that biden could not control, like the global pandemic that have led to these prices and when you look at the decision he made, a series of countries, obviously, agree that this is the only way to go at the moment. >> but i still don't think we know what the other countries are going to be releasing themselves. obviously a lot smaller than what the u.s. is releasing. i think the question if this is only modestly going to help, is this a realization the white house knows thanksgiving is this week? christmas is coming. people are going to be traveling a lot for these holidays coming up and they want to say, you know, we hear this is a problem and we're doing our best to try to address it. >> absolutely. >> i think a lot of it is for the pr aspect of it and for the psychological aspect of it for americans. once they see the president up on their television screens doing something and actively taking a action to help them see some relief at the gas pump, i think that is hugely powerful for the president, even if it is just going to be a modest change because then this follows on the