sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. john: good to be with you, too. just when you thought it was safe to put your fingers back in your wallet, up go the prices again. this is america reports. dwindling supply along the west coast, and apparent causes for the uptick, ahead of a critical opec meeting, considering the largest cut in oil production in nearly three years. sandra: that big decision will be coming tomorrow. now five weeks to go to the midterm elections here at home, the biden administration has become quiet on the subject after repeatedly boasting how its actions led to falling prices this summer. john: fox team coverage to kick things off, charles payne is standing by, but first white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. what is the treasury secretary now saying, jacqui, about what this could mean for inflation? nothing, john. even though administration officials have consistently pointed to soaring energy costs, d
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tonight nba superstar lebron james is facing backlash in hong kong after remarking on a tweet that strained relations between the league and china nbc s ron mott has the fallout. reporter: in hong kong tonight, basketball superstar lebron james under fire his famed jersey up in smoke, furor growing over his response to this tweet sent by houston rockets general manager daryl morey earlier this month in apparent support of anti-government protesters i don t want to get into a feud with daryl morey, but i believe he wasn t educated on the situation at hand. reporter: those comments setting off a political brushfire here at home republican senators quick to pounce rick scott of florida writing clearly king james is the one who isn t educated on the situation. nebraska s ben sasse, you re parroting communist propaganda china is running torture camps, and you know it. drink it. reporter: the
even u.s. senators weighing in. you re parroting communist propaganda. china is running torture camps. later tweeting my team and this league just went through a difficult week. this is the number one reason we ve created this platform. to have moments like this. reporter: earlier this month, california governor gavin newsom signed the fair pay to play act. the four-time champ not afraid to take on president trump. the number one job in america, appoint a person, is someone who doesn t understand the people and really don t give a [ bleep ] about the people. reporter: now it s james under fire for his take on this hot button issue. yes, we do have freedom of speech but there can be negative
regime known for strict government control where dissidents go missing, freedom of the press is restricted. this is how one republican senator ben sasse responded to the president. hold up. americans don t look to chinese commies for the truth. if the biden kid broke law by selling his name to beijing that is a matter for american courts not communist tyrants running torture camps. sasse is one of the few republican dissenting voices. most republicans have either backed the president or remained silent. cnn contacted the offices of more than 80 republican lawmakers in the house and senate to see if any were concerned about president trump s call for china to probe joe biden. not many responded. just a handful expressed misgiving. i want to bring in my next guest, a yale university professor and the author of the road to unfreedom. he also wrote the book on tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century. so glad you could be with us. thank you. this is an important discussion. look, with