argument that the plot against trump was designed to inject the fbi in to the election , which would be a no-no if they can prove that. so it s the trial at hand of former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann getting out of his vehicle in washington at the courthouse. now, at issue is whether he lied to the fbi when he brought them what he claimed were links between trump and a russian bank called alpha. they say, the prosecutors are saying that sussmann manipulated the bureau in to an investigation in hopes of prompting a big problem or an october surprise two months before the 2016 election. that is what they re efforting to prove here in this d.c. courtroom. who better to talk to about this than andy mccarthy here on day two of the government s case against sussmann. he just wrote a brilliant piece about this. it came out an hour ago. first to david spunt who is live outside that d.c. courtroom watching it all for us. hi, david. hi, martha. good afternoon. a
martha: to put this up from j.p. morgan. u.s. retail prices could surge another 37% by august to $6.20, a national this will change a lot of people s summers plans in terms of road trips across the country. what is the single most significant thing that the government has within their power to tap into or to do to start to turn this thing around? is there anything? the government has no significant tool. they have small tools. things like gas taxes and the type of gasolines that are used in the summer months. beyond that, any government whether it s the u.s., japan, germany, they re powerless to overcome global supply and demand. a lot of this has to do with the fact that russias 10 million barrels a day have been sanctions due to the war in ukraine. without that oil hitting the market, we ll see the high
it lifted it off the jacks and the front is embedded in the ground about a foot. you re staying at your home? yes. we have a generator, thank god. we must on masks and try to shovel up what we can. we re three days into all this. i imagine you re running low of supplies. exactly. how worried are you about the coming days and how difficult it s going to be, waiting for the power to come on? i worked at the va in new orleans. i m worried i won t have gas to get into work. they canceled the clinics for today, so it s okay. i don t know that i ll be able to get gas to get into new orleans to work. i ve seen the lines for the gas are brutal here in laplace. it s crazy. we have a boat, we ve been getting gasolines out of that to give to relatives to run their
there s no light. there s little power on the island right now. all along that street, there s insurance, a pizzeria, and other stores. only two have a light that s running. the biggest newspaper on the island, the daily herald, they have power. for them, the power is working. the power company is going house-to-house, one by one, they have to make sure there s no live wires before they turn it on. we re fortunate. let s show you what s next in st. maarten. the few lights that are on in the island, they re either fortunate that have the power turned back on, or they have a generator. if they have a generator, they need some of this. they need the gasolines. but the gas stations are all closed. and that buys you about two hours of power. let me show you this way.
if the president says it it s at least a little bit true process. if he says things about media buys he says it with a smile and easy way about him. that s something that will go, won t take him all the way. he has a good personality. he got off on a good step but this isn t going to be all puppies and roses relationship with the press and the white house. he is a big personality. there are a lot of big personalities and a lot of alliances in that white house. and someone who is not a fan of his described it to me as throwing gasoline on a tanker fire. it s disruptive having him in there and generate a lot of drama. we went from puppies to roses to gasolines and tankers. after a break we ll come back if you missed some of his aggravate hits in the briefing room guess what we have on the other side from scaramucci. .