there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. the white house evaluating how to respond as some key global economic forecasts have gotten gloomier. so what do all these forces mean for you at home and your wallet? let s discuss with cnn s matt egan. he s at the new york stock exchange. and cnn s kaitlan collins is with us from the white house. so matt, lay it out for us. is there a direct cause and effect between this production cut and prices at our local gas station? ana, the simple answer is yes. we re already seeing an impact. just ten days ago recession fears drove world oil prices down to eight-month lows but they have since raced back to life in large part because of rumors of this opec supply cut and now the actual official confirmation. and prices at the gas pump are responding swiftly. a gallon of regular now fetches $3.87 nationally. that is up from $3.83 just a day ago. up nine cents over the past week. prices are still lower, of course, than
armor and what zelenskyy did another reason ukrainian moral seems to remain high. russian president vladimir putin is usually hundreds of miles away in moscow when he gives out medals. this past startling week, a tale of two nations and enthusiasm for the fight. moscow s manpower crisis so acute, this video is apparently from a russian prison allegedly showing the man called putin chef. afghan personally recruiting convicts for the front line. he tells prisoners that war is hard, if they get taken prisoner, take drugs or have sex with foreign men or women in the fight. an undesirable message to an undesirable crowd. russia increasingly less looking like a nation united in what it won t even call a war yet. even putin turning, here again undermining the kremlin that brutally put him in power. if you ask me, i would enact martial law and exhaust all possibilities to end the conflict with these demons. unlike a volunteer for russia, he said writing later quote we are at war with
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
Barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostages captors to what was going on. During the firefight that then followed, u. S. Forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. It is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u. S. Forces were transporting them away. U. S. Intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. He has since been identified as South African teacher pierre korkie. A char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. To discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr. , political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. Obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the New York Times this mo