see energy prices rising right now they re 14% increase in energy prices in this country, which is really driven that cpi number, the number that we just saw come out as it relates to inflation. this is going to just pile more onto that. this is going to increase inflation. so i do have to say it is disappointing to see that he is supporting us since we are a coal state. but at the end of the day, this should be important to everybody in the country because you are going to end up price and riley or being charitable. it s disgusting what joe manchin did. i don t know what they gave him in return. i don t know what the whole thing stinks to high heaven. but what you re doing against the oil ceos is invaluable. we appreciate. thank you. thank you for standing up to these institutions. now, remember, the story we brought you last night about how the fbi was kind of fudging their domestic terror numbers to try to appease president biden? well, we have a big update on that.
it s almost inexplicable, especially when you think about the fact that joe manchin is in a state that trump won by 40%. it is a coal state, and he s giving a vote to the most ambitious climate package in american history. you think? yeah, since nixon epa? yeah, you think about nixon with the epa and clean era act, you have to go back that far to find a climate package and proposals that are as ambitious as the ones joe manchin signed on to. so kristen cinema does seen inexplicable. it s a purple state, not a red state. i think there s still some hope to be had here. she hasn t said no. we have to remember that joe manchin seemed difficult for a long time. you know, there was there s a great scene in the movie term of endearment , where jack nicholson plays this rascally characterby he does the right thing and comes back to shirley
weekend at his home, alexandria? reporter: well, eric, last night president biden spoke with president zelenskyy for over half hour and the discussion to send additional humanitarian and economic aid. during that call, president biden also commended the heroism of the operators of the ukraine nuclear power plant who were able to secure reactors even as it came under russian attack last week. as for domestic energy, secretary blinken said today that the u.s. is in active discussions with european partners about russian oil. it makes up 10% of what the u.s. import and could hurt us more than them leading to higher fuel costs but the move has been called a moral obligation but lawmakers, bipartisan legislation is being pushed, that s being led by senator joe manchin and senator chris murphy weighed in. if prices go up naturally through the mechanism will are more u.s. production. joe manchin represents a coal
because over the course of the pandemic production was down and prices were not high enough. if prices go up you are naturally through the market mechanisms going to keep more production joe manchin represents a coal state i represent a state that s going to have a lot of wind power online very soon. my preference to be to try to fill in that gap with renewable energy. but the reality is, if europe decides to take a stuffed stand against russian gas and oil there s no way you re not going to have some that filled it with a natural resource production. lng in particular, natural gas that we produce in the united states and shipped to europe is likely going to have to part of the solution. i would just want to make sure in the united states if we have to fill in ob lucent russian gas us just a west virginia coal that s from long island wind power. really quickly before you go the iran nuclear deal their discussions at the table. russia is at that table at a time or try to make them a