that drove democrats to push biden to ban russian oil. but perhaps the most important was that messenger, zelenskyy. lawmakers saw fossil fuel purchases from moscow as the one request from zelenskyy. he talked about it in zooms over the weekend. this was the oil ban, the one thing they could deliver. they know they can t provide the no-fly zone that zelenskyy has asked for. congress got out ahead of the white house. the white house had to follow suit. european allies are not part of this ban, they re far more reliant on russian oil than the united states. the president was clear, gas prices are going up but that s a political penalty they don t want to pay. they don t want to see the white house fall down to congress or subsidize what putin is doing. still ahead, a bill that impacts. and the first trial for the
you can dial nhs line 111. thank you. obviously, speaking to the ridiculous, preposterous, and horrifying actually nature of that claim. at what point, hagar, would vladimir putin look for an off-ramp? is there a point at which he would if he s living in this alternate reality? unfortunately, i have a lot of bad experience i m sorry. i don t know yeah. we re continuing i think we have a bad internet connection. i m sorry, hagar. but it allows me to go to the congress because this is something that s been discussed widely in congress. we know the push in congress got this oil ban. do you see anything on the ground on capitol hill that suggests there are further actions that members of congress are willing to push the white house to take? and what do you make of the fact
situations foreign policy issues, the commander-in-chief steps up and then he tries to get corral congress into falling him. in this case we have seen the reverse. congress has been leading the effort here. and the president has reluctantly followed. whether it s tougher sanctions or more military aid or the russian oil ban. and my question here is whether, you know, biden is the man for the moment right now and so far i don t think he is. bret: wall street journal editorial biden is in climate denial. russia s invasion has forced energy security to the center of the political debate where it is likely to stay through the midterms. voters will cast ballots for candidates who prove they understand the problem and have a plan for fixing it. you know, jeff, the leader in the senate and the house, they are talking about oil companies. and blaming oil companies for rising gas prices. and they are going to call them to testify up on capitol hill. here s the last time that that
there may be some bridges that are too far to cross and certainly if the u.s. were to unilaterally go ahead with an oil ban, which is something i m told they re considering, not decided, considering, there is a chance that the u.s. prices will go up here, certainly the u.s. could withstand that, it would have far greater impact for europe if they were to do the same and they would potentially plunge into a significant recession so that is part of the calculus as well. we expect to hear more from this at 2:00 from the white house press secretary jen psaki when she delivers her briefing but it seems the u.s. is at least considering their oil ban with their allies, they d rather, than doing it alone. now he may be pushed into it. michael, what more can the u.s. do unless they get the
you very much. this goes to media. ., i. ., ., ., media. can you elaborate more about energy media. can you elaborate more about energy discussions, i media. can you elaborate more | about energy discussions, where they are going? the us secretary of state said there were active discussions for an oil ban from europe, this is like you do not feel that is the case, prime minister, and your views are characterised in the newspaper this morning that the newspaper this morning that the west should have out climate change pass, should rebus through the gas for a while in order to insulated europe from russia whether it is going to supply time supplies of oral rio cut down on taking them? and also whether the numbers are still going up a little for refugees, isn t that embarrassing? before i brin: isn t that embarrassing? before i bring in colleagues isn t that embarrassing? before i bring in colleagues on - isn t that embarrassing? before i bring in colleagues on the i i bring in col