every and every weeknight to assess really a world in distress. have a wonderful evening with the ones you love. we are going to turn you over now to sean hannity. here he is. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we begin tonight with a another fox news alert. tonight is russia's forces become stalled across ukraine, becomes tactics are becoming more and more barbaric. vladimir is embarrassed on the world stage. he feels like he is losing and now it is clear he has attempted to unleash on the ukrainian people. things will likely get dramatically worse for the people of ukraine very quickly. today he reportedly targeted, you got it, a maternity on children's hospital with an air strike. only a soulless psychotic power-hungry maniac would be able to do this. [explosions]

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: we have a lot to get to tonight. we will start with the latest on the ground in ukraine. trade. >> sean, good evening. we've got a lot of updates about a southern ukraine, but i want to start giving you a picture of what the capital of kiev is like

tonight. just a few moments ago, large explosions in the distance. and just the last hour, air raid sirens were sounding throughout the city. russian forces continue to try to move in from the capital from the both air and ground. they were active today as the ukrainians tried to shoot planes out of the skies that are targeting their capital. now to the city of mary opal in the southern part of this country. it's got a population of about 400,000 people and today, a maternity hospital there was targeted with a massive russian strike. you see these images here, women and children injured. expectant women devastated and the strike. the destruction is widespread bitterly just gives you a taste of how brutal these russian forces have been both from the air and the ground as they try to close off the cities throughout ukraine. mariupol has been hit hard by the deputy mayor they are given some details today about what has been taking place.

he says there are mass graves in the city right now. they are having to bear people very quickly has more than 1,000 people have died there according to the deputy mayor since this russian invasion began two weeks ago. all of across the country, there's evacuations underway, but the russians continue to sell those routes despite the fact they claim they will keep them safe for civilians. today, some concerning news out of the northern part of this country at the chernobyl nuclear power plant that is currently disconnected from the power grid. according to officials who say that there's a backup generator running, but it only can run for about 48 hours. a disaster waiting there, the international energy agency weighing in today basically saying that they can confirm the plant is no longer transmitting data, but they say they see no critical impact on safety at this point. still the ukrainian people this evening bracing for what could be very blood he urban battle in the days ahead as they target the capital city.

>> sean: it now we can add a maternity hospital dashed innocent people involved in all of this pair the brutality is getting worse as putin gets more desperate. the tray, thank you britt according to the kremlin spokesperson, they say they will halt their invasion immediately if ukraine meets these four conditions. one, agree to never, ever enter data. to become a recognized crimea as russian territory. three, recognize the regions in the east as independent nations and cease all military action paid a word of warning, these are probably not real conditions but like always, vladimir putin is line. you must never tells the truth britt he lied about the war in crimea, he lied about liberating the dawn voss region pretty lied about his reasons for entering ukraine. he lied when he said his troops were there for peacekeeping purposes. he lied when he said he agreed to a cease-fire.

and now according to american intelligence, vladimir putin has potentially plotted of chemical and biological weapons attack under the guise of what is called a false flag operation. see, they did this appear this is why we have to fight. here to break it all down from the pentagon come our own jennifer griffin is back with us. a lot to talk about tonight. >> absolutely, sean. russia's foreign minister will meet his ukrainian counterpart in turkey on thursday. the highest level meeting since russia's invasion began. the director of the iaea will join them as well to discuss nuclear safety. this comes as russian forces occupied the chernobyl nuclear power plant which, as he mentioned, has had a power outage which concerns ukrainian officials, but the iaea cautions that there's no need for a media alarm and there is no release of radiation. meanwhile, the pentagon explains why it does not want poland to transfer its warplanes to a u.s. air base in germany u.s.

intelligence assesses if the planes are moved from that u.s. airbase to ukraine, pruden could view it as an attack by nato drawing nato into a direct conflict with russia. u.s. officials say ukraine does not need these from a military perspective because they still have most of their air force intact and the antitank and antiaircraft shoulder fired weapons are having more impact. in terms of ukraine's bile labs which have come under scrutiny tonight, those are soviet era by labs that the u.s. has been engaged since 2005 and tried to help ukraine convert the research facilities safely and use dog stand -- they eliminated 12 tons of weaponized and turks from an island in the aero c and 2001. here's a statement from the pentagon. "on a daily basis, russia propagates either directly through state run media outlets or through the use of surrogates

disinformation aimed at btr peas, the u.s. bio threat reduction program laboratory and capacity building efforts in former soviet union countries. the luke gore center in georgia and the central reference laboratory and because extend are the primary targets. but more recent disinformation efforts have targeted laboratories in ukraine. through these disinformation campaigns, russia falsely claims the united states is developing biological weapons and laboratories in these countries as well as killeen local populations with purposeful release of biological agents. that is why white house press secretary jen psaki said his talk today about these bio labs has led to concern by u.s. intelligence that russia could use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine to create a false flag operation using them. sean. >> sean: jennifer, we do know that victoria nuland admitted

that those labs existed. >> we do have clarity. i have a fact sheet on that is what i was just reading from here at the pentagon. it is a long program that is existed where the pentagon has partnered with these bio labs. these are soviet era labs that remember, trying to deal with proliferation when the soviet union ended, that is part of this effort to try to clean up those soviet era labs and make sure that nothing escapes from those labs. the u.s. has been very open about its involvement there, but what russia does is they take that information, distorted, turn it around, and turn it into disinformation. that is what has u.s. government officials concerned, because often they will do that, they lay the groundwork for that. you heard the spokesman speak about that today from the kremlin. and then what the pentagon was concerned about is that that may

be a pretext or a false flag operation involving -- >> sean: one more question. yesterday, the secretary of state seemed enthusiastic about the mags being transferred from poland. poland is also a sovereign nation on top of it being a member of nato. why would the u.s. effort to support it and then pull back from it? >> it is a tricky situation. originally what they said was that if the polls want to directly transfer those to ukraine, that is a sovereign nation's decision. but then the polls surprise the u.s. government and said actually, we are going to transfer them to germany, a u.s. service. the u.s. was caught off guard by that and b, so that that's not a good idea. we don't want to be in the middle of this. they are not going to stop the polls from delivering those, but i just came out of a briefing

tonight. those unfortunately are not going to do much good right now. the ukrainian air force is still largely intact. the problem is the type of weapons that the russians are using right now, it is on the ground for the fight is on the ground for that is where those shoulder fighter javelins and other missiles come into play and they are being very effective, despite that horrific attack an air strike on the maternity hospital today and mariupol. >> sean: they give rick wade not. we appreciate it. jennifer griffin from the pentagon tonight. i know many americans are asking tonight, what is america's interest here? a troubling story from ukraine come according to "the new york times," a father and husband discovered that his family died after seeing their lifeless bodies and photographs that were put online. they reportedly killed by a russian mortar attack. our prayers are with that father and his entire family come all the people of ukraine, the innocent men, women, and

children that are under fire tonight. i think it's clear, america's asking, what is our role here? would let me be clear what i think america's role should be and needs to be pure no matter what happens in ukraine, we cannot have american boots on the ground. that cannot be an option. world war iii -- we've got to do our very best to try to prevent that from happening pit that is not going to end well. and frankly there have been far too many occasions, and this is the most important point, when politicians in washington, both sides of the aisle, in the u.s. are eager to start wars, but then they don't have the resolve to actually win the wars they start. then as time passes and the wars become less popular and to become politicized, and these very same politicians that sent our national treasure, our men and women to go fight these wars, they decide never mind, abort the mission. oops, sorry, we made a mistake, let's get out as quickly as possible. and what about the precious loss

of life in the meantime? what happened in afghanistan and iraq could never happen again. and thank god we have new military modern technology that can prevent that from happening again. don't forget, it is day-to-day 207 since joe biden abandoned americans behind enemy lines. we have any moral obligation to do something when we see more criminals like vladimir putin bombing and eviscerating entire neighborhoods. you saw the report just now about to literally a maternity ward. does america have a moral obligation question mike mansur is yes, we do. we have an obligation to help innocent human beings, especially women and children. and in this case, the ukrainian people. they have now demonstrated their willingness to fight for their country and protect their fellow countrymen. this is where we can and we

should help them. we can help the ukrainians by providing the arms that they need to protect their people. that is how we help them. are we choosing sides? yes, we are. we are choosing the side of the sovereign. and i'll be at, i've been critical of ukraine's government at times. political corruption has run up until zelinski pretty rampant. but this is a sovereign country that was invaded and as americans, if we are in any one side, we are on the side of innocent civilians brutally murdered by vladimir putin and his minions doing his bidding. that is why it would be nice and good for the world at the russian military or his own advisors or the people of russia step up and do the right thing and take that guy out by any means necessary. when you invade a sovereign country, that should be a new rule. you kill innocent men, women, and children. you forfeit your right to lead a country and frankly also forfeit your right to live.

at the world would be better and safer without putin and had, period. if we've learned anything from last century where well over 100 million people, human souls died because of isms, communism, nazism, fascism, the senior you cut off the head of a maniacal killer and you cut off the head of a snake, then you start saving innocent lives. we are going to have a lot more on putin's bloody invasion of ukraine coming out. but first, we turn to an important issue right here at home. for the third straight day, gas prices at the pump just hit another all-time record high. joe biden says it is all putin's fault. nothing he could do about it. he said those very words. joe biden's line. we didn't get here overnight. in fact, prices at the pump come as you all know, have been rising ever since joe biden took office. why have they been rising? because by then did everything he possibly could with the stroke of a pen to limit all the

oil and gas production and exploration right here in the u.s. them i just like he promised he would. take a look. >> we are all dead. doing away with any substance or fossil fuels. number two, holding them liable for what they have done, particularly in those cases where you are underserved neighborhoods and do you know the deal, okay? by the way, when they don't -- they put them in jail. kiddo, i want you to just take a look you do don't have to agree. but i want you to look at my eyes. i guarantee you, i guarantee you we are going to and fossil fuel. and i'm not going to cooperate. >> with there be any place or fossil fuels including coal and fracking in the biden administration? >> no. we would work out. we would make sure it's eliminated. >> sean: so he killed the keystone xl pipeline, prices

went up. he banned drilling in and work, prices went up. he blocked new permits on federal lands and auctions on federal lands, and guess what? prices went up. he rejoined the paris climate accords, we are paying a fortune, and china and india viewed as developing countries pain next to nothing. he reinstated caps on american production. he added environmental regulations that are almost impossible for energy companies to work, and prices went up. biden's radical agenda left america and our allies for a noble. but there is some good news. despite everything that he did to stymie oil and gas production, his administration can still take steps to increase production, lower the cost at the pump, lower the cost of every item we buy at every store we go to, lower the cost of heating and cooling our homes. he can restart the keystone xl pipeline. and in spite of the lies that he and jen psaki have been selling

and telling, according to the premier of alberta, canada, this pipeline could be turned around in less than one year. once completed it would increase crude oil capacity in the united states by almost 900,000 barrels a day, which would make up and then some all of the oil that joe has been imported from russia. and he wouldn't have to beg venezuela and iran for this is only -- most people don't know that in europe, the biden administration is opposing the eastern mediterranean pipeline which would supply western europe with natural gas from israel. joe needs to immediately support this. he doesn't anymore. he is controlled by the climate alarmist cult. if the administration was a reverses course now and gives the green light to all of these projects, much-needed natural gas would begin to flow into europe. it is desperately needed and we can wean our allies off of

russian oil and energy him to stop making prudent and rich again would bankrupt russia and putin's reign of terror because russia would be poor again. at this new supply would obviously be a factor in the global energy market and of course the biden administration could also reinstate drilling and lift the ban on new domestic and offshore exploration here. all of this would lower cost. it would increase supply. and equal the price. increase the supply, demand remains constant, price goes down. it would also create high paying american jobs and we wouldn't have to worry about russia, we wouldn't have to worry about the streets of our moods, or any energy issues involved in the middle east. in other words, energy independent. anyway, that would require little courage from joey. he would need to stand up to his new green deal climate alarmist.

why you would ever negotiate with the moans of iran that have threatened to wipe israel in the u.s. off the map, death to america, death to israel. iran, the number one state sponsor of terrorism worldwide. this is where it gets really crazy. russia right now, vienna, is brokering the new nuclear deal that joey wants with iran. and the united states. iran won't talk to us directly. so russia is in the middle negotiating. i'm sure they are doing a great job for iran. according to just the news.com -- that is john solomon side, top russian negotiator bragged, iran got much more than they ever expected. we are talking about some $90 billion in on frozen cash and other assets. oil export guarantees. very little oversight surrounding the uranium

enrichment program. also that joe biden doesn't stand up to the climate alarmist at his own party. so what is happening here? joe biden is literally putting his party's radical agenda over your wallets. he's willing to give you a 40 year high with inflation. he is putting his radical agenda over the safety and security of the american people and frankly the safety and security of people around the world. he is going to make the number one state sponsor of terror rich again and none of that makes the world a safer place. sending money to a socialist dictator? sending an emissary over the weekend? that does not make the world a safer place. giving opec all the leverage they want over the u.s., that doesn't make the world a safer place. make no mistake, restricting oil and gas production here in the u.s. -- that will continue to spur massive inflation. obviously joe doesn't care.

he would rather deal with the dictators. everything you buy is produced and shipped. they use oil, gas, diesel to get it there. that is why month over month inflation continues to rise unless of course you are living in this ultimate universe like, circle back propaganda jen psaki. take a look. >> there are a number of steps he is to compute if you compare month to month, we've seen inflationary numbers go down month-to-month, even as we looked at the year-to-year numbers go up, which we entirely predicted. >> that is absolutely not true. just to know that jen psaki it joe biden lied. we are at a 40 year high for inflation and that is month after month. but it wasn't her only lie of the day. she still wants you to believe that gas prices are only going up because of latimer prudent and greedy oil companies that are not taking advantage of the

leases that they have generously given. take a look. >> sean: why did you guys decide to rebrand the rising gas prices as the -- >> if you want to use that on fox, i welcome that. >> president biden -- they believe that they have oil or glass in them? they are saying that that accusation is a complete red herring. to some permits are viable and some are not. you say that, this represents a fundamental misunderstanding into how this process works. >> first of all, nearly 60% remain nonproducing. that is a lot in the range of 20 million acres. so there are 9,000 unused approved permits to drill them. they should not -- that should not require us inviting them to do that. they should do that themselves. to speak of the additional permits -- >> what did they?

they -- the leases are there, the permits are there, i don't think they need an embroidered invitation. >> sean: i guess she got home that gets her from fake news cnn. in case you're watching tonight, jen, here's an important factor you need to know and you probably do. despite your claim, oil and gas companies are not just sitting on 9,000 unused approved oil drilling permits. these leases are issued prior to exploration. so not all of those leases actually have oil and gas in the ground that can be extracted. and other words, energy companies are not going to drill for oil on a piece of land that ends up not having oil, even if they have the permit to do so. you might want to factor that in. does any of that make sense? here with more from the white house as our very own white house correspondent peter doocy. peter, i just quoted the premier from canada saying that within a

year we could have 900,000 barrels of oil coming through the keystone xl pipeline from canada. not from iran, but from canada. every single day. they put a pause on oil and gas leases in federal lands and they are not resending not. all of these new environmental restrictions make it harder for energy companies. we are at a two decades high in terms of the percentage of leases and production, the 9,000 she talks about. and i thought today you had it with every point. that the oil industry in the energy industry is making. it's either that she doesn't want to hear it or doesn't care to understand it. >> it's complicated. you mentioned it, the premier in alberta, canada, says that they could have the production back, or at least in the keystone, whatever they can make up the difference. but now tc energy is out. the company that was in charge

of that project saying that for now, the project is not going to happen. he told the "washington examiner" straightforward, the project is done. the piece explains that basically the biden administration would have to cut red tape. plus they created these towns basically in the middle of nowhere for all of these workers who have decades of experience to go and live and work on this pipeline in places where there were not restaurants or hotels or schools for their families. once the project was done, all of those towns have been basically abandoned. many different step process to get this thing back together. they are not saying no, which is -- jen psaki is not saying no, it's not going to happen. but they are in a tricky situation because if they say that the construction can resume, that they are going back on a day one pledge which was basically, we've determined that

pipelines are worse for the environment. >> 100%. >> sean: we have three days in a row with all-time record setting highs, so the cost of a gallon of gasoline -- if the choice is to cut will not cut the red tape and get the pipeline back on jack, if we wanted to we could get it done. where were the united states of america. if the choice is cut the red tape or deal with the murdering thug dictator in venezuela or the iranian mullahs that want us dead, i think i would choose to cut the red tape. easy decision for me. >> going to be really interesting. the vice president landed in europe a couple of hours ago. she is going to be the point person trying to untangle some of this mass that the world is and because of what russia is doing. as of right now, the most direct impact to many americans

watching right now is energy cost and inflation. as of right now, she is probably this country's best bet at coming up with an international solution. >> sean: peter, thank god you are in the room every day. that's much must-see tv. future tv show between you and jen psaki and you would win every night. for now, more with all of that right now to secure america's energy independence and lower the price of the pump is a senior vice president of the american petroleum institute and that is frank mackey rollo who is with us. frank, good to see a predicate for being with us. tells why jen psaki is wrong. >> thank you for having me on, sean. either the white house is showing a fundamental misunderstanding of how oil and natural gas development works or they are intentionally created misdirection here to distract the american people. either way, they are not

providing relief at the pump. let's break down what the white house is talking about with respect to leases. first of all, according to the department of the interior, the percentage of productive leases is that a 20 year high in the united states right now. with respect to this permit claim, there are currently nearly 100,000 wells and production on federal land. so the number that they are throwing out as a real misdirection, it's a red herring, and it doesn't get out the real problem, which is the policies that they've put in place. >> sean: if we opened it up again, if we finish the keystone pipeline, if we opened up new leases on federal lands end up ended all of these restrictions on the environment that they put in place, would america be energy independent in a year? >> we are in a critical moment

right now similar at -- >> sean: that is not my question. i asked you a specific question. if they would undo what they've done, the policy they've put in place, would we be energy independent with any year? >> we would be more energy secure, sean. will be producing more of what we have here at home, relying less on countries like russia. >> sean: dramatically more? >> no question. no question. they need to reverse course on a number of issues. whether it's energy infrastructure like keystone, whether it's the leasing ban on federal oil and gas leases, whether it's the proposals they had in the build back better plan. and as you know, oil is a global commodity. and is traded globally. we are competing every day around the world. the biden administration needs to be promoting american oil and natural gas.

more than a decade, we've increased and now we are going backwards. >> sean: it's of sleight-of-hand. we've had more production coming out of the leases that are there. we are at a two decade hybrid they are not telling the truth. frank, thank you for being with us. also tonight, fear not just because vice president harris is now and pull in trying to save the day, god help us. meanwhile back at home nancy pelosi had her own thoughts about the war on ukraine. take a look. >> i start with something that we had been looking forward to that we favored at the time and take great pride in. i said billy jean king sends you her regard and wants to know how she can help in any event. >> sean: i like billie jean king. she is a lovely woman. but i'm not sure zielinski feels better right now. tonight, unfortunately, the radical socialist far left

agenda from the climate alarmist gold and the democratic new green deal socialist party -- they never rest. this week john kerry claiming, climate change will make the ukrainian refugee crisis look insignificant. he may be the dumbest human being on the planet. at least joe biden has an excuse, because he doesn't know what day of the week it is. meanwhile take a look at your screen. several new york democrats -- look at what they are opposed with -- a pretty disgusting poster featuring the twin towers and a plane with the words "climate change" written on the side of the plane. that is how sick their mind-set is. former governor of arkansas named brian with the spirit thank you both. governor, let me ask you. your reaction to that end of the now is venezuela i ran and opec.

>> when you are begging your fant don't like enemies to give you the field to run your country, you are not free. you are being held hostage for this is a dumb thing. three things that a country has to have to be free? fuel itself and fight for itself. while manufacturing its own weapons. we are now at risk of both fueling ourselves and feeding ourselves because of what is happening between russia and ukraine. we've throttled the american farmer. we've throttled the energy industry, the oil and gas people who work really hard to bring it out of the ground at give it to us at a decent price. and i we've got is john kerry running around whining about climate change. if you could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth, we could make a really good living off of him. >> we could. by the way, pretty good carbon footprint. most americans don't need a lecture on their suvs as he's flying the skies in his own big plane.

brian, let me ask you. i'm having a hard time understanding this dilemma. i don't think it should be a dilemma. venezuela, opec, around, and begging them to produce energy we could produce at home. or lifting the restrictions joe biden put on the energy sector. that is not a hard one for me. >> you can break down energy prices today if the president of the united states instead of going to texas and saying hey, your gas prices are going up -- if he goes to texas and he says, what can i do to get behind oil and gas production in this country, energy prices would drop immediately. we have a president who listens to john kerry -- that's the problem. it is not what he says, it's the fact that this president listens instead of looking at the alarm bells in the economy which are clear. prices are out of control, they are getting worse. oil is driving it. mr. president, stop listening to your climate envoy. start listening to the folks of fill up their trucks every day at the pump and can't afford the

diesel because they are going to move the products that get us out of this inflation must. he is listening to the wrong people and he is missing the opportunity right under his nose right in this country to take care of the problems that we face for our good and for the good of our partners around the globe. >> sean: predictions -- what will gas prices be six months from now? >> i think they're going to be close to 450, because i don't think this president is going to get it. russia supplies going to come off the market, u.s. supplies not going to come on. that is going to be very bad for the u.s. consumer. we've been talking about inflation. you can add the stagnation in front of that if we get in that situation. >> governor, your production? >> i think it will be closer to $5 come but don't worry. just do what stephen colbert says. go out and buy yourself an electric car. and if you are a single mom that barely can afford gas for your gas guzzling old beat up jalopy,

no problem. it is only $60,000 for that electric car. just get you one. i'm sure joe biden will tell you that the next big government giveaway will be electric cars. speak and don't forget, you have to pay for the charging station. although i do admire elon musk. he's a great innovator. i think he has done a great job and even he says we need to drill for more oil. thank you both. earlier today come ukrainian president zelensky -- he slammed to the pentagon for rejecting poland's jets offer to support ukraine. take a look. >> listen. we do not have time for all of these. this is not -- this is about human lives. we ask once again, do not shift the responsibility. send us planes. plains. >> sean: tonight, russian forces continuing to inch closer to the capital as the city now prices for another russian onslaught. here at the very latest from our own vague borders, the very own

bill hemmer. nobody explains it as well as you do. there is no movement towards the capital. >> good evening to you also submit significant stories to talk about. let me go into the northern part for us we will talk about the south in a moment. here is your capital city, you see all the lines here. every day this week, those lines just keep creeping closer and closer to the capital city. i think what is notable, not necessarily in the west side, but largely countryside. putin's army has been able to move across that land really on impeded basically with all the tanks moving through. i want to take you into kiev. i just explained a little bit about the capital city. it's 2,000 years old. i think what is significant is the need that really cuts the city between the west and the east. you see this town here -- there was some video outside of the home where russian tank after

tank after tank was rolling by and a residential area. this is about 60 miles from the center of the town here. you remember that bridge we talked about the other day with those two adults killed from that russian balm. that is on this area here, northwest of the city. about 16 miles from the city center. the airport just beyond that unknown another 4 miles. it gives you a sense of how close putin's army is now in trying to potentially surround the city. i've got these bridges marked on the map and the reason for it -- this is a very wide river. these bridges are substantial. can you cross it with a tan? you might be able to, but what would the ukrainian army do before you get there? this is a wide open question as to what happens. let me move from the north, come down to the south. many people know what happened. this town has been hammered

here. putin's air force put a bomb into a maternity hospital. and the explosion and is just something that many of us have never seen. there was a hole in the ground 20 feet deep. everything around has been annihilated. miraculously, no one died. only 17 people were injured. but mariupol has been surrounded and they are really taking a tough fight here many, many days into this war. on the other side, about as far as putin's army has been able to advance. they have been met with resistance here thus far, perhaps you see the line, move to the north and to the west. there is a nuclear plant up in this area too. this is about 75 miles to the north of the city. odessa is about 80 miles to the southwest here interestingly on the map has not been touched. and i will come back to that in

a moment here. but we found this image, sean. at this is from june of last year, okay? this is an mariupol. this is a supermarket with a big parking lot. it looks like something you would find in your town all over america. this is a shopping mall. that was june of last year. today, the 9th of march, this place has been devastated. all of these buildings just destroyed. i will go back and show it one more time. today the supermarket on the grocery store are destroyed. i'm not quite sure how much of the military target that is, but on day 14, it is slow and it isn't steady on behalf of putin's military. >> sean: great job as always. we appreciate it you as always. big breaking news stories from foxnews.com as we are learning not just two weeks before putin's invasion, major u.s.

energy companies including chevron were hit by hackers. according to the report, it appears to be an attempt by russia to destabilize the u.s. oil and gas sector and remember, there's no bigger fan of renu and socialism than vladimir putin. he would love to see the u.s. oil and gas sector crippled. unfortunately biden on the far left democrat said he acquiesces to constantly. appearing all too keen on giving them exactly what he wants. he read through action, former of national intelligence john ratcliffe is with us. assuming that is true in all likelihood it is, that would mean that coupled with jo's stated position that he would rather i guess negotiated with iran, venezuela, and opec and back them, this seems very likely that putin has calculated all of this into his planning. hope >> your viewers are probably surprised, sean.

last june joe biden he said he gave them a list on things that were off-limits from cyberattacks including critical infrastructure. apparently he didn't give in long enough list to vladimir putin, but fortunately in this case, this particular cyber attack, there are seven stages in the kill chain as they call it of a cyber attack on this one was fairly immature. it was not nearly so far along as the colonial pipeline ransom attack that actually did shut down that pipeline. this was about two weeks and when it was discovered. but i'm afraid, sean, that this is like a game of walkable. this is an area -- this is not the last time we will be talking about cyberattacks. this is part of vladimir putin's plan and it is frankly an area of vulnerability for the united states.

i think we will have to continue to be vigilant for this, but i don't think it will be the last time we will be talking about putin attacking critical infrastructure during an dependency of this invasion. >> sean: given the choice of resending all of the onerous regulations that joe biden put on the energy sector given that choice including the keystone xl pipeline and the premier of alberta saying we could have 900,000 barrels of oil flowing from canada and a year if we start now, we could have had it done by now if he didn't stop it. assuming that is the choice or importing oil from the mullahs in iran, killing dictator in venezuela, madera, and begging opec -- why are we making the wrong decision? because that is an obvious decision. >> it is because joe biden doesn't want to face the

progressive left that want to let him go back on the policies that have taken away american energy and of dependence and of strength in russia, helped create this. he is going so far as to -- part of this iranian nuclear deal is partly about oil. it is about getting a deal so that sanctions can be lifted and 1000000-1.2 million barrels of iranian oil can get on the market to relieve world wide prices. he would rather sell out american national security and deal with a terrorist regime that our own intelligence community has acknowledged was targeting trump officials with assassination plans. he's more than willing to sit down with them to negotiate to get a deal. it is just simply about not putting america first. and that is unfortunately what we continue to see from this biden administration. >> sean: i wish people like you were in office right now.

and in these positions, we would be in a different world. john ratcliffe, thank you, sir. joe biden tonight continues to say no to american energy as we've been discussing. continues to say no to restoring energy independence purity with reaction, former keystone xl pipeline worker neil crabtree is with us along with ohio republican congressman jim jordan. neil, let me start with you. you hear the premier of alberta say that within a year we could have 900,000 barrels of oil pump through that pipeline a day. how close are we to finishing up pipeline? >> we've got to remember just because president biden gets his okay that we are still dealing with a company that lost billions of dollars the first time around. they are going to be very hesitant to come back to the united states without some kind of concessions. if i was at energy company i would say hey, you're going have

to give me some of my money back that i lost the first time around and you are going to have to give me some concrete proof that we are not going to end up in u.s. courts again. as far as building the pipeline hey, we've got the workforce that can do it. in about eight months' time, we would have that pipeline up and running. i'm tired of hearing that it would take three years to do. no, sir. >> sean: i interviewed other pipeline workers, and you will make pretty good money pair these were high pain skill specific career jobs, right? >> yes, sir. i take a lot of pride in it. it is a career. >> sean: you guys are working hard -- how did you feel when you heard that not only was your project canceled, but almost simultaneously a waiver was given to vladimir putin for the north stream to pipeline -- how did that make you feel? >> we take a lot of pride in what we do. i'm not trying to sound like a wimp here, but it broke our

hearts. we take a lot of pride in producing american energy. we want to do it here at home and let me just say something -- i take no pride and saying what i'm about to say right now, but the president of the united states is lying to you when he says that his policies have nothing to do with the prices of energy. they have everything to do with the prices going up. and i'm glad you had congressman jim jordan on with me tonight. he can back me up on this. i've set it in congressional hearings where they called every ceo and from the major companies in this country and they told them they are going to stop producing energy and he is the only one who stood up and said no, this is wrong. joe biden, your policies have everything to do with what is going on in this country right now. >> sean: jim jordan -- if we would open up the chaos potential of ohio, west virginia, that would be huge. listening to neil story here and... frankly, it makes no sense to me.

may bill it will make sense to you. >> this is the great divide. you've got the "elite" and the crazy love to think that there's no problem having four and $5 gas. and you've got middle america, working and middle-class american families who understand what this means. you had colbert's sake, just go by a tesla. and put a judge said to buy and electric vehicle. the people in agriculture, the people who make things and grow things is what just buzzed me to death. i remember when peter strzok said, i'm in the walmart and i can smell the trump supporter's. or when anderson cooper said, you know, trump supporter's -- they eat at the olive garden and stay at the marriott. the disdain of the elite love to have for the people in this country who make it happen is what drives me crazy. we are seeing it play out. people like mr. crabtree are what make the country such a special place and they are

getting a raw deal from the biden administration. >> sean: jim jordan, you will stay with us. mr. crabtree, i agree. i think you and your fellow workers for all the great work you've done. when we come back, jim jordan stays. we will be joined by mark meadows as we continue ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> sean: more reaction from jim jordan along with former white house chief of staff mark meadows and kaylee mcelhinney. the trillion dollar question remains the same, mark meadows. why would joe biden prefer to import oil from the mullahs in iran, the murdering thought dictator in venezuela, begging opec rather than returning to

the energy policies, energy independence policies he inherited from donald trump? >> he is trapped. he can't do that, sean. because the progressive on the left have done away with moderate joe biden. i will applaud the house and looks like tonight they will be voting. i know jim jordan can probably speak to this better than i can, but they will be voting against actually bringing in russian oil. we need to also put a caveat but that shouldn't come from other russia from the country is countries like or venezuela. it is the only way that we do it and we need to be unified in condemning what is going on with vladimir putin against the ukrainian people. >> sean: kaylee, let's get your take on the same question. >> look, democrats are operating under this marching banner, this facade of addressing climate change, which purportedly is a global issue. it is why, sean, we had global

treaties like the disastrous paris climate accord which president trump got out of. purportedly in the mind of a liberal you have that treaty because it is a global issue and which every country house to reduce their don't mock co2 including china. getting oil from china, oil and gas from china or venezuela or any of these -- or saudi arabia, you are doing nothing to address this issue by shutting down domestic energy production. it makes no sense at all other than finding the number one state sponsor of terrorism, iran. you are just funding terrorism. >> sean: jim, if it wasn't so serious it would be comical on a "saturday night live" bit, but this is deadly serious. good republicans force a vote on a bill that we can't import oil from hostile nations with hostile murdering dictators?

>> heads kind of a procedural thing. we could try that. but they are right to bear the left controls the democrat party. their religion is climate change and they don't feel -- as i said before, they are the elite to live on the coast and they forget about all the middle america come all the families across our great country who has i said before make things and grow things. that hurry and mr. crabtree talked about -- remember, democrats in california with $6 gas went to every ceo and said, we pledge to decrease production? badger ever want to decrease production of a time when gas is going through the roof. that is a problem. >> sean: i owe all of you more time. sorry. as a host i should manage my time better. it's great to see all of you. thank you for understanding. more "hannity" coming straight ahead right after this break.

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