president biden looking to flip the script on republicans with a law and order midterm swing. we re live in pennsylvania with more on that. the news on another speech later this week, and why the president s advisers think now is the time to make a broader pitch to voters, besides the obvious pre midterm timing. two u.s. officials telling nbc news russia has combat drones from iran. what we re learning about how they plan to use them on the battlefield in ukraine and the push to prevent a nuclear disaster in that country. i m hallie jackson in washington. we start with the latest fallout after that mar-a-lago search. i want to bring in nbc s julia ainsley, ben collins, charles coleman, former prosecutor, sich rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst and clint watts, msnbc national security analyst. julia, let me start with you first. the dod ruling is expected to come down at some point today. we don t know the timing. that s what i m trying to say here. we do know it s expect
president welcomes all ideas to protect consumers and make sure oil companies are not taking advantage of putin s war and are competing fairly. no company should be engaging in unfair practices to hike up prices on american consumers press the president has said president putin s actions are what s driving the price increase at the pump. spring wall street journal columnist dan henninger. so mary, bad news continues economically. the gas prices the signs of slowing consumer spending on the stock markets have been just awful. what are those signals all telling us? are we headed towards stagflation or maybe recession? nothing has really changed. the fed was giving a lot of what we call monetary accommodation which is flooding basically the economy with money. and on the fiscal side president biden was spending a lot of money. there is a lot of concern that at some point that was going to cause inflation but begot the inflation the entertainment they re going to raise inte
this is what darren woods, exxon s chairman and ceo, told investors during the company s recent earnings call. we re, i d say, actively exploring that opportunity set and like what we re seeing so far. mr woods described lithium mining as a natural fit for the company. extracting the lithium is very consistent with a lot of the things that we do in our refineries and chemical plants and in some of our upstream operations. so that piece of the equation is, again, not new to the company. exxonmobil is rumoured to be in talks with tesla, ford motor, volkswagen and other auto makers to supply lithium. that s according to a bloomberg report. lithium remains tiny compared to the fossil fuel business that has powered profits for exxon and for the other oil majors for the past several decades. but their interest suggests big oil thinks it may get bigger in the future. that s michelle fleury in new york. and that s it for this edition of asia business report.
to the fossil fuel business that has powered profits for exxon and for the other oil majors for the past several decades. but their interest suggests big oil thinks it may get bigger in the future. and that s it for this edition of asia business report. iam i am monica miller. thanks for watching. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. it s 100 years since the first mg rolled out of morris garages in oxford. a century on, they re still drawing a crowd. the appeal, certainly when i was youngster, it was a sports car, it was a two seater, and you could have fun with it. but a wet day could dampen all that. it s not a car at all for the rain. no, no, definitely, most definitely not. this is its first outing in the rain since completing its four year restoration.