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>> tonight, as the white house weighs its options for more sanctions against russia, there are growing concerns about the impact on oil and gas prices. nbc news correspondent tom costello has more on that tonight. >> the ukraine showdown maybe a world away. but the oil market is global. and prices are already jumping up at the pump. the national average, now the highest since 2014, at 3:51 a gallon. up 20 cents in a month, up 88 cents in a year ago. california, with its higher gas taxes, now ave...

Great equalizer for a reason. it doesnt matter if youre the best military, and russia is far from the best, urban terrain breaks of military formations, it doesnt allow them to use all of their capabilities, like firepower, highest are. they need those tanks, those javelins are the best tanks -- hopefully, and when i predict, if the ukrainians ensure they survived the bombardment, and i mean world war ii level bombardment that theyre gonna do to kyiv before they enter. if they survive, they can ...

You would hope there would be some european buy in and commitment. i talked to general keen about the necessity of germany. now today as a deterrent to vladimir putin making it his next move. were nato. our guidance whether or not the germans come along or the french have anything to offer, our guidance and leadership, joe biden need to be giving the american people a real sense of what is our commitment here? what is our sacrifice? look, americans are there for people across the world but we ne...

Any democrat sitting there that want to see biden won by 16 or less can be competitive. even this week another democrat is retiring. 31 democrats retiring. thats the highest it has been since 1992. >> bill: i asked mitch mcconnell this 40 minutes ago. ask you to you as well. joe manchin sat with republicans last night. >> i like him. >> bill: eight months to election. is congress dead in the water when it comes to passing anything between now and november? >> i dont see much of anything that wil...

Because theres no safe place. it affecting everybody, of course. >> martha: natalia, thanks very much. well check back in with you. thanks for being here today. thats "the story" of this monday, march 7, 2022. in horrific times in ukraine. the story goes on. well see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. stay tuned for "your world" coming up next. >> neil: its now infecting the markets worldwide. dow jones skidding 800% because energy costs are out of control today. what is being started with what is ...

Yesterday. our people are very much motivated, very much so. we are fighting for our rights, for our freedoms, for our life. and now were fighting for survival. and this is the highest of our motivation. but, we are fighting also to be equal members of europe. i believe that today we are showing everybody thats exactly what we are. the european union is going to be much stronger with us, thats for sure. without you, ukraine, is going to be lonely, lonesome.

>> reporter: thank you, jose. were seeing essentially a completely different picture of the situation. obviously, were not sure how the russian military engaged in ukraine actually feels about whats going on. but weve got some hints from various sources in ukraine that perhaps morale is not the highest. but back home, here in russia, the message is very, very firmly policed. this is an -- this is not a war, this is a special operation to liberate ukraine. the technical term is, a special operati...

Russian authorities are expecting exporters to sell 80% of the foreign currency to prop up what is a rapidly weakening currency. the stock market has been closed for days due to a fear of capital flight once it opens. this is the longest stretch of emergency closures since russia defaulted back in the 1990s. the cbr is more than doubled theyre key interest rate, to 20%. the highest in almost 20 years. capital controls, et cetera. were seeing, i have a list five pages long of all of the businesse...

Today. it is a sign the country is moving away from its zero covid strategy, admitting 94 percent vaccination rate in its population, one of the highest in the world. meanwhile, uk prime minister boris johnson is set to lift all of his countrys covid restrictions, including not requiring self-isolation after a positive test. sky news correspondent becky cotterill has the reaction from residents. >> reporter: at this new restaurant in stock port, now is not the time to remove all covid restrictio...

Leadership from our white house. strong leadership is in fact the best repellent to an eastern mindset. we cannot try western diplomacy consistently day in and day out in an area of the world that does not respect just negotiation. you have to have every tool in the tool kit on the table to negotiate with someone the likes of putin. >> sandra: senator, based on the war happening over there and the reality for americans here at home and the impact that we are seeing from that, here is a headline ...