now to our special report on a big new step in this ongoing clash over big tech. many have been confronting the companies that they say damaged all sorts of issues in our society from equality to democracy. social media under fire. we ve already seen big tech use their size and use their scope to rig marketplaces. elon musk is a danger to twitter and to freedom of speech. mr. musk hates the sec and it s childish. it s immature and it s narcissistic. maybe we should be asking ourselves why one company is trying to monopolize the internet communication platforms and digital commerce and maybe we should break them up. break up big tech. this has been a conversation for
the oligarchs that were working for the russian federation inside ukraine. and ukrainian announced today that medvedchuk alone they have to seize 30 plots of land 20, three houses, 32 apartments, 26 cars and a one. yacht. , and a one yacht. presumably that one fake train card that had springwater of the caboose! at just as russian oligarchs the world over are having the yachts seized and their assets frozen, ukraine to its trying to free itself of what russia has been doing to them, by weaponizing corruption to create these powerful, rich, pro putin power centers inside their country. to keep the country corrupt, weak, destabilized, dependent on russia. but today, a big new step. today, europe, the european union, finally took the first step toward actually pulling the plug on russia s power.
on russia. but today, a big new step. today, europe, the european union, finally took the first step toward actually pulling the plug on russia s power. toward actually dismantling russia as a state. at least, as the kind of state it is now. because the european union today began drafting a measure that would ban the purchase of russian oil and gas. if there is one thing that could end putin s russia as we know it, it would be that. will they really do it? more ahead, stay with us.
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we re celebrating what a group of revolutionary folks did. they put down their life and liberty and sacred honor for a value set. and if we give that up, chris, we re in real trouble. that conversation will fn. coming up, a key house committee takes a big new step to try to force the white house s hand. what are they looking for and are they likely to get it? that s next.