it s if you look at the last time that iran interrupted shipping in the persian gulf it really goes back to the heights of the iran iraq war so what is it that has pushed iranians to take these kind of provocative actions that i would say the answer to that it s very clear that the trumpet ministrations maximum pressure policy and the fact that they run eons. after a year of waiting for the remaining parties to the deal to throw them some sort of economic lifeline have had an off and they re basically pushing back at this stage both in the nuclear realm and in the region but this was an entirely predictable outcome of the trumpet ministrations maximum pressure policy what is iran in in your view telling the world and the region with its recent actions. well the iranians are extreme but i think trying to do 2 specific things they re trying to deter the trumpet ministration from further ratcheting up pressure
scandinav scandinavia, college education is free. every other major country on earth guarantees health care to all people as a right. most countries have higher minimum wages than we do. so essentially what we are talking about is making sure that a vibrant democracy guarantees that all of our people can have a decent standard of living and that we do not have this grotesque level of income and wealth inequality where three people end up more than half of the country where a handful of billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy elections. that s what the political revolution is about. that s what democratic socialism means to me. let me return to the venezuela case because it has been so used by conservatives in the u.s. on exactly this. you ve been critical of the maduro regime. i think also critical of some of the steps taken by the trump administration sort of ratcheting up pressure. but what is the bernie sanders theory of the case for why venezuela is the way
it s great seeing you. come back soon. daniel, thank you as well. come back soon. we appreciate your legal analysis. coming up next on morning joe we ll hear more from michael cohen who is speaking out on his first interview after getting jail time for covering up the president s quote dirty deeds. plus we ll talk to senator christopher coons after the senate s resolution condemning the saudi crown prince and ratcheting up pressure on the president to do more about the murder of jamal khashoggi. you re watching morning joe . we ll be right back. you pleaded guilty to lying to congress. yes. so why should we believe you now? because the special counsel stated emphatically that the information that i gave to them was credible and helpful. there s a substantial amount of information that they possess that corroborates the fact that i am telling the truth. i just got my cashback match,
on tuesday. sandra: you guys are good, thank you. bill: going down to the wire we go. in a moment the fierce fight for a florida senate seat getting a lot of attention and why the race could end up being the most expensive we ve seen in political history. sandra: the u.s. ratcheting up pressure on iran. are the newly imposed sanctions tough enough on tehran? the regime has a choice. it can do a 180 degree turn from its course of action and act like a normal country or can see its economy crumble. (toni vo) twas the night before christmas,
opinions, briefs, op-eds, anything along the lines of roe v. wade and abortion rights. those would be the basic critical the critical stumbling block for trump. phenif he nominates somebody wh pretty clearly pro-life, anti-abortion, that s where you get to a point where collins and murkowski might be willing to break. but if they nominate somebody who takes the very vague position, as neil gorsuch has done, as democratic nominees in the past recent past have done, that is where you get into a real grey area where collins and murkowski in the past have basically indicated a willingness to give it a go and vote for neil gorsuch, even though he doesn t really clearly give you exactly what he s going to do on that issue of choice. the president reaching out, ratcheting up pressure. hans nichols, we saw publicly what the president s doing out there in north dakota, state he carried easily, basically daring heidi heitkamp to vote no.