>> also raising questions about whether or not they tapped the reserves even zeleny, thank you. there are big questions inside the white house even, whether or not this will really do a lot to alleviate the problem. some energy experts have said it's more of a band-aid. it will help modestly but not too much. >> that's exactly right. you've heard this up close and you know this better than anyone else at the table. but president biden had few o options here. he's facing a political sledgehammer when it comes to the repeated attacks from the gop and gas prices are the clearest sign of inflation that consumers can directly see every day. economists and advisers close to biden told him that they didn't expect this to have that much of an impact, but he decided to go the course anyways. look, i think, you know, republicans want to continue to push forward the message that this is biden's fault. but there are several factors including macro economic issues