energy crisis, and i think the decision by the italian government to do this, we have local elections happening in this country, going to the poll clinic on thursday, and i m sure the labour party will be using this as an example ss on thursday. like mike but that is a big bazooka, and the chancellor here some like mike but that is a big bazooka, and the chancellor here come under a lot of pressure. and the chancellor here come under a lot of pressure. we and the chancellor here come under a lot of pressure. we know and the chancellor here come under a lot of pressure. we know the - and the chancellor here come under a lot of pressure. we know the tax - lot of pressure. we know the tax take has gone up because of inflation yes, but that is a big bazooka, that amount of money. we still don t have a meaningful change and support from the uk government, ayesha? where has she gone? shocking that, she has gone, for a second. we will see if we can get her back. very quickly, dmitr
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plays a part in this. your thoughts? plays a part in this. your thou~hts? , ., ., thoughts? indeed. first of all, we re talking thoughts? indeed. first of all, we re talking about thoughts? indeed. first of all, we re talking about a - thoughts? indeed. first of all, we re talking about a 27 - thoughts? indeed. first of all, i we re talking about a 27 member a lot of countries. we are talking about the european union, who have to line up behind one policy position. there is currently a debate about what the responses should be in the case of each scenario. for example, a false flag operation in the east of ukraine or a cyber kind of attack or a full on occupation. and then, you are right, today leaders or actually staffers, advisers from france and germany are meeting in paris in a sort of normandy talks with participants from ukraine and russia, and france and germany, and while they agree on some things there is a lot of disagreement with respect to what russia is going to fa
u.s., has not joined spain and france and other than allies about bolstering the troops. so there are questions about how germany is committed to this overall effort. all nato allies bring different assets to the table, but certainly, this will be among the big conversations, the primary conversation that president biden and chancellor schultz will have, as this crisis reaches a potentially decisive new phase. and if russia invades ukraine, the nordstrom 2 pipeline will not move forward. a pipeline that has been built, but is not yet operational. the german chancellor talked with the washington post before he left. he didn t want to talk in order nordstream 2. chancellor schultz in his interview with the post that was published this morning said he
he is doing it on obama and biden s watch and they challenge the united states side-by-side with china. harris: what do we do about this? a statement from the white house press secretary jen psaki today talking about the visit of the chancellor schultz of germany. germany and russia having that cozy relationship over the nord stream 2 pipeline for energy for germany. look, they need to decouple that right now. what do we do? do we put pressure on our allies and we ll go after germany can you back out of that deal? we won t go after russia? i think we need to take a much stuffer stand with both germany and russia frankly. germany has not lived up to its commitment to pay 2% of its gdp towards its own defense. it has tens of thousands of american soldiers stationed there contributing to its economy. yet it sells out nato and its allies selfishly for its own