nato. to the commission, what measures will you take to prevent circumvention of the european sanctions by the third countries. and to the nato secretary-general, how nato will help to secure its defense against russia. in our sanction packages we are creating measures to make sure there are no loop holes. we have a sanctions envoy. they are reinforcing the message that any kind of circumvention of sanctions will have consequences. for example, we have included in our sanctions packages the possibility to list persons or entities that are even from third countries that are circumventing the sanctions by
executive branch can only do so much. congress has to act. they won t do comprehensive immigration reform. we know how divided congress is. there s things that they can do that can close the loop holes on the border. the fact is the executive branch can t fix it themselves. kevin mccarthy is taking over. they have lots of ideas on immigration. i hope congress tackles that in the new year, this is a crisis, title 42 is not the solution martha: what about a wall? texas doesn t have to line up containers? well, we heard a story a few minutes against about them using tunnels. a wall is also not the answer. there s multiple things that they need to do on the border. it s not about political talking points or screaming build the wall at a rally. it s about these things that we can do at ports of entry to tackle legal immigrants that show up and allowed to claim asylum. we have no place for them,
which did not raise taxes. we closed loop holes. the democrat who stood in the way of the last push, said they promised it would tame inflation. republicans disagree. it s going to make inflation worse actually. i like joe very much, but i think he got taken to the cleaners. reporter: with 100 days until the midterms, a new tracker finds republicans would hold a lead in the house if the election was held today. with economy and inflation among the top issues for november. and democrats plan to vote on the bill this week before heading out on their august recess, using reconciliation. meaning they would only need 50 votes. keeping their own caucus together. the outlier remains kyrsten sinema who has yet to say if she will vote for the bill. jericka? all right. serena marshall at the white house for us, thank you. for the first time since russia invaded ukraine, the first shipments of grain could leave ukrainian points as earl why is as tomorrow. but safe passage relying on vla
plan. that will increase green energy subsidies, close taxes loop holes for the wealthy, and lower the cost of prescription drugs, among other provisions. genuinely very good, and surprising, and republicans were furious. how did a get followed stop? was it misfired by mcconnell, what happened there? well it was obviously a double cross by joe manchin. just two weeks ago, he said he wasn t going to support a bill like this, but you know, laura, he s been saying for months, he would not support so many of the provisions in this bill. he s called them gimmicks or smoking mirrors budgeting. but, now he s going to apparently support all of them. a double crossed by joe manchin. poor tom cotton. mcconnell said he would block the chips bill if democrats started negotiating a new build back better plans. they waited right after the chips bill passed and then announced, in, secret they had a new plan. republicans were not happy.
spending and lowering what seniors pay for prescription drugs and capping it, yes, i believe that is going to be anti-inflation and lower prices. just asking the most well off americans to pay their fair share, to close the loop holes neil: by the way, what is fair share, gene? i always hear that. what is fair share for a rich person? i know about the corporations and those that but for an individual, what is fair share to you? 37% now. you want to bring it up 39.6. what is fair share? what level are they paying taxes that gene sperling and the white house can say finally you re paying your fair share. the one that is relevant to the bill we re talking about is all this business says if you re reporting over a billion dollars of profit, to your shareholders and to the markets, you should be paying 15% on that. neil: take that off what about wealthy individuals then?