of sense. i don t know that it s a game changer but i think it will limit increases in prices. i m not sure it s going to lower prices to a significant degree. at the very least, limit increases given this is a real hardship on a lot of americans. it really is. with oil the way it is and looming interest rate hikes, maybe aggressive rate hikes the next few meetings, what s the recession risk? the fed has a real careful line to walk here to tap down often inflation but not slow the economy too strongly. it s a tough needle to thread. the risks are one in three which is uncomfortably high. the fed will pull this off. it has the tools to do it. the economy is fundamentally strong. a lot of risk. of course, there s a lot of cross winds here too. the pandemic is a problem in many parts of the world. coming back here and with what s going on in russia, that can go
cases out manned, but they took a stand and are pushing the russian forces back. one thing we did notice is that morale among the ukrainian fighters, the soldiers on the ground there certainly was very high and they say that they are going to continue and push the russians even further back, don. oh, boy. it is just heart breaking. kaitlan, the president making an announcement regarding the strategic oil reserves i think gas prices, lowering gas prices. it is an historic action isn t it? reporter: it is the biggest release since this strategic reserve was created in the 1970s and this is the way americans are being most directly hit by what is happening in ukraine. it is raising gas prices so president biden is taking this step today and announced they ll release this million barrels a day for six months so ultimately about 180 million barrels of oil they will be releasing. experts say it is only going to have a modest impact on gas
proposals. that of course chills the market. if you re not continuing to provide leases and land that s available for energy production, obviously the land that is there for energy production isn t going to be put into production as quickly as possible because you don t have this availability of future production. he needs to change his policies. he needs to say that we re for energy production. it goes toward fueling our economy and obviously it lowers price, which affects the average consumer and certainly american families. yesterday i spoke with one of your republican colleagues, ukrainian-born congresswoman victoria sparks from indiana. take a listen to part of what she had to say to me. also almost 7 billion of humanitarian aid and we need to have some oversight what s happening with that and where all it s going because it s not on the ground. i saw it with my own eyes and i hear from people over there. they said they told us there
territory is being constantly shelled by heavy artillery. they use any possible means of heavy bombardment. they use cruise missiles. grab rocket launchers. they attack us from the air with airbornes and war planes. joining me now the ukrainian president zelenskyy s chief diplomatic adviser. thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. cities across ukraine are under intense fire and u.s. and nato officials say the donbas is going to come under renewed assault. ukraine is making new requests for equipment including drones, anti-drone systems, and more missiles and u.s. officials say they are moving aid into a country as quickly as possible. do ukrainian forces have the supplies needed to fight back? well, yes. we need the supplies and without the supplies it will be much harder for us to do on the
for case numbers that would be considered small in most places that have accepted covid and encouraged people to get vaccinated so they could live their lives and not feel this hysteria and fear that grips a lot of these places with zero covid. countries that have allowed it in say life continues on for most people. also in that region today, new intelligence on north korea. the activity happening underground that has the u.s. and allies watching closely with concern. stay with us. so today, let s paint... .with behr, america s mostst trusted paint brand, and make your home, yours. behr. exclusively at the home depot. tech: cracked windshield? make it easy and schedule with safelite, because you can track us and see exactly when we ll be there. woman: i have a few more nutes. let s go! tech vo: that s service that fits your schedule. go to safelite.com. singers: safelite repair, safeliteeplace. 80% get genetically meaningful health info