suspect that's in the minds of the policymakers. >> you get the feeling a lot of people have that on their mind. it is good to see you. we love a double huntsman day on "the cycle." given your experience in the high level of the obama admini...

That have been cast, it was a way to make it more difficult for seniors and college students and people with disabilities ar for women to exercise their right to vote. >> so how did this voter i.d. rule come about that's causing all of these problems from people responding and for candidates in many of these races? a little background. last year the supreme court overturned section 5 of 1965's voting rights act which required certain states and localities in the south that had a history of discrimination get federal approval for any election changes. and so as much june 2013, michigan had the ...

Sunday? . it looks bad and for the republicans one sided in that respect. the proposal that is bipartisan would create a national trigger so you would have the preclearance but it wouldn't focus on the south but wherever you find discrimination. >> all right, some solutions potentially evolving both on the hill and out of doj. we may turn to you again as this develops. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> you can catch ari on "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. we appreciate him being here. tomorrow, we're going to bring you another angle on state of vote gs laws in america during our call to action segme...

Trying to rally the international community around more biding costs, sanctions that target both individuals, that can freeze the assets and deny visas to those in the russian government that are involved in this act of aggression as well as businesses that support that in crimea. but russia today, unlike the soviet union, is integrated into the global economy, is much more dependent on international trade, our banking systems. so, there are some ultimate prices that could be paid by excluding russian businesses from international banking stems if you want to actually have consequences that bi...

>> you look at everything through the prism of what you know after january 8. >> admittedly. >> but you're talking about a time that was before january 8. >> we're going through an internal investigation, all of this stuff will come out over an appropriate period of time. and i'm not going to give into the hysteria of questions that are given by folks who have information today that i didn't have at the time that you're talking about why didn't i ask certain questions. i mean, i didn't ask the questions because i didn't think they needed to be asked. >> joining me now, editor of "the bergen re...