ever forget. he was instrumental in helping people s lives become better. tonight, we remember lives well lived. one year ago. a cruel and mysterious threat arrived on our soil. in the beginning it was unclear how long covid would be here and how many people it would steal from us. then the weeks and months that followed covid moved ruthlessly through our biggest cities and eventually invaded even our smallest towns leaving no part of our country untouched. ultimately it would exact a far greater toll on communities of color but no group of americans has been spared. hi, everyone. i m niccole wallace. we have been honored to tell you about their lives, lives well lived. their stories were all so beautifully unique but they were united by two truths. they all ended too soon and they each left behind an entire family or community for whom life would never be the same. for so many, the losses exacerbated by how our love ed ones died. in many cases alone or in the company
established a missile defense shield in poland of all places. so the fact of the matter is that here is a here we are in the terrible dilemma where the administration is determined to protect the integrity of the iran agreement, and yet be unable to hold iran accountable for violating the very collateral security resolutions. mark, what are the options, if you are not going to scuttle the whole deal? delay the implementation until iran abides with agreement. i have argue and we have been on the air together, alex, that we should not be autot mat cli be agreeing to the lifting of sanctions, because an agreement is violated by the iranians. there has to be a zero tolerance policy by this administration, and by the p5+1 to prevent iran to test any pretex thet of how far the united states and the allies will go before holding iran accountable for violations. speaking of israel before,
mitt romney and small to rick santorum. i don t see illinois tipping the race in one direction or another. i think we re at an odd slog where i don t think momentum will be a driver of anything much at this point. i think romney is too far ahead in delegates and money. i think the party has decided that rick santorum is not a plausible nominee. there is a period in the 08 election between hillary clinton and barack obama in which obama was a mathematically certain nominee. after south carolina. obama was mat mat cli was but hillary stayed in. the reason was she hoped to prove that obama was not a plausible candidate and the convention would end up being contested and delegates would move to her. that is the best he can hope for. in that scenario, delegates don t move to him. i think they try to find some other white knight candidate. but i don t see a scenario in which a momentum tips in illinois and rick santorum rockets to the nomination.
that you that no party one, no party can have their way all the time. you accept that as part of the deal. it becomes surprisingly easy to prag mat cli sort things out on a partnership basis. jon? you all have become known for what we ve been calling the politics of austerity, trying to impose fiscal discipline in the interest of long-term growth and long-term security. as you look at it in the united states, what do you see see that you re doing that we re not. it really depends in country to country. we are in a much more exposed position than many other country sgls why is that? explain that. partly we re a smaller economy than the american economy, an open economy, the