lowest level in almost four decades. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the president is saying he wants to increase american energy production without delaying the transition to green energy and clean energy. officials are calling the move a bridge but now we know it s a bridge that leaves the strategic reserve to its lowest level since 1984. strategic petroleum reserve is more than half full. peter: still too low for critics concerned with national security. it s strategic petroleum reserve. it s not the political petroleum reserve. it s really for a time of war that we need the energy. peter: that i it s not politically motivated at all. 400 million barrels of oil that s more than any energy drawdown. peter: still blaming on russia. putin s war caused price hikes. calling on companies to pass savings on to customers. ramp up at ease. my administration has no
Judging. he said have less programs and actually be honest for funding them more than one year for 10 years and give me that cbo score. if joe biden goes back and says i m going to take you up on that, the republicans have got to stop dancing in the end zone. they are going to have to absorb and eat $1.8 trillion. steve: well, and, brian and carley, when you ask the average american what they are concerned of, i don t think they are that concerned with getting build back better out of congress. they are worried about inbeflation, as peter mentioned, supply chain issues and crime. and when you look at crime, we were just doing a segment about 20 minutes ago with pastor brooks who is up on the roof in chicago trying to raise money for a facility to help combat gun violence, in every state it seems, particularly a lot of big northeastern corridor cities,