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Special Report All-Star panel discusses growing conflict in the Democrat party surrounding Israel-Hamas conflict
This is a rush transcript from Special Report with Bret Baier, May 19, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
Good evening. Welcome to Washington. I m Bret Baier.
Breaking tonight, we re following two major foreign policy stories. President Biden is stepping up the pressure on Israel to make what is being called a significant de-escalation in its conflict with Hamas. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting that call.
First up, the president s decision to waive sanctions on the company behind a controversial Russian pipeline project to Europe, specifically Germany. He s getting more criticism about that today even as the administration announces penalties for other Russian entities.
Buzz Cut:
• Harry Reid: Media critic
• Lew dodges on ObamaCare
• Never too late to make amends
TEN MORE DAYS OF CLIFF DIVING – President Obama is standing by his refusal to negotiate over the ongoing partial government shutdown and the looming debt-limit bust, so House Speaker
John Boehner and Treasury Secretary
Jack Lew took their talks on the fiscal crisis to the airwaves in dueling Sunday show appearances. The conclusions: The partial shutdown is bound to last for at least another 10 days and the stakes are growing by the hour as Americans come to believe Obama is serious about not budging. Boehner and House Republicans are unified behind a pressure play: They keep passing bills to provide funding for popular programs and Democrats’ sacred cows, particularly retroactive pay guarantees to government workers. If Obama remains aloof from the process, things are going to get very dicey on Wall Street and Main Street. To wit: Markets were already hitting the skids thi