the really awful thing be is, it seems to be increasingly the case around the world that journalists, are reporters who are out there, trying to give eyewitness accounts of what s going on, doing their job faithfully are operating in increasingly difficult circumstances. brian: the wall street journal s editor in chief calling out russia after they arrested their journalist evan gertz very much after spying allegation. many calling it outrage. k.t. mcfarland joins us. k.t., first time we have had an american journalist arrested in 45 years, why? the russians feel they can do it now and stick their fingers in the eye of the united states. the significance should not be under estimated. this is a reporter who is from probably the most respected journal in the united states if not the world. and the russians feel that they can nab him.
though to point out that what russia and other countries have just agreed to is they are going to cut back oil production. as a result of that, prices are going to ride. as a result of that more inflation in the united states, more inflation in the world and the russians will get a bigger pay back into their own covers because they are dependent upon selling oil and national guard oversees the higher price the more money they get. brian: crazy thing is we are allowing india to buy it. go into the whereby the west left. go in and open up businesses in russia. they are supposed to be our ally. and then we are allowing japan to buy russian oil. what is going on here? it s crazy. and we re not refilling our covers. coffers. the crazy thing is we have the ability to change all of that within days. and that s if we only turn on measure energy again. brian: we are asking. k.t. mcfarnld thank you we appreciate it. brian: we are going to break down what we can expect with our panel and th
journalist. he had visa. he had accredit station from the government. he was out doing his job. steve: what does this mean for u.s.-russia relations? k.t. mcfarland coming up on that next. ainsley: more severe storms are set to impact over a dozen states across the united states. we will hear from a star arkansas football recruit lending a helping hand after a tornado hits his home, including rescuing old glory. look at that. you know, there s a thousand billionaires in america, itâ– s up from about 600 at the beginning of my term. but no billionaire should be paying a lower tax rate
when they get mad, i say why you being such a [ bleep ]. i ve seen there happen. it s called being a woman. you know, k.t., is there a conclusion that we can make about millennials that is as sweeping as insulting? yeah. the problem is when they started out, when they were toddlers, you know they were eating each other s food. they were slurping each other s everything. what happened to this generation where all of a sudden they have gone from being really happy about sharing their food, wanted to have your food. you have a bottle of water and your 2-year-old grand child wants it too. hands it back to you. what happens to the people who then five or ten or 20 years later, don t touch my french fries. i m a snow flake. douglas, this brings back incredible memories as a kid with soda pop, you drink it. you go you want some and hand it over and go back wash.
if you want in a restaurant. am i right? yes. how did they get away with it? how come you can t have all guy fire departments? you should be a lawyer. i know. k.t. you called me and said you re not wearing purple and also can we do this story. do you remember that? i know. it was pretty amazing. then we had the conversation about what s going on in scotland because it s even weirder than what s going on in england. in scotland, there was a man convicted of raping two women and then after he was sentenced, he said i m not really a man. i want to change. by the way, they couldn t figure out which prison to put him in. he might have changed his mind again. right. i think the only place you put people, some of the people who kind of switch back and forth, they have to have their own prison. separate prison. the first minister of scotland she s having to resign. she had a very interesting