she had been training journalists in iran. i acknowledge that the words i used were open to being misinterpreted and i apologize. her husband, richard, tirelessly championed her case throughout her detention. embarking on hunger strikes to pressure the british government to take tougher action against the iranian regime. the government structure isn t working. the government s approach is unchanged. reporter: after several years in tehran s notorious prison, ratcliffe was placed under house arrest due to the coronavirus pandemic and in april 2021, she was handed a further one-year sentence and a travel ban when charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. in the background, ongoing negotiations to revive the iran nuclear deal. controversy around a now settled multimillion dollar debt to iran predating the iranian revolution. and according to foreign secretary, tenacious british
as troeshous bills i ve seen in the 35 years i ve been in washington in terms of its damage that it will do to our economy and small businesses, that bill passed without one single republican vote. that s not the way this is supposed to be done. i think the last thing that this country needs right now is another 3 to 4 trillion dollar debt and tax bill that will disable the economy. i hope sinema and manchin. i know they re watching this show. stand firm against this bill. benjamin: i m sure you believe 3 trillion dollars would help the economy at the moment. i presume supportive of that. again this civil war that s getting in the middle of it i mean, i think steve overstates the case. we just passed a trillion dollar infrastructure bill that steve opposed and thought was terrible and done with bipartisan report with republicans and democrats. i think the democratic party has always been a bigger tent
december 27th phone call, between trump and the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, in which trump tried to get the doj to straight-up declare the election results were fraudulent. meanwhile, senate democrat certain republicans appear near a deal, to keep the nation from debt defaults, an economic meltdown. for now, with 12 days to go before the government faces the real possibility of not being able to pay its bills. the minority leader announced republicans would allow democrats to vote on a short term extension. all this does is put it off till december, when we are likely to have this fight all over again. mcconnell s been adamant that democrats would get no help from his party, and trying to cover our 28 trillion dollar debt, much of it racked up during the trump administration. earlier today the president met with several bank and business leaders at the white house to talk about just how devastating a potential default would, be