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Self-sanctioning in a way on russian oil. >> all right. and we'll continue to watch the impact of all of this. anna stewart joining us live from london. many thanks. we have new developments on the investigation into the capitol riots. in a new court filing, the january 6 committee alleges that former u.s. president donald trump and right-wing lawyer john eastman were part of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the committee alleges eastman helped to orchestrate the plot, and they're attempting to obtain his emails, something eastman has refused to hand over, claiming at...

Beyond a certain point, a portion. i think today's news was not the statement by the president, he kind of reiterated what he said at the state of the union but the news was house speaker nancy pelosi said go ahead, go after the oil and when she said a lot of reporters on capitol hill perked up and eyebrows raised. if that's the case, she's willing to say yeah, we are going to pay more but let's stop the russian oil. what joe manchin has been saying for several days. >> sandra: i have news for you, i continue to report throughout the day, the companies and individuals that purchase that russia...

And a few weeks ago, that would have been absolutely unthinkable. but that's apparently still on the table at this stage. let's bring you oil prices right now. we're looking at new multihighs. 118 brent. 15 for wti. extraordinary move there's, really. russia is actually struggling to sell oil, and there is a huge discount now on russian oil, around $18 a barrel lower than your general barrel of brent. so what we're seeing here is actually self-sanctioning in a way is already taking place, with refineries not actually wanting to buy russian oil for fear that a, it could be the result of sanctio...

We are still missing millions out of the workforce. so one hand, ok, it's fine, we are not breaking out the pom-pons. it's getting worse for people. all they do is brag about stuff at the most inappropriate time, by the way. >> sandra: the energy policy is not working, obviously at the center of a war happening right now, and while the united states and see what the white house has to say a short time from now, the united states has not "banned" russian oil, the american oil companies, this is remarkable, are self-sanctioning. saying we don't want it. and i have a guy coming up, tim, we'll hav...

Self-sanctioning. what happens with the potential coordinated response, we are about to have the briefing happen at the white house, seeking to have this coordinated response from the united states and europe to cut off russia oil exports. see what the developments are on that front, but this is as the e.u. phases out russia oil, gas, oil and coal imports, but then germany, scholz is rejecting calls to ban russian oil and gas. i mean, this is a mess and a coordinated response would be nice but perhaps it's wishful thinking. >> i think it is wishful thinking because germany realizes if they cut...