dana: a bipartisan push on capitol hill to spend more than half a billion dollars on additional military for ukraine. we expect this to sail through the house, i suppose. at the end of the day my question is why aren t we doing what we should be doing to stop russia and that s isolating and devastating the russian energy economy? the energy sector in russia, the sanctions that biden put in place yesterday actually carve out the energy sector in russia. why cause why allow blood shed in ukraine when we could stop all this from happening if we hit putin where it hurts, which is his pocketbook?
protected status tps for ukrainians who are already in the united states. what i m hearing, and i m sure you are two from advocates is that the refugee camp has to be raised as well. do you think that that is the possibility? i think it s not only a possibility, i think it s now a likelihood. the american people are all in support of these measures, by the way. i mean, the calls that i get in my district office is why aren t we doing more? why aren t we doing more? right now, i probably have a little bit of a different perspective. i wanted most to cleaning american, in congressional districts of the country, i tweeted out a picture from a neighborhood block not far from where i live, where you saw a ton of ukrainian flags on each row home of the city blog in northeast philadelphia. so by virtue of that, i obviously have more people who are directly affected. family members still in ukraine. but i think even if you don t have a big ukrainian american population, there is a real
super power. that s the danger. if russia can get away with this it can get away with invading poland. it can get away with invading the baltic states. china can get away with invading taiwan. you essentially tear up the rule book of international relations. so then the i think to add to that argument, then, if this is so important, if it s a nuclear super power, then why aren t we doing more to help? why aren t we supplying, you know, more troops at all? why aren t we doing a no fly zone? the only thing putin will respond to is actual force. he is not going to be stopped through sanctions no matter how many you put on him. he is determined to take that territory as the general just says, this is not about emotion
images we are going do see of civilian casualties in ukraine. many americans will then ask why aren t we doing something about this? why aren t we getting into this fight? the biden administration will come under tremendous pressure to intervene despite president biden s pledge not to put boots on the ground in ukraine. so very soon the biden administration i predict will reach a decision point what to do consistent with the values as americans. we have in the past intervene ds to defend freedom but we need to remind ourselves in situations like this, whether ukraine or libya or vietnam or kosovo or afghanistan, it is much easier to get in to a situation like
gallon of gas reaching $4 today. 8 cents more than yesterday, 40 cents more than a week ago. we re looking at the highest gas prices since 2008, but some moat rates are saying the price hike is worth it. willing to pay more for gas if it meant more restrictions on russia? personally, yeah, i probably would honestly. i feel like it s just a little price that might need to pay. i would rather support ukraine in whatever we can. if that means gas prices hike up, i would pay it. also consider 80% of americans in a recent poll say the u.s. should stop buying oil from russia. that is an option the white house is now weighing. as putin s war on ukraine escalates, back here in the u.s. many are watching these atrocities unfold and the humanitarian crisis growing dierg by the day and wondering why aren t we doing more. here to help the question, don callaway, voter protection