right now on schedule, but will the binding ministration. try one last move to stop it. when chance merkel visits the white house this week, we're going to bring you the latest. got enough use in your watching news use use right here on our t america. let's get started. ah, 2 days before the taxes house representative was expected to give early approval to new voting restrictions in a special legislative session. democrats excited, they're was going to skip town. they bolted to washington d. c. on monday, stopping lawmakers from being able to vote on the bill in the house of representatives. archie correspond to tosh a suite has more on the sudden move. texas governor greg abbott says state lawmakers who fled to d. c to revolt against election laws could be arrested. 21st century. jim crow sold is real. its own re land. we're going to challenge that vigorous private planes

carrying more than 50 democrats without masks left austin for dulles international airport monday democrats. they, they plan to remain in dc for weeks and a 2nd revolt against the g o. p. overhaul of election laws. forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in the u. s. and according to some of the democrats who left the claim, it's an attempt to stave democracy. republicans are rushing through new anti voter bills in the house and the senate through marathon hearings over the weekend that lasted all night 24 hours. that republicans argue the measures would actually extend voting hours and make it even easier to vote. texas governor greg abbott saying the move won't cause him to back down. first, i will tell you what the house represents can do. the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. in addition to that, however, i can and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. but the partisan divide

continues to grow as vice president come all harris aponce the efforts of texas democrats. and i applaud them standing for the rights of all americans. and i'll text took spread their voice through their vote unencumbered. but the democrats, p. d. c, for a reason they're hoping to pressure congress into pattern legislation at the federal level superseding what could be decided on by states when republican lawmakers tweeting heated remarks against democrats. as a stint house blocks a quorum, meaning no vote can take place in the state legislature with the absence of these lawmakers, governor abbott says the focus of the security concerns over fraud actually originates from a federal judge originally appointed by former president brock. obama reporting for news you choose and hottest suite r t. want to give a $360.00 view of this issue and bring a democratic commentator. jan. rona, thanks for joining me. my pleasure. gave me okay, good on this. so, you know,

we look at this, you know, considering what we've seen originally coming out of this trip. we saw this massless beer picture on a private jet. and all of the various antics got being put on by different legislators to draw attention and they're putting on their own social media's. do you think this was actually a smart move for the democrats in texas to hold up this bill? well, there's no question that on both sides, there's some theater going on here. both sides are trying to gain the advantage with the american public. the fact the matter is that these allegations of widespread voter fraud are an absolute fiction. the anecdote, the gold stories about whatever voter fraud made it is. yes, it are so small. there is no widespread voter fraud. that's a fiction created by the republican party. and it's a fiction created by them in an effort to try to restrict the rights of people to exercise their democratic rights. and that is to vote in, so it's not just texas, it's georgia, it's multiple other states mostly in the south, some in the midwest that are doing the same thing all led by republicans. so there

really is no voter fraud. it's laughable to suggest that there was, and this is a fraud, perpetuated by the former president trump to this day and while he was in office. but that's the thing again, and i can understand where the frustrations can come be. today. joe biden, however, went on call this, the big lie badge actually was turning around. now this big lie that being perpetuated, pushed by the trump, the truck, former truck, people trump himself. but that being said, it's keeping it in the news. it's keeping people talking about it and with what the democrats have done in texas right now, did they not just give their adversaries within the texas legislature the best campaign material possible because obviously they're making some small but they're being very much big p r mistakes and you're putting beer on a private jet, you're going mask listed the same time. you're telling people they should wear math, they're making some very small mistakes. they're obviously giving the republicans a lot of material. well, there may be, but there's a very important principle here. and that's the universal right, of all citizens of this country to be able to vote. and as i mentioned earlier,

the republicans are trying to restrict that across the board. it isn't just something that they're doing in texas right now. they've been doing it. so there are tempting to do it and have been successful in many respects over the last 20 years. so the fact that matter is it is a big lie. there are, there is very limited instance of voter fraud in this country just insignificant. the fact matter is we're a big country, we have hundreds of millions of voters and you are going to see some minor fraud and things that nature along the way. but that just goes with the with the flow. the fact is, it's not widespread is not universal, it's not having any effect on the outcomes of elections. what will have it outcome on elections is restricting and reducing the right of citizens to vote. and that's what could undermine the very principles, the democracy itself. democracy itself, and that's what's at stake here. well, obviously, you know, when the founding fathers set up the actual constitution how the voting precincts worked, they wanted each state to make their own decision. here's why you're seeing the individual legislations, but you do have bite and press around the bottom. attrition pushing this for the

people act. and democrats are saying they should be something put across the board . a credit this would pay a basically a federal overtaking of election law. do you think that's actually a good move right now, concern that's exactly opposite of how this country was set up. they wanted to states to be able to make the rules for their own communities. but listen, you know, sometimes when they go back to the, the original and can't of the congress that existed in those days in the world, the people, the fact is warren evolving democracy and everything changes. i mean, look, they didn't have electronic voting in those days. they didn't have electricity in those days, and so to, to certainly compensate for a far more complex society. the voting rules have to evolve as long as nobody is left out of their left out of the marketplace. in other words, their ability to vote. and so to suggest that because in 1790 or 180 one, the rules were different does mean that we can't be a more enlightened nation and create new rules to make it easier for all citizens of this country to vote with, without regard to partisanship. well,

let's look at specifically what these different legislation is going on, whether it be in charge or texas. republicans say that all they're doing is they found the loopholes and they're tightening them. and they're saying things like, you know, having these undock all the documents that have to be actually certified, that you have to have ballads that are actually looked upon. rather democrats are saying, yeah, but that's restricting very actually in texas. the legislation says they want to prolong ours put more voting districts out there. so what specifically do democrats have? i don't know if there's a, necessarily new legislation in any of it. i think they're just trying to find these loopholes and tightened them, which goes along with motor id bill. so where is the democrats problem with this? where are they saying in, is it the same across the board that the states are trying to restrict voting well, the fact matter is the voting proposal in texas really does restrict the right of the people to vote. it's eliminated drive through voting. it's eliminated same day registration. it's eliminated all the other things that encourage people are made it easier for people to vote. it should be easy for people to vote and it should be

fraud free. but the fact the matter is republicans can't look new or me, or anybody in the face and say, we're really trying to expand voting rights really what they're trying to do. it, they've been trying to do it for 20 years and they've been pretty successful. is denied to people, primarily people of color and other minorities, the right to vote. because historically they vote in larger number for democrats. that's what's at stake here. the universal, right, of all people to be able to vote freely without interference, without restrictions that make it difficult to do so. well, i want to bring in the vase for a host of eat the press on your who's, how to cover a lot of these voting issues and these elections over the years. steve, we're going to the $360.00 view on this. when you're looking at what's going on right now, it's the case of the democrats are getting are winning in this because guess what? we're talking about the antics of the individual legislators right now. we're actually not talking about the bill itself. so who is winning in this fight? and this is smart p r. move and how's the media taking it? well, i got to tell you to their credit. and chris cuomo of all people was one of the 1st

people to bring up. the really said irony here when he confronted one of these texas legislators who came to washington and escaped his own state or her own state as the case may be. they are used today the minority. and they're using a loophole, they're using in effect kind of a filibuster to stop legislation that they disagree with by leaving and preventing a boat, they're doing exactly what they say that the has to stop in the u. s. senate which has been going on for 100 years. so there's, there's are, and some of the media, like, i think cuomo and others are in fact pointing that out. so that should, should not be lost on anybody that, that they're doing exactly what they say. they, they want stop in the us senate as far as you know, by nowadays look what joe biden said today was a disgrace that this is jim crow. you know, that's, that's, that's like that is the whole rubric that diminishes what jim crow was. and you

know, when it comes to voter id and all that, look at the latest polls look at the polls forever. it used to be all black, black, can't get ideas. some of them don't have ideas, it's not fair to black. every, every necessity. every demographic favors voter id in this country. now they've shifted to, oh, if you wait on line. 8 you can of water, you won't be able to wait on, you can bring water. you can have a poll if someone was in a partisan viewpoint, bring water to the line. it shifts so such misinformation, a disinformation. i am going to back buyer americans know, and by the way, the supreme court said that the arizona law that was passed is constitutional. you're all constitutional. so even if they were to pass this in the us senate and it was signed by the president, that bill would be unconstitutional. you can take voting away from the states and give it to the better government generally give you the last word on this. you know,

governor abbot is threatening to arrest these legislatures legislators when they return, as he stated, you know, whatever bad p r a damage has been done by this. if abbot does arrest them, does that not make them martyrs? in this situation, obviously they can, they can definitely game gain ground with that. well, as i mentioned at the start of this show, there's a lot of there's a lot of, you know, theater here and everybody's kind of jockeying for position of, i don't know who's going to be the winner and who's going to be the loser. but if in fact they try to arrest 50 democratic legislatures from texas, i suspect they might be perceived models, martyrs, and the joan of arc, you know, the method of god are certainly martyrs. and that effort to try to advance the voting rights of all people in this country. well, right now, comma harrison, their heroes republicans don't see and they just see, is it actors in political theater? we're going to let the people decide because all of these folks will actually be on the ballot here in the near future. janice, steve, thanks for joining us, steve. we'll catch you later on in the show. the north stream to pipeline linking,

germany and russia, is set to be finished by the end of august. the project has created tension within the united states in european allies and is sure to be a topic of discussion when german transferring to merkel visits the white house on thursday. we'll have this show. 6 at this story and more right after the break, the ah, me the

the time now for another of our summer solutions. we look at the solutions and not the problem is not great. well, max kaiser, we're joined today by dan collins. he is financial analysts, market analyst with an expertise on china. he's lived there for 20 years as an auto executive and entrepreneur and cool guy. and dan, welcome to summer solutions. he agreed to be back the, you know,

15 oil uncle. nice to number the number one we're not committed to, you didn't, you don't, don't, don't go down the limit of all using the 40 only and then i get, it looks like i need to see more that i need to find the article. what is the most of it from each of the other shows took a look of the middle, who was the nation with those who knew put that all along plenty porcelain initials going to separate your yes

i okay. so the ever hated something that was actually good for you. there were like, when you were a kid, brussel sprouts are going to the dentist while the mainstream media is feeling the pain of president trump being out of office. as part of the media is seeing a dramatic drop in viewership, since they're a subject of content is no longer an office. but does this mean people are no longer paying attention? so this is another network employee has been caught on tape avoiding questions about why a director who admitted his network purposely downplayed stories about black on asian crime because it had set back to black lives. matter movement was still with the network regarding how partisan that company actually could be discussed to bring in our own media analysts and how to beat the prestige miles or steve, thanks for rejoining us back today. you know what?

you are a man of expertise in lots of subjects, especially when it comes with different. and i want to start with this james, i'll keep project project veritext video, the latest one that came from this past weekend at the concert of action, political committee in dallas. and they were, he was trying to get answers regarding why some ethnic groups were given protection over others. so why has the, has a media pulled out most pull on story selection? and today's news rooms, do you think, is it ratings? agendas? are the actual information themselves? i don't think there's one blanket answer. i don't think you can generalize it. think it depends on the outlet. and certainly when it comes to the, the mainstream media cable news, cnn m it's nbc, those kinds of places. it's absolutely an agenda. i have never seen journalism tossed out the window. as a matter of fact, i don't know this and i have no clue. but if you told me it was now policy at c n n

that you had to have the opinion that everyone else has on the lab. and you had to give a commentary up to every news maker in newsmaker interview or story. i wouldn't be surprised. that's exactly what they're doing. so i think it's, it's agenda driven. obviously it's not ratings driven at at c n n, for instance, because they've lost more audience in any other network. i mean they're, they're struggling to make a 1000000 in prime time. so all they do is the big lot, the big why the big lie and it's like, you know, your heads go to explode. so it varies, but it's so agenda driven. so agenda driven. well, one thing that changed the site as part of did bring up is this idea there seems to be a lack of accountability for school behavior in newsrooms. and that's almost every network that we're seeing. people being able to return, who in the past have been found to be very at fault for behaviors. why do you think that is? do you think this is, is this how it's always been for those on the outside looking in, or is there

a new reason now that if you, as long as you believe it a certain way as your management, you get to stay around. i mean, we may be referring to jeffrey toobin, you know, who is god masturbating on a on a company call. not a see an in call. but he worked for the new yorker and they were having a meeting, and he got caught, and new york fired him, which i think is appropriate. cnn suspended him or game a leave and then they rehired him. so i don't know what look along with the lack of journalism or the end of journalism or the dying of journalism standards go out the window to and you know, if, if zocker who run c and n, j joker has an affinity for, for, for the jeffrey toobin, or in any situation where top management says, always not a bad guy. she's not a bad girl. let's forget what she did, but i'll tell you what. if, if the person was guilty, i won't say exactly what he did. again was on fox. you'd have cnn hammering away,

hammering away, hammering away at the fact that they've brought this person back. what's wrong with them? no more of those scruples. so again, it's all ideological now. it's all tied up in ideology and the war one station against the next one network against the next. and we've never seen anything like that. and i don't think they with the management stations realize what happens when you keep those people on your air. how much discredits the actual good people who are working really hard, have a good work ethic of what they're doing as well. but sometimes there's employers. hands are tied in their situation. it's always up to management. talking about management, we will look at the ratings and usually that's something that manager usually goes by. they've dropped considerable since president trump left to office. so do you think that actually means that citizens are paying less attention to what is going on in the world around them? by the way, if to if tube had his hands tied, there would have been no problem but. but i did a good job up there. not purposely no look at the ratings down so much because they

were up so much. i mean, what we saw, especially because many a comparing these ratings from this time last year, year over year or from the beginning of the year when trump left office, what we saw was divided country a passionately divided country. and the end, the box had their viewers in the news, max's and all the conservative. you know, they were overflowing and the cnn trumpeters, emmis, nbc, all of them, they were overflowing. now trump gun. and it's like, ok, you know, home now back to the way it used to be. that's not to say that if trump runs again or, or we're not, let the next to the midterms, midterms next year. i think you'll see a real pick up the in, in ratings. i don't think it needs people don't care. i just think it means that they've taken a little break because in their minds there's not a lot going on. well and steve, i think you and i can both agree, or any person can agree whether they supported trump or not. that the one thing that president trump did well with any actually live for was actually holding on to

the media circus. he actually wanted to be a part of it. he enjoyed controlling the headlights and controlling the narrative. if ratings are so bad, do you think we might, to this re, emergency already kind of thing about about when he spoke, we had different rallies. he started to do this obsession that happens from the networks both positive and negative. if trump decides to write a 2016 and is that something he's counting on, but he can control that narrative again, whether it's bad or good. he may be counting on it, but you know, you even got fox that does. didn't carry so much from speeches. now if you were to run, i'm sure they would, but if you would, iran would cnn. maybe if you became the nominee, they'd have to but you know, he's only tied to it is already talked about the big law. let's back check them and will bring you highlights with i don't think they would run his campaign speeches. so excuse me. it's not going to be the same as it was, but if they're smart and if they are ratings driven, they will cover every single word that donald trump says,

all of them will. i think it will be very telling to see what, who's more important to, to the news networks. is it actually the viewers and what information that they need if they trust viewers, or if they actually care about their own agendas and actually want to make sure that their agenda is pushed 1st on that one. it's very interesting when you look at the steve and going into this idea of the big like bringing back from the segment before it. i want to make sure that people understand that we always hear in our t. we bring you to straight truth, but we actually trust you make your own decisions. and so we have very people like steve on just with me. thank you so much for joining me. thank you. thank you guys . was going to be the end of august soon at that point the north stream to the pipeline leaking, germany and russia, is that to be finish. now this has created some tension amongst the united states and european allies. and you can guarantee you in german, chancellor and merkle visits the white house on thursday. it will be a topic of discussion larkey that peter oliver brings as this story and more from berlin. the man in charge of the nord stream to gas pipeline. my tears vondik says

the project should be finished with the construction phase by as soon as next month . it will then take around 3 months after that for them to get certification in place as well as safety checks to be carried out. then the pipeline will be ready to start taking gas from the gas fields of siberia, all the way to northern germany under the baltic sea, and then on towards the rest of west in europe. the project itself had been delayed by, well, at least a year and a half and cost untold millions due to us sanctions for president donald trump pod being vehemently opposed to the project. in fact, he wanted the new to buy more us liquefied natural gas, or l n g. the su there though, is the cost. it costs a lot more money to ship thought across the atlantic, and then develop the facilities needed to re gastro fi,

l n g before it can be used than it does to pipe gas directly from russia under the seat straight into germany. joe biden. the current us president also not a big fun of no stream too, but he put things in place to remove sanctions against the company behind it. essentially allowing the project to go ahead. there are some stumbling blocks. they still, when it comes to know what stream to, and germany and the united states and the, you and the united states and all of that relationship, the major stumbling blocks revolt around ukraine. the u. s. estimates that the ukraine earns around $3000000000.00 from gas transit fees as its role as a big part of the, of the european union gas trends that infrastructure, that's the money ukraine makes for allowing pipelines to be on its territory. the current deal that russia has with ukraine to allow gas to move across its territory

. it expires in 2024. this concerning key f that's not stream to may be used to ukraine out of the gas transit experience out of the gas transit infrastructure system. russia says it has no intention of not trying to renew that contract with ukraine. there's still no movement on the as of yet. so german chancellor anglo merkel will be talking about this when she arrives in washington d. c for meetings with president joe biden on thursday. head of that meeting on thursday. meetings here. lynn with the cranium president, florida me as lynn sky during not meeting the german chancellor pointed out that you goes, it is the concern. i mean, the ukraine that ukraine has, and the ukranian president house when it comes to node stream to she did also say that it's highly unlikely that meeting with joe biden on thursday would solve all

of the problems that the us have with nord stream to german chancellor, of course is certainly going to be putting forward the german point of view on they said not it's pretty simple. germany need, they gas. if we look at why it needs this gas, a lot of that's down to angular medical and policies that she puts in place over the years of her tenure in the, in the counselor here in berlin. next year. the last nuclear power plant in germany will stop operations, and in 2038, the last coal fired power station will also stop operating as it stands. it is gas that is being used to take up that slack. in fact, how much gas? well, an awful lot of it coming from russia in the 1st half of this year alone. supplies of gas from russia to germany, of going to 43.4 percent. germany's often referred to as the economic powerhouse of

europe. the thing is that power house needs power, and at the moment that power is coming from gas. gus imported into germany from russia for news view hughes on off the america on peter oliver in berlin. like always thanks for watching and figure later. ah, ah. remember the great 964 bill, dr. strange love. you remember the subtitle of the film was how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb. well, i have a 2021 updated subtitle. when it mr. the survey was state how i learned to stop worrying and love be in. tell community folks today are not feared very doors. she want to hold for somebody real thing

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