massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storm s path never lost power. how they made it through relatively unscathed. hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. new day starts right now. it s great to be with you this morning. it s saturday, october 8th. thank you so much for spending some of your morning with us. boris, sorry you re not. you re stuck with me now. that s right. we re grateful to have you, amara. i m so pumped that this is your new home. congratulations to amara walker, being named the new co-anchor of weekend new day. thank you. of
the face to president biden who visited saudi arabia hoping to get the kingdom to pump more barrels of oil? thanks so much for having me this morning. i think the timing of the policy certainly is a bit of a slap in the face. i think this policy could have been done, say, five weeks from now after the u.s. midterms and it could have had the same impact the saudis were looking for. the policy itself, they ren credibly concerned about the move-away from fossil fuels and not having sichblt revenue to turn their economy around. shortly they re concerned about the global recession. but the timing and retention policy is directed at the president. right. because the oil cuts are supposed to happen in early november at after the midterms. is this a political dig and what do you say to the ministers who told reporters at opec plus and vi
opec s decision to slash oil production is prompting calls for the u.s. to crack down on the world s largest oil suppliers. now opec plus s production cut is expected to push gas prices up in the u.s. after following steadily over the summer highs in june, and now the white house says it s weighing all options as several lawmakers renew proposals to hold saudi arabia and the other opec nations accountable for price fixing, and this does seem to have at least some bipartisan support. joining me now is jonathan panikov. he s a director at the atlantic council. he s also a former national deputy intelligence officer with the national intelligence council. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. do you see this as a big slap in