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inappropriate conduct, according to comcast, which owns nbc universal. shell writing, i had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which i deeply regret. i m truly sorry i let colleagues down. a lawyer for cnbc anchor hadley gamble says, the investigation into mr. shell arose from a complaint by my client of sexual harassment and sex discrimination. shell and comcast have not commented on those allegations. tonight the media landscape is shaken, with three very familiar faces no longer in the picture. and stephanie, with tucker carlson gone how big a hole does that leave for fox news reporter: well, lester, carlson had top billing in the network s primetime line-up. if stock price is any indication, his departure could be deeply felt. fox news shares dropped 3% today following the news fox says they will rotate different anchors until finding a permanent replacement. lester all right, stephanie, thank you now to sudan where thousands of americans are tr
ukraine, americans may suffer some consequences. maybe we will incur some costs. in this situation, that may relate to energy costs, for example. but we are taking very specific and appropriate, i believe, steps to mitigate what that cost might be if it happens. cnbc anchor hadley gamble joins me now from munich, addly, welcome to you. i want to ask you about the role that oil and gas are playing in this crisis. but first, i want to have you recall the interview that you conducted with president putin in moscow last october. in that interview, hadley, did you hear anything that suggested or indicated in any way that we would be where we are, here, today? reporter: good afternoon, alex, and thank you so much for having me join you from munich. when i sat down with vladimir putin, we were there for 2 1/2 hours. i peppered him with questions, the first of which was whether
barrel. the question is, not only how does that pinch the european economies, but the u.s. economy as well. i appreciate that comprehensive report, hadley gamble, from europe. police make over 200 arrests, effectively ending the trucker freedom convoy in ottawa over vaccine mandates. mackenzie gray, are there any remnants of the protests at this time? reporter: alex, it s all done now. most of the protesters who were milling about in front of the police line have left. i ve been walking through it today. maybe about a dozen or so protesters giving a half-hard command of freedom when they occupied downtown ottawa in front of parliament.
result of his administration banning russian oil sales in the united states. he called them a putin price hike. as we mentioned this announcement came the day u.s. gas prices hit their highest levels on record according to aaa. russian oil makes up 8% of u.s. imports which make up 2% to 3% of total american consumption due to robust domestic consumption. with insight, cnbc anchor hadley gamble. let s talk about the impact on russia. we re doing this, the uk is doing this, the rest of europe hasn t yet done this. maybe they will, maybe they won t. what is the impact now and what could make it hurt more? reporter: i ll take this question a different way, if you will, chuck, europe for putin, he has on a string. 40% of their imports come from russia but also the oil situation. 30% comes from russia.