the price of oil on international markets is not high enough for them. oil and energy leaders are gathering again today in vienna for the latest opec summit. the biggest and most powerful player saudi arabia started this week with the news it s extending its voluntary output cut of1 million barrels per day to august. russia is making a similar move. but these cuts are failing to boost energy prices. why? jonathan robinsonjoins me now to explain he is global power & energy research director at frost and sullivan. just talk us through our oil is at the moment. just talk us through our oil is at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, oil at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, oil prices- cuts in production, oil prices have stayed relatively low in what we have seen historically in the past year, 1.5 years. there are a few specific reasons for that. chinese demand, industrial out would, increasing
he joins us to talk about possible solutions, all new at 2:00. sandra: welcome back as america reports starts hour two. still in shock, not one student at that school reading at grade level, that should be a four alarm fire for most and a big red flag for the district, john. john: absolutely, looking forward to hearing from him in a few minutes. john roberts in washington. also new, young americans falling behind on home ownership, financial independence, even a full-time job and living not at home. all things that make up what we know as adulthood. could low marriage rates be driving it. a professor helms the national marriage project what s driving this generation to fly solo. but start with a fox news alert on the economy. sandra: all right, any moment now, a live look inside the briefing room at the white house, karine jean-pierre set to brief reporters any moment now. it has been pushed back just a bit, some activity in the room after the may jobs report blew pas
hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, the washington post and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us new york times politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. yeah, that s right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we d be feel better about where things stand now. w
debate and others. plus, concern for house democrats in several races. they should have, they believe, locked up by now, including the seat of their campaign chief. we ll have that new reporting. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 26th. along with joe and me, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author best seller the big lie jonathan lemire and eddie glaude jr., a professor and punch bowl news jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. mika is under the weather this morning and hope to see her tomorrow. joe, we ll start it in pennsylvania just your first impressions what you saw there from john fetterman and dr. oz. first of all, mika under the weather, actually means she s going to probably only run seven miles this morning instead of nine. so her devgs of under the weather is a little bit different than ours. you know, it s v
convicted by marijuana possession. russian uzscaping putin s draft, fleeing to america. we learned two russians are in alaska after crossing the berring strait by boat just to escape putin s draft. the two russians we re told are requesting asylum after landing in this alaskan island. the clerk there the men told the villagers they had sailed their boat from north eastern russia, which is approximately 300 miles by sea away. this is the latest as we understand it. and the department of homeland security tells out front that the two russians came ashore in a small boat on tuesday. think about that. 300 miles and now fleeing to america. it s a desperate move, and it s coming as an official ukrainian source says that in the east of ukraine, ukraine has regained control over 93 settlements in the past two weeks. that s incredibly quick, and in the south 29 settlements have been retaken by the ukrainians. all of this leading to a new barrage of criticism. the russian deputy appo