and being the saudis now starting up this, you know, tournament of their own, and this sports washing that they re doing, trying to buy respect on the world stage, trying to improve their image, just be truthful, you know, just work with the truth instead of hiding behind lies. that s how you gain respect. you can t buy it. you have to earn it. terry, wonderful to have you this morning. thank you so much for speaking with us. thank you for having me. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, june 15th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and new this morning, president biden taking on big oil, demanding immediate action from seven major oil companies to boost supplies. in a letter to the companies, he slams their high profit margins, and insists they are not acceptable when americans are paying record prices at the pump. the president blames the oil companies for blunting the impact of
uphill battle against ever-rising inflation. we re seeing the playbook is to try to turn around the perception of his performance. here s the problem. as record gas prices, the yellow line here goes up and up, his approval is a mirror image on the way down. here he is just moments ago with an upbeat message as he tries to convince the american people. the job market is the strongest it s been since world war ii. millions of americans are moving up to better jobs and better pay. since i took office, families carry less debt on average in america, they have more savings than they ve had. martha: still 2/3s in this poll say that they expect that inflation will get worse. steve forbes and joe concha are standing by. first, we bring to bring in anita, a st. louis mom. she works for a nonprofit. recently she had a tough day. it was in her car. it was getting on low in the gas department and she ran out. her two kids were in the back. the three of them had to get out and walk to
that? yes. it is a commitment we made. back here in the u.s., voters head to the polls for election day. critical primary races in georgia. and the high stakes run-offs in texas. more shipments of bhaeb form la, after the first flight touched down in indiana yesterday. how soon could parents see it on shelves. and a federal judge has stopped the biden administration from lifting the bill. and still many make the journey. and a live report. we begin this hour with a fall-out from president biden s much stunning comments that u.s. would intervene if china invaded taiwan. taiwan thanked the president. the chinese foreign minister took a hard line. saying nobody should under estimate the chin neez people to defend. he made similar comments earlier. i don t want a cold war with china. you are saying that the united states would come to taiwan s aid? yes, we have a commitment to do that. washington post foreign columnist. david, also contributors. what are the
liberated a number of towns near kharkiv. the region where they reported the civilian killed has seen several explosions. the cause is missiles and bombs. ukraine has not confirmed nor denied responsibility for the blast. another major development is finland joining nato possibly. they agreed to assist each other militarily should either country face attack. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia. finland s president will contact vladimir putin if that should happen. if that will be the case, what my response would be that you caused this. vladimir putin s profile. critics made a daring escape from russia. she ll tell us how she managed to get out. we ll start of the report of the russian civilian killed. scott mcclain. scott, since the first time this war began in february, what do we know? reporter: anderson, yeah. as you mentioned earlier, this is an area where ukrainians have been making progress in taking towns and villages around kharkiv. in those areas they