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at number two or three minister in a huge department, the government can be quite a frustrating business. does that offer any defence against what lord agnew was saying today? in what lord agnew was saying today? in a sense, the treasury has a defence, which was that this was a global pandemic pretty much unprecedented, and they had to get these loans out all the support that went through the income taxes and furlough out at fast speed, and obviously the checks weren t going to be as good as they would like them to be. but i think that you are right, often people with policy ambition come into government and find, as dominic cummings did, that the mechanisms of government, the civil servants just aren t quite set up to be as responsive as they would want to. but it s much easier to diagnose a problem then it is to actually do the patient work of resolving the problems. i think it s a shame in a way that lord agnew has resigned, and wonder if other ministers have share ....
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fight for higher wages for workers. thanks for being here, everyone. big developments and growing fears that europe is closer to the brink of war. this morning, the state department is reducing personnel at the u.s. embassy in kyiv, ukraine, starting with the departure of non-essential staff and family members. nato allies sending additional ships and fighters, a move kremlin is slamming as hysteria. president biden is considering deploying several thousand u.s. troops to the region to mark a major escalation from him. secretary of state tony blinken now is also warning that if a single russian unit enters ukraine, it would trigger a swift, severe and united response from the u.s. and europe. we have every angle covered on this rapidly developing story with reporters in ukraine, russia, and washington at this hour. let s begin with cnn s matthew chance in kyiv. matthew, what is the latest there? reporter: the latest, kate, it s been quite a strong reaction from the ....
time for family members of u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine has in order to get out now for additional personnel there being authorized to leave. the state department really raising the alarm if you are an american in ukraine, it is time to get out now. if there is a russian impatient, there won t be an opportunity to air lift people out. in the meantime, president biden with a range of options including deploying 3,000 to 5,000 in eastern europe. this is a real shift in posture from just economic sanctions. here in ukraine the second shipment of american ammunition and weapons arrived. ukrainian officials but that total at more than 80 tons. the administration continues to and says no preemptive sanctions against russia. here is the secretary of state. the purpose of those is to detour russia aggression. so if they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect and the alliance is looking at very practical and important measures in the event of the russian impre ....
the polling also shows big erosions in president biden s approval within key parts of the democratic base. and a major nearly double digit enthusiasm gap between democrats and republicans about the midterm elections. democrats are looking for ways to jump start biden s stalled domestic agenda on capitol hill, and gin up some excitement around the midterms, like divvying up the build back better social spending bill into smaller arguably more passable pieces of legislation. i m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the build back better law signed into law. and once again, joe manchin will be calling the shots, telling reporters on thursday that when it comes to negotiating build back better, the democrats will, quote, be starting from scratch. joining me now to help understand the road ahead for democrats, congressman james clyburn, house majority whip and chairman of the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. whip clyburn, as always, thank you very ....