this object has been described as roughly the size of a small car, much smaller than the suspected chinese spy balloon which the air force shot down last saturday. to say it was shut down to say nothing from the facts that comments from the podium at the white house today is raising questions tonight. it was downed off the alaska coast, again, about the size of a small car. it had been seen flying at approximately 40,000 feet and was deemed to pose a reasonable threat to aircraft and other civilian operations. still, there are few answers about the object, even as the white house attempts to draw distinctions between this episode and the episode i previously mentioned last saturday. now, we are told that the president based on the advice of the pentagon believed it posed enough of a concern that it needed to be shot down. he ordered it, and it was. asked about the intradiction, the president said simply it was a success. we re going to remain vigilant about the skies
battlefield could one day help ukraine retake crimea. prosecutors now say the accused killer has been of a massachusetts mom googled how to do it and how to hide it. specifically battle tanks. the u.s.-abrams not set to be included in this pack pj. the defense department making it clear this is a practical and logistical concern behind not including those things. a lot of training and maintenance are involved and questions around their compatibility with what else ukraine has in play on the battlefield that it s getting for other european allies. they are not in principle opposed to tanks. we understand from a senior defense official that the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is set to press his german counterpart to allow re-export for german tanks to ukraine. in terms of long-range missiles, i think there s great perception how russia would perceive these. in the past hour we have heard from the kremlin who said any discussions on supplying ukraine with weapons that cou
good evening, brett. parts of the president s pitch pitches an actual fairy tale as he tries to make the case that today s economic report is not too cold and is not too hot, but rather just right. new york times media reports, they call it the goldilocks report. i have my shock waiting for the wolf. talking about a strong october jobs report and saying 261,000 jobs created while comments by republican leadership servant sure team to say that they are rooting for a recession as the u.s. economy grows and adds jobs even as gas prices continue to come down. president biden is trusting the federal reserve to address inflation by raising rates, but officials admitted this week that they don t know what will happen next. i am wondering, has a window for a soft landing narrowed? do you still think it s possible? has it narrowed? yes. is it still possible, yes. the president is not ignoring higher prices. we know that folks are still struggling with inflation, it s o
[indistinct] [bleep]! kayleigh: no one except maybe opec because they just did. saudi led oil cartel announced it is slashing production by 2 million barrels a day. the move is expected to push our rising gas prices even higher. it is also a slap in the face to the president and his team because they have been spending months and months trying to stop this spirit the president even visited saudi arabia last july. you remember, it is that video of victoria s fist bump between the saudi prince. that opec removes the failure of the fist pump to diplomacy and simply doesn t work. americans, well, if you will pay the price. you know what, it is amazing to me, tammy. i saw this yesterday the announcement of the cuts from opec. fist bump foreign policy diplomacy simply doesn t work. then came the headlines, which were in canada delete accurate and usually they bury the truth of the biden administration cnbc, white house lobby fails to prevent opec plus cuts appear td national re
instead continues to beg middle eastern countries like saudi arabia and kuwait to keep the taps flowing. carley: oil producers here at home panic the anger the warning banding or illuminating the export of refined products would likely decrease inventory levels, reduce defining capacity, put upward pressure on consumer fuel prices, and alienate u.s. allies during a time of war. todd: kevin live in washington with more. good morning, todd and carley for potential cut by opec that obviously lead to major headaches. not just for the white house but for american consumers as well. they of course are already sitting down next saddled with significantly higher prices compared to when former president trump left office. the average price for a gallon of gas topping $3.80 a gallon right now according to aaa. $3.80 a week ago, $3.86, continues to get worse when we look back. those producers will meet today to announce a plan to cut oil production which could cause another skyro