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against the russian invasion, you have poland now saying that they will hand over some of their fighter jets to the u.s. ready to ship them to ramstein air base in germany with the goal of getting those planes into the hands of ukrainian fighters. top state department official is about to testify in front of senators. that is on the left side of your screen. we'll watch that for reaction. we are also watching texas right now too where president biden is set to meet this hour with military veterans. any comments on ukraine, russia, the economy, you will hear them here first. with wall street on another bumpy ride, stocks rebounding, the dow in the green, but gas prices also on the way up. you have the house gearing up for a vote soon to ban russian oil from the u.s. democrats and republicans wanting to go further than what the biden administration has done so far. here live this hour, the director of the national economic council brian deese. and it is shaping up to be a busy afternoon along with our team covering all of it.

courtney kube, matt bradley, garrett haake, and we're also joined by brian sullivan who is watching the energy industry for cnbc. and we're watching the very latest this hour. first as mentioned, poland saying that it is ready. not that it has, but it is ready to transfer its mig fighter jets to a u.s. base in germany. jets that ukraine's president has been begging for. he got a standing ovation after invoking churchill in a defiant speech to the british parliament. president zelenskyy pushing the west do more to help. and then there is the russia oil ban, announced by president biden that the u.s. will cut off all imports of russian oil which might bite your budget a little bit. national average for a gavel gas is at an all-time high. courtney, i think the question people have, okay, ukraine wants these jets so why is poland send them to an air base in germany rather than to ukraine directly? do we have an answer yet?

>> reporter: we don't have an answer. that was one of my first question taos because it doesn't really make sense. why would poland say that they are transferring these jets to the u.s. in germany to ramstein air force base for then the u.s. to take custody and then theoretically send to ukraine. and also in the same announcement, poland said that they were awaiting the u.s. offer to backfill those mig jets. everyone has been talk you go about the potential for the u.s. to backfill them with f-16s, but it doesn't change the fact that the u.s. officials have said that they are not sure if they have f-16s that they are able to export to poland in a quick manner right now. so that is the second half of this entire equation isn't really figured out yet. but why they would send them, all it takes a looking at a man. poland is right next door to ukraine. why send them to germany before sending them to ukraine.

as you mentioned, president zelenskyy and ukraine has been asking for a lot of different capabilities, among them fighter jets. and right now the air space over ukraine is contested. but the reality is much of that air space is more in russian hands than in ukrainian hands. because of that, we are not seeing a whole lot of ukrainian military aircraft in the skies right now. the russians are still flying, ukrainian military is flying. just not that much. instead, the majority of what we're seeing in the air right now are russian cruise missiles, russian short range missiles, russian artillery. but the ukrainians still do have the ability to stop some of these things with some of their surface to air missiles, their capabilities on the ground. so this is an evolving and dynamic story. we're trying to figure out the ground truth here, but the key question, why would they send them to germany, we don't have an answer to that yet.

>> and i want to come back to this, but i want to get matt bradley in here. as you well know, this is something that president zelenskyy wants. he wants a lot of things. this is one of them. >> reporter: we can say that president zelenskyy has three wishes. and today washington granted him basically two of them. one was the cutting off of those oil imports, the other was increased military aid in these migs which could be about to come from poland. that would fulfill a lot of that wish. now, the third wish that he is still asking the biden administration for, that looks really, really impossible. and that is a no-fly zone imposed by nato. that is something that would put nato governments and the u.s. into direct combat operations against russia. and it seems like a really, really big ask. but it is something that we've been hearing not just from president zelenskyy, but walking around this country, talking to people, it is a populist issue

now. it is not some lofty strategic concept. people that i meet on the street tell me that they want america to impose that no-fly zone. and that is something that as i said, i don't think that lot of western nations are really in a position to be able to provide, at least not anytime soon. but if there is one man who can get it, it would be president zelenskyy of ukraine. he is an extremely popular president. he just finished up addressing the british parliament to rapture applause. here is what he had to say. >> translator: we will not give up and we will not lose. we will fight to the end at sea, in the air. we will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. please make sure that our ukraine and skies are safe. please make sure that you to what needs to be done.

>> reporter: so a clear reference there to winston church hill's 1940 on the beaches speech where he said that we'll fight them on the beaches, we will fight them in the forests, we will never surrender. you could tell by the standing ovation that he got how popular president zelenskyy is. it was the same kind of rapturous greeting that 300 lawmakers got when they spoke with president zelenskyy. i'm sure you noticed a lot of them were tweeting out pictures of themselves seated watching president zelenskyy on their ipads, because it was a virtual greeting, but everybody wanted to be seen talking to president zelenskyy. he is the man of the moment. so if anybody can get this just by force of rhetorical zelenskyy is the guy who can do it. >> matt, thank you very much. garrett, on the other piece of this, the russian oil import

ban, but courtney, let me close the loop on this a bit. because you had talked about the big question why would poland send these jets to germany first. and we've talked about the logistical challenge here in potentially getting the migs into ukraine. where do you land them, how do you get them into the air space and what if they engage with russian fighters, et cetera, on the way over. so on, so forth. is there any possibility that poland is essentially trying to hand that kind of logistical hot potato over to the u.s., basically making it the u.s. problem because at the same time we know that polish leaders have said domestically in that country they didn't have intentions of sending jets to ukraine. >> reporter: yes, i think that is a fair assessment that it is possible that the polish government doesn't want to deal with getting these over. this has the potential to be very dangerous, to fly fighter jets from poland or even more so from germany into ukraine. you know, how would they do that transfer.

and we've been watching this play out with this influx of additional military aid that the u.s. and nato allies have been providing to ukraine over the past couple of weeks. it has been a very difficult logistical challenge. and because it is so fraught with peril, a lot of reporters haven't been talking about how they have been doing it just to protect the way that they have been able to get this successfully, get a lot of equipment into the ukrainian military. so this would present a real logistical challenge. and if the polish government is transferring the aircraft over to the u.s. government, it really puts it in the lap of the u.s. to do. as this has been evolving pretty quickly, the officials i'm speaking with have been caught pretty flat footed by this announcement. it doesn't seem like it was well coordinated on a lot of different levels of the u.s. government. so i think that is one of the reasons that we just don't have a lot of answers as to how this could even happen if it is going to happen. >> court, thank you. i know you are working the phones too. brian, you are at this big oil

conference in houston. talk to me about what you are hearing about the move to ban russian imports. what does it mean realistically for people outside of washington and new york who are affected by the policy because they fill their tanks to get to work or school or whatever. >> better fill your tanks up now because the price of gasoline is only doing to rise the next couple days and weeks. and if the guy at your local gas station is raising the price by 50 cents is gallon, that is gouging because they bought the gas weeks ago. here at this conference, the oil and gas industry supports this move by the president because russian oil competes with their oil, u.s. oil, canadians. but there are people here from europe, people here from asian representatives as well. the whole world is against vladimir putin and rightfully so right now. now, the president today banning russian oil imports and calling on u.s. oil and gas interests to raise their output. talking about 9,000 leases that

are not being acted on. first off the majority of those leases were never intended to be drilled on, most were offshore. company will buy or rent a bunch of leases mostly just to keep other people off them. but here is the thing, it takes time. this is not turning on a water tap and the water comes out. this is an industry that almost two years ago to the day had negative $37 a barrel oil. we've come up 150 bucks in less than two years. and so everybody we talked to here says that we are ready, we are willing, we are able to pump more oil because it will take 8 to 12 months just to get things in place. so it could be a tough slog next couple weeks and months. >> that is great context. thank you. garrett, where you are, you have brian in houston, you are on the hill here in washington, and you have speaker pelosi saying that the house will vote i think sometime soon? you can check me on that. and they might even go further than what the biden administration has done. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. and meat kind of set it up.

because after that zoom meeting about zelenskyy on saturday, we've seen lawmakers almost tripping over themselves to feel like who can act most strongly in ukraine's defense, who can be most aggressive going after russia in different ways. so what we've seen here, despite the announcement from the president, the house is planning to still hold a vote they hope as early as today although i have not seen the text of the bill. doesn't appear to be quite ready for primetime, on a bill that not only bans russian oil, but it would review russia's position in the world trade organization and look for as the letter from speaker pelosi to her members described at other ways to essentially marginalize the russian economy, it could often stiffen up the magnet ski sanctions. and both chambers are talking about raising amount of money in the emergency bill. it was at $6 billion last week.

now it is somewhere north of $12 billion. and lawmakers who have been watching the administration's response up until now in this crisis are very much trying to get into the game anywhere that they can find it here to push back against russia. >> garrett hague on the hill, thank you. let me bringin now brian deese joining us from the north lawn. good to see you back on the show. >> thanks for having me. >> and when it comes to these russian oil import bans, there has been this bipartisan push to do this for weeks and most of our european allies are not ready for this move yet. so why now, why today? >> i think this is best understood as part of a dedicated and coordinated effort to impose economic costs on the russian economy. and this step comes on the 450e8 heels of a very coordinated effort which is having real

impact. the ruble is down 50%. their stock market has been closed for a record amount of time. and now most projections are record reductions in russian growth and companies across the board pulling out of russia entirely. this is another step that we can take. we are uniquely positioned compared to our european counterpart. but i want to underscore this step as everything president biden has done is being done in coordination with our european allies. the president spent two hours with european leaders yesterday discussing this and other steps and we'll continue to ratchet the economic pain campaign so long as putin continues his horrific campaign in ukraine. >> at what point do you think that it will truly get his attention or work to have an impact in russia beyond what we've already seen here? as you know, the amount of russian oil imported to the u.s. is less than 10% of the supply here. >> well, i think that what you

are seeing is the package of sanctions that we now have added to this import ban on, it is having an extraordinary impact. and you see that in the economic data. as i said the ruble is down 50%. but you also see it in the constraints on economic activity in russia. now, you can't use a credit card. most western businesses are pulling out or not providing their services at all. and this economy is really in absolute free-fall. at the same time, what we have made clear, we will be consistent and steady and unified in imposing this pain because the impact does play out across time. but putin needs to understand that these are crushing sanctions and we'll continue to ratchet this up so long as the hostilities continue. >> and we're waiting for the house to vote at some point soon on the russian sanctions bill that goes further than what the

president outlined today including looking at russia's access to the world trade organization, human rights abuses. does the administration support those additional measures too? >> the president's executive order today addressed the core issue that is in that bill which is we will now be banning the import of oil, natural gas and coal. we're doing that by executive order. and coordinaing with congressional leadership as well. the other provisions that are in the house bill that may go to the floor today are about reinforcing the importance of using all multilateral institutions to condemn russians' activities and to isolate russia. and so that is something certainly that is an additive to the overall effort here. and i think what is important, that we're working with congress and our congressional allies, that we are working in concert with our allies. the president has been consistent about this and we'll continue to be consistent that the degree of coordination i think surprised president putin,

but we'll continue that effort to stay closely aligned with our allies even if we are being taking steps that are not identical, it is coordinated. >> and republicans as you know have been very critical of the president's energy policy and joe manchin said that he should step up in oil production here domestically. what could you do at this point to ramp up oil production that has not already been done or at this point is it mostly in the hands of private companies? >> it is a great question and important to level set with basic facts. u.s. production is near or at record highs, number one. highest natural gas production ever and we're approaching the highest oil production ever. and number two, production is increasing. 700,000 barrels a day, projections of a million barrels a day increase over the course of the year. and number three, you can hearing from oil executives in this country that they are increasing production in response to the market. we have a market based system

here. and that they are -- there is no constraint in the near term to do that. so near record production that is increasing and there isn't any real constraints. and it is the case, i know brian just mentioned this, actually just onshore, not the offshore leases, just onshore, there are 9,000 leases that have been permitted that have not been yet identified. that is part of why in the short term these companies don't need anything more to increase production and certainly they are increasing production now. that is something that we're seeing in the market. and it also underscores that even as that production increases, there is more for us to do to move over long term to really reduce our dependence overall on fossil fuels. >> is the administration actively negotiating with venezuela right now to fill the gap given this import ban? >> i won't comment directly on

that issue other than to say that we are engaged with our allies to engage with oil producing countries arntd world to try to ensure adequate supply at this moment. that has been happening for some time. it will continue. and we're working closely with our allies on that issue. >> the president warned oil companies he won't tolerate price gouging. you heard brian sullivan say if the price at the pump jacks up 50 cents tomorrow, you are probably getting gouged. have you seen evidence of that happening? >> the way to appropriately approach that issue is to ask the regulators who are regulatory authority to keep a close eye on this issue. so with respect to that market manipulation issue that is the federal trade commission. and with respect to the actual speculation in the oil market, that is the cftc. we put both of those agencies on notice to keep a very close eye. it is in these moments of high volatility and uncertainty that you worry the most about that. so those cops are on the beat playing very close attention.

obviously we would leave to them to make those judgments. but it is a concern. it is always a concern when you see this type of price increases and volatility in the market. >> brian deese joining us from the white house. thank you for being with us. i know you are juggling a lot as are your colleagues. appreciate it. and top intel officials, what they are saying about vladimir putin's mental state. and also happening right now, president biden's supreme court nominee meeting with a key republican senator, we'll tell you who. plus breaking news, in the first january 6th trial, what we know about those guilty verdicts after just about three hours of deliberations. and what those could meanther d been charged. s who have been crghaed

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a lot of news this afternoon on the investigations into the january 6th insurrection. within just the last 90 minutes or so, the first jury to sit through a trial for a 1/6

defendant found him guilty on all counts. guy reffitt convicted on five charges including what they call transport of a firearm in support of civil disorder, basically he had a gun when he did this, and obstruction of an official proceeding. and in federal, a former proud boys leader is making his first court appearance after he was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier today. he was charged along with five other members of that group with planning to disrupt the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 election. i want to bring in nbc news justice reporter ryan riley and also justice correspondent pete williams. ryan, glad to have you on the show. this may be your first appearance on this show. glad to have you on board. you've been covering every minute of this reffitt trial, right? >> yeah, it has been intense and pretty unique charge because this civil disorder charge with a gun was really first passed back in the 1960s when it was sort of targeted at black activists. and now it is being used against a very different kind of crowd.

and what we saw in this trial is a lot of evidence that was brought forward before, during and after what guy reffitt did on january 6th. he documented this before, he talked with his son, the son went to the fbi. during, there is video of him running up the stairs of the capitol and there is that gun on his waistband. and then afterwards he talked about what he did with all this friends. so there is plethora of evidence and i think that is why we got to a verdict so quickly. >> what message does it send to other defendants when they are considering whether to go to trial on their cases? >> i think that it will ratchet up pressure to reach a plea deal because if they did a clean sweep so quickly in this case, what will that mean if you are a defendant looking at the pipeline. and looking at a d.c. jury saying will this work out for me in the end. so i think that is the situation that lot of the defendants are finding themselves in now. >> pete, what do we know about

the charges against the proud boys members? >> what is so interesting about this indictment, this is the closest the federal government has ever come since the riot to answering one of the biggest questions. was the riot, was the attack on the capitol, a result of somebody's careful pre-planning or was it people seizing the moment. and this indictment adding him to an indictment that was filed last year against other members of the proud boys, this comes the closest to the government has ever come to answering that. there is considerable new detail here. it is easy that members of the proud boys formed a small leadership group to talk about what do this washington. previous indictments had made clear that they came here with tactical equipment, some people came here with weapons, but the suggestion always was to create some sort of violence or some sort of unspecified disturbance to it is distract congress.

and in this indictment, there is discussion about occupying the buildings and shifting the focus to the capitol itself. and then just a few days before the riot, tarrio says i hear you as wanting to storm the capitol. he was not actually at the capitol on the day of the riot. he was arrested january 4th on old charges of destroying a flag from a black church in an earlier rally. so he was not at the capitol himself. but the government says that he was heavily involved in the planning in this indictment that sheds more light than ever before on what sort of discussion there was about storming the capitol. >> it is important information. pete and ryan, thank you. want to show you new video just coming into us from capitol hill. supreme court justice judge ketanji brown jackson meeting with a potential swing voter, senator susan collins, who was just one of three republicans who voted to confirm judge

jackson to a federal district court. you can see the two talking here. mostly small talk at least while the cameras are on. and so this is susan collins, she is one of the republicans that could side with democrats to get judge jackson confirmed to the court. >> reporter: and democrats don't need any republican support to confirm her to the supreme court, but they would like to have some. and to the extent that the bipartisan support is at all possible, but tip of the speer is senator susan collins of maine who you saw meeting with judge jackson. she's voted for since of the last seven supreme court nominees, the only exception cot was for the procedural reasons. now judge jackson is also meeting with for other

republican senators today, ted cruz and rick scott. these are conservative senators who are not expected to be on the board. and in the background of all of this, there is a kerfuffle going on with the office of chuck grassley, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, trying to pressure democrats to push back the hearing which is scheduled to begin on march 21st. senator dick durbin is the chairman of that judiciary committee. he said no dice, they are not pushing back that hearing. he pointed out that there are 24 days that are elapsing between the announcement of jackson's nomination and the beginning of that hearing. and he compared to the fact that 16 days elapsed between president trump nominating amy coney barrett and her hearing durbin told me that there won't be one set of rules for republicans when they are in charge and another set for democrats. so in less than two weeks, the senate will begin the hearing for ketanji brown jackson. she needs 50 votes. there is no filibuster here.

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president biden has just landed in ft. worth, texas, that is what you are looking at on the left side of your screen. he is there with v.a. secretary on their way to meet with veterans, health care pry providers. we expect formal remarks in the next hour. but sometimes these moments provide an opportunity for the president to in an impromptu way answer questions from reporters or others. that has actually happened. we found out that the president was asked by one of the reporters traveling with him about gas prices. he gave a thumbs up and said that they would go up but he was clear that russia is to blame. russia is responsible for the instability in the energy markets. i want to bring in morgan chesky

who is live for us in texas in ft. worth covering both those stops by president biden. his remarks to veterans are coming at a time when president biden's role as commander in chief is very much front and center. >> reporter: yeah, you are right. and he is anticipated to speak about expanded health care benefits to veterans, specifically those impacted by the military burn pits. he addressed had in the state of the union. but we also anticipate especially here in texas to hear the president speak more about this morning's big announcement and that is the ban on russian oil imports especially in energy rich texas. there is a lot of anticipation to see what impact this could have on domestic energy producers. we do know that the president has already said that he plans to encourage domestic energy producers to shore up this loss from russian oil which makes up about 8% to 10% of what the u.s. imports which is not as significant of course as our

european allies. and that is why the president said that it is of course into the u.s. to inflict as much pain as possible on putin's war machine. and to your point, he is calling this rising gas prices -- the rising gas prices, rather, pew putin's price hike. as as we've seen gas prices rise about 75% just over the last week. diesel prices also rising at a very high rate. and we are seeing potential impact there in the trucking industry which will in turn potentially have to pass that on to consumers on anything that travels by truck, all across the country. but as it stands right now, the president after making initial remarks there upon touching down expected to head to this location. and i can't tell you how many people are really keying into see what he says about domestic energy production. there is a gentleman standing just outside the doors when i walked in, and he had a sign

that said domestic energy production equals freedom. that is certainly the opinion of the majority of folks who are in attendance today. >> president biden in texas. morgan chesky, appreciate your reporting. back here in washington, new warnings from top intelligence officials today about the mindset of russian president vladimir putin. you know that there have been questions about that lately. and the potential that he could escalate things even further. all of it was part of a congressional hearing today on worldwide threats. here is the director of national intelligence and cia director on the dangers ahead especially for ukrainians. watch. >> our analysts assess that putin is unlikely to be deterd by such setbacks and instead may escalate. >> putin is angry and frustrated right now. he is likely to double down and try to grind down the ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.

he is far more insulated from other points of view. in my opinion that doesn't make him crazy, but extremely difficult to deal with. >> and also saying this in part about putin, after a question about the potential for nuclear conflict. listen. >> i also believe that when he says something, we should listen very carefully and maybe take him at his word. >> i want to bring in ken dilanian who has been monitoring this. this is one of the hearings that we always watch closely, but this one in particular because much what is happening in ukraine. the heightened tension with russia. that ended up being a big focus of this today and discussion about putin's mindset, what he could do next. >> reporter: that's right. and spy chiefs painted a picture of a russian leader who really is cornered. they said the war is going badly for him, but backing down is not an option. and one indication of how badly

it has gone wrong, that director of the defense intelligence agency estimated between 2 thourngs and 4,000 russian soldiers have been killed in action in the last two weeks. which would be more than the 2400 or so americans killed in 20 years of war in afghanistan. take a listen to what the cia director said about how badly putin has misjudged the situation. >> i think putin's assumptions have turned out to be profoundly flawed. i fail to see and our analysts failed to see how he could sustain a puppet regime or pro-russian leadership that he tries to install in the face of what is massive opposition from ukrainian people. >> reporter: so that seems like good news. but the implications are disturbing because they say that the war is likely to grind on for some time. and american intelligence agencies say that it will get much uglier. >> and there is also this moment that i wanted to reference, and

thank you for that reporting too, of i believe saying that there was -- i want to get the language right here. basically there was no pre-discussion of this news coming from poland just within the last i want to say hour or so, 90 minutes or so, that they are going to be sending these mig fighter jets to u.s. air base in germany. essentially -- and she said that the u.s. was not pre-consulted. essentially confirming some of the reporting from our colleague courtney kube that there was not a lot of heads up given on this move. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of questions that we need to be asking about this. really fascinating decision by poland to say yes, we are willing to give up our migs to the united states so that you can transfer them to ukraine. and the obvious play, that poland doesn't want to directly deliver the migs to ukraine and risk russia labeling them a party to the con fliblgt. con fliblgt.

but the u.s. has the same issue. and also other questions about whether the ukrainians can kom date them, whether they have the pilots, whether they have the operational need. so these are all questions that we're asking and trying to get answered. the u.s. did seem to have been taken by surprise by that announcement by poland. >> ken dilanian, thank you very much. next up here, as florida's so-called "don't say gay" bill officially heads to the governor's desk, we're talking to the high schooler who organized a big statewide walkout against it. his message to governor desantis, next. message to gover desantis, next mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay.

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a controversial florida bill is on its way to governor ron desantis' desk, the paren shal rights in education bill, critics call it the "don't say gay" bill. it would prohibit teachers from having conversations in the classroom about things related to lgbt plus sexuality or gender

identity from grades pre-k to three. and parents can sue the district if they don't think that the school is following the law. and it is getting backlash, students participating in school walkouts monday. some chanting we say gay. you hear that there. to protest. and joining us now is jack, 17 years old, a student activist in florida who organized the statewide walkout over the bill last week. he was suspended for planning that protest. jack, i know that you have said that you were i think suspended, right, for planning a walkout against the bill. you are just back to school today. how are you doing, what will change for you when this bill as it seems destined to at this point becomes law? >> yeah, i'm doing pretty good overall despite the situation at hand. i called on student leaders throughout the state of florida to organize walkouts in a meaningful and peaceful demonstration in opposition of dove desantis and the florida gop for trying to police our

education and trying to hurt my community. i was suspended at my school district which drew over 500 students for passing out pride flags. i wouldn't stand for the administration attempting to con physical kay pride flags and i encouraged students to hold on to those flags and i was suspended for that. >> and now that the bill is on its way to governor desantis' desk, you are a guy student advocate. we talk about how it affects kids in primary school primarily. how do you think it might affect them, kids that age just starting to think about who they are? >> i think number one it as take astro sizes my community. i don't understand why year youth and acknowleding our existence is considered to be not age appropriate and shouldn't be allowed within primary schools. this is not about pushing a guy agenda, is this about recognizing our identities and the bill provides provisions for

this to consider under what it considers to be age appropriate. so it doesn't just affect those grade levels. >> and supporters are arguing that the bill simply acknowledges that parents are not the enemy. one republican ahead of the vote said it says that there should be an age limit on certain discussions, that that is not a new concept authorize is it radical. what would your response be? >> i don't agree with that notion. it is directly targeting my community when you look at the language of the bill, when you look that it is targeting sexual orientation and gender identity, an amendment that targets discussions of sex failed within the florida legislature, so in addition if you look at the rhetoric surrounding the bill, when you have the governor's press secretary yesterday calling people who are opposed to this bill groomers and calling it the anti-grooming bill, that is homophobia and an

attempt to attack my community. >> and i know you plan to keep fighting this and against homophoia issues that you see? >> yeah, so number one, i'm always going to continue to advocate online in opposition to please my education for other marginalized communities. number two, on call on desantis to have a meeting with me to hear a firsthand account of how this bill will hurt my community and number three, i'm organizing youth-led voting coalitions. >> jack, thank you so much for your perspective and sharing more about what you are doing to fight this bill. next um, the latest companies to boycott russia within the last 30 minutes. starbucks is one of them. also a markets update before the closing bell. update before the closing bell

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