and it s that last one gas that s key here. you ll notice russian gas isn t included in the eu s sanctions. the reason for that, is russia accounts for about 40% of the eu s natural gas imports. earlier this month brussels laid out a strategy to reduce reliance on russia but there s now pressure to do still more. over the weekend, lithuania announced it had stopped imports of russian gas . the president tweeted if we can do it, the rest of europe can do it too! tyler kustra is assistant professor of politics and international relations at the university of nottingham in central engalnd. he is an expert in economic sanctions policy. he says the latest announcement on sanctions is too little too late. the eu continues to employ substantial amounts of russian oil
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aaron, this is a realistic message about immigration reform. she may have been in artful about how she said it but she s trying to take this issue of immigration which she says lit the fire of the far right and these other leaders around europe as well as donald trump, she s trying to take that issue off the table. the problem is that the far right and the donald trumps of the world aren t going to take this issue off the table because it is illogical and not based in fact. as a matter of fact, as your guest said, you have great benefits in having immigrants come to this rnt ccountry. we know that 40 or 50% or more have college degrees, many of them. we know that they contribute to society, but donald trump continues to name them as robbers and rapists and murders, and all these things because it speaks to his political base. he tells lies every time he opens his mouth about the immigration numbers and the dangers of immigration.
he gets to say his fear mongering of migrants was justified, his attempt to cast the central american migrant caravan as a threat produced dividends. in part because it appears that one of the things that forced the hand of mexican officials was the president s decision to militarize the border. we have not heard directly from him yet. he just returned to his private estate having taken in a couple of rounds of golf. watch your twitter feed for president trump having to do with this breaking issue. jeff bennet in west palm beach, florida. we ll have more on the new deal with mexico later in the hour. also ahead this hour, hillary clinton in damage control mode after comments she made about europe, refugees and the rise of nationalism. why what she said had so many people stunned. so a tree falls on your brand-new car and totals it. and as if that wasn t bad enough, now your insurance won t replace it outright because of depreciation. if your insurance won t replace your car, what goo