federal reserve. bill: that is only more bad news for americans trying to pay for gas and groceries. it comes after opec slashed oil production. the economy seen as the achilles heel for democrats in november. the president now admitting there may be more pain on the horizon to come. should the american people prepare for a recession? president biden: i don t think it will be a recession, if there is one a very slight one. aishah hosley live from the state department and we ll begin with edward lawrence on the north lawn of the white house. we hear the beep, beep, beep of messaging here at the white house. not the construction truck over there. the president a year ago was saying we won t have a recession. and then about three months ago the president ended the message out of the white house was a recession will not be likely. now we re hearing a recession is possible but still could be shallow. listen to the president. you just said a slight recession is possible
that last thing aishah was reporting about the wall street journal asking to delay the decision for another month, the answer a resounding no. did you know about this before? i didn t know about it but i can believe it. the democrats will do anything to try to keep gas from increasing before the election. remember, he didn t ask the saudis not to cut production. he only asked them to wait for a month until after the election because the official stated policy of joe biden on the campaign trail since he has been in office to do everything he can to hurt fossil fuel production here and around the world, which is driving up energy prices. there are two simple reasons for what has happened with this opec decision and our relationship with saudi arabia and dependency on foreign oil again. one, joe biden has waged a war on american oil production. if we would produce more here we wouldn t have to depend on anyone overseas. two, joe biden and barack obama and the democratic party have