hey, everyone. it s saturday, august 6th. thank you for waking up with us. phil i shouldn t ask about how you re holding up. how is your wife holding up with those four children? they have been fed, as far as i know right now. not watching on the cameras like you guys have. they are happy with their breakfast. i hope there s some cartoons going on. i have to be careful about tv stuff. it s saturday. you watch cartoons, right? phil, when are you coming home? after 11:00. don t worry, wifey. walk through the door and here s the children. it s the beauty of it. amara great to be with you. step by step, democrats moving closer to a major climate bill. that bill has passed a key hurdle in kyrsten sinema, who supports the legislation. her support is essential as democrats push for passage of the legislation, after what we will call a convoluted procedural process. here s a snapshot of what is in the bill. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change, which is the lar
but the russians want him home because it ties to intelligence. you think he would want to strike a deal. they don t care about their people like we care about ours. they may try to add another name to the list just to drag out negotiations and punish the biden administration. one of the things i was struck by with the sentencing, brittney griner was sentenced to nine years and she will serve that time in a penal colony and not a regular prison. do you think that s part of a leverage play here? and can you give a sense of what conditions would be like at a place like that? pretty grim. this isn t a soviet-era gulag. but it s not a happy place. when i was a state official in russia, i went to russian prisons at time, to check on the welfare of americans. these are not happy places. i don t think she will spend nine years there. but nevertheless, i don t think she will be singled out for mistreatment, given her celebrity status.