will get an earful from the europeans. vladimir putin has done more than several successive years threatened combined able to do to wake up europe to the threat posed by russia and china. germany is coming around. the europeans understand that china is really underwriting this war by vladimir putin right in europe. they are offering all kinds of support, propaganda support and we have intelligence that suggests china is on the verge of providing financial and military support. bill: that seems like the relationship goes on. that s a 10 out of 10. president xi is blaming the united states for the war in ukraine saying we failed to respect the security concerns of russia and apparently he told biden, he who tied the bell to the tiger must take it
that mistreats people on the lower income scale. democrats believe the bill is necessary. they contend there is a lack of equality and penalties for drug offenses. they say it can be unfair to minorities when it comes to cannabis. it impacted black, latino and communities and tore them apart with an incarceration strategy that was discriminatory. the legislation has token republican support. gop kentucky representative thomas massey wants to legalize marijuana but opposes this particular plan. this bill creates new federal crimes, five years and $10,000 for even just possessing marijuana that hasn t been taxed if you have an intent to resell it. senate majority leader chuck schumer promises a vote to
policy, in structure in terms of supply and demand. it means dealing with drillers, not killers. dealing with american companies that can actually drill for the product and get back to business the way they were making the u.s. energy independent. that will be the long-term solution. not a short-term move that may lower prices over the near term but longer term we go back to elevated prices because of the supply/demand dynamics. bill: one last point. the president tried to explain it yesterday reading from the newsweek piece verbatim. the spike in gas prices are the result of russia s invasion of ukraine. the president didn t say that much. that reporting is so incomplete. totally incomplete and impossible to say that the reason gasoline prices are where they are is because of
desantis. steve: that is what we governor? gov. desantis: if i could say something real quick. steve: five seconds. it s a wrap. steve: bill hemmer starts in seconds. ainsley: going to be a big hit. pete: fauci is in it. good morning, here we go, bill: good morning, it s friday. dana has the day off. i m bill hemmer. look who is back in town? no better way to end my week than to sit next to you. bill: i believe you. here i am. great to be with you. good morning. i m sandra smith, this is america s newsroom. president biden is under increasing pressure to get a handle on the sky high gas prices hurting everyday americans and forcing democrats
bill: thank you for your time. david perkins, nice to have you on board here. thank you, sir, very much. the australian prime minister they are sending all kinds of stuff. armored gear for ukraine soldiers and bushwhackers. they are the giant arm ored personnel carriers coming out of australia and go into the battlefield in ukraine soon. sandra: we continue to help those who are helping those in need in ukraine. red cross volunteers headed to the city of mariupol this morning to help evacuate residents there stranded as the shelling continues across that city leaving behind a widespread path of destruction. it comes as putin continues to enforce his siege warfare strategy in several ukrainian cities. steve harrigan is reporting live in atlanta for us with more on the medieval war-time plan. you say medieval and you re right. a strategy that has than changed in thousands of years.