are paying diesel. the president wants to suspend that through september. he needs congressional approval to get it done, however. members of both parties are a bit skeptical. dana: jason chaffetz echoed concerns of republicans who say it won t address the real issue. it s a pure gimmick and does not solve the problem at all. it really doesn t. we have a supply problem and the president has no plan other than to go to the saudis, cut some gas tax, tap into the strategic petroleum reserve, all of which are bad ideas. produce the energy at home and they can solve the problem. that s not what he is doing. bill: what is he doing? peter doocy joins us from the north lawn leading the coverage today. good morning. even if this gas tax holiday gets passed by congress, it is unclear this morning exactly how much help people are going to get. markets don t respond to gimmicks. the administration it is an unserious solution to a serious problem and they are just not takin
line, and both sides are doing, and the effort to strike the delicate balance is going to continue on both sides. i wanted to ask you in speaking about ukraine and the war in ukraine, and poland made a big announcement this morning saying that it is deciding to send four fighter jets to ukraine, and this is the first nato country to make this move after ukraine has been asking for months for this to happen. does this, do you think, does it change president s biden s calculation as he has been resistant to doing the same? well, it is not the same is the thing. what poland is giving them is mig fighters, and that is what ukraine has been operating forever basically. it is much easier to assimilate a mig into the ukraine defenses than it is an f-16 which they have never flown, never operated an never maintained, and that is the big challenge of giving this hem the f-16, and the cost of it, and efficacy of fourth-generation fighters in this fight.
you need tanks which we didn t give them until recently. you need artillery. we have given them short range but not longer range. we are not giving them airplanes. we won t let them have the soviet mig fighters. the ukrainians are fighting bravely but they are not able to launch a counter offensive to take back their territory. they are going to do it anyway come this spring. but if we want this thing to end successfully we have to give them the weapons they need to carry out combined arms operations to drive the russians from their territory that they unlawfully invaded. brian: let s talk about my theme in the monologue. domestic and foreign. let s go domestic. here are some of the questions
you need tanks which we didn t give them until recently. you need artillery. we have given them short range but not longer range. we are not giving them airplanes. we won t let them have the soviet mig fighters. the ukrainians are fighting bravely but they are not able to launch a counter offensive to take back their territory. they are going to do it anyway come this spring. but if we want this thing to end successfully we have to give them the weapons they need to carry out combined arms operations to drive the russians from their territory that they unlawfully invaded. brian: let s talk about my theme in the monologue. domestic and foreign. let s go domestic. here are some of the questions mayor pete got when he snuck
you need tanks which we didn t give them until recently. you need artillery. we have given them short range but not longer range. we are not giving them airplanes. we won t let them have the soviet mig fighters. the ukrainians are fighting bravely but they are not able to launch a counter offensive to take back their territory. they are going to do it anyway come this spring. but if we want this thing to end successfully we have to give them the weapons they need to carry out combined arms operations to drive the russians from their territory that they unlawfully invaded. brian: let s talk about my theme in the monologue. domestic and foreign. let s go domestic. here are some of the questions mayor pete got when he snuck