GRIFF: THANK YOU FOR HITTING
THINGS OFF.
JACQUI: LET’S BRING IN OUR
POLITICAL PANEL, VICE PRESIDENT
OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OF THE
CONSERVATIVE COALITION FILLED
ROBINSON AND NEW YORK STATE
SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI.
I WAS TELLING MY COANCHOR THE
WHITE HOUSE KEEPS UNDERSCORING
HOW TRANSPARENT THEY’VE BEEN
WITH THE COVID DIAGNOSIS BUT
NOT LETTING REPORTERS QUESTION
THE PRESIDENT’S DOCTORS, NOT TO
SUGGEST HE’S NOT DOING AS WELL
AS THEY SAY BUT ROLLING OUT
OFFICIALS TO PAINTED IN A
FAVORABLE LIGHT AND PROBABLY
NOT NECESSARY SINCE COVID IS SO
MILD THESE DAYS BUT FEET INTO
CRITICS WHO QUESTION WHY IS THE
WHITE HOUSE PRESS AFRAID OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DOCTOR TAKING
QUESTIONS.
WHAT QUESTIONS DON’T THEY WANT
HIM TO GET?
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HEALTH HAS
BEEN A CONCERN FOR A LONG TIME
AT THE NEWS THAT HE CONTRACTED
COVID IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN AS
WELL.
OUR COUNTRY’S REACHING
CHALLENGES FROM TEETERING ON
THE EDGE OF RECESSION TO WHAT
IS GOING ON IN UKRAINE TO OTHER
ISSUES AND WE NEED A STRONG
LEADER IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO
TAKE ON THESE ISSUES AND TIGHT
DON’T THINK THIS IS INSPIRING
CONFIDENCE IN THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
JACQUI: IS THE WHITE HOUSE
BEING TRANSPARENT ENOUGH?
>> WE CAN SPECULATE ABOUT
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VITALITY AND
HEALTH UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME
BUT THAT IS NOT OUR BUSINESS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ELECTING A PRESIDENT WHO CAN DO
THE JOB AND NOT HAVE PHYSICAL
FITNESS TESTS.
OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD YOU NEED TO BE 50 YEARS
OLD TO BE CHOSEN TO BE
PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH
INTRUSION WE HAVE, IN AN
INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULDN’T BE
DIFFERENT.
IF THEY CAN DO THE JOB AT UP TO
VOTERS TO DECIDE AND NOT TO BE
PROBING INTO THEIR MEDICAL DATA
ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
JACQUI: HE’S THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD THAT HAS A VIRUS HAS
KILLED MILLIONS, WE SHOULD
PROBABLY KNOW HOW MUCH HE IS
DOING DOWN TO HIS BLOOD OXYGEN
LEVELS.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING US
INFORMATION.
WE DON’T NEED TO KNOW MUCH MORE
THAN THAT.
IF THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO MIGHT
BE YOUNGER, WE MIGHT ASK
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
AS WE HAVE SEEN, IF YOU ARE
VACCINATED YOU ARE GOING TO DO
VERY WELL WITH COVID.
THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE
PROBLEMATIC.
WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION
WE NEED. TO BE OVERLY SPECULATIVE TAKES
TO BE OVERLY SPECULATIVE TAKES
US DOWN A SAD ROAD.
JACQUI: GAS PRICES, INFLATION,
THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS CREDIT
FOR GAS PRICES HAVING COME DOWN
AND THAT IS GREAT BUT COULD BE
TEMPORARY.
THE STRATEGIC RESERVES ARE
COMING TO US LEGAL.
SOME ECONOMISTS SAY THE VERY
THING THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING
TO DO, PUT A PRICE ON RUSSIAN
OIL ANTITAX OIL COMPANIES COULD
MAKE THINGS WORSE, YOUR
THOUGHTS?
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS
RIGHT TO DUCK OUT GAS PRICES
HAVE COME DOWN BUT GAS PRICES
ABOVE $4 A GALLON ARE NOTHING
TO CELEBRATE.
COUPLE MONTHS AGO VLADIMIR
PUTIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
INCREASE IN GAS PRICES AND NOW
THE WHITE HOUSE IS TAKING
CREDIT FOR DECREASING GAS
PRICES.
DON’T KNOW WHAT GIVES.
AT THIS MOMENT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
MAXIMIZE ENERGY PRODUCTION,
INCREASING AVAILABILITY OF
ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND
THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
THEY BEAR RESPONSE ABILITY FOR
THE ONGOING RESPONSIBLY TO
ENERGY PRICES.
JACQUI: THE WHITE HOUSE IS
TRYING TO PROJECT THE IMAGE
THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
INCREASE TO MYSTIC OIL
PRODUCTION THROUGH EXISTING
PERMITS AND TELLING OIL
COMPANIES THEY’VE GOT TO STOP
PROFITEERING.
YOU’VE HEARD THIS CALL FROM THE
RIGHT MOSTLY THAT THERE NEEDS
TO BE A BIGGER EFFORT TO SEND A
POSITIVE SIGNAL TO THE MARKET
BECAUSE THIS CRY ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THE NEED TO GO
ELECTRIC, STARTING TO CATCH ON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN’T
AFFORD TO BUY AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE AND HE MIGHT ALIENATE
EVEN SOME DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IF
YOU GO TOO FAR IN THAT
DIRECTION.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS BEING VERY
CAUTIOUS, USING THE VERY FEW
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HIM TO
AFFECT GAS PRICES AND HAS DONE
THAT EFFECTIVELY.
RELEASING FROM THE STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE, UNCLOGGING
THE PORTS, AND THERE IS A LOT
TO BLAME FOR PUTIN’S WAR.
WE CAN’T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT
BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN
DOING THE RIGHT THING, SENDING
THE RIGHT MESSAGE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRICE OF
GAS IN THE UNITED STATES
COMPARED TO MOST OF THE
DEVELOPED WORLD YOU SEE A
DRASTIC DIFFERENCE BUT WE HAVE
TO BE SMART.
PRESIDENT BIDEN RECOGNIZES WE
CAN’T KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS
THE GOLDEN EGG AND THAT IS
MOTHER NATURE.
WE HAVE TO PRODUCE MORE, BE
ENERGY INDEPENDENT BUT WE HAVE
TO DO THAT IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
WAY.
JACQUI: THE WHITE HOUSE IS
UNDER PRESSURE TO REACH PRETTY
FAR ON CLIMATE THROUGH
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGES BECAUSE
SENATOR MANCHIN KILLED THE
RECONCILIATION BILL AND LOOKS
LIKE HE WILL BEHIND THE STROKE
OF A PEN TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
A TOUGH TIME TO MAKE THOSE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS WITH GAS
PRICES WHERE THEY ARE.
THERE IS CONCERN CEOs WILL
BLOCK OIL AND GAS DRILLING FOR
OTHER PROJECTS.
>> THE DURABILITY OF THESE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS CAN BE
REVERSED.
IF PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS
DURABLE CLIMATE POLICY HE NEEDS
TO WORK WITH CONGRESS THAT OF
CHUCK SCHUMER WAS SERIOUS HE
SHOULD GO TO SENATOR JOE
MANCHIN.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS A
MANDATE TO MAKE AMERICAN ENERGY
SECURE, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
HE CAN DO THOSE THINGS BUT THE
ONLY WAY IS TO WORK WITH
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS AND
EXPAND NUCLEAR ENERGY,
STREAMLINE, FOCUS ON THESE
BIPARTISAN POLICIES.
HE IS FAILING ON ALL FRONTS.
HE CAN CHANGE THAT IF YOU WANTS
TO.
JACQUI: I WANT YOU TO RESPOND.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS BIDEN
DOESN’T NEGOTIATE WITH MANCHIN
BUT THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL
BE TIED UP WITH LEGAL
CHALLENGES AS SOON AS THEY COME
OUT.
SHOULD THE WHITE HOUSE START
TALKING TO MANCHIN?
>> THE PRESIDENT SET ALL
OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, THAT’S
WHY THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO BE
CREATIVE.
NOT ONE SINGLE REPUBLICAN HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SUPPORT
STEPPED FORWARD TO SUPPORT
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CLIMATE PLAN.
AT THE 2 WAY STREET.
WITH THE ABSENCE OF ANY
REPUBLICAN WORKING WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN HE HAS HAD TO
BE CREATIVE, PUT FORTH
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WILL MAKE
A BIG DIFFERENCE TO CREATE MORE
COOLING CENTERS, MORE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, FOR SO MANY
COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS AND
INCREASE WIND ENERGY LIKE WE’VE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IN THE ATLANTIC IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO, THIS IS SOMETHING HE
HAS DONE FOR THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER.
NOT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
BECAUSE HE’S STONEWALLED.
AND MUCH TO DO WITH NOT GETTING
ANY SUPPORT ACROSS THE AISLE