for example, paying rent is really, really high right now. so it s either they go out and get something or they might miss that to pay rent on a monthly basis. reporter: jose, these sanctions that the biden administration is expected to announce are going to be lasting more than likely months, not weeks. but the big question becoming how is the united states going to make up for the lost oil, which is still in the single digits when you consider both crude oil and petroleum products, but it s a lot. we could see a bump up in domestic production, but there was a secret delegation, jose, sent to venezuela over the weekend to meet with nicolas maduro. consider the irony of this. the maduro administration is under sanctions because of deprivation of human rights, and that s the position that the united states finds itself in, dealing with bad actors, like venezuela, saudi arabia, or iran, to try to figure out how they re going to overcome this deficit. jose? it is truly unbelievable. s
americans can hang in there. what s your thought on that? thanks for having me, chris. a small percentage, and this is a reflection of the poll they re referring to, a very small percentage of the bump-up in gas prices has to do with the conflict in ukraine right now. we ve seen prices rise due largely to energy policy adopted in the last year, shutting down the keystone xl pipeline, the thumbs down for the mediterranean pipeline, and green lighting the nord stream 2 people line, which thankfully has been eliminated. a lot of decisions have been made over the past year that have led to higher gas prices, that the marginal bump-up we re seeing now regarding the conflict in eastern europe, that is, you know, a small piece of this, but i think that is a small piece that people are going to pay in order to protect lives in ukraine. well, let me ask you about this, because your governor, tom wolf, joined the governors of
suggesting that it s about up to 30% more contagious which means you get a lot more distinctal positives which means we have to get away from asymptomatic mask testing that we do it in the hospital that we can t sift out who is in the hospital for covid versus with covid. we are seeing an up tick in the u.k. and even parts of western europe i can guarantee we re going to see an increase in case numbers we keep testing like this in the united states. question is what s happening here. we think that the vaccination and people who don t have natural immiewnlty arive going away a little bit especially in older people and we also think this is just more ewe bike towings and common in population covid is part of the normal group of viruses that bumps up every viral season and we re seeing it right now and see a bump up and important for people not to get hysterical when they see an increase in cases. doctor thanks a lot for joining us for your expertise. before we go stream the dan bongino
suggesting that it s about up to 30% more contagious which means you get a lot more distinctal positives which means we have to get away from asymptomatic mask testing that we do it in the hospital that we can t sift out who is in the hospital for covid versus with covid. we are seeing an up tick in the u.k. and even parts of western europe i can guarantee we re going to see an increase in case numbers we keep testing like this in the united states. question is what s happening here. we think that the vaccination and people who don t have natural immiewnlty arive going away a little bit especially in older people and we also think this is just more ewe bike towings and common in population covid is part of the normal group of viruses that bumps up every viral season and we re seeing it right now and see a bump up and important for people not to get hysterical when they see an increase in cases. doctor thanks a lot for joining us for your expertise. before we go stream the dan bongino
suggesting that it s about up to 30% more contagious which means you get a lot more distinctal positives which means we have to get away from asymptomatic mask testing that we do it in the hospital that we can t sift out who is in the hospital for covid versus with covid. we are seeing an up tick in the u.k. and even parts of western europe i can guarantee we re going to see an increase in case numbers we keep testing like this in the united states. question is what s happening here. we think that the vaccination and people who don t have natural immiewnlty arive going away a little bit especially in older people and we also think this is just more ewe bike towings and common in population covid is part of the normal group of viruses that bumps up every viral season and we re seeing it right now and see a bump up and important for people not to get hysterical when they see an increase in cases. doctor thanks a lot for joining us for your expertise. before we go stream the dan bongino