[000:00:00;00] ah ah, the average gas price in the us reaches an all time record of more than $5.00 per gallon. the california is showing the highest prices. we don't want to go too far, like we don't want to, your department is pointless to again right now, the law burning arguing, do we go out with with us media? blast washington for dumping billions of dollars worth of weapons in the black coast of the ukrainian military. that says key ab now keys is that you deliberately stalling arms, deliberate,

a protest break act in the pakistani capital. also, an indian ruling party spokesperson is seen to insult the prophet muhammad, a very warm welcome. i'm sure that even sky this is our t international. with all the latest world news headlines. i good to have you with us average gas prices in the u. s. hit an all time and national high if more than $5.00 per gallon, almost to dollars more than dr. as we're paying just a year ago. for a lot of buying. i can't do because i have to pay with my 3rd or you got to think about as value. i gotta decide. is it really worth it to go out there or not? good. then either way,

i want to go to the club or go to the bar. so been gotta spend money just to have fun. but then on that gas, well, you know, you gotta think about that. i usually could probably like to see dollars like a $100.00. we don't want to go too far and we don't wanna use a car too much because it is pointless to right now. the gas prices started to rise rapidly following the stocks of the war in ukraine. when the u. s. imposed harsh sanctions on russia's energy section. however, the measures have now come back to bind to the price of gas in the state of california, and will then $6.00 per gallon. just one of $21.00 us states we're point 50 climb to more than $5.00. and while some predict even worse consequences, the government is proposing unpopular decisions in attempt to handle the crisis ortiz, don't quarter reports. us gas prices just keep on skyrocketing, breaking new records nearly every week. the strain on americans wallets that the

gas pump has gotten so bad, that one republican congressman says, people would save money by getting high to get around at this point. in my state, the price of gash is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just everywhere, he probably wasn't serious. but the point still stands. prices have gotten so high that a michigan police department has asked its officers to keep eating donuts at the office and just follow up on calls over the phone to avoid using gas with 3 and a half months left and its fiscal year. the department has already used up 96 percent of its gas budget. according to the american automobile association, people's' cars are breaking down in the middle of the road a lot more frequently as people try to test the limits of their gas tanks all the while. the white house continues to blame vladimir putin for the suffering of americans. if you look at what happened when i started

a massing troops on the border with russia, the price of gas has increased a dollar and 51 cents. of course, those well off enough to afford electric cars are so disconnected from reality that they're wondering why all these ordinary people don't just stop buying gas if it's so expensive. i do have to say just on the issue of a gas prices after waiting for a long time, read to have enough chips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle. i got it and drove it from michigan to here. and this last weekend and went by every single gas station didn't matter how high it was. and so i'm looking forward to the opportunity for us to move to vehicles that aren't going to be dependent on the whims of the oil companies. and the international markets. surprise, surprise. many did not appreciate that sentiment. no stab a now as a typically clueless, arrogant, smug, shelter, democrat, politician, vote every democrat out. nothing shows how out of touch democrats are like saying

people should just buy an expensive electric car. they can't afford in the middle of record high inflation. what self righteous frills, like these don't care, is that 90 percent of the american population will never be able to afford an electric car. it's not wonder a recent a b c. news poll shows americans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with how joe biden is handling the economy. over 70 percent of respondents said the u. s. president wasn't doing enough to bring down the price of gas and inflation as a whole. and with mid term elections right around the corner, the democrats are likely to get a run for their money. well, as discuss this now with california bass, professor of economics and politics just christmas at jack christmas, thank you very much for joining us. herron. ot see, i want to start with the average price of gas in the us. we were hearing in the, in the report all time, highest numbers in california,

6 months ago. could you have ever predicted this? well, yes, in fact, i did. i very clear that the inflation in the u. s. really began late last summer, august, september, when we had supply chain problems and companies that didn't have supply problem started taking advantage of it and jacking up their prices as well. anyway. even though it was no supply issue, we became part of the general awareness that, oh, prices are for arising. therefore, let's, let's raise our price. a good example of the oil companies in the u. s. that they're refusing to really increase output very much, you know, 2 years ago before, before cove it, they were punching 13 plus 1000000 barrels a day. and now it's a little over $11000000.00 and they won't raise it anymore. he said, you know what, i asked him to. he say they won't raise it any more, but i mean, what sort of expectations didn't have a pass the next 6 to 12 months. i mean, this is an all time high. could it actually go anywhere?

well, yes, absolutely. look what's driving out commodity prices. well, you've got the sanctions, you've got war, you've got speculators who gathered contracts, futures contracts for commodities for energy, food. you know, it spills over into process of food cost in the food companies, raise their prices. you've got industrial, metals and materials going up everywhere. you've got china that's beginning to open up now and more demand that'll drive prices even more. i see chronic inflation continuing here at least the rest of the summer. and if it begins through a beta little bit, it'll be very slow. we're going to have this problem with inflation in us for quite some time here. and other areas of the world will have a to emerging markets will have, you know, greater problem. because when you have rising inflation, they have less currency in order to buy the goods, the food, and so forth that they need. and then the u. s. central bank drives of interest

rates were dr. dollar, which drives down these foreign currencies, which raise their import prices even more. so it's like a perfect storm coming together here that's going to continue driving chronic inflation for a while. a perfect storm and aiden as certainly not good for household is across the u. s. and he said, perhaps the rest of the world, do you think at the moment that the white house of which is blaming russia for the crisis? it is a justified move? well, in our, you flip it around, a is russia to blame or sanctions? the blame is the war to blame is the fact that they can't or won't allow any, a grain shipped out of the black sea to blame in our, on the passenger side of the coin you're looking at when you want to lay blame. but it's, it's more than just the sanctions and so forth. sanctions are certainly a part of it and the war is certainly part of a certain commodities. but the problem is the supply chains and the problem is the

lack of real solutions being proposed here in the united states, particularly bye bye bye. and he just chipping around the corner edges and playing games with solutions here. he won't go after the real problem, and that's to the resolution is really to put emergency price controls on certain through select those and gasoline prices for the next 3 to 6 months and then slowly take those, those price controls away. but he won't do that even though in the u. s. presidents have done that before. now the are, did a truman did it? even nixon did it, but he won't do that because he's afraid of the oil companies. okay. say a difficult decision oversee for what's happening in the us. we've had recently from the u. s. senior adviser who is a for the advice of energy security saying that russian energy revenue actually might be higher now than it was before the war. and ukraine. do you think statements like this coming out of the white task,

coming out from senior advisors actually show a failure perhaps of the sanctions regime. it's been imposed on russia. you know, i think they did. they didn't really think this through. of course, there was no previous previous example to, to draw from but they clearly did not estimate the impact that the sanctions would have on global inflation. and it, to me, it seems very, very stupid by u. s. policy makers. you know, just coming off of this terrible cove, it impact on the economy to take this big risky move here with the sanctions. i don't think they were really thinking this thing through very well because certainly especially europe is going to be very much impacted by this very seriously. and it's, it's obviously going to lead to another recession here. certainly in the u. s. and europe, maybe not in china, certainly in the emerging market countries. jack ross list,

thank you very much attorney. that was jack ross, an associate professor of economics and politics. now the current global economic challenges are the result of countries internal policies that says, say the russian president and anti russian sanctions, there were any exacerbating things that those who impose then daughter if someone tries to limit isn't something they in fact and limit themselves. for example, when someone tries to tail the export of our fertilizer, the prices spike apart mentally for them, not for us. when they're trying to limit our energy resources, prices skyrocket again. say already calling inflation by my name, but we have absolutely nothing to do with it. this is the result of their own mistakes and long term ones. they made those errors before today's event. and now in an effort to cover up for them, they are trying to shift all the blame to russia,

the necessary and present shaw. alyssa has also been talking about the global economy, blaming the long term economic policies of separate countries and global economic trends for the current crisis, not only the war and ukraine and the sanctions that followed that. that's an exclusive that with an into here with our c. now you'll be able to see that full interview on friday on our channel. and of course on our website. for now though, he's a quick preview, and what's going on here for the sanctions are part of the problem because they raise costs and slow the economic process. but there are other global reasons, like coven, 1900, for example. the west is presenting a narrative that the current problems are a result of the ukraine war and more precisely a result of russian policy. but the reality, however, is different. some of the national challenges are due to internal economic plants and not only external factors. so it is important to distinguish between challenges arising as a result of sanctions as a result of government plans or as

a result of the overall economic environment which could be due to policies of companies or habits of citizens. these all impact the economic situation, both positively and negatively. and now some us media outlets appear to have made a u turn in that coverage till the war in ukraine. and they're now criticizing washington for what's been called incompetent oversight in helping have a piece. caleb open picks up the story. the new york times is generally been quite support in the u. s. actions supporting ukraine. it's demonized. russia is celebrated the relationship between us officials and the ukraine government. however, this latest article seems to indicate things between the united states and ukraine are not as cosy as you might have been led to believe. from what this latest article indicates, us officials are not receiving classified briefings and information about ukraine's

upcoming military operations. ukraine is not sharing information with the states while ukraine continues to demand more weapons and funding. here's what a former senior us intelligence official had to say about us relations with the ukranian government. how much do we really know about how you green is doing? can you find a person who will tell you with confidence, how many troops have ukraine last? how many pieces of equipment has ukraine last? now, at this point, the united states is spending $100000000.00 per day on arming the ukraine, whether it's in terms of direct financial aid or weaponry. and there's been an approval recently for long range missiles given to the ukranian government, and this indicates that concerns about where are these weapons and where this funding is actually going and whose hands might end up in are becoming more serious . here's how some analysts to view the situation. the new york times report, if accurate reveals shocking incompetence on the part of joe biden,

and his national security team. would you give a hand gun to a man with no arms and no legs? hell, no. but the new york times is admitting that the united states is supplying weapon systems without any idea whether there are competent personnel and ukraine capable of using the weapons. now concerns have been raised by members of the u. s. congress, and calls for an inspector general. so look in to the continued flow weapons and funding and the ukraine. there is concerns about weapons turning up on the black market after the ice states has provided them. ukraine has been described widely as a country known for having lots of corruption. so at this point, it seems the new york times is joining this echo of concern about us activities in the region. well, we still can to form a c, i analyst larry johnson. he says it's unlikely that the u. s. lack such information when it comes to the ukrainian military it has to be smoke and mirrors. number one,

united states. ready has a collection plan, i'm certain of against ukraine, so they should have been collected intelligence from the outset. but apart from that, you've had both cia officials and senior military officials, co located which ukrainian military officers and ukrainian intelligence officers. so if you noted, states is complaining that it doesn't know what's going on as simply, so your internal communication that they're not sharing information. i actually think what's going on is this is being trotted out as an excuse because the united states, i believe, is trying to figure out a way to disengage itself from this target that it just finds itself in with respect to the war in drain weapons, which have been sent by the west to kia ball already leaving ukraine and apparently being sold for vast amounts on the black market. that's according to moscow,

which stresses that such moves leave the you playing with fire, as the arms could end up in the hands of the terrorists. since the start of russia's military operations, several countries have send billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition to ukraine. that includes heavy weapons and also handheld anti tank and anti air cough lunches. several international law enforcement agencies which include your full of already voice, their concerns with weapons ending up on the black market. now we hear it, our chief received some insight on the issue from the head of the russian delegation of arms control in vienna. in open source is an internet you can discover then the jolene search systems, an 80 g m. they already in the hand. so

it live terrorists and the price of the lease is $30000.00 and deliver to the place. there are some weapon, weapons shorts, in dark internet offering. not only lease, but i seeing that it's a weapons and it's very dangerous and we've warmed our partners. colleagues in the forum that it's dangerous not only for the train, but it's collateral damage over these illegal parading called small arms and light weapons. it's collateral damage could be also for europe, other parts of the world, because it's very dangerous weapons for the civilians. we warmed a lot of times. what do they think are sending more and more weapons to ukraine? and where is their responsibility? accountability?

i don't think they really think about my view that the, the aim is this. the middle is ation in ukraine. but the, they have forgotten that they call it all damage of these is this the villas zation situation in europe too. and we are fighting to persuade them. come on, guy serv, but he, sig, deliver the message to your capitals that it's really dangerous. meanwhile, we don't have clear, clear answer to this. now, despite the west sending large amounts of weapons with billions of dollars, some members have been for pledging weapons and actually hardly supplying anything . he's all, he's contributor rachel most in with the details. you cream president amir zalinski has tried making another german chancellor, ola schultz at a phone conversation with olaf shoals,

we emphasized that all perpetrators of war crimes must be identified and punished. we also discussed anti russian sanctions. defense and financial support for ukraine isn't blowing up, holds his phone and getting cleaning because he said that the chest are getting cold. feet about sending and weapons and german government spokesman is key. point out that berlin has never given an exact date for when germany weapons would actually be delivered. despite all the buzz about german leverage tanks, heading to other countries so that these nations can old are hanging down let's ukraine. poland is accusing berlin or failing to deliver on his promises. they have not fulfilled this promise. and frankly, we are very disappointed about this. the large part of our tank arsenal in the polish armed forces consists of german leopard tanks. so if we had been supported by germany, if we had gotten replacements in the form of an exchange than we would have been very happy, but she continues to have

a promises like how even more entries vowing dell is ladia, build a robust combat her day. and to give stain permits to send german weaponry ukraine for which shows says he hadn't yet received the request. meanwhile, grace was also seeing modern infantry fighting vehicles from germany down over soviet vehicles to ukraine. negotiations between berlin in athens deann in early may, but this was still in limbo. now you. this is a circus, a mockery of ukraine and greece. there is simply no basis for this action. olaf shoals does not want to help ukraine directly, but does not want to openly admit it. so what exactly has your me delivered to ukraine? well, according to german newspaper, developed the sum total of actual deliveries amounts to, to weapon shipments on march 30th. and may 26th. this includes anti tank lines and small arms, but no heavy weapons. could you resolve power of the terrifying us armed forces?

where is it always the question arises, how long this will continue these meetings in ramstein, these great meetings? funny things are happening there by the way, apparently the number of potential donors is increasing. sorry, but we're, we don't see it. i would like to know where, what is the transfer for him are rocket systems to america when they have 400. why does american need them? i don't know why the west is playing this game. the rates of delivery are unsatisfactory issue seems to be playing hard to get, could it possibly be because he's trying to reconcile appeasing ukrainian western interests on one hand with unspoken reservations about the ultimate german weapons still carelessly ukraine on the other. now while the west tries to pin the blame on a looming global crisis of looming food, global crisis and russia, western countries are scrambling to restrict the massive amounts of food that retailers are throwing away on

a daily basis. this follows italy and france and also spain, which will mulling over draft bills to limit how much food is actually bend by supermarkets and restaurants. european measures are aimed at stopping a loss of food products. now, according to the un food index, france and italy's food waste is around $5.40 tons a year respectively. while spain's loss is said to be around $3600000.00 tons, global leaders in food waste is the us which discards nearly $20000000.00 tons every year. an estimated one 3rd of the total american food supply. in general, people spend some one trillion dollars worth of products every year. now that's enough to feed up to 2000000000 people while 282000000 people in africa

a currently experiencing food insecurity. now we've been speaking to as succession general from south africa. he says that such pressure on african countries is a boost for local development. i think they, they, they were, they poorest countries also are not helping themselves themselves by using the land grab. we have it's also important about bouts happens, for instance, if you look at it, but it has been cook, i me okay. i wonder when you had that that there might be shortages or wheat. he said, well, i would you want you to call us to get the implements and grow weak. so some of the decisions or some of the crisis is that you see equity of move people in correct. what is important is the kind of leadership that can take action produce more food . i think that's very important to wake up call for africa to begin to be self replicate food. so that energy would security is the rent by definition.

ah, that vast protests of broken acts in the pakistani capital of his land, the bad following statements by an indian ruling party spec, special that you're seeing to of insulting the prophet muhammad, ah, it presents to in violent when demonstrates his plans to the police to say toys to approach the indian embassy, the crowd had demanded an apology from india alone with the supposed deli sam baset to pakistan, demonstrates his health flag, banners, and many were armed with woody sticks. if needed, we will go to the indian embassy, even if we have to sacrifice our lives. and we will tell them your lovers of the prophet mohammed. we all muslims, with full power solidarity, and unity must make it clear to the world that there is a difference between freedom of expression and blasphemy. this is unacceptable by

any means. a common muslim will never tolerate a single word against the prophet, muhammad are most precious things, our lives. money, children are businesses, all is ready to be sacrificed. in short, i would say those who pass derogatory remarks, we will kill them. we must boycott indian products. this is the most effective economic hit to over a dozen countries and international organizations have condemned the indian spokesperson statements that includes bangladesh. 100 is flooded, the streets in solidarity. the spokeswoman has been suspended and in just prime minister has condemned the insults any insults against religious figures. now now x u. s. president back obama approved a statement by american intelligence back in 2016, but accused to russia of stealing emails from the democratic national committee.

that despite the fact that his government is still to obtain any evidence more now, from ortiz, rachel blevins, the trial of michael sussman didn't just lead to a not guilty verdict for the former dnc attorney. it's also giving new insight into the obama administration handling of russia gate from the very beginning. it all started back in august 2016 with the cyber security company crowds, dr. gave the f. b. i heavily redacted documents which they claim prove to russia has the servers of the d. n. c. the sci then spent the next few weeks trying to verify the company's claim and emails that were made public in the sussman case show that in september they were actively searching for the full version of the crowds direct report. then came october 7th, 2016 when the u. s. intelligence community released this statement in which they claim they were confident that russia was behind the notorious dnc. the u. s.

intelligence community is confident that the russian government directed the recent compromises of emails from us. persons and institutions, including from us political organizations. the recent disclosures of alleged hacked emails are consistent with the methods and motivations of russian directed efforts . these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the u. s. selection process. given the confidence the obama administration express, one would think that they had obtained proof of the claims made by cross. right. so then one of the emails from october, 13th, 6 days after that statement was made, shall the crown strike still has not handed over the evidence. they claim to ha, our team is in the process of gathering this data now. and we'll just need to know where the f b, i would like this data to be sent. it's also notable the statement from the intelligence community wasn't a mistake or the work of a single agent. as former d h asked secretary j, johnson testified before congress in 2017,

the statement was made at the direction of president obama himself. the president approved the statement. i know he wanted us to make the statement. so that was very definitely a statement by the united states government, not just jim corporate me after the assumption that crowds sure i was a reliable company that could back up the claims that made to the f b. i. well, the company's own president admitted to congress that his firm never had any proof in the 1st place. we did not have concrete evidence that the data was ex, will treated, moved electronically from the d, n. c. but we have indicators that it was actual treated. there are times when we can see data, actual treat it, and we can say, conclusively, but in this case it appears it was set up to be x full treated. but we just don't have the evidence that says it actually left. there's not evidence that they were actually expert treated. there is circumstantial evidence, but no evidence that they were actually ex, will treated just by the major revelations from the sussman trial and its implications for the entire

u. s. intelligence community. it continues to receive personally know media coverage here in the us as the political leaders who are responsible continue to walk free in washington. rachel blevins. archie was i so much for joining us here. this our announce international is back in half an hour with your next world news updates. please join us. ah, with ah, well, john mitchell, alexis jesse colombia. no,