Biden Targets Oil Companies, Blames GOP for Inflation?

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So let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. To me, what they represent is capitalism. Look, the Live Tour is offering them more money. The PGA can't compete.

I don't begrudge them taking that opportunity. They're still going to be able theoretically to play in the majors. And this Live Tour versus PGA battle, to me, is one of the more intriguing in the world of sport. Sports, that's it. Saudi sportswashing, the live tour, and hypocrisy.

I'm not a fan of the government, the Saudi government, but Phil Mickelson should not be taking the fall unless, because he decided to sign up with the Live Tour, unless you bring in LeBron, the PGA, FIFA, which is the world's soccer body, and our government, bring them all down with them. They all do business with evil regimes without paying any price. Why should Phil Mickelson pay a price or anyone else? Number two. She's a Republican.

She's a conservative. They tried to tie her as an ultra MAGA, right-wing extremist. And of course they're gonna call her a sexist and a racist. Her name is Myra Flores. Those two words alone tell you everything you need to know about 2022 and the big red rape coming.

Yes, another impactful, intriguing primary day. Trump's impact felt from Texas to South Carolina to Nevada. We're going to look at his record and the stunning flip in Texas. Number one. Problem is.

Republicans in Congress are doing everything they can.

So stop my plans to bring down costs on ordinary families. That's why my plan is not finished. and why the results aren't finished either. Jobs are back, but prices are still too high. Yeah, that's the president.

So inspirational. His term is in free fall, especially as it relates to the economy. He takes to the mic to throw shade everywhere, specifically at Trump and the GOP. And breaking this morning, Biden sent a letter to the heads of seven oil companies threatening to use emergency powers if they don't increase output at refineries. I'll break it all down.

And unbelievable for him to do this.

So I'm reading the letter, and they're all the same.

So I'm reading one of them. He basically says, listen, Oil was $120 a barrel and gas was $425, which is the problem. The problem is we haven't built a refinery since the 70s. The problem is we don't have any more refinery capacity.

So He brings up the fact that every time he's on stage, he brings up Vladimir Putin and the Putin price hike. He writes in this letter, There's no question that Vladimir Putin is principally responsible for the intense financial pain the American people and their families are bearing. That is not true, as usual. But amid a war that has raised gasoline prices $1.70 historically high refinery profit margins are worsening the pain.

So he says, I'll threaten to use the Defense Production Act if you don't refine more oil and gas.

Now, it is incumbent on the oil and gas companies to fire back. Because he's talking about that they're charging too much trying to make a profit. Fact. They have been told for the last six years, stop investing in fossil fuels.

So, Blackstone and all these other major investment firms aren't.

So, they're not able to keep up. When the pandemic hit, you had these huge tankers just laying out there in the Pacific, Indian, or the Atlantic Oceans. They couldn't even pull the port, losing a ton of money because nobody was using oil and gas, because we were all told just to go home. And now You want the oil and gas industry to ramp up because you're getting pounded in the polls. Incredible to me.

Making them the enemy. making Wall Street the bad guys. Here's the president yesterday, cut one. Since I would quite taught it to your help. Families are carrying less debt nationwide.

to have more savings nationwide. I don't want to hear any more of these lies. about reckless spending. We're changing people's lives. My plan for the economy, we've made extraordinary progress.

And we put America in a position to tackle a worldwide problem that's worse everywhere but here. He's just so out of his mind. He talks about inflation being high, but it's high everywhere. No, it's lower in the Eurozone, it's lower in South Korea, it's lower in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan have lower inflation. China, Saudi Arabia, I might have mentioned Israel, all have lower inflation.

Why is that? Because the president pumped all kinds of money into the economy when he didn't need it. As Larry Summers has said, and we keep quoting, we didn't need the rescue plan. He gave a whole bunch of extensions on unemployment insurance. He gave everybody more stimulus checks, and they all stayed home.

And he wrote a check from our checkbook at $1.9 trillion. He had no offsets for this money. He put it in there. Then he had the infrastructure bipartisan bill. It's got some positive qualities.

No offsets. Another $256 billion to the deficit. And now he's about to add more to the deficit. And more to our debt by forgiving student loans to a degree, all or some? He created 8 million jobs.

Are you kidding? We know you told everybody told to stay home. Only 15% of the workforce was working. Unemployment was at 14.6%. The fact that it was already coming down doesn't mean you created those jobs.

It means people were actually going back to work. It would have happened a lot quicker had you not done all the extensions. uh with uh all the All the extensions on the unemployment insurance and disability and everything like that. Cut five. Republicans like to portray me as some kind of big spender.

We have spent a lot of money. But let's compare the facts. Under my predecessor, The deficit exploded. rising every single year. and all the benefit going to the top one percent basically.

Under my plan, Last year We cut the deficit by $350 billion. Because through quantitative easing and between the stimulus that was written, over $6 trillion, of course, there was a bigger deficit. And when you stop the quantitative easing and when you stop printing money, because thankfully Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinneman stood up and said, we're not putting $5 trillion into Build Back Better. We're not even doing $2 trillion. The deficit came down because we were no longer spending in emergency fashion shanks to the China virus that you don't want investigated.

Investment fund managers now look at the economy said over the next year, eighty three percent expect sluggish growth. Seventy three percent expect a weaker economy over the next twelve months. And then there's people Who Or no holes, bars, pull, no punch-ins. Peter Schiff. Who says hello recession cut eight?

The Fed is so far behind the curve, it can't even see it. You know, we actually have to get interest rates above the rate of inflation. We need positive real interest rates. But thanks to the Federal Reserve, everybody has so much debt that we can't afford to pay an interest rate high enough to fight inflation. But it is going to be high enough to cause a massive recession and another financial crisis that's worse than the one we had in 2008.

Yeah, Mr. President, you've affected everybody's lives, almost all of it for the better. For the worse. I wish it was for the better. I'm not even sure you wanted it to be for the better because you have this goal of green technology, green energy.

But it's not there, it's not ready. John Kerry is speaking maybe what's on your mind by saying that, landing in his private jet somewhere, or if he's not out in his yacht. Or windsurfing, he's saying how great it is that we're going to be switching to a clean economy. News for you. We're not there yet.

Gas prices up 106% year to year. You can't tell me that doesn't affect everybody listening.

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Well, it shows that hard work, honesty, sticking true to your principles and your values, and hustling. We pulled out a win last night. It was decisive by eight points. It was an exciting night, but it just proved you can have this dream, you can set some goals, you can work hard, and you can achieve it no matter what. And that's something the Citadel taught me: overcoming obstacles, overcoming challenges, overcoming any adversity that's been thrown my way in life.

I've had a lot of second chances, and I've learned from those second chances, and it was an awesome night last night.

Well, that is Nancy Mace obviously happy after her challenge. Errington gave her quite a run, but she ends up prevailing despite the fact that Donald Trump came out against her.

So, congratulations, but he did come out and congratulate her after she won. She said this. And by the way, Nikki Haley endorsed Nancy Mace, said from President Donald J. Trump, Katie Harrington Arrington was a long shot. She ran a great race and way overperformed.

Congrats to Nancy Mace. Who should easily be able to defeat the Democratic opponent? Joining us now is Ronna McDaniel, RNC chair. Ronna, welcome back. Great to be with you.

Thanks for having me, Brian. Were you surprised that Nancy Mace overcame a push by Donald Trump and retained her seat? the polls were showing her ahead all along, and I think the power of incumbency makes a difference. And Nancy is right, she's a hustler. Yes, I've had her on my podcast.

I mean, she's she has an amazing story of dropping out of high school, working at the Waffle House. Being the first woman to enter the citadel. And she worked incredibly hard. And I think President Trump. endorsing her and saying good luck after the fact and and being magnanimous.

uh bodes well for her success in in the fall as well. Wow, that's interesting. The other person, not nearly as fortunate, is Tom Rice, the incumbent of South Carolina. He was hammered by Russell Frye. He lost by 25 points.

Tom Rice voted for impeachment. Your view? Yes, I think there's a difference. I mean, Nancy Mace didn't run against Trump during her whole primary. Tom Rice did.

You voted him for impeachment, but then he talked about it the whole time as he was running in this primary. And I think Republicans didn't want to hear that. And Russell Fry did a great campaign and pulled off the victory.

Well, let's talk about something that's really intriguing. It's got to really rattle Democrats. In South Texas, Myra Flores flipped that seat to a Republican, a Mexican-born Republican wins in an area that's 84% Democrat that the Democrat took with 84% of the vote last time. What do you take from this? It's huge, and it's a precursor of things that we think are to come in Hispanic communities across the country.

Brian, in twenty twenty one, we won a McAllen Mayor's Race in the same area, the Rio Grande Valley, with Hidalgo County being a key county that put us over the edge. The RNC has had a community center in the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen For over a year, that's where Myra Flores. Had her headquarters, and a lot of her work was being done out of there. She was a fantastic candidate. Her husband's a border agent.

She ran on conservative values. And she pulled off the victory at Hidalgo was a big part of it. She won a county called Cameron County. We were watching it all night. We never expected her to win that county.

It usually goes for the Democrats by double digits. And the early voting was heavy Democrat. And it means that Democrats crossed over and voted Republican. Democrats should be very, very worried about what we're seeing with Hispanic voters. And it makes sense because Republicans stand for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, hard work, good education.

And these are things, especially in this economy right now with inflation and high gas. That are really resonating with Hispanic voters across the country. Very interesting. There's so much to go on. If you want to see a seat flip, In four Republicans in the Senate, it might be Nevada.

Adam Laxalt and Reno, he ends up winning. Are you convinced that he gives you the Republicans the best shot? I do. You know, Adam has a statewide name ID. He was the Attorney General in Nevada.

And we're seeing a shift in Nevada. We also have three very competitive House races there.

So if we win those three, that's three of the five we need to take back the house. Adam is one. That we need to take back the Senate. We only need one to take back the Senate. And of course, we have a really great gubernatorial candidate in Sheriff Lombardo.

So Nevada looks really good. Nevada is a tough state right now because all their ballots this cycle were mail ballots. It's the first time that's ever happened.

So that's gonna put us on In a situation where we have to do a lot of work in November to make sure we get those ballots returned for the general. Yeah, I think that would be incumbent. The January 6th trial, what we're watching, how do you think it's affecting the outcome of these primaries and maybe the general? Not at all. People already have their opinions about January 6th.

It happened a year and a half ago. First of all, we all know the violence at the Capitol was deplorable. We hate it. I'm going to use a Hillary Clinton word there. We don't agree with that.

And there's going to be law enforcement. Law enforcement's taking action on those individuals. But this is a circus. They don't have minority representation. The Republicans weren't allowed to appoint their members to this committee, which has never happened in the history of the Congress.

And then to put it in prime time, when we have a baby formula shortage, when we have gas prices at $5, when we have inflation now at 8.6. It shows that the Democrats, even though they have the Senate, the House, And the White House aren't interested in doing anything for the American people. This is just lights, camera, distraction, and people are seeing through it.

So, the other big story, you got the bipartisan infrastructure deal was done despite the president. Most Republicans didn't sign up for it, but 10 did. And now you have this gun legislation that Mitch McConnell told Corning, go in there and work something out. And there's a lot of stuff left out. There's a lot of stuff that is in.

Gun owners really don't want any limitations. Here's what Senator Mitch McConnell said about the outline that came forward, Cut 32. Senator Cornyn, who as you know, I asked to be the point person on our side to see if we could. come to uh an outcome after these horrible school shootings. And his teammates indicated, as you have reported.

A coming together becomes behind a framework which hopefully can be turned into legislative language. And passed. For myself, I'm comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ends up. reflecting What? The framework.

So he talks so slow, we don't have that much time, but you know he's supportive of it, Rana. Are you from what you've seen? Yeah, I don't love getting into policy before I see the final thing, and that's not what the RNC does. But what I will say is. The things that I am seeing, I think the Republican voters will very much support, like shoring up the schools, getting more security at the schools, things for mental health that we know we have a mental health pandemic, especially with teenage boys right now coming out of this pandemic.

Tons of kids have mental health issues because they were locked up for two years and the isolation and other issues that we know kids are dealing with.

So I think I've talked to a lot of Republican senators who've told me they feel comfortable with it, but we have to see the final product before we. Say anything definitive.

So when you look at the President's term, I think he lost thirteen races, over a hundred wins, many of which some of a lot of which were just incumbents, or like Tim Scott running unopposed. But what do you think of that record? What does it tell people is the power of the President to this point for the primary season? I think it's a tremendous power because there's nobody on either side of the aisle that can go into a race and just change it through an endorsement besides Donald Trump. You look at JD Vance, you look at Mehmet Oz, You look at Ted Budd.

Ted Budd had a very competitive primary against Pat McCrory. I don't think there's anybody else who has that type of sway, and it shows uh the power of Donald Trump. I do think incumbents Have been able to withhold that if he's endorsed against an incumbent. But the bottom line is he's going to be a critical factor in turning out the vote for November, and we need him to help make sure we take back the House in the Senate. Rhonda McDaniel, RNC Chair.

Thanks so much, Ronna. Big night last night. Thanks for getting up early with us. Thanks, Brian. All right.

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It's Brian Killmeade. I respect and I understand their opinions. And I understand that They have um strong feelings and strong emotions regarding This choice? And I certainly respect them. Respect that um I respect that.

That was a rattled Phil Mickelson dealing with the aftermath of him deciding to play on the live tour. First stop was in London. Welcome back, everyone. This is Brian Kilmead. If you're smart enough to be watching Fox Nation, you see Clay Travis, familiar face here on the network.

He's with the channel and also the founder of Outkick, which is part of the Fox family now. And I actually had a chance to see Outkick set up at the USFL. I was in Birmingham over the weekend. Oh, yeah, yeah. And I saw that you guys are rolling, got a chance to see Gary Schreier, who was talking about how you guys are rolling out major programming.

Yes. And I want to talk about that, but just on this, Clay, it was so fortuitous for us you hear. I'm I'm fascinated by the backlash that Phil Mickelson's getting. Because he decided to go to the Saudi back league. Are you?

I'm not surprised that there's a backlash because this all started when Phil Mickelson spoke out and let it be known that he was aware of what had happened with the Washington Post reporter, with the pariah state, as it were. Yes, that's right. That entire storyline. And so it made him an easy target because sometimes athletes can just play dumb and say, hey, I'm not a geopolitical expert, and it allows them to avoid a little bit of criticism. But.

In the context in which most sports media have covered most sports-related controversies involving foreign affairs, this did surprise me. And let me explain why. The NBA certainly has been the wokest of woke sports leagues in the United States. Slogans on the jerseys, the decisions to not stand for the national anthem, outspoken coaches, players, everybody on a variety of different political issues all from the left-wing perspective. Yet China Which is a multi-billion dollar partner of the NBA, rejects and repudiates basic human rights, as you well know, with what's going on in Jinjang province, with what's going on with the Uyghurs.

And almost no one in the NBA media will even raise this as an issue. And so the precedent that had been set was: we're not really going to grill anybody. And then Phil Mickelson kind of stepped in it with that quote. And from there, everybody else has been attacked.

Now, my big theory. That I have shared that I believe is going on here is: I think the PGA Tour is using the media to do their dirty work.

So, they want to go after the Live Tour as a competitor. They see the biggest attack angle as being the Saudi connection. And so, they are constantly feeding all of these American news media and international news media as well, negative stories. And that's leading to fairly confrontational press conferences as each of these guys join. I do think it fades quickly because how long can you ask them about these questions?

Sooner or later, everybody kind of reacts like Brooks Kepka did. I don't know if you saw this. He hasn't left for the live tour, but the U.S. Open is going on. He kind of threw up his hand.

He said, guys, I'm tired of talking about this. And I think that's where most golf fans and certainly sports fans are right now.

Well, Murray McElroy fueled it over the weekend. He wins this tournament in Canada. It's his 22nd tournament, going ahead of Greg Norman, who founded it. I have enough money in my life to retire now. I'm not all about money.

I talked to my wife about that. But I think there's something about Mickelson. But just to qualify this even further, listen, I was on the air in 9-11. No one has to explain to me radical Islam. I get it.

If you're at Fox and don't understand bin Laden, ISIS, everybody that was in Bazar Cowie, everybody that was linked to Saudi Arabia and other nations around there, you'd have to be living under a rock or be totally disinterested.

So the 9-11 families came out to condemn it. But I would say this. And by the way, I know so many of these 9-11 families have become staples and around Fox in this building. And you'll find that as we come up on the anniversary this year, we're marking the devastating attack. We combined with Saudi Arabia on the Abraham Accords.

We gave them missile defense to protect them against Iran. We are working with them and now begging them next month in two weeks, perhaps in July, to pump more oil. We have relations with them as it relates to, we provide them protection against Yemeni rockets that come in from the Houthi rebels. We've been dealing with them and their, I think, many terms, many ways, abhorrent regime since FDR.

So. Why is this your line in the sand?

Well, I think that's a fantastic question. And also, why is the sports media holding golfers to a higher and more aggressive standard than Joe Biden himself is being held to, right? I mean, he called Saudi Arabia a pariah state. If the media is going to go after someone, then I think Joe Biden would be the one to focus all your ire on not as much golfers who, as we said earlier, are certainly not geopolitical experts when it comes to international affairs and relations. Clay, I did not know this until some of this research has been dug up late to find out the relevance.

But do you know the PGA told their golfers to go along to the Saudi international tournament? As long as they came back and played in the ATT Beach, they didn't have a problem with that. And I'm sure you know that Europe, the European Tour, has taken Saudi money in the past. And I guess Callaway, Titalis. Uh ping.

As well as Nike, do huge business in China, as well as the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

So, excuse me, I'm not against 9/11 families, but I just think Phil Mickelson's an easy target. He comes out and says, I lost $200 million gambling. You know, he's the counter to Tiger Woods for the longest time. Yeah, he speaks out. Remember that time he got in trouble for saying, I'm going to go to a different state because I'm tired of playing California tax?

Yes. And he got in trouble for that. Yeah, look, I think Phil Mickelson is an easy target. I also think maybe I'm just already used to it because the thing that almost no one is discussing is. Has no one been paying attention to high-level soccer for the last 20 years?

I mean, Saudi oligarchs have gone into the English Premier League and other top European soccer federations and bought up some of the biggest and best franchises in those leagues and then started to pay all of these top players outlandish salaries that nobody else was making beforehand, driving up the overall amount that soccer players are going to make.

So my point on that is I haven't seen Messi or Ronaldo or a lot of the top English Premier League and European soccer stars being criticized for their affiliation with the Saudi oil money in that way either. And I I think it's maybe just a delayed reaction in my mind that this is where we are right now.

So, yeah, I think that's, I think you made a really good point. Also, Bramovich, the oligarch, tight with Russia. Yeah, he was a little bit of a secret, and they made him basically sell it finally. But there's tons of Russian prior to the invasion of Ukraine. Those guys were laundering money like crazy by buying big time cells.

Because London was the best place to go. Oh, yeah. Manchester City is owned by an Arab sheik. You know, where the World Cup is going to be in Qatar, it's illegal to be gay. You could be arrested, jailed, or thrown off a building, I understand.

You mentioned Brooks Kepka. We have that. Cut 20. I'm ready to play U.S. Open.

I think it kind of sucks too. Y'all are throwing this black cloud over the U.S. Open. And I mean, it's one of my favorite events, and I don't know why you guys keep doing that, but you know, the more likes you give it, the more you keep talking about it. I don't understand.

I'm trying to focus on the U.S. Open, man. Like, I legitimately don't get it. I'm tired of the conversations and tired of all this stuff. Y'all are throwing a black cloud on the U.S.

Open. I think that sucks. I actually do feel bad for him for once. I mean, it's a situation. We're here to play, and you're talking about some event that happened last week.

Well, there's events going to be going on now for the next foreseeable future. I know, but you can't drive a car looking in the rearview mirror, can you? I mean, that's the way a lot of athletes think. You know, I mean, one of the reasons, Brian, we've had so much success at Outkick is. There is such a left Far left, I would say.

slant from the sports media. That's a lot of these coaches and players just kind of throw up their hands and say, Man, I'm here to play golf. I'm not necessarily here to opine on the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia and how that impacts the live tour, right? And there's this idea out there because.

Far left-wing sports writers want their political opinions to be shared. I think, I think, this is where it comes from. I think there's a lot of guys who go into sports media that are insecure about whether they're real journalists because you're writing and talking about sports for a living. And I think this is when they decide: oh, I've got to bow up and be serious on this topic instead of talking about whether a guy deserves a hundred million dollar contract or not.

Now, I'm going to be an expert on the Live Tour and whether guys should be playing in Saudi Arabia-related issues. And so, I think this line of questioning is often elemental insecurity on behalf of many people in the sports media who also want their left-wing political opinions out there. Clay Travis here from Outkick. Last one, just to go full circle, here's a. A Foreign Business Council chairman, I think he is, Richard Haas, weighing in on why this is different.

It is just about the money. No matter how they dress it up, it is. I think the reasons for President Biden to go to Saudi Arabia this summer are, shall we say, more worthy. You've got the common concern about Iran's nuclear program. You've got the possibility of Saudi Arabia following suit with other countries and creating peaceful relations with Israel.

We need greater Saudi output on oil. We want the Saudis to extend the ceasefire in the war in Yemen. We could probably get some political human rights promises from the Saudis about the future.

So I think there's a legitimate reason for having a relationship with Saudi Arabia if you're the President of the United States. Is there a legitimate reason for Phil Mickelson to have this relationship with Saudi Arabia or for Greg Norman to? No, there's no serious purpose for it. Again, this is simply greed, no more, no less. I just, I mean, what is he talking about?

Yes, the president's relationship with Saudi Arabia is more serious than a golfer's relationship with Saudi Arabia, but. If China bought the NBA. And let's be honest, you know, it kind of feels like China has bought the NBA. But let's just pretend that all 30 NBA franchises were suddenly purchased by China, or if China bought Endeavour's ownership of the UFC or the WWE or whatever it is. Is the argument that if a country we don't like is involved in owning a sports league, that American athletes aren't allowed to be employed there?

I mean, this is, I think, a legitimate question. I mean, let's use the UFC as an example, right? People who love the UFC, Endeavor owns it right now, but like anything, it's for sale, right? If the price is right, I imagine.

So if someone offered a wildly exorbitant amount for the UFC, Are we saying that American fighters shouldn't be participating in UFC events because it's owned by China or Saudi Arabia or some other country that we don't have great relations with all the time? That seems nonsensical to me. Absolutely. Clay, we're going to hold on. I know you're not used to doing breaks because a lot of times the Yao kicks a podcast, right?

Yeah, but I've also got the Clay and Buck show.

So you understand Bray. Yeah, I understand the concept. All right, we're going to come back. We've got to make money. I do want you to weigh in on NIL.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, 100%. All right. Clay Travis here. Don't move.

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Clay, Tommy Laren is getting a show on your channel. Talk about where it's heading, Outkick. I'm excited. You know, Fox bought Outkick last year, almost exactly to this day. They officially announced it, and we got the deal done.

And we have, so if you've never heard of Outkick and you are remotely a sports fan, but you sometimes throw your hands up in the air and say, I can't believe this woke universe is driving me crazy. You will love Outkick. And so Tommy is the newest edition. We're going to have. By next year, my plan is, I hope, to have 6 a.m.

to 7 p.m. live streaming shows. And Tommy's new show, which I'm excited about, launches on Monday. And it'll be Tommy Larin is fearless. She's going to have great guests, fantastic studio.

I live in Nashville, built it out for her. It's going to be great. Debuts on Monday. She's going to do multiple shows a week for us. We've got a lot of fantastic programming.

You'll also soon be able to stream it all through Outkick.com. It's going to be great. And you got Bobby Barak, right? Oh, we've got. Look, Bobby Barack, you may have had him on the uh your show before.

I know you have. I mean, he's a super young, talented guy. Uh Joe Kenzie, Armando Salghero, who a lot of people will know covering the NFL. Uh we have got a uh A bevy of talented guys that are coming in and girls that are going to be producing.

Some content that I'm really excited about.

So, we're talking to Clay, and Clay, you could talk about everything, but I just got to talk to you about another area of expertise, which is sports and how it's going to be different this year. I mean, you did a college tour last year. You did a tailgate party, right? But name, image, and likeness is basically. We already thought if you were wanted to transfer, this transfer portal was chain making free agents into everyone.

Joe Burroughs is now playing at Ohio State, goes into the transfer portal, ends up being maybe one of the finest young quarterbacks the NFL has seen in 20 years. But he was stuck on the bench.

So they got a little bit of freedom. But now with the NIL, name, image, and likeness. What is it going to do for the balance of power and what we see on T V? I think it's going to be a seismic change. The description that I've used is basically the Berlin Wall came down in college athletics.

And what I mean by that example is when the Berlin Wall came down, suddenly Germany went full capitalist. And what's happened is a raw, unvarnished capitalism now exists in college sports, where before it did not. And so you are going to have top players, recruits, and then players who proved themselves in college able to sell their labor basically as free agents to many of these different schools out there.

So. The rich, and I mean the rich boosters, are going to be able to dictate. The quality of talent that is coming into schools on a level that we've never seen before.

So I'm a billionaire who went to Texas AM, and Clay Travis is his hotshot senior in high school. He lands in Texas, and he's and you greet him. Yep. And The boosters greet him and they let him know what? He's got a dealership deal.

He's going to have a sneaker deal. We've got other guys that own, I'll make you a part owner of a steakhouse. Yeah, I mean, look, what could end up. Tex AM has everybody, right? Yeah, Tex AM is doing great.

Texas is doing great. University of Tennessee is doing really well. Basically, it's coming down to how many billionaires are big fans of your school. And Look, I. There's got to be rules, though.

Why didn't they come up with some rules?

Well, the NCAA got destroyed in the Supreme Court because basically what they determined was there was an antitrust violation when you're telling a kid all you can get is a scholarship and you're not allowed to make any more money off your talent. And so the NCAA got destroyed to such an extent legally that I think they're terrified to try and implement any rules.

So right now we're in the Wild West. I've written and talked about what I believe is a basic huge paradigm shift. As I said, the Berlin Wall coming down in college athletics. At some point, there's going to have to be rules put in place in some magnitude. Because look, I mean, what could happen?

Let's pretend Elon Musk, instead of deciding to buy Twitter, the richest man in the world, was a huge fan of a particular college. University of Florida. Yeah, let's say he's a University of Florida fan, and he says, I'm going to give a billion dollars to this NIL fund, and we're going to buy every single year. Everybody who signs with Florida is gonna get a million dollars to represent NIL. Remember, NIL doesn't mean you have to make money, right?

There's lots of guys out there who can run businesses and lose money on it. And so, in theory, you could have a situation, you can only sign 85 scholarship players for football, where every single one of them is making $2 million a year to play at Florida because a billionaire decided he wants the best possible team.

Well, then that's why the NFL has collective bargaining agreements, right? Because otherwise, the richest owners would be able to sign all the best players, and competitive balance would be severely curtailed. And so, that is what is going on now. I think that a lot of people are suddenly realizing: wait a minute, we have free agency. On a level, there's look, Brian, there are guys in college athletics who will make more money than they would as pros.

Right. Uh, and I don't think people have thought about this and really understand all of the permutations and outcomes that are in play now. And it just, you know, come one, come all, at least for five years for the Purdue's, the Syracuses, the ones that aren't the high-profile. If you have a rich booster, you could elevate, or if you don't, you could fall very quickly. And if Clay graduated from your school, you're in luck because this guy is a billionaire.

Thanks, Clay. Appreciate y'all. Live from the Fox News Radio Studios in New York City, fresh off the set of Fox and Friends, it's America's receptive voice. Brian Killmead. Thanks so much for being here, everybody.

It's the Brian Kilmey Show coming to you from Midtown Manhattan, or to heard around the country. Heard around the world. Liz Peake is here. She is a Fox News contributor, columnist overfoxnews.com and The Hill. She's going to provide some much-needed insight on the realities of the economy, as well as provide what's going on with the president's big letter to all these oil companies, basically threatening them, bring the price down or else.

And then Julie Bender is at the bottom of the arrow.

So let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. To me, what they represent is capitalism. Look, the Live Tour is offering them more money. The PGA can't compete.

I don't begrudge them taking that opportunity. They're still going to be able theoretically to play in the majors. And this Live Tour versus PGA battle, to me, is one of the more intriguing in the world of sport. Yeah, there you go. The Saudi sports washing, so to speak, the live tour and the hypocrisy that goes along with it.

I'm not a fan of their government, but Phil Mickelson should not be taking the fall unless, of course, you're going to bring down LeBron, the PGA, and FIFA and our government along with him. They all do business with evil regimes without paying any price. Why should Phil? Number two. She's a Republican.

She's a conservative. They tried to tie her as an ultra-mAGA, right-wing extremist. And of course, they're going to call her a sexist and a racist. Her name is Myra Flores. Those two words alone tell you everything you need to know about 2022 and the big red rape coming.

Yep, another impactful, intriguing primary day. Donald Trump's impact felt from Texas to South Carolina to Nevada. We're going to look at that record and the stunning flip in Texas. Number one. Problem is.

Republicans in Congress are doing everything they can.

So stop my plans to bring down costs on ordinary families. That's why my plan is not finished. and why the results aren't finished either. Jobs are back. But prices are still too high.

Yep, with President Biden's term in free fall, especially as it relates to the economy, he takes to the mic to throw shade everywhere, specifically at Donald Trump, the GOP, and breaking this morning, Biden sent a letter to heads of seven major oil companies threatening to use emergency powers if they don't increase output at refineries. Does that even make sense? I'll break it down. But first, let's officially bring in Liz Peak. Liz, thanks for coming in.

Good morning. I'm happy to join you. Yeah, so I just handed you that letter a moment ago. And essentially, if I do summarize correctly, it is: hey, oil's high. I get it.

But refinery capacity, they're making all the money.

So find a way to get the refinery price down because oil is $120 a barrel, but gas should not be close to $10 a gallon. It should be more like $425. Is he right? Look, I think he's desperate. That's what we know.

And I haven't had a chance to really read this entire letter. But the argument is refinery margins are too high, and so you need to produce more product to bring those margins down. I think any sensible business-oriented person, which Joe Biden is clearly not, would realize that if refinery margins are extremely high, the oil companies are refining every drop of oil they can get their hands on because that makes their profit margin and their bottom line look better.

So, look, I think this is a prequel to Biden trying to push for a windfall profits tax or some other measure that signals to the American people that he is mad about gas prices. He's doing everything he can, including beating up on oil companies, because, after all, none of it is his fault. Remember that. Instead, it's the Republicans' fault, and Putin's fault, and everybody else's fault, including the oil companies. And look, we've been here before.

This is just sort of stupid policymaking.

Well, I want you to hear a little bit of the best of his speech, which was way off the mark on so many facts. Cut one. Since I took office, did your help? Families are carrying less debt nationwide. They have more savings nationwide.

Let's just pause right there. Is that true? No, no, and no. Debt is actually going up, and also consumer savings are going down. And that's been in place for a couple of months.

So I don't know whether his team is just behind the curve or he thinks he can just get away with lying to the American people. Bizarre.

So let's just play the rest of that, Eric. Any more of these lies? about reckless spending. We're changing people's lives. In my plan for the economy, we've made extraordinary progress.

And we put America in a position. to tackle a worldwide problem is worse everywhere but here. Is that true? Inflation and things are worse everywhere but here? No.

Because I see that inflation is lower in the Eurozone, lower in South Korea significantly, in almost half of ours. Australia, China, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Germany. Yeah. And by the way, some of those countries have less oil and gas indigenously than we do.

So you would sort of imagine that America would be better off, but we are not. And going back to the American Rescue Plan, I think people are waking up to the fact that the Democrats' $2 trillion excess spending in 2021 really ignited inflation. You go back and look at the numbers, it's completely clear that that's what happened. You ladled out $1,400 to every American, expanded the child welfare tax, all these things, and it came home to roost in terms of immediately inflation beginning to tick up.

So I think that he is very defensive about that. And why should he be so defensive about the American Rescue Plan? One, it was passed only with Democrats. Votes. Two, an awful lot of people at the time, including apparently Janet Yellen, said, hmm, maybe this is too much on top of already spending $5 trillion.

Maybe we should whittle this down. And three, Brian, he has no other answers to all of our country's problems than spending more money. What does he want to do about inflation? Spend another $3 to $5 trillion on Build Back Better. It's insanity.

And I think basically the entire country knows it. Cut five. Republicans like to portray me as some kind of big spender. We have spent a lot of money. Let's compare the facts.

Under my predecessor, The deficit exploded. rising every single year. and all the benefit going to the top 1% basically. Under my plan, Last year, We cut the deficit by $350 billion.

Now, how did he do that? By spending so much the year before that all you have to do is make even the most modest cutbacks in spending that the deficit has improved. You know, again, this is just malarkey, he would call it. But I just don't think American voters are this stupid. They know that the numbers are worse.

They know we had a blowout of spending under Joe Biden. And unfortunately, now we're paying the price for that. Yeah, I had no idea he was going to focus on the deficit, but that's what he focused on. Also, he does not talk about the cost of extending everyone's unemployment insurance, extending everyone's amnesty when it comes to rent.

So all of a sudden, there's no rush to get back into the workforce.

So there's 11 million open jobs right now, 7 million unemployed. The numbers are remarkably low. And even though wages are going up, it's not keeping up with inflation. Does he not think we could do that basic math? I think he doesn't, and he can't, apparently, because he keeps uttering these falsehoods.

But you bring up a good point, which we don't talk about enough. It wasn't just fueling demand for scarce goods that came out of the American Rescue Plan. It was also keeping people on the sidelines instead of going back to work.

So you had this big boom in demand, and then the supply side shrank because, to your point, we didn't get back the workers. By the way, we're still not back there. That's the amazing thing. There's still hundreds of thousands, fewer people in the workplace now than pre-COVID. Why should that be?

You know, look, studies have been done to show that you could get 85% of your pre-COVID income doing nothing because of all those benefits and the moratoriums and so forth. And by the way, not paying your student debt is another reason people don't have to go back to work. All these things piled up to create a labor shortage. And you never hear Democrats talk about this because they don't really want people working. They want people dependent on the state.

They want to be able to go around, as they are now doing, with the American Rescue Plan, hundreds of billions of dollars, meeting it out to various communities and guaranteeing their vote.

Well, you know how Liz peaks our guest, of course, Liz, a Fox News contributor, commerce for FoxNews.com and The Hill. And Liz, but the thing is, fundamentally, America is based on competition. It's based on competing against somebody else to be better. And if not, be in worker, be the best worker you can be. If you flatten the playing field and you take out innovation, we're not the same country.

And entrepreneurship. Agreed. There are just an awful lot of things wrong. But actually, a lot of this is an echo, I'd say an enhanced echo from Obama's era. Obama was anti-business, really, and all the red tape, regulations, higher taxes, all those things created the slowest recovery from a recession in our history.

Please, Lord, make sure this doesn't happen again because we are on the same path right now.

So here is what Pete Buttijudge said about another area of expertise, and that's oil, cut nine. It's been very striking right now. To see these oil companies who have become almost ridiculously profitable, and you hear these oil executives on the record talking about how they are not going to increase production. Why would they? They are doing great right now.

It is why the President has called for a use-it-or-lose-it policy, where if you are sitting on these thousands of permits, like these oil executives have been, and you are not doing anything with them, then you are going to be held accountable for that.

Now, so far, congressional Republicans have blocked action to do something like that, but we think that's another step that would make a difference among the many, many steps the President's already taken.

So, it is the oil company's fault, right? Do you want to break that down?

Well, it's the oil company's fault because they have a lot of acreage under lease and they're not drilling. You might go back to the beginning of the Biden administration when they actually froze drilling permits. And by the way, the Interior Secretary, Deb Halen, basically has been called out for judge for not abiding by the law. The law says you have to hand out these billing permits for companies to be able to take advantage of the Advantage of the acreage they have under lease. Look, there is acreage under lease.

It's not totally the acreage that the oil industry wants. Rig count is going up in the United States. It's up over 40 percent year over year, and production is increasing. But we had a big hiccup post-Trump in terms of production going down because oil prices plummeted, and that always happens. There are a lot of small companies in this business, not just the giants.

They cut back on investment. But the bigger picture is every big lending institution, every big investment company, and the federal government and the Democratic Party are all telling oil companies: your future is limited. We're going to put you out of business. Remember, that was a Joe Biden quote: We're going to put fossil fuels out of business.

So, why, if you're a smart person and it's going to take 15 years, 10 to 15 years, to recoup your money in a big oil platform or oil field offshore or something, why would you spend that money if they're telling you you're going to be out of business? Investment firms were told, be politically correct. Do not invest in these fossil fuel companies.

So, guess what? They turned around and said, excuse me, you want me to go give you a windfall profit tax. Did anyone give me money when everyone stopped using oil and gas? And when the price dropped under $50 a barrel, when you lose money, here come the layoffs. No one really was shedding a tear for them then.

No. And Brian, I do think we should mention just in passing that Joe Biden is now going to go to Saudi Arabia, a country that he totally dismissed and insulted, and meet with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince who runs that country, even though he's called him a thug and a killer, hat in hand, because guess what? There are two countries on earth that can increase production: the UAE, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. On multiple occasions in the last year, they've refused to do that because he has so insulted them.

So not only is he beating up on our industry, causing problems in America. American output and not encouraging it. By the way, he hasn't yet called in the oil company guys and said, hey, look, whatever you need, let's expand production as fast as possible. What can I do? Instead, they're putting on methane, new methane regulations that increase the cost of production.

They've, as I mentioned earlier, held back on permitting, et cetera. Why hasn't he done that? Why hasn't he convened, you know, like he did with the automakers, kind of a White House powwow to say, let's drill more oil? It's because the climate zealots in the White House refuse to do that. Climate zealots, and that's what he's about.

I'm just seeing this other report that he's pushing the big tech companies to stop publishing anti-climate change information. Unbelievable. As if it is settled science, as if those two words go together, settled in science. Liz Peake here. Liz, do you have some time to join me right after the break?

Sure.

Okay, great.

So Liz is going to stick around. Then Julie Bender is right after that. You listen to the Brian Kilmean Show. When we come back, we are going to talk about the big push right now for this administration to put all the pressure on the on Build Back Betters. They want to get something going on that and to raise taxes on those horrible people that earn the most.

Expanding your knowledge base. It's the Brian Killmeat Show. If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmead. The Fed is so far behind the curve, it can't even see it.

You know, we actually have to get interest rates above the rate of inflation. We need positive real interest rates. But thanks to the Federal Reserve, everybody has so much debt that we can't afford to pay an interest rate high enough to fight inflation. But it is going to be high enough to cause a massive recession and another financial crisis that's worse than the one we had in 2008. Wow, that's scary.

Peter Schiff, you know him. You certainly know his name is Euro Pacific Capital. On with Laura Ingram last night, Liz Peake is here. Liz, your reaction to his assessment that is a recession that's going to hurt more than 08? I hope not.

I'd say I am pretty bearish on the outlook right now because I think the Fed is totally behind the curve. I think he is totally right and are going to have to be aggressive. We are going to know today just how aggressive they want to be up front. What do you mean what's happened to the Fed is going to make it announcement today?

Well, the Fed is going to make an announcement today about how much they are hiking rates. It was supposed to be a 50 basis point increase, and now they are looking at 75 because the inflation number Friday was so terrible. Today, we also had bad retail sales numbers for May, so maybe that's going to temper their thinking. But I think it's already set in stone that they may become more aggressive. And that's, I think, why the market is up.

I mean, that's sort of an interesting assessment that traders are thinking, okay, if the Fed gets aggressive, why would that be good for market? Because it shortens the recovery time, if you will. We will begin in the next two or three months to look beyond what recession may come, et cetera. But obviously, the numbers are not good. We are starting to see the job market fray.

Around the edges. That is the one thing that has been extremely strong. Joe Biden's right. We have a very strong job market. If that begins to deteriorate, I think consumers get even more anxious than they are today.

The most shocking number last week was not inflation, in my view. It was the consumer sentiment number, which went from 58 foreign May to 50. Absolutely an all-time historic low. What does that mean? It's a reading on how positive consumers are about their financial position, about the economy, about the outlook for the economy looking forward.

We have never had a lower reading. And I want you to think about that. We've not had a lower reading during wars and during riots and during the pandemic. All during those periods, consumers remained, if not upbeat, at least okay. 58 was not an upbeat number.

That's a recession-level number. 50 is like dire.

So that worries me. What I was going to say, though, is compared to 2008, the one thing I think you can take some solace in, and I'll probably regret saying this, is that I don't think, number one, the banks are in very good shape. The banking regulations that came into place after the big recession, the great recession they call it, actually meant that reserves are very high. That's a big deal. We're not going to have bank failures, knock on wood.

But there's almost always a bubble of some sort that explodes when the Fed starts strengthening. It's true. Is it crypto? Are we going to find that some hedge fund was over-leveraged on crypto and all of a sudden a whole lot of people go bust? You know, there's going to be something, probably.

Liz, thanks so much for being here. We need some insight because we do not need politicians telling us what they don't know on a regular basis. Appreciate it. Hey, thanks so much for having me. Great fun.

Julie Benderis, when we come back, who knows what she brings to the table or doesn't? Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Kill Me Show.

But I also think we have to separate what's going on in society from politics.

So, is it going to change politically? Hell yes, we're going to kick their butts. It's going to be an amazing red wave, not so much because the Republican Party is so perfect, but these guys have bungled everything you can imagine. The real question Michelle's talking about is: even if the voters revolt, Can you actually change all the insanity that's rolling through these institutions and through the schools? You know, I'm more dubious until we have a lot of political success.

Right. They're talking about the school systems. They're talking about the curriculum. We're talking about all these other things that are going on with local and state governments, let alone the federal government. And you had the President of the United States, President Trump, who was frustrated because a lot of things were not responding to the policies that he was trying to put in place.

Julie Benderis, Fox News anchor, said the house to host outnumbered in about 90 minutes. That's right. That's right. You're going to do my hair and makeup, so I'm ready in time. Yeah, well, I could do that, but I think you probably want a pro.

Right. Don't you want someone that majored in this in college or something? No, I suppose. Or took a course? I don't think there's a major for makeup in college, but sure, I'll take it.

Allison, would you look that up and find out if you can major in uh in makeup and hair?

Okay. Right. Maybe it's a maybe it's a separate trade school. But what about what Matchlap said? Do you think this is looking like a red wave?

Yes, I do. I think that the Republicans have. You know, a big advantage coming around this time. You know, first of all, Democrats have completely screwed up on every single level, from the economy to gas prices to every ounce of inflation that Americans are suffering through. And you know who's suffering the most?

The poor, the middle class, the lower middle class? They are the ones suffering because their wages cannot keep up with inflation.

So, for an administration that ran on the basis of that we are going to raise taxes for the rich and we are going to protect the poor, it's quite the opposite. The poor are the ones suffering the most, and the rich are actually doing quite well. All right. So, a couple of things happened yesterday. I think the most intriguing thing is what happened in Texas.

So, in Texas, they have a seat that's open because somebody resigned, and it's 84% Hispanic and one for the Republican. Yes. And this is maybe a canary in a coal mine for what could be happening for the future in politics. Yes. Because of what Joe Biden has done, for some reason, he has repulsed the Hispanic community.

Yeah. Myra Flores, she won the special primary election to finish the term of former Democratic Representative Vela. You know, first of all. 51-43 or 15-year-olds. It was a significant, significant win, and it says a lot about our immigration policy, first of all, because Hispanics alone are probably the most disgusted population demographic in this country with our immigration crisis.

Hispanics are seeing this administration as basically just giving the green light to illegal immigrants in this country, and they want it stopped.

So this is going to be a major red flag for Republicans, for Democrats moving forward, because Democrats don't stand a chance in border states like Texas.

So yeah, if you're a Democrat in Texas, kiss your seat. Goodbye. What about Nancy Mace overcomes anti-Trump movement? You know, they were Nancy Mace. Mace got on the bad side of Donald Trump when she was critical of him on January 6th, and she went out and endorsed Arrington.

So Arrington comes out, and she loses by about 10 points. Afterwards, President Trump says this: Katie Arrington was a long shot, but ran a great race and way overperformed. Congrats to Nancy Mace, who should easily be able to defeat the Democratic opponent.

So that is as close to a. A peace deal that Donald Trump would ever have. Nancy Mace, he was a big supporter. Jump ship. I sense that he might be coming back there.

Yeah. I think anyone that Trump is getting behind right now is going to succeed. I mean, it's just, I think the Trump era is coming back. I think that anyone who's running with his support is going to have a very strong chance of getting elected. It's also interesting that all those Republicans that ran against him, basically denouncing him for the January 6th riots, those Republicans that are Republicans that in fact voted toward impeachment, look what's happening to their seats.

Right. A couple of things. I think he's got of all the people he endorsed, some of which were really unopposed or no real opponent, 116 wins and about 13 losses.

So give or take, one or two on either side.

So he's got, he's got, shows he's got some political clout. I think the best example is J.D. Vance or Dr. Oz. The worst example is Senator Perdue didn't get close to Brian Kemp.

So his power is somewhat limited. How do you feel January 6th and the ongoing hearings? even though today's was canceled, plays into Donald Trump. I mean, you know, if you look at the primaries, it speaks volumes as to how Republicans who wanted Donald Trump impeached are now paying the price. In, let's see, South Carolina, his preferred candidate, easily ousted the five-term Congressman Tom Rice there, first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the president last year.

I mean, it's like, talk about getting bitten in the you-know-what. Can we say that word on radio? Yes. Okay, well, yeah. Just don't, can I say don't something where you eat?

Because that's another thing that's probably not. That would be a problem.

Okay, don't defecate where you eat, Republicans, because if you're going to turn your back on President Trump now, former President Trump, and now you're trying to get reelected, just remember that the Trump base, the very conservative, very loyal Trump base in this country, they have a very good memory. And they're not going to forget, you know, those Republicans that turn their back on the President Trump. And the one would be Liz Cheney. I mean, Liz Cheney's trailing by about 20 points against the Trump candidate. Yeah.

Yeah, that's another sign for Republicans. Liz Cheney, she also voted to impeach Trump, which has helped lead the House panel investigating the January 6th attack. She's facing a competitive primary, I guess, in August, right? From a Trump-backed challenger. And that's not going to look good for her either.

Well, that'll be, I mean, this is a conservative. Cheney is royalty in Wyoming. And for her to lose, it shows you the power of Trump. Huge, huge. But look, I mean, the other thing is, if you take a step back and you say the people that.

Think that Donald Trump acted poorly after January 6th, are his most loyal supporters, Ivanka? I mean, Jared Kushner, you have his campaign director, you also have you have Vice President Mike Pence. You you know, most of these people Were his most loyal supporters for four years.

So by Gliz Cheney doing this, I understand that she's disappointed. I understand Tom Rice's stance. I get it. But just know this: I think what happened with Liz Cheney is she went way over the top.

So she went over the top. She makes Adam Schiff seem like a Trump supporter.

So that's where I think the problem was. I mean, there was like, yeah, I cannot support what he did on January 6th, and I really look at him differently as opposed to, I will lead a campaign to stop him. Right. Yeah, I mean and and I I don't know what they were thinking when they were doing that because these people did want to like stay in office and conti considi continue their political careers, so I'm not really sure. I I think also that they were thinking that perhaps the rest of the country were gonna get behind them.

I don't think that they actually foresaw that the Republican base that Trump, you know, had garnered so much support from were actually going to Continue to support him after all of that.

So, Julie, about a few weeks ago, by the way, the Biden administration is sending some of their leadership down, saying they have some, to Capitol Hill to get together on the messaging. What the messaging is, that it's ultra-maga, number one. Number two is that inflation is everybody's got inflation, we're better off. And this whole thing is I'm cutting the deficit, and it's all because Donald Trump's tax increase for the rich led us to this prize.

So they want to start with all that. The ultra MAGA thing has been an epic bomb. Nobody minds it. In fact, Trump loves it. The MAGA king, he endorses it.

Listen to President Biden yesterday in Philadelphia, Cut 14. I believe in bipartisanship. But I have no illusions about this Republican Party, the MAGA Party. I've been able to bring some Republicans along on parts of my plan. But the fact is, Republicans in Congress are still in the grip of the ultra-mIGA agenda.

They still refuse to consider changing any part of the Trump tax cuts. which delivered massive windfalls to billionaires and others. And they weren't paid for. Yeah, you know, let him he's offering that advice. He's trying to grab Rick Scott's plan and say the Rick Scott says every five years we should we should reevaluate Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

But the president's interpreting as I'm going to run with this and say he's trying to get rid of it every five years, and it's not even the Republican plan. It's what Rick Scott put out. That's it. I know. And if he's going to sit here and complain about the former president's Trump taxes when he's been in office for two years, I mean, why don't you worry about your own administration?

Every time he mentions MAGA, I almost feel like he should, that's like a feather in Trump's cap, as far as I'm concerned. You know, I don't know if he's helping him. Help him sell hats. He's helping him. Yes, he's actually helping him literally sell hats.

Do you own a MAGA hat, by the way? I don't. I don't. I'm not a big hat guy. Oh, no.

You wouldn't want to mess up that hair. It's so fluffy. That's a good point. I used to wear it backwards for a while, but after a while, people are like, what are you doing? Yeah, what's the point?

Is anyone supposed to? Like protect you from the sun. Exactly.

So I just said, all right, I don't have an answer, so I will take it off. Yeah, I don't wear hats either. But I probably wouldn't wear a MAGA hat. I wouldn't wear any hat. But can I ask you how you feel you look?

Actually, I'm not. In like a sun hat, I don't think so bad if my hair and makeup are done. Where I'm looking right now, if people are actually watching, no, on box station. I'd be better off actually in a hat right now. I'd think you look great.

Like that covers my whole face.

So when we come back, we'll find out if you need to know more because you have to host outnumbered, co-host outnumbered in an hour and 15 minutes. I do. I do. And I need to get some makeup on stat. Don't move.

All right. Educating, entertaining, enlightening. You're with Brian Kilmead. Breaking news, unique opinions. Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Show.

According to scholars, by three years old, our kids have an adult-like concept of race. By three years old, our kids are attaching qualities like smartness and honesty and cleanliness to skin color. And all the while, parents are thinking and teachers that our kids aren't thinking about skin color or even seeing it. And so we're not stepping in to counteract those messages, and we need to. That is Ibrahim Kendi talking about we really feel like kids know about race of three and of course ready to transition if you need to.

They think cleanliness and skin color are linked. Is there any way you find that could be true as a mom, Julie Benderis? No, I don't. What cleanliness and what is linked? He says Uh Let me see.

He says honesty and cleanliness links to skin color, and teachers are thinking kids don't see color. That's not true. That makes absolutely no sense. No. Uh-uh.

No. And as far as kids are concerned, kids need to be kids. I don't understand why society has now all of a sudden made our children adults. Because my child doesn't make. They're my child, he and she, because I have both, do not make their own decisions.

I mean, you can make your decisions as to when you have to pee and when mommy has to come wipe you, but those are the decisions you make in my house. I make the rest. I'm sorry. Children can all make decisions. When they get older, they make a decision.

Sure, of course. But like a three to five-year-old doesn't make a decision, a life decision that's going to affect the rest of their lives. I'm sorry. Let's find out this even more to know. More to know.

All right, six in ten moms struggle with planning kids' summer vacation, according to a recent study of 2,000 people. 46%, Julie, say they are finding both outdoor and indoor activities that will keep their kids entertained for long periods of time is a very big challenge. 43% say they're having difficulties finding something to do and coming up with new ideas. 42% state that's a problem. How about you?

Well, I think it's because kids are lazy and they don't like to go outside and do things. And that's because parents let them sit on their devices all day.

So God forbid they actually have to use their creativity to think of something to do.

So I say take your devices away from the kids and actually pay attention to them this summer. That's my motherly advice.

Next. Oh, that's my turn. The great resignation looks like it's set to continue. One in five say that they'll be changing jobs in the next year. I guess there's this survey that comes out: 52,000 workers, 44 countries.

In the Great Resignation is set to continue.

Some 35% say that they plan to ask their employers for a pay raise with the pressure highest in the tech sector. Yes, so people basically don't want to work, but yet they want to get paid. That's the bottom line there, is what I'm reading into the next. Traveling with kids overwhelm parents after five hours, according to a recent Sunday, reveals that parents start getting overwhelmed five hours into their road trip and four percent. No.

No, I'm s I'm out, okay. A quarter, twenty four percent prefer traveling via car instead of flying. Perhaps uh seventy two percent of parents pack at least one bag or suitcase for their children while on the road. How do you pass? Pack a suitcase while you're on the road.

If you're just packing while you're on the road, then you're definitely going to forget to. Stop at a CVS. Yeah. And I would say five hours in a car trip with kids is hell. Don't do it.

I don't recommend it. Or just give them a lot of melatonin. What you've done. I have, actually.

Next. Oh, Ozzy Osborne. Oh, this guy. He just had grueling surgery. He removed and realigned pins in his neck and his back.

The former Black Sabbath frontman, he wore a black t-shirt, black jeans, blue mask, left with his wife, Sharon Osborne. Anyway, he's been reeling from neck injuries stemming from a quad biking accident in 2003. I feel bad for the guy. He has Parkinson's. He's also obviously suffers neurological disorders due to all his heavy drugs that he's been doing through the years, but they're a strong couple.

I have to say, I got to give it to Sharon Osborne who's staying with him over here. Brittany Griner will remain in custody for Russia for at least another two and maybe two and a half weeks. You know, she's the best female player in the world. You know what happened when she was passing through an airport inside Russia where she was playing professional basketball for a lot of money? They said she had hashish on her, which was for some type of pipe.

So therefore, the Phoenix Mercury star and national team superstar is still in a Russian jail. We have no leverage right now. I'm like, it's ridiculous. Why can't we get her out of there? Because they don't respect us.

It was brought up, I think it was you, Allison, that brought up that the NBA should use the leverage with China to ask China to use that leverage to get Griner out. How about that for an idea? Yeah. Yeah. Well, I guess, yeah, that would be a good idea, but we because we have no leverage.

So it looks like it's sad because we have no leverage.

So, I mean, the fact that we have to rely on China because we have zero leverage over China. Or Russia. The next big story. Oh, Brittany Spears. I'm really into this story.

So, you know how her ex. Rampaged their wedding. Ex-husband Jason Alexander, not to be confused with the guy on Seinfeld, entered her home, attempted to crash her wedding.

Well, she's reportedly fired the security team. I guess the security team didn't do their jobs and let this guy in some way. Yeah, I mean, how the heck did he get in? They were only married for 55 hours. I just want to say this: I say, if you can't beat them, join them.

Invite your exes to your wedding. I had like two ex-boyfriends at my wedding. They were probably like, holy crap. I could have me. Oh, no.

They were counting their blessings that day. They're better in thanks. Do you think you're a good spouse? No. You're a handful.

No, I'm not a good spouse. I was never meant to be married. Really? Yes. What made you think that?

Because I'm really selfish. In what way?

Well, like, I love my kids, but I don't love anyone else. Like, I hate the world. Right. So, someone says, show up at a recital for a friend of yours. Oh, no.

Uh-uh. If it's for my kids, I will. I just don't, I just like to be by myself. I'm like an independent person. Is it a friend of yours that's sick in the hospital?

Yes. Yes. For friends, I will go and visit you. I will be. If you are ever in the hospital or if you need a coffee, you know, I'll most likely not get it for you.

Allison, you have a question?

Well, then you said you're a terrible spouse, so would you visit your spouse? No, you would not. I'd send the kids in. But with COVID restrictions, he wouldn't get many visitors. I would blame COVID.

Sorry, can't come. They won't let me in.

Next, IKEA, Norway, offers help with baby names after the COVID-19 boom. IKEA, I guess we had a baby boom. IKEA has built a name bank with more than 800 listings. Would you reach to a furniture maker for a kid's name? No, absolutely not.

No, absolutely not. Instead, I Google. That's what I did. I Googled top names, and that's how I came up with my kids' names. And what are their names?

Corey and Addison, Avery, and Harrison. But you know how I came up with Banderis? Interestingly enough, it's a fake name. I looked in the yellow pages when I was in San Francisco. There's a lot of Spanish people there.

The long story. My last name's Bidwell. But I went with Antonio's last name. I went with a celebrity name. My former agent forced me to change my name when I was at local Fox NY.

Did you not know this story? No, I didn't know. Oh, yeah, my name is Bidwell. Banderis is complete BS. Yeah.

I did not know this. Yeah. No, these are fun facts you need to know. Look at all these scripts. I've got so much more content.

Watch outnumbered in an hour. See you at noon. From the Fox News Radio Studios in New York City, giving you opinions and facts with a positive approach. It's Brian Kilmead. Thanks so much for being here, everybody.

It's the Brian Kilmichio at the bottom of the hour. John Castamatidis will be joining us, one of the few people who can actually respond directly to the President of the United States, who just went out and called out refineries and oil companies for maximizing profits while we are dealing with high gas and oil prices. The big difference is, these claims is we're not. Upgrading the refinery capacity.

Now it's time for the refinery community and the oil and gas community to answer back. John Casamatidis on that. And also, we are coming to you from New York, heard around the country, around the world. And John Casamatidis owns Red Apple Media, WLIR, as well as WABC.

So understands all elements, what's happening right now. And Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick is just back from Ukraine. Former FBI guy, now the congressman from Pennsylvania will be with us shortly.

So let's get to the big three.

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Look, the Live Tour is offering them more money. The PGA can't compete. I don't begrudge them taking that opportunity. They're still going to be able theoretically to play in the majors. And this Live Tour versus PGA battle, to me, is one of the more intriguing in the world of sports.

Yeah, that is, of course, Clay Travis, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi sportswatching, the Live Tour, and the hypocrisy. I'm not a fan of the Saudi government, who is? But Phil Mickelton should not be taking the fall unless you're going to bring in LeBron and the PGA, FIFA, and our government with down with them. They all do business with Saudi Arabia and evil regimes without paying any price. Why should Phil?

Number two. She's a Republican. She's a conservative. They tried to tie her as an ultra MAGA, right-wing extremist. And of course, they're going to call her a sexist and a racist.

Her name is Myra Flores. Those two words alone tell you everything you need to know about 2022 and the big red rave coming. Yeah, that is true. And she won in Deep Blue Texas, a portion of Texas that was Democrat. Another impactful, intriguing primary day.

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Right. Nobody's fault, right? With President Biden's term in free fall, especially as it relates to the economy, he takes the mic to throw shade everywhere, specifically at Trump and the GOP. And breaking this morning, President Biden sends a letter to seven oil companies threatening to use emergency powers if they don't increase output at refineries. Really, we'll break it down.

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick from Big Fracking State of Pennsylvania, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure. Congressman, welcome back. Hey, good morning, Brian. Hey, I want to talk about the war in Ukraine, the struggles we're having getting supplies there, what you saw when you were there. But I got to ask you about the President's letter that you might not have seen specifically, but just know this.

He's blaming refineries for the fact is because they're charging so much and they're getting record profits for the fact that we're paying so much of the pump. Is that right? Brian, there is a huge disconnect on the left and President Biden's right in the middle of it, of their ideology versus reality. Um and they are paralyzed by the the far left's fringe elements, particularly here in the environmental movement. that are preventing them from doing what is utterly common sense.

And they know it. We just had a I leave the the bipartisan problem solvers caucus with Josh Gottheimer. Just this morning we had American Petroleum Institute, we had the LNG natural gas folks in for a bipartisan discussion. Everybody knows what we need. We need pipelines, we need permits.

We need leases. to ramp up production. We can be the world's largest exporter if we chose to. But this administration is choosing otherwise. And with the fracking and things to that nature, we're still among the best.

But the President's going to go over to Saudi Arabia and ask to pump more. He has no problem blaming you guys for everything, cut one. Since I took office, did your help Families are carrying less debt nationwide. to have more savings nationwide. I don't want to hear any more of these lies.

about reckless spending, changing people's lives. In my plan for the economy, we've made extraordinary progress. And put America in a position to tackle a worldwide problem is worse everywhere but here.

So he's Calls it lies that people, anyone who challenges him on the economy. Does that make sense to you?

Well, I wonder if that includes Larry Summers, his own economist under the Obama Biden administration, who put forth the very simple definition of inflation, too much money chasing too few goods. He was concerned he raised a red flag before the quote unquote American Rescue Plan. The one point nine trillion. Too much demand, not enough supply, labor shortages. paying people to to not work.

This is a rocket science. And moreover, Brian, again, running the Problem Solvers Caucus, this administration could have reached out to our group. over and over again on a host of issues, they have not At all. The other thing I think is important with this, from what you know about the framework and the gun legislation on the Senate side, that Mitch McConnell says he likes a lot of what he sees, and Senator Cornyn was on with us. From what you've seen, can you get behind that framework?

Yeah, I mean, you got to see text, specific text, but the ideas I think are good, Brian. We can't bury our head in the sand every time a tragedy occurs and hope that enough time passes by. And do nothing.

Now, I push back on my colleagues on the left who think that 100% of this.

solution lies in legislation. It does not. But I also push back on some of my colleagues on the right that think that 0% of the solution is legislation. I think there are certain things we can do. Certainly, when it comes to juvenile records, both mental health and criminal records getting put into the NICS system.

to prevent some of these kids who turn eighteen buy these weapons blocking that sale. I think that's reasonable. And I think what you're going to see in the framework that Kirsten Cinema and John Corden put together, there's no federal mandates. All of it, for example, the quote unquote red flag legislation, All it is is a carriage. It's financial incentives for states who choose to go down that path.

which, by the way, Florida has after Parkland. Governor Rick Scott signed it into law. Governor DeSantis kept it in law, and it's working effectively there. Republican state.

So let's talk about Ukraine. Why did you go? Yeah. Well, we've been there several times. This was the first time we actually got into Kyiv.

Went to the embassy. We were the first myself and Dan Crenshaw were the first. members of Congress to be in the embassy since they've raised the American flag back up again. And discouraging reports, Brian, unfortunately. ever since the Russians repositioned to the east, They gave up on their initial plan to go after Keeve.

repositioned on the east are trying to build the land bridge down through Mariupol and all the way down to Odessa to cut off sea access completely and therefore commerce. It's turned into an artillery slugfest, and the Ukrainians don't have the long-range artillery that they need. And Zelensky said specifically what he wanted. He has not gotten it. He needs 300 multiple rounds.

Like uh like it lunch systems. one thousand howitzers, five hundred tanks, two thousand armored vehicles. and one thousand drones. He says he's got about fifteen percent to twenty percent of what he's asked for.

So this is following on the heels of a forty billion dollar bill that we passed in Congress And there's a huge disconnect between the money that we're sending through the administration and the equipment that they need when they need it and where they need it on the front lines.

So the thing is, we gave the money. We gave the go-ahead, but you're not able to get it forward. I see this big story in Politico: how the red tape is stopping it from going all the way forward, and a lot of innovative weaponry is not getting through the Pentagon morass to get forward to see how it performs in battle. one hundred percent. And that's exactly what we saw speaking with the generals who came back off the front lines.

to meet with me and Dan to give us a a first hand report. They greatly appreciate all the aid that's being passed, but they don't the money is not what they need. They need that money converted into equipment and need that equipment sent to where it needs to be. And they're capped out right now. They told us at 20 kilometers.

That's the furthest artillery that they have. They have gotten a few of the longer range, but they got like five or eight of them, I think they said. They need probably 100 or so. to match uh to to go toe to toe with the Russians in the uh the artillery smoke fest.

So it's not moving at the speed of war. And what you discourage that is from long distance, the Russians can stay back, hit with artillery, and the Ukrainians can't get out of the way. They're losing about 100 to 200 people a day. The Russians are still paying a price, but they're able to take land because they don't care about their people. They have more of it, and they got the long-distance artillery, even if it dates back to the 90s, correct?

That's exactly what's going on. They are winning an artillery slugfest. The Ukrainians are losing. They were losing 100.

Now we're getting reports of up to 200 a day and 1,000 injured. And they just can't they can't sustain those kinds of losses.

So, where do you see this going? The whole East gone? You think Odessa is in danger? I think Odessa is their ultimate goal. They want to landlock Ukraine.

if they can take Odessa and cut off the Black Sea access, that's where all Ukraine's commerce comes from. In and out of that port, and basically strangle their economy.

So, when you hear Russia saying that they want.

some kind of resolution, all they're doing, all they're asking for is for Ukraine to cede the land that Russia has already won. Russia is going to take a breather, they're going to regroup, recalibrate, and they're going to finish the job at the next opportunity, which is why Zelensky is begging President Biden, begging the West do you not fall for Putin's trap that he wants some kind of negotiated settlement?

So there is a report that Vladimir Putin is shaking during the awards ceremony yesterday. It looks like he's having some type of trouble standing. Rumors about him having Parkinson's cancer, dementia. You're a former FBI guy. What do you believe?

Well, we haven't gotten any reports one way or another on that. People can surmise what they want. But I will say, Brian, that I think everybody's got to brace themselves for the situation in Ukraine getting much uglier than it is. It pains me to say that. I lived there as an FBI agent.

It was my last assignment. I grew very close with the people, very close with the governmental leaders, the Parliament, the Rada. they are fighting the best fight they can. But Putin will stop at nothing. There's nothing that nowhere he won't go to finish a job in Ukraine.

So, as far as his health goes, I don't know. I do know that he's been suffering from mental illness for quite a long time that has exacerbated under COVID. He's become increasingly distant, distrustful. uh of anyone in his inner circle, people that used to be in his inner circle. He has a Rasputin type relationship with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

He's got two different people testing every meal he eats. Uh very paranoid. Um and that's uh that's feeding into A lot of his actions right now. Is this solvable? I mean, can you meet with General Milley and find out what's happening and what you can do?

Honestly, I think Milly is much more willing to do the things that Ukraine needs, more so than the administration. I believe Ron Clain and some of the left wing people in the administration And moreover, Brian, I mean, Biden is just not, he's not a strong leader. He's not the kind of guy that's going to make that really tough decision and take the risks that come with it. He's an acquiescer. Um so far, proceeded on military appeasement, economic CAP measures kicking half of the banks off of Swift.

going halfway on sanctions. And changing his story every other day when it comes to what he's willing and not willing to give to Ukraine, whether It'd be so-called offensive or defensive weapons. There is no distinguishment on the battlefield right now when Ukraine's defending their territory. Frustrating, right? Very, very frustrating, Brian, because you understand this better than anyone, Brian.

And I again, the people in Ukraine, I want you to know this. They are aware of your reporting. They know you're keeping this in the news. Their biggest fear is that this is going to become Uh no longer front page news uh top of the fold. anymore.

And that's what Putin wants. He wants us to go on the back page He wants it to be ignored because then he's going to operate in the dark. But Ukrainians remind us every time we go there, every time I talk to them, yes, they are fighting for Ukraine, but they're fighting our number two nemesis. They're doing a lot of our fighting for us. And they appreciate the support, but they want to be honest with us about what the situation is on the ground and what they're getting and what they're not getting.

And it's squarely in the hands of this administration, Brian. I don't enjoy saying that. I want to support our president and our administration, no matter who they are. But this President, this administration is missing a golden opportunity to take out Russia over the long term and put them in a generational hole, the likes of which we haven't seen since Ronald Reagan did it back in the eighties. And instead, Sweden and Finland are hung up now trying to become members of NATO, which would be a titanic loss for them because of Turkey.

What are we doing there? You know it's a huge problem, Brian. There is no mechanism in NATO to remove a country.

So if there's a pro-Russian country that gets in, now Turkey was the last entry, I believe. Erdogan was not in there, so they were not pro-Russian at the time. I don't believe they were. But Erdogan has been posing up to Putin in many regards. And that's a problem, right?

I mean, if you have a NATO member country Who is even a little bit supportive of a nation like Russia and someone like Putin, and they're now going to block true democracies. like Finland and Sweden, who want to get in. NATO, they got to really take a look at that charter because does it also follow that Turkey could block an Article 5 invocation? should Vladimir Putin use chemical or nuclear weapons? It's something we're all concerned about.

Yeah, I think everyone's concerned about it, but now that they're not losing, that's probably less of a concern. I would love for General Milley to make a stand instead of being an analyst and saying this is what I would have done. I'd love for him to call a press conference leaking to the press how upset the Pentagon is about the way this is going and how it could change. That's what happened with Trump all the time. Why they feel an allegiance to President Biden, who's already allowed them to be humiliated and all of us be humiliated in Afghanistan is frustrating.

Congressman, I just hope let's hear about this Pentagon higher-up leak. And then start putting pressure on him. Yeah, no doubt. And I just want to leave you with this. Keep an eye on the situation there.

It could get really, really ugly, really messy. Putin will, there's nothing that he won't do. To succeed in Ukraine, and that's a very dangerous situation. Absolutely. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, thanks so much.

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It's Brian Kilmead. The fastest three hours in radio. You're with Brian Kilmead. Bad news, Putin has consolidated his forces. That allows him to overcome some of these logistic challenges that he faced when he failed so miserably at the start of this thing.

Now he's concentrated in this southeast corner. He's kind of closing a pincer movement around the center of that red zone that you just showed on the map. That's the bad news. The good news is this foot race to put the right weapons in the hands of the Ukrainians is continuing to move in the correct direction. And particularly, the addition of artillery, surface-to-surface rockets, all of that will allow President Zelensky, by the way, speaking of character under pressure.

Pressure will allow the Ukrainians to reach back and intercept some of the logistics that are flowing forward.

So, bottom line: look for a static. Landfront, and I'll close with this. Look to the sea for the next big movement here. Recall that the Black Sea Fleet is blockading, and as a result of that, grain can't get out of Ukraine. The next big mission set to analyze and think about will be: should we, the West, open a corridor and escort that grain out?

That could lead to a confrontation. Watch the sea. That's where things will go now. I think we have to. I mean, by law, that's in international waters.

That was James Starvides, the former Supreme Allied Commander. We have to open it up. You have about six or seven different African countries that will begin to starve to death, and they do not have the right to blockade international waters.

So let's act like a tough guy because we are legitimately tough with superior naval forces. When we come back, John Castamatidis on the president's letter. The talk show that's getting you talking. You're with Brian Kilmead. It's been very striking right now.

To see these oil companies who have become almost ridiculously profitable, and you hear these oil executives on the record talking about how they're not going to increase production. Why would they? They're doing great right now. It's why the president has called for a use-it-or-lose-it policy, where if you're sitting on these thousands of permits, like these oil executives have been and you're not doing anything with them, then you're going to be held accountable for that.

Now, so far, congressional Republicans have blocked action to do something like that, but we think that's another step that would make a difference among the many, many steps the president's already taken.

Well, there's your Secretary of Transportation, Pete Butterjudge, Mayor of South Bend, talking about really kind of threatening and blaming oil companies for the fact that in some places, At the pump, the price is about $10 a gallon in California. Believe that, on average, we're just over $5 a gallon in the U.S., up precipitously in just a year, almost 100%. With me right now is somebody that doesn't need this whole industry explained to him. He's at the top of it. He is the CEO of United Refinery.

He's also CEO of Red Apple Media, which owns WABC and WLIR, among its other entities. And they're kind enough to carry our show. John Casamatidis, welcome back. Good morning, Brian. How are you today?

Good. Were you surprised that the President of the United States wrote a letter kind of calling out the oil and gas industries and telling you guys to refine more or else he's going to take further action? Explain yourself if you're not going to. What's your reaction to that?

Well, President Biden has declared war on North American oil companies, North American fossil fuel companies. with no alternatives. Washington has forced the the situation where the oil prices went from fifty five, sixty dollars a barrel to one hundred and twenty, one hundred twenty five dollars a barrel. And all the price increases in food and everything else. comes from oil.

Now it's 70%. Brian, seventy percent of the factories run on diesel fuel. and there may be a r a shortage coming. Seventy percent of the trucks that deliver product to stores in the whole country run on diesel fuel. The price of diesel fuel has doubled.

And we have a problem in our country. And I don't understand why he's begging Venezuela for more oil. He is going to fly to Saudi Arabia and beg them beg them for more oil and pay them one hundred twenty dollars. He's going to beg Iran for more oil and pay them $120 a barrel. And why?

We have all the crude oil we need in North America, in Alaska. In Canada, Why are we making North American crude oil, the enemy. and you're using it from foreign sources, paying them double the price. And when you pay them double the price, Brian, you know what's happening? You're taking the wealth of Americans.

and moving it over, you're taking their money out of their pocket. And moving it over to the pockets of the Iranians, the Saudi Arabians, the Venezuelans, the Russians, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But Johnny, nobody understands it. But here's what he's saying. In the letter, he says the price of gas of the pump, last time the price of oil was $120 per barrel, the price of gas was $425.

He says the reason why it's higher now and $0.75 higher is diesel. And prices are now $0.90 higher. He says it's because refineries aren't refining oil and gas. at a greater rate because you want to maximize profits. Is that indeed the case?

He doesn't have a clue. He has no clue and and I guess the reason they put him in in writing so that The White House can put it out the way the White House wants to put it out, not necessarily the way the President wants to put it out.

So, in other words, I'm very, very disturbed about it, and I'm very, very concerned about it. And look, we l we all love America. And right now, I was on Maria Bottoromo show last week. And we said That if we don't open up the spigots in North America and provide, we can provide. 15 million barrels a day in North America, Canadian United States.

And we're not doing it. and we're only providing eleven. Why are we begging the foreigners for half a million barrels? I mean, it it's just nonsense. And if we don't reduce the price of oil, which is the problem.

You know what's going to happen? They're increasing the price they're increasing interest rates. Today, the thirty year mortgage is owed six point two three percent. Right. I mean, who's going to you're going to they're trying they're going to destroy America by increasing interest rates so much, it'll destroy the real estate industry.

So when it comes to oil and gas, why is the refinery capacity down? What would it take to start drilling more for not just John Casimatidis, but for Shell or BP or somebody else? We have no shortages. You know why? The product comes in through a pipeline.

from Canada. Canada has zero shortages. Zero shortages. The Alaska has a two million uh uh barrel a day. pipeline that goes into the United States.

You know how much we're using, uh, Brian? How much? Four hundred thousand. Is that scary? And now you and now I'm going to give you the reason.

That in The White House says, why aren't you drilling more? Why aren't you doing X, Y and Z?

Well, let's talk about the other departments. There the restrictions from other departments of the federal government, EPA, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, that don't uh that that don't f make people feel warm and fuzzy about spending money in the oil industry. When the President of the United States says we're going to destroy the oil industry or when he says that we're going to have all electric cars by twenty thirty, Who's going to invest money in the oil industry? Nobody knows.

Now, but I'm going to give you one more secret that nobody knows. I was at a big bank meeting. I was at a big bank meeting on Monday. And one of the high, high ups, I won't mention the name of the bank, but one of the high up to bankers. They're they're requiring the big banks To come up with an officer on how they're going to reduce their loans to oil companies.

Do you hear what I just said to you? They're requiring the big banks. to reduce the amount of money that they're lending to oil companies and oil related companies.

So, uh w you know, what are what are you gonna do? Are you gonna pay for it in cash? 'Cause you can't borrow? See, this is an important point. For the last few years, all these major investment firms have been discouraged.

about been told don't invest. And a lot of these woke companies don't invest in fossil fuels. It's bad for the world, bad for the country. That's not where we want to be head. We want to be heading towards clean energy.

So how are you supposed to finance these These permits and these leases if there's nobody investing.

So investing goes down, so the drilling is lessened, and all of a sudden they're saying, Where's the drilling? We need capacity, stop reaping all these profits. The American people are paying too much for gas.

So they want to hurt your company and then vilify your company for not pumping more and make you guys the bad guys. Whereas, late as last yesterday, you're finding out that banks are still having trouble lending to you guys because they're getting pressured by the government. The banks are getting pressured by the government. We're not going to look at you favorably. if you're lending money to fossil fuel companies.

I mean, they're they're destroy and the interest rates are going up, the thirty year mortgage is up.

Next time you destroy America, guys. Enough is enough. You know what I told tell tell all your Democratic senators. Enough is enough. L don't don't destroy America.

So, John Casematidi is our guest who's been in business for years and knows all about how to do it. For 52 years, so I must be getting old. Right, so have you ever seen an environment like this, John? Yes. No, not ne not when when the American the our our our America, our United States is the enemy and we're favoring the rest of the world.

and we're moving the money from the United States We're moving it to all over the world. It makes no sense. He says he's going to use the Defense Production Act. If you guys don't act, and you're in the refinery business, if you don't act, He's going to use the Defense Production Act to make you act. Do you know what he could actually make you do?

Are you concerned about this? I have no clue. I don't think he has a clue.

Well, we're about to find out.

Somebody is telling them what to do, Brian. He says he's released the oil pre reserve already. He says he expanded access to E-15 gas, which makes no sense because now we're burning corn, putting corn into our tanks.

So he says, I do that, and I'm willing to take other steps. And we know he's going to Saudi Arabia in two weeks. That's one of the steps he's going to be making. You know why he's going to Saudi Arabia? 'Cause they don't they won't answer his phone call.

Because you vilified that card. You can't make it up. Look at the president of Mexico wouldn't even go visit him after the request. What's going on in our country? The Democratic senators.

Better stand up for America and not stand up for the party. And that's what I'm saying like death. Do you think you can get to Senator Schumer? He knows who you are. Senator Schumer knows where I stand.

Got it. John Casamatidis, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Thank you, Brian. Don't give up the faith.

I won't. And don't forget, how do we get the catch roundtable on podcast? Uh you go to catsroundtable.com or WABC Radio dot com and and you and you get all our podcasts and and i i it's We have common sense solutions. And yeah, you make news every week. All right, John Casamatidis, thanks so much.

Appreciate it. Thank you. You got it. 1-866-408-7669. John Caspatiti is weighing in.

It affects him directly. He's got a myriad of businesses, understands what good business is. And really, to a degree, I'm getting that he thinks somebody is actually sabotaging this country. And it might be from the upper edges of the men and women in charge. This is the Brian Killmee Show.

Don't move. Diving deep into today's top stories, it's Brian Kilmead. He's so busy, he'll make your head spin. It's Brian Killmead. The economy has really been struggling lately.

I saw that the stock market is now in its biggest freefall since the start of the pandemic. Right now, the ticker on CNBC is just showing the lyrics to Everybody Hurts. That's pretty funny. Jimmy Fallon moves right through. I heard he called out Fox the other day for not carrying the January 6th trial.

Did he call them out or did he try to make a bad joke? I didn't say it. You can't really tell the difference. I mean, because it's so insincere. You know, he's not like that.

That's not even his personality. Do you really think he cares? Either way. I feel like he's felt pressure to be political since Trump got in and he never found himself again. Are you stunned that we don't hear more about Late night TV.

We remember the intrigue of Letterman, Leno, who's winning, who's losing, you know, who's going to be you know, who's going to be the late, late host and, you know, Seth Myers and James Corden and Stephen Cook. You don't hear anything about that anymore. Number one, they all get along and says no more rivalry.

So number two is the numbers aren't big. No, but I mean, just I mean, how TV has changed, right? You don't hear anything about the like nightly newscasts either. I mean, that's totally irrelevant, essentially. Right.

I mean, but they're getting 6.8 million. You have the late night shows again, maybe 2.2 million.

So then maybe that's uh maybe I answer my own question is what you're saying? could be. Right. But I mean but yeah, I mean they're they're not funny anymore. When they're funny, you know, you see it.

But when they're not funny, no one's talking about it. All right, we'll talk about that. 1-866-408-7669. We'll take some of your calls. The other thing that I've not talked about is it's not the biggest story in the country, but it kind of bothers me that people are just killing Phil Mickelson.

I've only met a couple of times. I'm not saying that Phil Mickelson and I are great friends, but I just don't see everyone's beating up on him for playing in Greg Norman's new Live League, which is backed by a golf league, a golf tour, started now. By the way, they're going to play at Trump course. They're going to play at Dural. The PGA has walked away from Trump.

Walked away at Dural. They're going to be over here in Bedmitster. They're going to play tournaments here.

So at different Trump courses. How do you feel about Trump being barred? All of a sudden, because he's a Republican president and not popular with a lot of celebrities, or the woke sports stars, they walked away from a lot of Trump courses. That cost them millions. This new live tour is financed by the Saudis.

So they say it's Saudi sports washing. Really? Because if you don't want to watch the league, don't watch the league. But you have other people like Sergio Garcia in there, you have Brooke. You have uh not broke Kepka, but you have um You have a few huge names.

You have Uh well, you know, it's headed up by Greg Norman. You all you also have Um I'm trying to think of these other names. You have lynches in there. And Yeah, well, who else has jumped over?

So, obviously, you have Mickelson.

So, you have about Dustin Johnson, who might be the top one of the top five golfers in the world, or maybe the top three. But they're killing Mickelson. Why? Because he's very out there. He's always speaking his mind, but not an aggressive Charles Barkley, Stephen A.

Smith-type way. But he's out there always making news. For example, it came out in news that he lost about $200 million when it comes to gambling. And they say this is a pure money play. Among the people fed up with the talk about this is Brooks Kepka.

He talked about why he just wants to get back to playing in the U.S. Open, Cut 20. I'm ready to play US Open. I think it kinda sucks too. Y'all are throwing this black cloud over the US Open and I mean it's one of my favorite events and I don't know why you guys keep doing that but um you know the more legs you give it the more more you keep talking about it.

I don't understand. I'm trying to focus on the US Open man. Like I legitimately don't get it. I'm tired of the conversations. I'm tired of all this stuff.

Y'all are throwing a black cloud on the US Open. I think that sucks. I actually do feel bad for him for once. I mean it's a situation. We're here to play and you're talking about some event that happened last week.

Well there's events going to be going on now for the next foreseeable future. I know but you can't drive a car looking in the rearview mirror can you? Right, good point. Among the other people who talk about it just being a money play is Justin Thompson, Justin Thomas, cut 25. Selfishly, I don't want anybody to leave.

I've talked to some of my peers that have asked me questions, and I don't know probably as much as others, but. I'm like, you got to do what's best for you or what you think is best for your career. I'm like, but. Selfishly, I don't want you to go. That's how I kind of end any phrase or any conversation that I'm having with somebody about it, because at the end of the day, I'm not their parent.

I'm not the person that's making their decisions. All I can do is plead my case. But everybody out here is a grown-up, they can make their own decisions. And they are. And the PGA is pushing back.

And I'm just wondering how much it's their own self-preservation that's doing it. The European Tour had taken Saudi money. They also have a Saudi tournament. There was a lot of people who don't know it, but FIFA is going to be playing in Qatar. I'm a big soccer guy, but Qatar makes it illegal to be gay.

If you've ever seen the way their government set up, they basically use slave labor to make their stadiums. A lot of them died making those stadiums. Ping titlist Nike Calloway do huge business in China, who happens to be running a genocide camp for Uyghurs who happen to be Muslim. And through the UAE and Saudi Arabia, they do huge business.

So all these great companies or these big companies seem to have no problem taking Saudi money. But when they start coming up with a rival league, they get upset at Greg Norman and others. We'll see where this goes. To me, it's more USFL, NFL. It is more XFL, NFL, more ABA, NBA than it is Saudi money being the issue, especially when you know the president in two weeks is going to go over there and ask them to punch.

More oil. And when the Abraham Accords brought a degree of peace to the Middle East and recognition for Israel, that was done leveraging Saudi Arabia using their help to make it happen.

So at times we use them. And at times we don't. But I don't think it's good to drag Greg Norman and Phil Mickelson through the mud because you decide that they're not worthy to defend. Put the power of over 100 meteorologists and the worldwide resources of Fox in your hands with the Fox Weather Podcast. Precise, personal, powerful.

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