weeks. charles: yeah, call off the war on oil. it s beneath our feet. let s take advantage of it as we make the trap situation. it s okay if you watch msnbc every now and then. don t make it a habit. i saw it on twitter. charles: all right. have a great thanksgiving, kenny. thank you. you too. charles: you might have to skip that extra helping at dinner this thanksgiving. why stockpiling up on turkey day staples is becoming more challenging this year. that is next. no annual fee on any discover card. (kate) at verizon, we want to put the power of 5g in the hands of every business. so come in for verizon small business days. every butcher, baker and artisanal cheese maker. schedule an appointment with our business experts, and get up to $1000 off a 5g phone. because every business deserves better.
be safe, my friend. thanks. charles: u.s. producers put out the largest share of the world s oil, this is according to the energy administration. so instead of pulling from reserves, shouldn t president biden be calling for more pumping here at home? kenny paul is here to weigh-in. i was shocked that we re bragging about this effort with these countries that are chipping in a million, two million, three million barrels. we re number 1. if we wanted to pressure opec, couldn t we turn on the spigots? this is a weird way of going about it. it is shameful. think about it. under the last administration, like it or not, we were the swing producer. we were the ones that were controlling the price of oil because we were a net exporter and the swing producer and the largest producer of oil in terms of barrels daily. it s mind boggling that we re in this position where suddenly we have to take oil out of the
replace it than to take it out. i m not sure this is defined as an emergency. we could replace that oil. it s not like we ran out of oil in the country and nothing left to pump. there s plenty of oil and we could do it. we are we taking out of an emergency program? it s beyond my. one way or the other, he thinks he s helping the nation. it s not a solution by any stretch of the word. charles: and also finger pointing is not the solution. president biden blaming price gouging for the prices that americans are seeing. take a listen, kenny. if the gap between wholesale and retail gas prices was in line with past averages, americans would be paying 25 cents less per gallon right now as i speak. instead, companies are pocketing the difference as profit. that s unacceptable. that s why i ve asked the federal trade commission to consider whether potentially