the road last week, he s go together pacific northwest later this week, mnuchin in particular to talk about infrastructure in new hampshire in particular to talk about infrastructure and talk about why you re exactly r. there s a lot going on in the world. the president s obviously been very involved in making sure that the united states is supporting ukraine in their defense of their country from putin s invasion, but it is important to be talking about what is going on here at home as well and the impacts of that war in ukraine. you know, people are paying too much when they go to the gas station. they re paying too much when they go to the grocery store, and the president understands that and recognizes that and that s why he is doing everything that he can across the board to try to lower prices for the american people. part of that is talking about what we ve done and how much
president biden expected to speak in just about an hour and announce new economic punishments for russia. nbc news has confirmed he will call for an end to normal trade relations, a mnuchin allows the u.s. to put tariffs on any and all russian imports, which could include caviar, plywood and more. it comes with other companies who have pulled out of russia, including mcdonald s, when a country reaches a level of economic development with a middle class big enough to support a mcdonald s, it becomes a mcdonald s country. but what happens when you not only take away the big macs but the jobs along with it? joining me now, michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and an nbc news international affairsny. good to see you. so, you spoke yesterday with president zelenskyy and other top ukrainian officials. tell me what you can about that