Back. we ll get the claim about this move into moldova in a moment i think he thinks it s a distraction, a strategic distraction. talk about the meeting in germany. also the cutting off of gas to poland and bulgaria. it is self-districtive to an extent. but it shows how far russia will go. they don t care. yeah, this could be self-sabotage to an already failing russian economy. i think what this speaks to what i said before, europe is very heavily reliant on russian gas and the kremlin still has tricks up its sleeve that it can use to wrong-foot the europeans which have been supportive of ukraine. of course, europeans and the biden administration have been preparing for this. we re very aware of this energy independence and how it could give russia this leverage. poland is 45, 50% dependent on
Directive of theirs since the da was elected to office, this districtive of not appearing at parole board hearings. the hope there to allow the board to make an objective decision based on how the inmate has behaved since the crime. of course, as you mentioned, sirhan has been in prison now for more than half a century. so this decision, as you mentioned, will now be under review, and governor newsom does have the opportunity to reverse it if he chooses to do so. appreciate it. also mandatory evacuations underway across the gulf coast as we brace for hurricane ida. ida is set to make land fall sunday as a category four storm, exactly 16 years after hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. alison joins me from the cnn weather center. what areas are most at risk? right. so it is really going to be the
Communications about your staff about how that came to be? i did not, no. you did learn about the pause in the security assistance aid. i learned that on july 18th the day before i left. there was several meetings about this, and i believe you testified to that? i said i knew there would be a meeting in that time frame and there was one put on the schedule for the following week, but of course i left so i didn t attend that. is it fair to say that it stops and starts in aid like this sometimes do happen. that s correct. and i believe you testified there was a freeze put on all kind of aid and assistance because it was in the process at that time, there were significant reviews of foreign assistance going on. that s also correct, yes. what else can you tell us about that? about the foreign assistance review? yeah. i understood there had been a districtive for a few review,
Management consulting firm. good to see thanks. afternoon. shepard: do the details of how it went down matter? you know, a little bit. i think it s a matter of degrees. in other words, what s been reported either president trump directed his white house counsel to go to the department of justice to fire mueller or if he was just thinking about it. if he gave a districtive, that s stronger. but regardless, which is accurate and obviously mueller knows which is true, i think it colors or gives atmosphere to the firing of james comey. so that s where it plays in here. shepard: so it s intent that matters? intent is the only thing that matters with obstruction. while you can it s hard to infer what someone intends to do, you look at their actions. if you want to know what someone is thinking about doing, look to see what they did. that s how you prove intent. shepard: i believe there s
But on the other hand, they re trying to walk back every so slightly. and she was suggesting that this was going to be this whole trip and the speech would be districtive to to the israeli-u.s. relationship, that the president walking a much finer more diplomatic line to push back on what the substance of what the prime minister said which appeared to be effective in attacking the proposed u.s. deal with iran while also saying let s try to work together because he s walking a fine line here by attacking a key u.s. ally, gretchen. then we had some democrat who is came out right after the speech as well and basically said that netanyahu was fearmongering abouter rang. some of these congressmen coming out saying that netanyahu was throwing a temper tantrum, basically, i have seen senior democrats like bob menendez who