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you know, can t maintain its value for very long if these measures are maintained on the russian central bank. exactly. danny glasser, great to get your perspective. appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thank you very much. well, russia s invasion and the west retaliatory sanctions are driving up costs everywhere and they are impossible to avoid. a bushel of wheat is now up 12%. global inflation now stands at 8.6%. and oil prices have gone up 7% since the invasion began. nonetheless, oil company ceos are refusing to take steps to lower gas prices for american consumers. during a hearing on wednesday, none of the big oil bosses from companies, including exxon mobil, shell, chevron, and bp would commit to reducing dividends and share buybacks. instead, and use those profits to ramp up production. democratic lawmakers accuse the ceos of padding share holders pockets at the expense of the american people.
sanctions, if we re serious about our reaction to massacres of bucha and other other cities that are being uncovered, then we have to be serious with our sanctions. and oil, i think, is the next logical step that has to be taken. let s talk more about this with danny glasser. he served as assistant secretary for terrorist financing in the u.s. department of treasury during the obama administration. good to have with you with us. oh thank you for having me. so, new sanctions by the u.s. in coordination with the eu and the g7 were announced targeting putin s daughters along with top russian security officials and russian banks. and the measures include a ban on all new u.s. investment in russia. what s your response to these latest sanctions and how much impact could they have? well, i think the latest sanctions are significant tightening of an already fairly tough set of measures that the u.s. and the g7, the eu and
israeli military talks about iran s nuclear ambitions. been a house hearing on screening visitors for potential terrorists. and from today s washington journal, a look at what kind of threat is still pose i al qaeda. the former commander in chief of the israeli defense forces said today that the best approach to preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is diplomatic talks and tougher sanctions. he said he didn t support setting a deadline. from the brookings institution, this is an hour and 25 minutes. good morning. welcome to the center of the brookings institution. i intend paula, a senior fellow of the sublime center. welcome on this very solemn anniversary. we are here today to deal with another topic of immense importance to america s national security. one very different from the anniversary that we are celebrating but one that obviously pretends to have a similar impact if it goes the wrong way. and, of course, one of the great issues that we re wrestling w