federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden s problem few democrats don t see the point. i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to bring down prices at the pump. but evidently didn t nail down lawmaker support before making the public plea and congress is lukewarm. house speaker nancy pelosi writing: we will see where the consensus lies on a path forward. democrat senator joe manchin indicated the votes may not be there at all telling abc. i m not a yes right now that s for sure. even if congress gets on board, there is nothin
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As conflicts rage in Gaza and Ukraine and terrorists continue to attack U.S. forces, new battlefield tactics will continue to stress the preparation of the military.
when the fighting could escalate on the ground again? well, the fighting is deadlocked right now. it s the winter months. it s cold. it makes it very difficult. the ground is frozen. it makes it difficult for any russian or ukrainian tanks o mechanized vehicles tuesday move. so the fightingn the front lines is pretty much static. so what you re seeing here is both sides are turning to off battlefield tactics such as this bombardment of ukrainian cities. we saw this last year. we saw russia try to diminish ukrainian morale by targeting civilian infrastructure, and that was something that really hurt the ukrainians. in the meantime you see russia is able to retrofit its vehicles, able to gather supplies and gather that missile capability and make more ammunition. and i think that for now we re going to see over the winter months this bombardment of civilian infrastructure is going to escalate. on the battlefield things are still static. we ll have to wait until spring to see any real m
can see that putin has been openly attacked, which conveys weakness. putin s forces in ukraine will wonder whether they should get killed in seemingly futile war particularly when the biggest territorial gains of the war so far have been in russia. even if the coup fizzles it ll change internal politics, putin s behavior and the battlefield tactics in ukraine. there s no good guys when two criminals vow for control of a nuclear power. however if you re trying to understand the logic of coups, look out for whether the loyalists stay loyal or peel off towards those challenging him. if important figures abandon the regime en masse, putin is toast. what s the likely of that? are you going to see the people peel away or is the iron grip of