a pressure tactic. you only do that if you re a good prosecutor, have a very specific and relevant reason for it. and then finally, since i m still with the floor here, thank you, joe manchin. the new york attorney s office, elie. this is in response to a court filing. she said she has solid evidence in the civil case here of fraudulent and misleading activity from the trump organization. yeah, john. ? the civil case, this is a significant escalation. and i think a real cause for concern for the trump organization and the trump family. this filing that came out just before midnight gives us by far the most depth and detail we have seen on this allegation we have heard for years now about the overvaluation of these assets. let me tell you, this is mega fraud. that s not a legal term. this is mega fraud. we are talking hundreds of millions of dollars, prepositive
here is what kinds of economic sanctions and i reported in early january that they were considering export controls on semiconductors and other high-tech components that russia needs for its industrial complex. now that s been ramped up. that s one of the things that is front and center. how, you know, important could that be as a pressure tactic against russia. we are definitely hearing, andrea, that the commerce department and other parts of the u.s. government are preparing a significant set of restrictions, export controls, changes to the rules and regulations that govern how technology can go to russia, and i think this is very important because it s a way to deprive the russian economy of certain technologies. but look, this has to be calibrated and done with precision because as michael pointed out, you know, no tool of state craft is perfect. obviously if there was a perfect tool, we would employ it, but whether you engage in military actions, you worry about collateral damag
budapest and hungry, access to point oh. his policies have kind of been like a checklist avoided gop aspires to. homophobic, transphobia, he banned gender studies you can t be if you re not a man or woman. he has domesticated the media. we don t hear about people being poisoned or falling out of windows, so he s more palatable than putin, but he uses a huge amount of pressure, and economic, and promises to make peoples lives difficult, economically. for example, hundreds of media companies quote, donated their assets to a foundation run by one of his lesson example of what is pressure tactic. some of, all his pioneer this kind of, electoral democracy autocracy.
reduction talks with the former soviet union. he s also a board president at global zero. thanks for being with us yesterday and we enjoyed having you so much that we had to have you back because we needed more time to really delve into all of your expertise. so mr. burt, ukrainian officials say putin s move to put his deterrent forces on high alert is just a tactic to put pressure on ukraine ahead of tomorrow s scheduled meeting. do you see it that way or is it something else? i think in part it is a pressure tactic. we could call it nuclear coercion. but i don t think the audience is just ukraine. i think it s the western world, the global community. vladimir putin is saying i m going to up the ante. this is very important to me. and i m prepared to go all the way. and this really reflects putin s own kind of personal fascination with nuclear weapons. i had an opportunity about five years ago to meet with putin in
authorize new money soon. we ve outlined severe and immediate consequences that the united states will face if congress fails to provide us with $22.5 billion in emergency funding to fight covid-19. those consequences are dire. fewer monoclonal antibodies sent to states and inability to purchase additional treatments, fewer tests available to americans, less surveillance for future variants and a risk of running short on vaccines. you ll remember billions of dollars were supposed to be in the huge spending package that passed the house last week until it was stripped from the bill after objections from lawmakers. i want to bring in nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. so mem, talk about the programs on the chopping block? does this public campaign from the white house on this topic amount to basically a pressure tactic against congress here? reporter: that s right, hallie. it s important to start with how we got into this mess. the president an hour ago signed