predicting the fed that they would have at least that was to come back the inflation that was already on the table. no word from them whether these new inflationary powers is a result of worry of the energy dynamic globally could actually move them in any way to change that assessment. at least not so far. but you have to take a step back there. and remember that when you talk about russia s economy, this is a country that, every day, prior to the sanctions was doing about 48 billion dollars in ethics transactions. and that is about 80% of which, in u.s. dollars, that is part of these unprecedented sanctions. now, of course this is a country waking up to capital controls. that means that there s a control mechanism that doesn t allow them to transfer money outside of the country. that means that they can foreign front that, there s a lot of worries that talk about runs on the bank. it talks about whether not everyday russians can t go to cash machine in their city in moscow for examp
ceiling? molly: not a great surprise that aoc went in this direction. it will be fun to see what they have to say in a little while. leland: yep. molly: the first federal trial involving major companies involved in the opioid epidemic is set to start in ohio monday. this after state attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments failed to reach a settlement with drugmakers and distributors on friday. ohio based cardinal health one of the drug distributors being sued said in a statement the attorneys general and distributors reached common ground. we worked hard all day and into the evening to find a path forward for everyone. unfortunately, some parties to this litigation and their lawyers would not agree. leland: those parties asked for more and we dug deep. they would not accept our good-faith efforts. remember, north carolina s attorney general told the ap that local governments suing the drug companies rejected a deal that included 48 billion dollars in cash, treatmen
the big ten, i think it s indiana this year. sean: wow, everybody is picking louisville and indiana and sorry, louisville would win that. and joining me the architect, karl rove. and i think that indiana is going to win, i m a friend of the coach of indiana and got to speak to the squad this fall. sean: with your inspiration how could they possibly lose. exactly, robert gibbs and i spoke to them together. sean: robert gibbs, my good friend. all right, senate democratic budget is going to add 50 grand in debt to every american family, karl, that s not a budget. no, no, well, it s a budget, but it s a budget of the democrats. in fact, sean, this might be really illuminating. if you take a look at the senate democrat budget, this year they want to spend 184 billion dollars more than the republicans proposed. next year, 348 billion dollars more than the republicans.
the big ten, i think it s indiana this year. sean: wow, everybody is picking louisville and indiana and sorry, louisville would win that. and joining me the architect, karl rove. and i think that indiana is going to win, i m a friend of the coach of indiana and got to speak to the squad this fall. sean: with your inspiration how could they possibly lose. exactly, robert gibbs and i spoke to them together. sean: robert gibbs, my good friend. all right, senate democratic budget is going to add 50 grand in debt to every american family, karl, that s not a budget. no, no, well, it s a budget, but it s a budget of the democrats. in fact, sean, this might be really illuminating. if you take a look at the senate democrat budget, this year they want to spend 184 billion dollars more than the republicans proposed. next year, 348 billion dollars more than the republicans.
it really is a bad piece of legislation, everybody knows that, including the president. don t see why he keeps pushing it. they know it is not going to work. if he gets reelected within a couple of years he will though his hands in the air and say it is not good. greta: gao report said recently medicare and medicaid fraud, 48 billion dollars a year in fraud and waste. we just had before our committee the two top investigators in this area, they admitted it is much more than that. some have admitted it as high as over 200 billion dollars in fraud and waste. greta: some have thought, i know you voted a continuing resolution which struck 60 billion dollars in this year s budget if we recovered the 48, forget the 200 billion dollars that you mention. if we the 48 billion we would