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to increase oil production. most experts say biden s plan will make inflation worse. even some democrats don t support it, but apparently no one told joe that. calling on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days through the busy summer season, busy travel season, to the company s running gas stations and setting those prices at the pump this is a time of war, global peril, ukraine. these are not normal times. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you are paying for the product. do it now. do it today. i m doing my part. i want the congress and states and industries to do their part as well. biden always using this speech to bash his usual suspects for soaring inflation, republicans and vladimir putin. i know my republican friends claim we re not producing enough oil and i m limiting oil production. quite frankly that s nonsense. for all those republicans in congress criticizing me today for high gas prices in america,
blitzer. he s over there in the situation room, also live from tel aviv. zblf happening now, breaking news. israeli tanks and troops push deeper and deeper into gaza as prime minister netanyahu declares this the time for war. rejecting calls for a cease fire. the air and ground assault on hamas targets intensifying while gazans face a new level of desperation and destruction. the israeli military says it rescued a female soldier kidnapped by hamas during ground operations in gaza. this as we re getting our first look at the three women who were shown in a new hamas hostage video. and an antisemitic mob at a russian airport underscores the climate of hate towards israelis and jews that s clearly spreading around the world. the biden administration taking new action in response to the disturbing rise in antisemitic rhetoric and threats in the united states. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in
do dow employers added 339,000 jobs last month, a huge number. so, is america in a much better place in just a span of 24 hours? well, let s ask our great minds here, sofia nelson is a former house republican investigative committee counsel. sarah fisher is cnn media analyst. kiersten powers is cnn analyst. and doug heye is former rnc communications director. and doug, on the communications front, you know the oval office, for those of us who know, you know the oval office is a place of great cigsignificance. or at least the white house likes to think that. were you surprised to see him use this venue to give that add address. i wasn t surprised to see that venue. so often, if we go back a couple of years ago, if we hear something is happening at 7:00 on a friday, we think, oh, lord, what did trump do this time?
they re allowing them to die slowly. that s also an outrage. when he asked, do you suggest that we don t support the ukrainians? nobody is saying that. on the communications front, usually when you roll out a policy like this, you ve checked the box with your own party, and everybody is in line. nope, not so much. everybody on the hill is, like, no, we re not going to do. for different reasons. the republicans have strong principles that temporary tax policy is worse than permanent tax policy, because it changes the way people work. this would increase inflationary pressure. not very much. only saving $17. the other thing i would say is the administration is practicing a disgusting practice called policy cannibalism. because the gas tax funds the infrastructure bill. the president wants to hack his hat on the infrastructure bill, but now if you take $10 billion, whatever it is, from the infrastructure bill, now you have the national association of manufacturers, also many unions, sayin