ukrainian government. the people there desperate, starving, cutting down trees for heat. translator: we don t have electricity. we don t have anything to eat. we don t have medicine. we have nothing. and if that isn t bad enough, the weather is about to take a turn for the worse. temperatures in ukraine will plunge to their lowest levels of the winter this weekend. windchills forecast below zero. all this making evacuations taking place throughout the country all the more critical. the ukrainian government says 60,000 people were able to escape the war zone on wednesday, and those evacuations are continuing today. more than 2.3 million people have fled the country already. now, right now, vice president harris is in poland meeting with some of those refugees. she also met with the polish president and prime minister. harris set to meet with u.s. troops tomorrow before heading
welfare groups. many are legitimate but some seem to have no purpose other than to allow dark money to flood into the political system. they sometimes are spending tens of millions of dollars, but they have no bricks and mortar. they operate out of p.o. box. their money spikes in election years and drops off during nonelection years. these are the trademark qualities of a political committee. what is the difference between what you re describing and money laundering? not a whole heck of a lot. we have tracked these money flows going through these very complex networks to in part erase the footprint. as if this isn t bad enough, these groups can can donate their money to anyone they want, including a super pac and still keep the original donors secret. because it is anonymous, how can we be assured that it s even domestic? we have evidence that foreign countries would love to meddle in our elections. what you are describing are all things that are threatening our democracy.
and money laundering? not a whole heck of a lot. we have tracked these money flows going through these very complex networks to in part erase the footprint. as if this isn t bad enough, these groups can can donate their money to anyone they want, including a super pac and still keep the original donors secret. how can we be assured that it is even domestic. what you are describing are all things that are threatening our democracy. a donation is not a bad thing. it is a perfectly legitimate way to get engaged with your political system. the problem is that there are wealthy corporations, nonprofits, for profit that have far greater resources and are far more interested in using that money to get what they want out of our political system.
there are some that seem to have no purpose other than to allow dark money to flood into the political system. they sometimes are spending tens of millions of dollars, but they have no bricks and mortar. they operate out of p.o. box. these are the trademark qualities of a political community. what is the difference between what you re describing and money laundering? not a whole heck of a lot. we have tracked these money flows going through these very complex networks to in part erase the footprint. as if this isn t bad enough, these groups can can donate their money to anyone they want, including a super pac and still keep the original donors secret. how can we be assured that it is even domestic. what you are describing are all things that are threatening our democracy. a donation is not a bad thing. it is a perfectly legitimate way
few in history. over time when that s revealed, this cannot stand of its own weight. second i think it s important to look at it that it s not just democrats and republicans. the republican party has to decide whether it still is the party of fiscal responsibility or are prepared to take the united states permanently above 100% debt to gdp. more importantly having been through a couple in congress, rather than dnr, you have to look at this regionally. this is an enormous wealth transfer from the northeast to upper midwest in california to the midwestern and southern states. if we lose the local and state tax deductions in the coastal state. what does that really mean? if you are a republican in new york or california or new jersey or upper midwest and you re going to vote for this and go to washington, i would pack permanently. because people are going to lose their sense of humor about this. it is not just the wealth transfers, if that isn t bad enough, it is undermining public ed