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President Biden threatened Saudi Arabia with 'consequences' for the OPEC+ cut in oil production, but the two countries are now cooperating in the face of an Iranian threat.

House Democrats are pushing a bill to remove U.S. defenses from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after OPEC decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day.

Use this reconciliation mode, which means democrats would have those 50 votes in the senate. i think were getting precariously close to really potentially falling on the debt. >> anna, thank you. i want to bring in democratic congressman from the state of new jersey, tom molinowski. tom, where do we go from here? how do we keep pushing? >> i want to step back and build on something you just said. that is that we used to have two responsible governing parties in the united states. i disagreed wit...

The goal of the military mission was to prevent gadhafi going into benghazi and eastern libya and slaughtering the people there, hunting down those people who stood up for their liberty with only their courage and asked us for their help and would being hunted down tonight as we speak if he hadnt done this. >> so what is our end game here, tom? how does this end? >> well it begins with people being safe in eastern libya. now we have time to work on the end game that the president committed ourse...

Americans who dont see this story the same way. former pennsylvania congressman joe sestak who is the former director of defense policy and national security council for president clinton and also a former vice admiral of the united states navy. were also joined tonight by tom molinowski washington director of human rights watch. good to have you with us tonight good to be with you. >> admiral sestak, if gadhafi is not killing civilians anymore and we have crippled his movement militarily isnt t...

But i have faith that strategy is going to work over a period of months. >> you dont, admiral sestak? >> no. toms words are concerning to me where he says this is the beginning. the beginning to what? i mean, gadhafi you expressed it well. until recently he was on the terrorist list. now imagine what hes going to do if he does remain there? look, i am arguing about things that can happen. this was successful for toms objective which i would like no one to have these atrocities hoisted upon them ...

The economic interests here are so different. what do you think? >> i have to agree. with 85% of libyas oil going, that the saudis have covered but not with the same price. what if egypt next door or tunisia had turned on their people and it hadnt come out the way it had? would we have interceded there? what about yemen? what about bahrain? whats the message if we dont intercede? >> tom, what about that? >> well, if gadhafi uses violence and wins you are going to see that happen in country after...

Not with the same price. what if egypt next door or tunisia had turned on their people and it hadnt come out the way it had? would we have interceded there? what about yemen? what about bahrain? whats the message if we dont intercede? >> tom, what about that? >> well, if gadhafi uses violence and wins you are going to see that happen in country after country after country. it is vital i think for gadhafi to lose, for the message to be sent if you use this kind of violence and brutality it doesnt...

Politically in somalia but our military force did not match that change in a political objective. admiral mullen said, well, over the weekend, that when asked what goes next, what would happen, he said, circumstances will drive what happens in the future. >> that bothers you -- >> yes. im a strong believer that we should set and go in and drive the circumstances. as you said, there were compelling reasons which i duly respect about why this was the right thing to do. i really hope this works out...

Politically in somalia but our military force did not match that change in a political objective. admiral mullen said, well, over the weekend, that when asked what goes next, what would happen, he said, circumstances will drive what happens in the future. >> that bothers you -- >> yes. im a strong believer that we should set and go in and drive the circumstances. as you said, there were compelling reasons which i duly respect about why this was the right thing to do. i really hope this works out...