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Pushes for that no fly zone, the u.s. and nato have been insisting that is a nonstarter and over the course of the past 24 hours, president biden really stressing how adamant he is about not sending u.s. troops into ukraine warning that any direct conflict between the u.s., nato, and russia, would essentially lead to a third world war. wolf? arlette saenz at the white house for us. thank you very, very much. up to capitol hill now with a massive government funding bill passed billions of dollars in u.s. aid is headed to ukraine. now congress is set to work out president biden s call to strip russia of its most favored nation trade status. joe johns is joining us from capitol hill. so, joe, does this have bipartisan support? in fact, it does, wolf. this is permanent, normal trade relations if a country has it, it means low tariffs. if a country doesn t, it means ....
Shows no end in sight. lots of people sadly are getting killed. first of all, how are you holding up? well, honestly, it s very hard because it s the 17th day of war and unfortunately, we don t see any light. we see that the bombings continue. the killings continue. and putin is getting crazier and crazier and using the tools and the reasons and the arguments that he s telling to all the world to kill ukrainians. and it s very hard to see so many families that are now in such a big tragedy. it s very heartbreaking. certainly is. and my heart goes out to all of you. congressman, president zelenskyy, he continue, including today, to plead for a no fly zone over ukraine. president biden and nato, they are equally adamant that that doesn t happen. they fear it could lead to world war iii. the president was very blunt in ....
To relax regulations to make it easier for them to ramp up production which crashed in 2020 because of the pandemic. but some economists claim some oil producers are strategically stalling to keep gas prices high. they re currently sitting on more than 9,000 unused drilling permits for u.s. land. so the suggestion that we are not allowing companies to drill is inaccurate. reporter: the u.s. energy information agency projects u.s. crude oil production will reach a record high, but not until next year. that s even more frightening because we don t know when it s going to stop. reporter: for hard-working families like carissa s, little trips are now draining like visiting her mother who s about to have surgery. that s $80 out of my food budget now. reporter: it doesn t sit well that corporate pockets are getting deeper as her wallet takes a hit. it s just not fair. gabe cohen reporting for us, thank you so much. next, ukraine s president is demanding the release of the m ....
But the struggling country doesn t have time to waste. anna foster, bbc news, beirut. seebeel rizk is the director of public policies at the civil society organisation kulluna irada and a correspondent for the french newspaper le figaro. she described what the current situation in the country was like. well, it is dark outside. i had the privilege of having light in my building because we have a decent generator in the building, but in other places, it is much worse, because the cost of accessing private generators has increased terribly due to the currency depreciation and fuel for these private providers has been difficult and more and more expensive. i am privileged ....
It s another short term solution to an enduring problem. lebanon s politicians are talking about answers but the struggling country doesn t have time to waste. anna foster, bbc news, beirut. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were 34,950 new infections, recorded in the latest 24 hour period. not including cases in wales. that means on average there were 36,665 new cases reported per day in the last week. as of thursday, there were 6,763 people in hospital with coronavirus across the uk. 133 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test, which means 113 deaths were announced on average every day, in the past week. 85.4% of the population aged 12 or over, have had theirfirst dose of a vaccine and 78.5% have ....