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midterms perspective, if you will. but in terms of what it means for individuals. it means that people, 64% of americans, really, live paycheck to paycheck. if you re paying more for gasoline, it means you re siphoning off fund from what you re buying in terms of food, paying for medical bills, and everything in between. so we are seeing this willingness right now, this understanding, a lot of drivers trying to say that they do stand with ukrainians, but the question is, how long are they able to sustain the affordability piece of their own personal wallet and budget, jose. jo ling kent, thank you so much. with us now to take a closer look at this, eugene daniels, politico white house reporter and playbook co-author, as well as an msnbc contributor, and francisco malnaldi. eugene, what led to the president s decision to ban russian oil and gas imports? he did so unilaterally.
businessweek where he covered wall street and international finance, jo, talk to me about gas prices. reporter: $5.89 a gallon and continuing to grow across the board. you know the record number by now is $4.17 nationwide and we ve been talking to drivers all across los angeles to get their sense what it does to the pocketbook, to the budget, and we see support even though it turts every day especially when you take into account inflation at 40 year highs. quinnipiac put out a poll saying 71% will support a ban even if it means higher gas prices. this is what some drivers told us yesterday. how much longer can you afford the price of gas? i ve already stopped driving. at least two more weeks.
electric vehicles you have to install a lot more infrastructure. it s not so easy at the moment. not easy everywhere, i should say. jo ling kent as well. with more on the breaking news poland is sending its mig jets, soviet-era to ramstein air base. dan, what can you tell us? reporter: this is very significant news. i think this is going to be very much welcome in ukraine and by kyiv. poland has issued a statement saying they are ready to donate free of charge all of their mig-29 fighter jets to poland and that they await replacement aircraft from the united states and nato allies and the planes would be sent to ramstein air force base in germany. why they re doing that, we don t