khanna: yes. justice sotomayor: indifference to racial inequality is exactly what section two is barring or prohibiting, correct? ms. khanna: yes, your honor. justice sotomayor: having said that, assuming you could draw a racially neutral map that did take into account true community of interest, do you believe the maps -- that you did not meet that burden below? ms. khanna: i do not believe that question was ever asked because it has never been posed to plaintiffs that the gingles one standard required race blind showing. the gingles one question is a demographic question about the minority population. it would be the first time this court has instructive plaintiffs have to tie one hand behind their demographers back and blind him to the actual demography. justice sotomayor: i remember the expert testifying as to whether he could draw a race blind algorithm and whether it could produce a map with two majority black district in the expert testified it certainly could. correct? ms. khanna: that is

khanna: thank you. amna: president biden's executive order to cancel student debt is facing its most serious legal challenge to date. a federal judge in missouri heard arguments today from six states hoping to block the plan from taking effect. to qualify for the student loan program, individuals must make less than $125,000 a year or $250,000 for married couples and families. recve up to $10,000 in forgiveness or up to $20,000 if they are pell grant recipients. white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has been following it all. and she joins me now as part of our series, rethinking college. laura, good to see you. laura: good to see you. amna: so let's talk about this case that was heard today in missouri. what exactly are the states arguing? laura: so there are six republican states, including nebraska, missouri, arkansas, and they're arguing that the administration's debt relief program is illegal on three fronts. those three fronts are that the administration lacks authority, that they did not f

khanna: in terms of balancing the relationship? >> in terms of, instead of just thinking what are the costs that can be imposed on saudi arabia to make sure there is consequences for their action as you presented. is this also potentially an opportunity to reduce our dependency, a, on saudi arabia and b, on oil as a whole. diversifying our various energy sources. rep. khanna: obsolete shows the volatility of oil and why we need -- absolutely, it shows our volatility with oil and what we need a moonshot with energy long-term. the nine states under president biden -- united states under president biden -- is projected to go to trial .6 million in between 23, -- this idea that we are not producing oil is actually false -- factually false. it is a commodity that has high volatility. the more we diversify, the better. that is why we need a moonshot in renewable energy. it will deprive petro states of the leverage they have. this should help inform a foreign policy that prioritizes more rapid element of renewable -- development of renewa

khanna: no, it will not. they are far more reliant on us.defense agreements we have, the joint defense initiatives, are more defensive than almost any other major ally and that is all too saudi's benefit. they are far more dependent on us and they already are making these drastic cuts and they are making drastic cuts at a time when they are making 70% profit margins on each barrel of oil. why are they doing it? they are doing it to help putin because putin is selling his oil at a discount of $35 a barrel to china and other countries. to appease putin, they are hurting the american sumer at the pump and that is just -- it won't stand. we have far more leverage over them than they do for us. amna: it is a gamble. what if it backfires? what if a further cut oil production? what if they end up moving further towards russia and china? rep. khanna: they cannot move further towards russia and china in the near term. it would take almost 10 years for them to be able t get the weapons that we provide just because of interoperability of these weapons

amy: we will also speak with congressmember khanna about the war in ukraine and u.s.-saudi relations. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. brazilians have narrowly elected luiz inacio lula da silva as their new president, marking a stunning comeback for the 77-year-old former union leader who will replace the far-right president jair bolsonaro. lula will return to the presidency after spending time in prison on corruption charges that were later thrown out. lula spoke sunday evening. >>he majority of brazilians made it very clear that they want more and not less democracy , that they want more and not less social inclusion. that they want more and not less opportunity for all, they want more and not less respect and understanding among brazilians. to summarize, they want more freedom, equality, fraternity in our country. amy: president bolsonaro has yet to concede or make any public remarks. in the lead-up to the vote, bolsonaro and his allies sowed doubabout the election system, suggesti

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bring in california congressman ro khanna.are living through this, sky high inflation, new numbers on the economy, sky high oil and gas prices, and it's really hurting the american consumer. who do you blame for those high energy prices? >> well, there's no doubt -- gas is 6.50 in my district. first i blame the saudis. they are totally outrageous and ungrateful in cutting production and hurting the american people. i blame the fed, they were buying back corporate bonds and mortgages for way too long, printing way too much money and i blame putin's war, has aggravated supply chains and of course the pandemic which did that. >> very similar to what we are hearing from you now, last night the president seemed to place blame everywhere but on his own policies for what we are living through. i mean, you look at some of the very first steps this administration took, congressman, to shut down the building of the keystone pipeline. it was multiple messages from this administration that the intention was to go to 0 fossil fuel use in t

congressman ro khanna, thank you very much for calling in today. i know you have a busy schedule.>> ryan nobles, i want to go back to you on capitol hill, where what you are hearing? any lawmakers there, are you hearing anything from republicans, other than the, you know, statements of support and condemning violence? are you hearing any condemnations of conspiracy? >> to answer your first question, katy, this place is quiet. as it relates to the lawmakers. they are in recess. we're just a little more than a week away from the midterm elections. most of these members of congress are out in their districts, trying to get as many votes possible, leading into those midterm elections. but in terms of the response that we're seeing, through social media channels, and statements, from members of both republican and democrat, at this point, they've been largely just expressing support personally, for the speaker nancy pelosi, and her family, and wishing her husband a full and speedy recovery. we've not seen yet any of these members, even democrats, i should say to that point, making stro

and joining us now, democratic congressman ro khanna of california. thank you so much for joining us. i want to begin with your reaction to this awful attack on the husband of the speaker of the house. >> wolf, it is absolutely sd despicable. i have been to their home many times. they open that home for community leaders, for philanthropy. to have someone break in and assault paul pelosi is beyond the pale. it's sickening. >> this assailant said he was waiting for nancy pelosi. how chilling is that? >> it is chilling. i mean, wolf, one of the things i'm surprised by is there there was not capitol police have. i understand the speaker has a detail but we need, at least for the leadership, to have capitol police at the residences like we do for supreme court justices. >> in other words, to protect family members, even if the individual who is completely supposed to be getting that kind of protection is out of town and not at that house? >> yes, and to protect the residences. now, you can't do that for 535 members of congress and senators. but certainly

it was released and then retrted. >> what happened was very much reflected in ro khanna's statement just now. it was very carefully drawn mild letter that was very important because there had not been an official congressional statement urging the biden administration to call for diplomacy. on the contrary, we have seen signifant evidence the administration has really not supported the idea of moving toward diplomatic approach in ukraine, along with the military aid they are providing. despite the fact there have been statement from president biden and others that this war, like all wars, will end with some kind of diplomacy, the issue is always at what cost and for how long are we going to wait until this war becomes a long-standing war of attrition or with all of the additional deaths that could lead to? or are we going to say needs to be a diplomatic component right away? some of us, myself included, have been saying from the beginning, my first piece on the war that was drafted just a day after the illegal russian invasion recognized there was going to have to be a cease-fire, there

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ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? >> most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that's in the mail or it's in-person, with the inclusion of nevada tomorrow. looks like it's 48 states people are able to vote early, so three weeks out, but some have already made up their mind and let's get into the fox news power rankings. compared with last week's forecast, we have a shift here. the gop advantage has grown by one seat in the house, republicans projected to win 232 races. democrats have a small pathway to victory to reach the critical number of 218. best case scenario, democrats could get there but just barely. best case, is 248. and the story of the power rankings is taking place out west, the gop is tacking on races in florida and oregon, from left leaning to toss-up, the oregon sixth district. easy win for president biden in 2020 but a fight for the democrat, the republican is making headways on crime and inflation. covers

let's listen to ro khanna. >> first i blame the saudis.e totally outrageous and ungrateful in cutting production. i do blame the fed. they were buying back corporate bonds and mortgages for way too long, and putin's war, that has aggravated supply chains and of course the pandemic that did that. >> sandra: if we have an administration that can't acknowledge what got us here, how can we expect them to fix it? >> you are right. the democrats have ignored the fundamental truth that we are better and stronger as a nation if we are selling our energy to our friends than having to buy it from our enemies. but that's the position the democrats have put us in by basically taking us from energy dominance that we were before joe biden came into office to energy dependence today and american families are suffering when they go to the gas station, and try to pay for gas and i think the prices are going to continue to go up all the way through elections and you are right, we need to be using american energy, we have it here, we have the know how how to

joining us by phone, ro khanna. he represents and area south of san francisco. thanks for calling in today. your reaction to this unfolding story with regard to the attack on paul pelosi. >> well, i'm horrified. it's a despicable act. it is to be condemned. i've been to the speaker and paul pelosi's home many times. they open their home for community leaders, for philanthropy. to have your personal residence violated in that way is unconscionable. >> martha: tell me your thoughts about security. as aishah was reporting and i heard that number is $10,000 to $15,000 authorized by members -- for members of congress to use to upgrade their personal security not that long ago. is that appropriate? is it being used by people? what are your thoughts on congressional member security? >> i do think it's appropriate. in this case, i was surprised there's not capitol police at the residence of the speaker of the house. i think when it comes to leadership on both sides of the aisle, not only should they be protected but their residences should be protected just like the sup

with me now is democratic congressman ro khanna of california. thank you very much.hould the biden administration do? what's harsh? >> poppy, we should ask them to reconsider their decision, give them five days and if not we should suspend the weapons sales, we're providing them with the patriot missile, we should suspend the spare parts and airplane logistics that we provide them and we should pass nopac, the president could pass that which would allow for antitrust lawsuits against the saudi oil producers who are making 73% profit margins on these barrels of oil. >> at this point it does not appear that the white house that the white house is moving in any of those directions right now. brian deese the national economic council director said yesterday i have no announcement about any of that today when he was asked whether the biden administration still believes saudi arabia deserves u.s. weaponry. do you have confidence the administration is goings to do any of the things you just laid out? >> i will tell that you people in congress are itching and demanding that

. >> let's turn now to democratic congressman ro khanna who's district is in the san francisco area andlso the deputy whip of the congressional caucus. congressman, welcome back. i'll ask about capitol police later, but do you know if local authorities, or do you believe that they should take a different posture around the pelosi's home when the speaker is not there considering what happened on friday? >> first, victor, i'm just sickened and disgusted by what happened. i've been in the pelosi's homes many times. they have opened it up to their community so often. it's just heart breaking that they're going through this. and, yes, i assumed that there was 24/7 security around the speaker of the house's residence. that should be the default going forward. i'm frankly surprised there wasn't that security. >> so, beyond the speaker, beyond house and senate leadership, we know that capitol police resources are strained right now and have really been for some time. but for those members who are not in leadership, for their families that are facing threats, we heard from congressman kinzinger

meanwhile, senator richard blumenthal and congressmember ro khanna announced a bill to block all u.s. weapons sales to saudi arabia. congressmember khanna tweeted -- "their brutal war in yemen and their fleecing of american consumers at the pump must have consequences." president biden addressed the issue on cnn last night. pres. biden: when the house and senate its back, they're going to have to -- there are going to be consequences for what they have done with russia. >> what kind of consequences? suspend all arms sales. is that something you would consider? pres. biden: i'm not going to get into what i would consider and what i have in mind. amy: meanwhile, united arab emirates president sheikh mohammed bin zayed al nahyan held talks with vladimir putin tuesday in st. petersburg, russia. israel and lebanon have reached a deal over a long-disputed maritime border. the u.s.-brokered deal could pave the way for israel to extract and export gas to europe as the continent grapples with a worsening energy crisis amid russia's war in ukraine. the deal still must be signed by the two count

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as expected and we thought we would hear the calls at some point today, california democrat ro khanna just on fox news in the last hour with martha maccallum is now calling for added permanent security officers to the residences of at least leadership. for not all the members, that's a lot of people, but at least leadership like speaker pelosi. she already has security, but now he would like to see it at her home. listen to what he just said. >> i'm not suggesting that i need a security detail or every member of congress or senator does. i'm suggesting with leadership, their residences should be protected like the security justices are. >> yeah. so that would take an act of congress. for now though, we could see a situation, neil, where u.s. capitol police perhaps offers temporary protection to paul pelosi because of this incident. >> neil: thanks, aishah. let's go to ted williams, former d.c. homicideinvestigator and attorney. this is a high figure on capitol hill. you automatically think no matter where she is, her homes are protected. maybe, you know, monday morning quarterbacking

it is at its lowest point in four decades, this is something that ro khanna says that he was actually months ago. >> we should be buying at the dip to refill the strategic petroleum reserves. we haven't done that. i wish we had. i support more releases as long as we're buying and refilling it at low prices. the biggest thing, we need a tougher policy on saudi arabia. >> speaking of saudi arabia, some democrats like ro khanna believe that president biden could take action against the kingdom for opec's decision to cut oil as they blame everyone and anyone else except for themselves on this worsening energy crisis. keep in mind this is all happening, all of these moves come as new provisions from the left's inflation reduction act increases taxes on natural gas and reinstates a previously lapse tax on crude oil and imported petroleum products at 16.4 cents per barrel. it's not surprising that we'll hear from the president tomorrow on gas prices as we're just now 21 days away from a huge election and according to a recent fox news poll, trace, a lot of americans, about 53% of voters out

. >> joining me now ro khanna. good to have you with us. president's response this morning, i am not sure you've seen it but this is debunked claims of election fraud and out right lies, slamming committee. i wonder, when we look at what we're hearing from americans and whether or not these hearings from broken through, if these hearings have not broken through for some folks, and we do have that evident, what do you think will, i'm not talking about the former president, i'm talking about his followers? >> well i think the committee has done as good a job as possible to lay out the facts. and now it is for the american people to judge. but the video yesterday that they released was chilling. basically the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, having to plan the protection for the united states capitol and the president missing in action from protecting the united states capitol. >> we are likely go toing hear more about that but i do want to move on because there what a lot you were tackling in washington this weekend. you

china is different from russia saudi arabia will see a pullback in defense contractors because ro khanna been working on taking a look at crazy deals that we've done on the arms front with somebody who turns out not to be an ally. >> notwithstanding the gop, and i decry cancel culture wherever it comes from. i wrote a book about that -- >> have you condemned governor desantis for attacking disney? >> i don't think that companies -- i don't think cancel culture is best fought with cancel culture. you don't fight fire with fire, you best fight it with water -- >> have you attacked donald trump for calling for a boycott of comcast. >> if this is a cross-examination of me, you can read my book let's talk about the issue of china. this is the more important issue. you get intel who is in blackrock's climate-focused universe the focus universe of companies that are supposed to take action on climate change. yet they don't say a peep about the actual risks and opportunities posed by china's pending invasion of taiwan this is not just about -- >> we don't know what china is going to do about tai

democratic congressman ro khanna calling on the white house to retaliate by preventing armed sales tos unclear if the administration will do any of that but the white house is leaving the door open to possibly releasing more supply from these reserves in america in order to maybe ease prices just a little bit. pamela? >> brian todd, thanks for that. let's get more from pramila jayapal the chair of the congressional causecus. congresswoman, what did president biden get out of the fist bump from the saudi crowned prince when the saudi coalition is going ahead. at the time you expressed concern about him going to saudi arabia. >> that's exactly right, pamela. that's what i was going to say. i never thought that was a good idea. i thought that we had to get much tougher with the saudis. i didn't think that going on a visit if there was diplomacy to be had perhaps it needed to be had behind the scenes but we do have leverage with the saudis. the saudis do need us. my friend ro khanna is correct that the saudis depend on us for a lot of support but in addition, we have tools within congress

representative ro khanna is partnering with blumenthal on the bill. they say the only reason to decrease supplies is to help the russians and harm americans. they say that's inappropriate behavior from a long time u.s. ally. >> we're not going to allow that kind of ingratitude to stand, and that's why i am very encouraged the president has said there will be consequences. senator blumenthal and i have a reasonable proposal which is just to pause the weapons sales. >> that's what they want and say if saudi arabia reconsiders the armed sales may resume. >>> a judge ordered former president trump to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit. the woman suing him is longtime new york columnist carroll. she claims mr. trump raped her in a department store in the mid-1990s. she never reported it to authorities but wrote about it in the 2019 book and article. mr. trump has accused carroll of making up the attack to sell the book and hurt him politically. she said his response hurt her reputation so she's suing him for defamation. >>> alex jones did not go to court bu

you have ro khanna and senator blumenthal of connecticut. yeah senator menendez who said we should cut off secured corporation, although he left a bit of a loophole of what might be left over for defending u.s. personnel. hiis a less clear -- i think it will be growing support in congress for some sort of arms cut off because biden went to saudi arabia kind of hat in hand, begging bin salman to do something about oil prices and he did exactly the opposite. he did a collaboration with russia, which is a slap in the face to biden. just underscores the fact you can do business with this regime and these arms sales as a way to influence to do anything to benefit the united states is nonsense. it is a fools aaron. i think congress is recognize this and there may be some renewed b hi things like a war powers resolution or direct caught off the suspension of arms. we are at another turning point. the question is, can this lead to real change? we had the murder of jamal khashoggi, huge upsurge of concern and congress, new attention to the role of sa

congressman ro khanna of california joins us now. it's good to have you back.t of production of oil is going to be about a million barrels a day or so. so 15 million barrels to offset last, what? two weeks, what's the longer term strategy you think this administration should employ? >> victor, you're right. it's a short-term solution, but we need to be far tougher on the saudis and demand that they reconsider their decision. we supply them with all their weapons. they are basically being ungrateful and slapping american consumers on the face. second we need to ban and export g gasoline to our european allies. >> you have been talking about the sales to china for months now. are you getting any engagement from the white house on this? >> victor, we finally are. they're saying they're open to locking at the proposal and they're saying there's going to be consequences for the saudis and i think it's time to act. i have called on the president to give a prim jetime address o what we will do, and two things are an export ban and also being tougher on the saudis. >>

. >>> let's discuss this with democratic congressman roe khanna of california. we all remember when president biden went to saudi arabia, despite the kingdom's rampant human rights abuses, and he even fist bumped crown prince mohammed bin salman despite mbs's responsibility for the very grisly death, murder of a "washington post" journalist. we were told the president needed to take that trip to represent and protect american interests. we don't see mbs returning the favor today. do you think president biden got played? >> i was opposed to him taking the trip then, and the trip was clearly a mistake. look, i'm not just disappointed. like many americans i'm outraged, jake. we have done so much for saudi arabia. we defended them when saddam hussein was going to invade in the 1990s, when i was still in high school. we supplied them with over 70% of the arms that they import. we basically make their air force functional. and for them not to ease when we have an energy crisis, for them to play the united states while they are making over -- nearly $100 billion. they

that was the first shock to me congressman ro khanna.ilicon valley how are you? >> i'm doing well. >> the election is less than two weeks away i think there's a lot of issues, but inflation is probably front and center i don't know whether democrats came to the party late to acknowledge that and focused on other things or not. what's your view on that that's what seems to be on voters' minds when their polled. >> you're right. it is on voters' minds we should have acknowledged inflation earlier and we should make a choice. here's the choice, democrats, we want to bring manufacturing back we want to bring supply chains back we want to put money in the pockets of working class what are the republicans running on they're saying, let's extend the trump tax cuts how did that work out in britain. liz truss almost bankrupted the british economy. they're running on what liz truss just tried to do in britain. >> we've had this discussion a lot recently about whether the tax cuts were beneficial a lot from my point of view, i think that they -- th

i am jonathan >> a discussion with democratic representative ro khanna of california on president biden's recent decision to review relations with saudi arabia. that is live from the quincy institute at new. that 1:30 janet yellen talks about the u.s. economic outlook at the international monetary fund in washington, d.c. then liz cheney talks about the constitution and defending democracy at the university of notre dame. you can also watch live coverage of the free c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. >> c-span's campaign 2022 coverage of the midterm elections continues with candidates debat fm around the countrynning live tonight at 8:00. incumbent democratic governor tony e verse debates challenr tim michael's. then at 9:00 peter welch and republican jedalloy debate for the open senate seat in vermont. dope miss a single election moment on c-span. c-span now is a free mobile video app. visit c-span.org/campaign2022, your website for all of our election coverage on demand. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> we take you live to the u.s. capital, where the house is said

police say officer francisco villa khanna was preparing to clean his personal handgun. when he accidentally fired a single round inside a home friday afternoon. the bullet went through the officer's hand before hitting the man identified as 20 year luiz pharaoh sanchez injuries. the case has now been forwarded attorney, the parents of a sanity state freshman football player who died after being hit by a school bus last week, spoke today. calling their son a treasure. he was patient and loving and i would never hurt anybody intentionally unless it had to do with football, but it's off the football field. he's just like the best. person you would want to know from and this is from laughter and tears. camden mkreutz parents reflected on their son's life, his mother said. he started playing football as a child and also excelled at track and basketball as well as academics. she said his proudest moment was signing to play football as a spartan. and today, his father recalled the last time they actually spent time together. it was at the recent parents' weekend. can whatever

the bullet went through officer villa khanna's hand before hitting 20 year old luis farrell sanchez. both men were taken to the hospital where pharaoh sanchez died from his injuries. our time is now for 14. officials in the nevado school district will meet tomorrow with law enforcement about school security after two students were injured in an attack at a school board meeting. concerned families demanded changes after a group of people attacked two teenagers at linwood elementary school monday night. one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. altercation with some teenagers on campus, and this was after school. lots of blood looked like even stabbed. we don't have cameras and we don't have enough light. um we don't have fencing, proper fencing security constantly being cut. tomorrow's meeting will focus on the gang task force efforts and also the educate school staff as well as parents and students. teachers with the san francisco unified school district say they are continuing to struggle with the district's payroll system. during a rally yesterday, teachers said it had b

. >> dana: a big explosive interview last night tucker talked to khanna west. >> a battle with the mediamedia has a godless agenda and the jokes are not working like yee is crazy don't work. the media has, you know, they've also watched travs tease happen even to me and just watch it and act like it wasn't happening. it is a photograph of a baby's ultrasound. >> you designed that? >> why, what does that mean? >> it represents life. i'm pro-life. >> you wear it on a badge. what kind of response to you get? >> i care about the fact there are more black babies being aborted than born in new york city at this point. that 50% of black deaths in america is abortion. so i really don't care about people's response. i perform for an audience of one and that's god. the answer to why i wrote white lives matter on a shirt is because they do. it's the obvious thing, you know. >> why do you think it's so -- i assume the implication is all lives matter because god created them. why do you think that would be considered controversial? >> because the same people that have stripped us of our identity and

congressmember ro khanna told "washington post" wednesday -- "president biden should make it clear that we will stop supplying the saudis with weapons and air parts if they fleece the american people and strengthen putin by making drastic production cuts." meanwhile, "the wall street journal" reports the biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions on venezuela to allow the chevron corporation to resume pumping oil there. in return for reopening u.s. and european markets to oil exports from venezuela, the government of president nicolÁs maduro would agree to negotiate with u.s.-supported opposition groups over a new round of presidential elections in 2024. in the united kingdom, newly minted conservative prime minister liz truss faced protests wednesday as she defended her proposals to cut taxes for the wealthy while expanding fossil fuel production. truss was speaking at the conservative party conference in birmingham when a pair of greenpeace campaigners stood up and unveiled a banner reading, "who voted for this?" the pair had their sign snatched away and were escorted f

menendez, ro khanna. saying everything must be frozen between the u.s. and saudi arabia.kind of the black hat of saudi arabia and this decision rather than talk about energy production in the u.s.? >> so the problem for democrats is that this looks political. this doesn't look like there's any grand geo strategic thinking in how we're handling our relationship with saudi arabia. looks like president biden went to saudi arabia over the sumner hopes that they would continue pumping oil to keep gas prices low. didn't work out. they snubbed him. it's not just gas prices. the relationship with saudi arabia a lot has to do with energy and a lot has to do with constraining iran and using the saudis as a bulwark in the region. the fact that the democratic party's base is talking about freezing arm sales and talking about ending our alliance with saudi arabia, it seems all about politics, all about gas prices without looking at the bigger issues also that are in play with the relationship. that makes us look very political from an administration and they need to think about big pi

. ♪ >> blumenthal and ro khanna are calling for a stop of weapons sales to saudi arabia. that? >> we will take action. >> neil: something is coming from the president of the united states to go back at the saudis for leading this opec and opec + country charge to cut production by two million barrels a day. he's not happy about it. we learned during this whole debate and beforehand, he was letting riyadh know this was not a good idea and thought it could be egregious to our relationship. what he does is anyone's guess. aishah hasnie has more. >> neil, the perfect way to put it. nobody has any idea where this goes from here. it's clear the administration wants to take some kind of action. the president has promised it. so far they haven't committed to anything quite yet. so i pressed state department spokesman ned price on this today. listen to what he said. >> keep hearing about actions, consequences, but they won't happen until senators come back to the hill, which is not going to be for a while. this is going to put us deeper into a further energy crisis. people are won

capehart, if democrats message is as simple as congressman khanna told me, why don't they talk aboutif citizens realize the social security is iris, and they cannot make ends meet and new and -- they would certainly be feeling a lot better about the democrats message. >> well, short, but i think the problem is, it's not like the administration or the president isn't talking about all of these good economic numbers and good economic news. it's just that people aren't listening, you have an entire television network somewhere else on the dial that won't even cover any of this stuff. and then you look at the public opinion polls and when folks are asked, who do you trust with the economy, they say republicans. a lot of that has to do with paying at the gas pump which is not -- i'm not discounting that at all, high inflation. these are all things that hit folks right in the pocket books and the wallets immediately. so when they hear that unemployment is the lowest in it's been in 40 years, 3. 5%, that there's been record job creation, one thing i thought stephanie, was a couple of weeks

democratic congressman ro khanna calling on the white house to retaliate by cutting off the kingdom'sviation parts supplies and preventing parts sellers from selling to them. they are leaving the door open from releasing more supply from the strategic petroleum reserves to ease the crisis. >> brian, thank you so much for that. >>> the biden administration is preparing to scale back sanctions on venezuela so chevron can continue pumping there. it would clear the way of potential u.s. and european markets from oil exports to venezuela. the maduro regime would continue talks about free and fair presidential elections in 2024. this proposed deal is still not finalized. >>> just ahead, how do we measure crime in america? the answer may surprise you. >>> plus, cnn on the ground in a newly liberated region of southern ukraine. >> reporter: this road lined with russian bodies, abandoned russian positions. it's clear people left here in a hurry. hey! that's mine. i'll buy you a pony. advanced hydraration isn't just for kids. pedialyte helplps you hydrate during recovery. liz, you nerd, cough i

. >> brian: exchange michael shellenberger testifying and ro khanna why are the oil extis making so much. when you lessen the supply, they are going to make more money but they are not looking to make more money. they want to up more production and have more influence. >> it's supply and demand, mr. president. better remember that because that's economics 101. if you don't get that right. you are in deep trouble and we are. >> ainsley: y'all can watch his show over on business channel it's called varney and company. 9:00 a.m. eastern time. >> brian: i will be joining you at 10:50. tell one, tell all. >> ainsley: how do you do that with radio? >> brian: simulcast. stuart pays me a rights fee. >> stuart: i grab some of his audience. >> brian: and i grab your audience. >> ainsley: he changed the name of his radio show brian kilmeade and friends. now it's just brian kilmeade show. >> brian: so five years ago. you are and company. >> ainsley: he doesn't want friends. he canceled the friends. >> brian: carley, save me, please. >> carley: we got time. >> ainsley: former friend carley. >> carley

katie, to that point, here is congressman ro khanna being asked about why the prices are where they are in america. we didn't make baby formula. we didn't make when the pandemic happened we were shipping things offshore need to make more things in america. second i blame powell with the quantitative easing. buying mortgage backed securities way too long. >> bret: with that we kind of dug into what is behind inflation always. it brought us back to milton freidman the late economist 1978. and he was asked at that time where inflation was spiking about inflation. take a listen. >> inflation is made in washington because only washington can create money. and any other at tri biewtion to other groups of inflation is wrong. consumers don't produce it. producers don't produce it. the trade units don't produce it. foreign sheiks don't produce it. oil import don't produce it. what produces is too much government spending and too much government creation of money and nothing else. >> bret: amazing how you can dig up those soundbites that seem to fit the time. katie? >> yeah. and that is certainly

ro khanna said this. >> i think the people in the nsa who gave the advice to the president to go to saudi arabia, they need to explain what they were thinking. there are certain folks who have a saudi bias and who have been taking the saudi's side even in the yemen war. they need to come and give an explanation to the american public why that trip was planned. why we're not taking more decisive action. >> so, secretary, how do you respond to that? >> let me say that we think this is the wrong decision by saudi arabia and the opec plus countries a at time when we've got global energy and security. we've got prices higher in they should be. to support putin in raising prices further. money that he uses to fuel his war is short sided and irresponsible in our view. the president's been very clear about that with the leadership of saudi arabia. he was when he was there and he has been since. we want to see them rethink this decision and we hope they will because all this is doing is fuelling global energy insecurity and helping putin in his brutal attacks on ukraine. >> with hindsight, secreta

we had congressman ro khanna on last week on fox news channel talking about oil production in the united clip from him and get your reaction, roll tape. >> give you the facts on oil production. it is up to almost 12.8 million barrels a day, which is almost at the record levels of 2019. david: victoria, in fact he said the facts are important, we're not up to 12.8 billion. we're up to 11.8 million which is a million short what the congressman is saying. i try to figure out what he did to get up to 12.8. they're adding the oil being drained from our strategic reserves and million barrels a day and that is what gets them up to 12.8 million. that is not new production. the oil from our reserves was produced ages ago. that is, they're doing, using these phony stats to make it appear like we're producing more oil than we really are? >> no, the whole thing is just a shell game and the abuse of the strategic petroleum reserve is really a scandal and i wish were more of an issue with the american people, that they know they're basically robbing peter to pay paul here and we're down to that, spr b

ro khanna, the democratic from california said he thinks biden should call the king of saudi arabia himself and tell him he has five days to reverse this decision, reverse these cuts and, if not, tell them they're going to work with congress to try and pass some sort of ban on limiting even going as far as saying limiting the air parts they provide to the air force in saudi arabia and limit the military arms that they give to the country. so it's really hard to see what exactly the biden administration is going to do. so far it's been threats, but very real threats. what i'm hearing are solidified and significant and if they will follow through on the they don't turn this around. of course, a lot of democrats also arguing that saudi arabia is a third world country and that they shouldn't be working with them or using their threats to have a grip on oil prices in the u.s. i think they have a lot of tools at their disposal, but people really want the biden administration to go stronger here. >> yeah. and let's not forget, too, midterms loom, and that is a major issue for democrats as they see

they're claiming the daily oil production, ro khanna a reasonable democrat, but he said on our air, we're producing 12.8 million barrels a day. we're producing a million barrels a day less than that. he said it's almost up to 12. 8 million barrels a day. what he did by adding an extra million, he's including draining the strategic reserves. that's not new oil production. they're throwing that in to the mix. the way they fiddle with the figures is pretty extraordinary. >> martha: they say i'm going to take a loan out from the bank that i have to repay but suddenly i'm making more money. >> you know, it's -- when you look at this shannon and look at what's going on -- all i can think about when you talk about this story unfolding about them begging saudi arabia and opec, please do not cut oil production, you don't have to beg the folks at the keystone pipeline. you can say we're going to change our policy. you don't have to beg producers in the united states to say look, you know what? we have not been supportive of you. we're not 100% ready for green energy yet. tell us what we can do. >>