sandra: president biden making it clear the country s wealthiest americans will pay their fair share to fund the massive budget plan but new figures show washington is already raking in extremely high revenues across the board. historically speaking, bring in jason smith, ranking member of the house budget committee. we were quoting you yesterday often, you are the ranking member, republican on the committee and making it very clear what the president is trying to do here will ultimately trickle down to the american consumer. so make your case against his budget proposal. what s wrong with it. pretty easy to do that, sandra. everything that is proposed within this 73 trillion spending spree only makes every crisis that every hard working american is facing worse. the inflation crisis, last year alone, people experienced a
a second breath and i know how hard working he is especially in time of crisis so i m sure he s been working around the clock and does not think about his rest or about his comfort. i see also from communications he does not care any more about the shave and having a good lighting or having a very important. he takes care about the essence what he says, not the form, and he understands its very important, to communicate that s what he s doing right now. sandra: we really appreciate you giving us your time and giving us the update. we would like to have you back soon. thank you very much. our best to you. thank you. john. john: interesting perspective on things. president biden has pledged a billion dollars in humanitarian aid for ukraine but nonprofits
come. thank you. thank you, president biden. appreciate it. sandra: hanging on for a beat to see if any shouted questions, taking one question each, after they met in the oval office, wishing for a stable predictable relationship with china, interesting words from the prime minister of china there, as the president was pressed on our ongoing response to the russia invasion of ukraine. john: and the president also asked about russia apparently making moves to pull back from kyiv, chernihiv and other cities. u.s. officials are saying quietly don t be fooled by this. looks like russia may be buying time. the president said we have to wait and see. meantime, new video into our newsroom out of ukraine. bryan has details on that.
urgency of operation warp speed to produce covid vaccines in record time. senator bill cassidy says the energy crisis is at least as big as covid and the time to act is now. he joins us live. sandra: team coverage from fox news and fox business on what it all means for your bottom line. first to peter doocy, live at the white house. hello, peter. good afternoon, sandra. officials might have to check their math. they are already admitting that inflation might wind up being worse than they were banking on when they started drafting this multi-trillion budget. challenges have also arisen since last november as well. the most obvious, the invasion of ukraine. may put upward pressure on energy and food prices, inflation was already an issue due to the pandemic, supply chain constraints and strong demand for goods. they are doing it again right
the next 15 years. ukrainian delegation thinks it s a very big step forward and i know president zelenskyy cares about all of this, that he controls every step and that he can move forward to putting with him, and the russians were more serious about the meeting. sandra: one quick follow-up to that, we know your shot is sometimes going out a little bit but we understand the struggle to continue to catch up with you and get updates from you, and we appreciate that. as the former spokesperson to the ukrainian president zelenskyy, have you been in direct contact with him, are you able to tell us how he is doing at this moment? i ve been in contact with him in the last month after the war started, and of course i see that he is on the verge of his physical capacities and this is clearly understandable. but every day it s like getting