tim stewart is the president of the u.s. oil and gas association and joins me now.rning to you. >> good morning. >> tell us why americans should be so concerned about this? >> potential instability caused primarily in the u.s. by the banking system right now. i've always wanted a crisis in $90 but basically the reports are saying this production cut is in response to the united states. they were not -- strategic range. in that it seems like opec is telling the administration this means the crisis will go up. you have seen them jump over night. we are headed back into the summer and fighting a situation where we might see crisis exactly similar range where they were last summer and it's problematic for everybody. the two as you said coming into spring and summer, traveling, vacations, it is already rough as it is. how rough are you talking in how much will it go up? >> you know, i think the price is the $90 range. we have seen it go up 80% overnight. the sad thing, compare the length of time opec, between all of the members may 1st to december 31st. the same number t

tim stewart is here, the president of the u.s. oil and gas association. come up with, stiffen requirements what exactly can be come bused in these combustion vehicles. make a long story short, they're making it more costly to own traditional gas-powered vehicles, what is it comes down to force you evs, right? >> exactly, neil. the industry has been gearing up for the war on gas stoves. that will be little compared to what is pending war on the gas cars. the administration is aggressive in the second half of the first term in the egg regulatory front. trying to move consumers in ev. putting pressure on manufactures to up fuel economy and can't create combustion engines anymore. the fuel standards were created in 1975 in response to the oil crisis. epa will mandate on imported batteries, batteriry materials, china dominates those market. instead of relying on opec for our energy security in 1975, by 2035 we'll be relying on china for our energy security. that makes zero sense from our perspective. neil: you know, i often believe with these issues, tim, mayb

stewart when he was away for the summer at "the daily show. so they -- hbo had offered me a show on sunday night and we -- tim carvell and i -- who worked at theer than talk more on a sunday. that was it. >> seth: yeah. >> but we had a whole, like, guest area of our studio built >> seth: and so how long into the process did you bail on the idea of doing guests >> really quick. [ laughter ] we did two test shows. and hbo kept their one note after the test shows "well, you know you don't have to have a guest. [ laughter ] "you could just add that time to the story. and we jumped so quickly on that 'cause, i'm -- again, you are good at talking to guests. i am -- i would find it hard to fake enthusiasm for an objectively bad movie that was being pitched in front of me [ laughter ] >> seth: there are -- the longer you do this job, you know, there's no bad movies. [ laughter ] >> i love it i love watching you interview people so much, just to see -- i can see it it's such a suppressed glint in your eye of, "well, congratulations. [ laughter ] >> seth: how dare you! don't give up the game >> "'shazam 2' looks great." >> seth: no, now - [ laughter ] >