people reject this false choice between permanent covid versus open borders. we can t only be a sovereign nation during pandemics. americans deserve secure borders all the time. moderate democrats oppose ending title 42. i think i m against removing title 42. if anything, looking at permanency on title 42 and maybe that would get us to stir us to get a good immigration policy. already a pulse of migrants teeming at the border, and vaccinating those who enter the country illegally. sandra: chad on the hill, thank you. john: as if ukraine and china were not enough, they say north korea is making preparations for a potential nuclear test. new tunnels being built in the country s northeast. the site where the new tunnels
predicts they will take massive losses. can they keep putting canon fodder to try to take it. such a tragedy. with you will ukraine really tried to hold this? we know they have been fighting very, very well, great learning curve for the ukrainian forces. if they want to keep mariupol, i think they have a chance of doing it. john: putin is not getting the whole deal from his commanders. do you believe it or not? no, i think he s in control and very dangerous. sandra: president biden is speaking at the white house on the steps they are taking to bring down energy prices. here at home, of putin s decision to brutally and savagely invade a sovereign nation. the fact is, he s causing thousands of deaths and untold destruction. working with our nato allies and european partners beyond that, we are responding.
possibly producing more oil, right. a lot of the critics are saying, john, this is a band aid on a much bigger problem to tap the s.p.r. john: right, but we were pointing out it s just in time for people to start voting, isn t it. so, could politics have something to do with this move? edward lawrence has a deeper look at the strategic petroleum reserve and how it has been used politically in the past, and appears to be used politically again now. edward. live at the white house. if you do the math, 180 days puts you the end of the september after early voting starts in many places. you can expect to see a couple cents come off the gas prices, but he could not give a firm answer as to when that would happen. now, overall the strategic petroleum reserves, the releases have not really worked. he s made two other releases, one in november and one in march, and those did not really bring down gas prices.
the kyiv area and maybe from chernihiv are going to go into belarus and then swing east through russia and back toward the donbas region to hook up from forces coming up from the south. pretty much cut off the donbas region, encircle the ukrainian forces there and try as hard as they can to hang on to this area of ukraine. do you believe that s what they are trying to do? well, we know they want to prioritize the donbas region, john, that you were pointing out, the eastern part of the country. they have been fighting over now eight years, it s a hot war there, and clearly the russians are trying to reprioritize efforts there. how they do that and when they do that i think we are still kind of watching, we don t really know. we have not seen a massive withdrawal or repositioning out of kyiv. we have seen a small number of troops begin to pull away from their defensive positions to the north and northwest of kyiv. it s not exactly clear where they are going or for how long.
this scenario. these forces are going to move back to belarus from here and chernihiv and then swing east and they are going to come down this way, hook up with other russian forces in the donbas region, and then forces coming up through mariupol to cut off the ukrainian army, and apparently one-third of the army is still over here in this region and solidify their gains in the east. that s a valid plan. i say the initiative now is with ukraine and zelenskyy. the big question, where will ukraine put its counter attack, where will they reposition. we know they are fighting in kherson, they had lost to russia, now it s contested again. put the effort here in the south or prepare to face these new russian reinforcements in the east. john: two-minute warning to president biden coming up to talk about gasoline prices. ok, so let s go back to the east here this. is the donbas region. so russia is trying