Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Investigation. Let me read between sure. I want to read the tweet. The words the president used in the statement on twitter that he released earlier this morning. This is a terrible situation. And Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and his 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to usa. I just want to be specific what the president has said because, dana, this is the most bombastic statement hes made yet on this entire russia probe. And it comes as mueller is now engaged in the first trial thats actually started yesterday. No question. And, look, when and this goes to the heart of part of the Mueller Investigation. When a boss, or when the president , says makes a suggestion to a subordinate, is it really a suggestion . Like David Chalian was saying earlier, when
yes. so, why hasn t the president moved to make this happen. white house press secretary jen psaki told john berman on cnn s new day the following. what he does not want to do is topple the global markets or the global marketplace or impact the american people more with higher energy and gas prices. but the prices are already surging. according to aaa the national average for a gallon of gas $3.92. that s up 37 cents since the invasion. and the price could soon match or surpass the tloord was set in 2008 during the financial crisis, that was $4.11. in los angeles, it s been spotted as high as $6.65. if the u.s. does stop importing oil from russia that supply deficit must be made up somewhere. and republicans and democrats have different opinions about that. democratic senator ed markey s bill to cut off russian oil
you know, i understand people that want to do reform, want to make sure that people get equal time depending on your economic status. i get that. this is ridiculous. this is horrible. people should pay for having passed this over. idea only clouds judgment and common sense. martha: or laziness in some cases. or lazinesses. martha: look what he did. neil: or rushing things through or using covid as an excuse. any number of reasons are unacceptable. that s why you saw the d.a. said oh, we made a mistake here. he s been saying over a decade, his philosophy is that it would lead to people getting killed at some point. i want to play this quickly, this is peter doocy and jen psaki. quick thought on the other side. why hasn t the president visited the members of this christmas parade attack? obviously the president going to a community requires assets
the president said this administration is monitoring waukesha. he said the assailants wanted to run over as many people as possible. some children remain hospitalized. why hasn t the president visited the members of this christmas parade attack? i d say first, as you saw, the president convey last week, our heart goes out to this community, the people in waukesha. we ve been in touch with officials there and we re all watching as people are recovering and this is a difficult time of year for this to happen. it s difficult any time. obviously any president going to visit a community requires a lot of assets, taking their resources and it s not something that i have a trip previewed at this point in time. we remain in touch with local