just from the details we have, of what we ve seen and that these attacks in russia? obviously, there is a lot we do not know but it fits a pattern of attacks we have seen, including last year byjihadists linked to the islamic state probably from the islamic state khorasan, which is their branch in central asia, and has carried out attacks in moscow and this attack is close to their home territory. can we infer anything? we know the sites that were targeted, two churches, one a synagogue these are religious venues. can we make anything from that in terms of what was actually targeted? so, the islamic state and individuals that follow it see themselves as part of a religious struggle. they see a western war on islam and they see awar a war done by christians and dues on religious targets. jews. by striking religious targets, they believe they re defending their faith. as you said earlier, we re still working to confirm a lot of the facts here and figure out exactly who w
and so we re absolutely sure of our facts and the chinese ought to own up to this. we have sanctioned a great number of chinese companies, and we re prepared to do more by the way. we remind china that chinese officials, they have considerable authority in this authoritarian government over what happens, and they can certainly crack down on these companies, and they ought to do it because it is a major problem. and it s a major obviously a major assistance to russia in this war effort. how much communication is there between the two sides, and how difficult is it for you? we know there have been times. i ve been here for two plus years. there have been times when communication has been very sparse. after speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan august 2022, the chinese shut down communications mostly with our cabinet level in washington. after that strange balloon floated across the territory of the united states for five days in february of 2023, the chinese shut down comm
You have a slim majority, so the grip isn t too tight on the house and the senate, but if you can t deliver on policies that are popular and you ve got all the power here, you ve got the majorities, what s the case to democrats to say give us another chance next november? look, i have kconfidence they re going to get it done. i m used to this conversation because it s part of the process. we get confused in the moment, who is up, who is down. at the end of the day i care about one thing and that s results. i really believe this and i just think there s too much evidence to back this up, so to me it s not a particularly novel statement. nancy pelosi is just at a different level in terms of figuring out ways to get things done. we all recognize, chuck schumer recognizes, the president of the united states recognizes what s at stake, the democratic party has to recognize what s at stake if we don t make progress. i have all the confidence in the world they ll make real and