several major diseases, including cancer. bill: aishah hasnie has a closer look at the study, should we panic? no, but you should pay attention, everybody should. watch the story and then talk about it with your friends and family. it s an important one. first of its kind study, u.s. geological survey tested tap water from homes and private wells and homes that use public water systems, like city water, probably what you use at home. and they found the pfas are in nearly half of the tests. that s a lot. these are chemicals that stay in your body and the environment for many years, they don t degrade. they are in the rain, they might be on your pots and pans if you obviously wash them with water and definitely could be in your drinking water. they could cause cancer. it s connected to kidney and testicular issues, high blood pressure, low birth weight in babies. the biggest culprit, guys, is foam that is used to help fight fires in big warehouses and companies and the wors
come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.
what s the latest. chad: griff, good afternoon, the senate has met for more than 24 hours straight and voted for nearly 14 hours straight. exhaustion is setting in. senate chaplain barry black sought to calm freight tempers. our weekend work gently reminds us that freedom s price must be paid. as our senators provide the currency of perseverance to protect and defend this land we love. chad: there s gamesmanship, republicans controversial amendments to get vulnerable democrats on the spot especially on border issues and on energy. so the next time you see a mark kelly in arizona or a raphael warnock in georgia or a maggie hanson in new jersey or michael bennett in colorado or katherine cortez, hey, we want gas prices to be lower, you know they are lying because they stood up and voted, raised the gas taxes, stick it to the producers, make our consumers pay more at the pump. chad: democrats lashed out at gop for striking a provision to cap insulin at $35 a month in private
amid a global energy crisis and soaring gas prices at home. sandra, good to be with you. sandra: and great to be with you, john. the topic of clean energy front center, net 0 emissions by no later than 2050. all of this as the world leaders say they are now working to tap russia s income from global oil sales that are financing putin s invasion of ukraine. john: biden s plan to bring down gas prices in the u.s. with help from two top oil exporters could be in jeopardy. video showing the french president pulling biden aside to tell him the united arab emirates and saudi arabia have already reached their maximum production. sandra: it comes as americans are still feeling the effects of the sky high prices at the pump ahead of the holiday weekend. national average, 4.86 a gallon. john: wow, jacqui heinrich live at the nato summit in madrid, spain. jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you guys. u.s. officials do not want to comment on the content of that conversation betwe