>> senator barrasso: i voted to certify the elections.i've been at 15 events in wyoming in the last week. last night 800 people at a boys & girls club dinner, this never comes up. people are really concerned about empty shelves at the grocery store, high prices at dollar a gallon, high price for gasoline, an open southern border with criminals. all of these people coming across, crime in the cities. people in wyoming want me to focus on the future, not the past. that is where and focusing. >> martha: we know that is where their priorities are. i just want to ask you because she is a wyoming colleague of yours, your reaction to the center of liz cheney by the rnc? >> senator barrasso: many of my counterparts have already done in wyoming, the state party has done it as well. we disagree. i voted against the january 6th commission, voted against impeachment twice, we are going to have a very spirited primary here, it's a late primary, late august, here in wyoming. it is going to be very engaging, and liz is going to have to travel the state

host: senate republican chairman john barrasso. we are asking as we begin this new week, a question to republicans only. we want to hear your view of mike pence and what you think his role is in today's republican party. in the wake of that speech by mike pence, got so much attention on friday. a response statement from former president trump. here is a statement he put out through his save america pack saying he just saw pence a statement on the right he had -- on the common he had no right to do anything, other than automatic conveyor belt to get by an elected president as quickly as possible. the former president said the vice presidents position is not a conveyor belt. obvious signs of voter fraud and irregularity exist. that is why the democrats are working feverishly together to change the very law that mike pence and his unwitting advisors used on january 6 to say he had no choice. there is change because they say the vice president does not have the right to change the vote. (202) 748-8001 if you are a republican in the mou

you heard senator barrasso urging a bipartisan sanctioned bill.e it needs to happen fairly quickly the way things are going. are we going to see that bill and when? >> won't martha, it's good to be with you. there is a strong bipartisan effort to give president biden the strongest possible hand to discourage and hopefully prevent putin to ukraine. that bill is just about complete. we have a few issues we are trying to resolve. from a substance point of view it will contain financial sanctions and personal sanctions. by the way it is supported by the biden administration. we hope to show mr. putin democrats and republicans in the senate and the house and the white house are united. with further encouragement to the ukraine he will pay a very, very, very heavy price from the economic point of view and the isolation politically. martha: there is some division within both sides really. this is a sample of that here is what she had to say this week. >> we are raising the questions about sanctions and who would be hurt by those because our experience is

senator brown, senator barrasso are here. senator barrasso and senator bennett. >> thanks, mr. chairman. first, i want to congratulate and compliment you on your opening statement. i thought you really hit the point on the head in terms of how long this is often brewing. i'm an orthopedic surgeon and worked with the wyoming state medical society. i think you are right in the comments up made. being from wyoming, rural health is a big, you for us. senator crapo started by talking about that. and then telehealth is something we use from a mental health standpoint long before the pandemic. there are other kinds of health care as well as the ability to try to use telehealth much more productively. i hope we're fast forwarded with the acceptance of, as senator cardin was saying, the acceptance of telehealth. my question about trying to just get enough providers on site in rural america, which is what senator crapo talked about. for dr. benton and dr. hoover and ms. lubarsky, when itches in the united states senate, we were very blessed with additional revenue that we weren't expecti

reaction from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill with maryland senator and wyoming senator john barrasso and fox news sunday tomorrow 2:00 p.m. eastern. i am anita vogel, this saturday february 5, have a great night. ♪♪ ♪ >> sometimes coffee makes me stutter. you are a bunch of jerks if you don't clap. shut up, it's over a. it's a thriller of a thursday. like you joined us. he's got a new show on saturday because apparently he is cheape than infomercials for nonstick pans. luke who else is here? you can still smell the moonshine on her breath. i hope that's me in china and she's not drinking hand sanitizer again. the things you learn from kat. >> do you know want to know how the media manipulates that news? which what happens when they become the new sprayed. >> on cnn, jeff zucker announce his resignation effective immediately. >> his resignation is standing. >> it's a tough day here at cnn. >> this is a huge surprise and it leaves the leadership void. >> that's funny. >> they're shocked. they just had no idea, includin captain donat is turf is media scandal. so like my creepy baby shoe

senator barrasso. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you, senator crapo for holding this important hearing and thank you to all the members of the panel for all the time and discussion of these critical issues. ms. collins, i know my constituents in wyoming appreciate all the work you and the taxpayer advocates do in wyoming. very grateful. given this massive backlog of unprocessed returns from last year, you issued the taxpayer advocate director to the irs. it required the irs to complete processing of all the backlogged amended tax returns by the end of last year or provide a plan. the irs didn't meet the deadline but did provide a plan. another other steps employees have been re-assigned to help process the backlog mail and the irs has halted some automatic notices we've been talking about. in your view, how successful has their plan been? >> well, they are just beginning it. we'll have to determine how successful it is months down the road. based on the numbers i've been seeing and we've been monitoring, this is not going to b

john senator john barrasso joins us in moments. >> sandra: lucas, do u.s. officials on the ground think russia is going to invade? >> sandra, earlier today i spoke to the top u.s. diplomat here in ukraine, she says she sees no evidence russian forces are pulling back from the border. she says they could launch a full scale invasion at any time. >> i think if we let russia bully other countries or bully the west into making concessions on one thing, they will continue to bully. that's how bullies are. >> you think putin is bluffing? >> you know, i hope he's bluffing but i fear he's not. >> today russian claims it's removing forces from crimea. this video from the russian defense ministry shows tanks and other armored vehicles departing the peninsula and returning to mainland russia. many are skeptical, they say 150,000 strong as you mentioned and 30,000 in belarus, some only a 2-hour drive from the ukraine capital. president zelensky viewed armored units of his army, including tanks, not so subtle message to russian forces not far away to the north. and a ge

reaction from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill with maryland senator and wyoming senator john barrassol, this saturday february 5, have a great night. ♪♪ ♪ >> sometimes coffee makes me stutter. you are a bunch of jerks if you don't clap. shut up, it's over a. it's a thriller of a thursday. like you joined us. he's got a new show on saturday because apparently he is cheape than infomercials for nonstick pans.

next will be i believe it's senator brown and then senator barrasso. then senator barrasso was been very patient . >> ms. collins, thank you for your work. not surprisingly my colleagues want to ask about the american rescue plan child tax credit. 92 percent of the kids in inmy state come from families with children under 18 and i think the same in senator warner's state. they benefit from this expansion, $3000 in almost every case, we thousand dollars at least tax cut. parents i hear over and over are less breast about their groceries because of that. my question ms. collins and then i'll turn it to my colleagues because i feel like i've worked with you a little bit. what steps should theirs make to get the tax credit to which you are entitled ? >> i think the challenge for the irs is reaching those underserved communities and educating the taxpayers as to what benefits are out there. for more financially comfortable individuals and larger corporations a, they have access to accounts, tpas, other professionals but it's fousually the lower income folks

host: john barrasso, yesterday on fox news sunday.e are asking, as we begin this new week, a question to just republicans only. we want to hear your view of mike pence and what you think his role is in today's republican party. in the wake of that speech by mike pence, it got so much attention on friday. a response statement from former president trump, here is a statement he put out, saying he just saw tense's -- mike pence's statement. other than being a conveyor belt , the vice president's position is not an automatic conveyor. if obvious signs of voter fraud exist -- that is why democrats and rhinos are working to change the law that mike pence and his advisers used on january 6 to say he had no choice. the reason they want to change is because they don't want the vice president to have the right to ensure an honest vote. the president said i was right and everyone knows it. republicans only for this first hour. your view of mike pence. (202) 748-8000 if you are a republican in the eastern or central time zones. (202) 748-8001 if

barrasso:'s it may include fighter jets for the ukrainian air force.embers who don't want to supply lethal weapons can abstain. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: getting back to ukraine, and of course to the closing of the russian airspace many european airlines has so far spared russian carriers. they had a much lower recovery from the pandemic than their peers. let's get to angus. countries like finland and finnair really depend on a lot of traffic going over russia. but a lot of traffic going from east to west has two go over that airspace. what does it all mean? angus: you are right. asian carriers, at least for now, seem to have escaped the worst of the fallout compared to the e.u. the e.u. its airspace to russia -- closed its airspace to russia, which in turn closed off its airspace to a host of european countries. but, as you say, asian carriers, as far as we know as of sunday at least, i'm

this is in the "new york post," senator barrasso says biden's n.y.c.al causes of crime, to your point, democratic policy. for 20 months joe biden as aided and abetted the most increase in crime in american history, as we mourn the loss of mora and rivera. it's time elected leaders stood with their police. did you get the sense the president is doing based on what he just he said? >> candidate biden, the last person in america to criticize the protests, or mostly peaceful protestors setting cities on fire. only when it was beginning to impact him in the polling did he say anything. has he had a word of criticism for rashida tlaib who wants to close federal prisons in ten years? think about that, think about letting el chapo out in ten years, or the man who killed nine black christians at a church in south carolina. he wants to let them out. a.o.c. never met a cop she couldn't blame or victim she couldn't blame or met a criminal who did anything wrong. so this ghost gun, does anybody know what the ghost gun is. he wants to crack down on ghost guns. how m

senator john barrasso says the sanctions need to be imposed today. >> that is the bigger problem. he needs to choke on swallowing ukraine. it is easier pickings for him my concern china moves in on taiwan and iran moves quick letter to a nuclear weapon. reporter: actions and reactions have global implications related to the crisis. in the markets in u.s., earnings and revenue beat forecasts this earning season. that is true for tyson food's today, the company had 12.93 billion revenue fiscal first quarter, saw quarterly revenue up 23-point% year-over-year. inflation not hurting buying of tyson products. latest "fox news poll" show 85% of americans are concerned about inflation. thursday we'll get the latest cpi inflation report. it is expected to be 7.3% year-over-year. >> i would note that the president has been, has taken a number of steps in recent months to address the gas prices, including tapping the strategic petroleum reserve. of course conveying clearly to opec member countries and suppliers it is important to meet the demand on the market. reporter: no timeline given whe

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barrasso: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor today to specifically talk about americans' need for more american energy. for the last year, the american people have been suffering from ongoing joe biden inflation. they're paying the price. they're feeling the pain. and it all started on day one of the biden administration, when he took out his executive order pen and he killed a pipeline bringing energy from canada to the united states. and as this war on american energy has continued, we are now at a point where inflation is the worst it's been in 40 years. so, it's no surprise that the president's approval rating has dropped to a low of only 40%. in america. well, this incredible rise in prices for energy, as well as all of the other components, whether it's gas, whether it's groceries, but if energy gets more expensive we know that it costs more to manufacture things, costs more to grow things, costs more to transport things from where they're grown or manufactured to market. so much of this inflation has b

barrasso: mr.resident, i come to the floor today to talk find cities like minneapolis an portland -- and portland, oregon. governors and mayors genuflected to the mob. they started to cut funding. the mayor of new york cut funding for the police department by $1 million. another city cut police funding by over $150 million. another 20er cities followed suit. each of them run by a liberal mayor. what followed was an historic exodus from police departments all across the country. police retirement skyrocketed, resignations increased dramatically among police officers. and recruitment of new officers became almost impossible. thanks to the democrat politician that have run these cities, our cities have fewer police, our police have lower moral and these communities have higher crime. in 2020, there was a 20% increase in murder rate nationwide. the fastest in american history. in 2021, the murder rate went up even higher. 16 cities broke their all-time records for homicide, and of course, all 16 were r

maria: no, yesterday senator john barrasso told us the senate is working on a bipartisan plan to putould russia invade ukraine but most people say, look, these sanctions should have been in place a lot sooner than after an invasion. your thoughts on what the u.s. should do right now, general. >> yeah. well, i've always believed we should take preemptive action to deter an invasion. even the chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee, democratic senator menendez, is arguing for sanctions now, preemptive sanctions, not waiting until invasion takes place and that certainly is the common sense thing. we've added armament to the ukrainians. that's a good thing. they need more anti-air missiles. they need anti-drone missiles. they need anti-ship missiles. they need more things than what we have provided them and i think once we made the decision -- i think it's the right one -- that we're not going to send u.s. troops into ukraine to he defend them because they're not a nato country, but we will help them defend themselves, then we should have been all-in, gone down that shopping lis

>> yeah, you know, maria, we have an op-ed in today's new york post by senator john barrasso who you on sunday and it's devastating. he notes that joe biden blames illegal guns and the coronavirus for the surge in crime. this is ridiculous. you mentioned no bail. yes, people are getting out on no bail. we also of course now in manhattan have a new prosecutor, alan bragg, who says he's not going to be prosecuting certain crimes. the democrats have basically told criminals, hey, you have free rein. reign. it's really outrageous. mayor eric adams has some good idea. i wish joe biden when he comes to new york today license to him because eric adams wants to get rid of that no bail, he wants judges to have discretion to hold suspects based on how dangerous they are and what kind of threat to the community they are. new york is the only state in the nation that doesn't let judges decide that. joe biden is coming here, usually a president comes in to pump up the mayor. no, the mayor is going to be pumping up joe biden whose approval ratings are totally down. maria: well, i mean, kelly jane,

john barrasso weighed in under lying what could be different if they could handle roll back regulations rolling back these bans on drilling. >> joe biden is the president of high prices. inflation will be a defining failure of this president's administration. to the point that in just one year as president, joe biden has driven inflation to a 40-year high. and at the same time, he has driven his own approval ratings down to a low of only 40% of americans. people are paying the price and feeling the pain. when we go to the grocery store, when they go to the gas pump, they are paying a dollar more a gallon now than they were when joe biden became president. wages may be going up a little but prices are going up much faster, so people can't keep up. >> steve: he he's right, with the sky high inflation hard to keep up particularly at the gas pump. the cost of a gallon of gas has gone up over a buck. >> ainsley: who caused that? >> steve: look at that price. so when the unleaded it's about 4 bucks, right? so apparently democrats are talking about suspending the federal gas tax. which is 18 c

barrasso: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor today to talk about the economy. right now inflation is at a record high. at the same time what we're seeing is that joe biden's approval rating by the people all across this country is at a record low, and there is a connection. this morning the majority leader came to the floor of the senate and said that democrats were going to talk about inflation at their policy lunch today. today, february 15, 2022, 13 months after joe biden took office. democrats have been in power for almost 13 months. they control the white house, they control the senate, they control the house of representatives. ten months into this inflation crisis, what they're doing is putting forward gimmicks, not solutions. they want to get past the upcoming election. they don't want to get to long-term solutions for our nation. on thursday the world found out that prices in the united states had risen at their fastest pace in 40 years. and of course that was the same day that joe biden's approval rating dropped to 40%. the american people are getting

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr.resident -- first i'd like to commend my colleague, the senior senator from kansas, for his incredible ongoing leadership on the issue of the veterans of our nation and his strong commitment to each and every one of those veterans and to the men and women who wear the uniform and bore the battle to keep us safe and free. it is his long history leadership for which i'm most grateful. mr. president, i qom to the floor today -- i come to the floor today to talk about a different issue. that is the need for more american energy. right now the american people are facing the worst inflation in 40 years. in november, we saw the biggest price increases from energy standpoint in ten years. cnbc reports that one in five american families could not afford to pay an energy bill this past year. roughly the same number of americans have kept their home at an unhealthy temperature because they can't afford the cost of energy to heat it. gas prices have gone up by roughly a dollar a gallon since joe b