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Harry, what are americans saying? >> you were mentioning earlier on about the sanctions and how they might be playing a role in russia. what we see here is americans are very much in favor of that. look at that. 83% favor it. that is ugg significantly from 2014 when there was a russian incursion in east ukraine. a clear bump up in support for sanctions. in terms of other actions the u.s. could take. the united states should do more? 62% of americans overall agree. this is interesting. no partisan split. lean democratic, 65%. lean gop support, 62%. they are united on doing more against russia b...

For example, paying rent is really, really high right now. so it's either they go out and get something or they might miss that to pay rent on a monthly basis. >> reporter: jose, these sanctions that the biden administration is expected to announce are going to be lasting more than likely months, not weeks. but the big question becoming how is the united states going to make up for the lost oil, which is still in the single digits when you consider both crude oil and petroleum products, but it's a lot. we could see a bump up in domestic production, but there was a secret delegation, jose, sent...

Americans can hang in there. what's your thought on that? >> thanks for having me, chris. a small percentage, and this is a reflection of the poll they're referring to, a very small percentage of the bump-up in gas prices has to do with the conflict in ukraine right now. we've seen prices rise due largely to energy policy adopted in the last year, shutting down the keystone xl pipeline, the thumbs down for the mediterranean pipeline, and green lighting the nord stream 2 people line, which thankfully has been eliminated. a lot of decisions have been made over the past year that have led to high...

Suggesting that it's about up to 30% more contagious which means you get a lot more distinctal positives which means we have to get away from asymptomatic mask testing that we do it in the hospital that we can't sift out who is in the hospital for covid versus with covid. we are seeing an up tick in the u.k. and even parts of western europe i can guarantee we're going to see an increase in case numbers we keep testing like this in the united states. question is what's happening here. we think that the vaccination and people who don't have natural immiewnlty arive going away a little bit especi...

Suggesting that it's about up to 30% more contagious which means you get a lot more distinctal positives which means we have to get away from asymptomatic mask testing that we do it in the hospital that we can't sift out who is in the hospital for covid versus with covid. we are seeing an up tick in the u.k. and even parts of western europe i can guarantee we're going to see an increase in case numbers we keep testing like this in the united states. question is what's happening here. we think that the vaccination and people who don't have natural immiewnlty arive going away a little bit especi...