resource and should be used to help our friends, not make them more dependent on our enemies. martha: well, it s very interesting. we re looking at vladimir putin say that he s going to start translating his sales to some countries in to rubles and that he wants to sell gas to unfriendly country in rubles. senator barrasso, thank you. we know jamie dimon was there asking for a marshal plan to energy independence in europe and here at home. thanks, senator. great to have you with us today. american energy is freedom. martha: so emergency crews in louisiana combing through what is left of these homes and businesses after two massive tornadoes ripped through the new orleans area overnight killing at least one person. witnesses say that it sounded like a train going through their homes. we hear that often in these scenarios. boy, this is an awful situation the powerful twisters leaving
speakers or russia. so, i think, you know, this proves the ability of autocrats to feed disinformation to their populations and basically eliminate any possibility for any real decisionmaking. yeah. we only have a few seconds left. i just want to ask you, because you were involved in rebuilding ukraine s economy after that. i mean, looking at the situation now, how big of a task will that be, even after this war is eventually over, going forward to rebuild yet again? ukraine will prevail. you can see from the fierceness of our defenders and the attitude of the people. they will not give up their existence. this is a war for an exist pence but the building is going to be unbelievably difficult. it s hundreds of billions of dollars, all of the airports, the roads, the schools, the ports have been destroyed. this is nothing less if not possibly more than a marshal
whenever that is. there is a marshal plan to rebuild ukraine. we don t know when the war will be over, but i call on the western partners of ukraine, western allies of ukraine to reinvest in rebuilding ukraine. i used to work for a construction development. i m very proud my company has put in a $2 billion package. this is infinite amount of money for rebuilding ukraine. i m sure there will be lawsuits against russia and maybe some of the assets of ukraine as part of the operations for this aggressive, brutal war that putin started against ukraine. perhaps one idea there once this war ends. obviously we want to see that happen as soon as possible. serge guriev, thank you, and thank you for all the work you re doing with the ukranian
we have. this is the type of big thinking and ambition that we need to have. we have to give the ukrainian people hope and the promise of a better future and part of that is the promise of rebuilding. we know what the marshal plan meant to europe after the second world war. it was great u.s. investment in partnership with building europe and we look at the success today and in fact, i was so happy that president biden mentioned and he re-affirmed that a stable, prosperous strong europe is in america s strategic interest. that has been true for a very long time. i think we were losing that sense as we were pivoting to the indo-pacific and we have reaffirmed this and you re right. that s the ambition. it s not only economic assistance. it s giving ukraine the promise of a euro-atlantic future and as i argue, quite frankly, 4 million ukrainians are now in
nato and the european union because of the conflict. we have to harness that strength and not only give ukraine, georgia, moldova and these other countries and that s the unfinished business in some ways we didn t complete and a marshal plan, strong u.s. and european and let s rebuild ushg crane and let s give them a better future and that s the message we want to hear this afternoon from president biden. i will say there are a lot of people with whom i speak now almost daily like you who i would be happy to not speak with because that would mean there isn t a war going on, but you are one that we ll continue to speak with, because when we talk about the rebuilding of ukraine and the investment into it then we ll be in a good place. thank you for your time and expertise. heather connelly is with the fund. president joe biden has wrapped up a meeting with the