comments relating to nato and our western european allies that rely on russian, oil, gas, and energy. germany for one. that puts them in a weakened position to stay united against putin. does it not? well, putin can wait them out. he has $638 billion of reserves because the price of oil has been so high. it s one of the reasons he has moved right now. angela merkel made a huge mistake getting rid of nuclear power plants in germany and making them more dependent on russian oil and gas. so, yes, europe has a problem. it depends on russian energy supplies. that will have to change now that people see what putin is capable of. sean: thank you. ground in ukraine tonight our own lucas. what is going on?
wheel house. your overview comments relating to nato and our western european allies that rely on russian, oil accident gas and energy. germany for one that puts them in a weakened position to stay united against putin. well, putin can wait them out. he has 638 billion dollars of reserves because the price of oil has been so high. angela merkel made a huge mistake getting rid of nuclear power plants in germany and making them more dependent on russian oil and gas. yes, europe has a problem. it depends on russian energy supplies. that will have to change now that people see what putin is capable of. sean: thank you. joining us live on the ground in ukraine tonight are own lucas. what is going on? we just learned the remaining
the value of president putin s war fund has vanished. most of putin s $638 billion central bank reserves were kept in foreign banks and now with sanctions, those petro dollars cannot be converted into rubles or transferred back to moscow to fund the war, bret. bret: jennifer, i have sat in your seat covering the pentagon. and i heard today that a fixture in the pentagon press corps associated press bob burns he has covered that defense department for 45 years is retiring. that s right. bret. bob burns who you and i have both worked alongside is the dean of the pentagon press corps and as press secretary john kirby said today a complete gentleman. kirby read from a book called confirm or deny about the role the pentagon press corps has played since world war ii and vietnam. and a responsible members of the underrated press corps of the pentagon sit in their grubby room on the second floor of the big building and poor over the
there were no rules, you are right. the rules were there to be bent. and we expose the corrupt deal to pay off a notorious dictator. i had to make it clear that, er, they re going to expect a nice, thick envelope of notes, you know. in south africa s rural heartland, one company dominates tobacco production. 90% of the crop is bought by british american tobacco. tobacco! yes, tobacco. bat sold a staggering 638 billion cigarettes last year. and south africa is one of its most important markets.
and we expose the corrupt deal to pay off a notorious dictator. i had to make it clear that, er, they re going to expect a nice, thick envelope of notes, you know. in south africa s rural heartland, one company dominates tobacco production. 90% of the crop is bought by british american tobacco. tobacco! yes, tobacco. bat sold a staggering 638 billion cigarettes last year.