eric: that s former israeli ambassador to the united nations warning vladimir putin is using russian oil and gas against the west. that after russia was hit with heavy sanctions for putin s war in ukraine. the biden administration has been many talks with saudi arabia and venezuela to boost oil exports from those countries. meantime, europe is now rushing to end its rehines on russian oil and gas. critics say it was putin who long supported activists in europe and banned fracking and nuclear power are there so that he could sell europe more of his oil and gas. pre republican congressman bruce westerman is a member of the natural resources committee on hill. congressman, welcome. putin has used oil as a weapon. how did europe and us to a much, much lesser extent, how did europe end up having to rely on vladimir putin in order to keep its lights on and the folks