the white house were early. i spoke to rudy brody, who is the chief executive officer of annotated environment holding. he says the coordinated move will bring some level of civility to oil prices basically. but is it a bite and decision to start releasing from b s. b, r is a very good move and it is one of the strongest moves to dump an inflation a threat if her i'll pick bloss and the, the saudis will not, or would not willing to increase their production resident binding had the 3 choices. ah, one is to ask you as share in the street to start austin there production, this is one to use some of the strategic petroleum body. her reserves that are i don't 714715 1000000 headers. so what they have released now is around 7. and if this is accompanied by india, china, korea, that there's going to give a major stability to the oil, pride ices, and will and give the level of all a prices to an economical, sustainable weight. specially after what we have seen in the cover time. in the world news, ethiopia, the prime m

white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more on the decisions. it was also a speech that was geared towards those nay sayers that say the president is making a mistake by releasing the strategic petroleum reserves. what the criticism has been, is that this might resolve the issue in the short term and lead to some, in the immediate future, lower gas prices. but ultimately, because the issue of supply and demand globally has not been resolved, that this will drive the prices up. so what you heard there is the president not only saying, look at this is a global problem, but the fact that he's also saying that this will work out in the end one point to know. and all of this is that with regard to the release of these reserves, the president isn't just releasing it all over night. in fact, there's going to be one portion down in the 1st 3 months and then another portion in the coming months. and this he believes is going to allow for this kind of staggered approach that will ensure as the supply catches up to the demand as a result of people turning

and because it was a burden to honestly, to have the power in the house, the senate and the white house for a job. i had him because he really never had it. and people because just just aren't going to take the time to think about the way you want to sign it is actually tied. you have this thing called reconciliation. i don't think people daily are thinking about how there could be a party boat on some issue that not on the other. and i think ultimately they're just saying, democrat control, they control washington. and this is how i feel at home my main street and they're suffering for it because they really didn't message it properly. but they weren't supposed to when the senate and, but i didn't have tempered expectations as we look at 2022 and you know where, you know, now the, now the races are starting for the next elections and it's not looking good. i talked to somebody who was, it was the very high level up in a democratic party in a southern state and said, if democrats aren't scared to death by what just happened in virginia and don't pivot, they're going to be in huge troubl

but 1st let's go to the white house where a corresponding company hall, curtis, kimberly. so the summit just completed what was the u. s. president hoping to convey to the chinese president yeah, we're waiting to hear from the white house. they are expecting to hold a call with reporters to give us a sense of what was discussed in this meeting. it did go on longer than we expected . we were told to be about 2 hours. # by my count, it's more about 3 and a half hours. so we do know that there was a lot to talk about and appears that they used every minute to cover some of the issues that seem to be and dividing the 2 presidents. what we know is that this was not expected to be a color rather of a face to face virtual visit. that would bring about any big deliverables. for example, they weren't expected to resolve their tray differences. they were expected to resolve some of the supply chain issues that had been plaguing. a the united states, but instead the u. s. president said that this was about establishing guard rails as he called it, in other words, making sure that tho

it will be done here at the white house. on monday they will talk about a number of things that they have in common. first of all, getting on top of the corporate crisis. there's the global supply chain as well. 3 there is also the climate change, and when we're that joe biden was pretty critical of the chinese for not showing up in glasgow essentially seeing that if you want to be a world leader, you have to show up to lead ad. there will be other things that they will touch on, including nuclear weapons. they will talk about it, china's military operations in and around taiwan. i remember it's just a week ago that the americans have said that they are obliged. your biden said that they are obliged to defend taiwan and would do so. and of course, there's been quite a leap forward in chinese military technology with them testing a supersonic aircraft that can go into space or something that might milly who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. here in the united states said the change in china's wealth and also its m

kimberly healthcare reports from the white house. the leaders of the world's 2 biggest economies, fat face to face for the 1st time using their virtual summit as a way to reset points of pension in their relationship. we need to establish a common sense guard rails, to be clear and honest, where we disagree and work together or interest intersect, especially on vital global issues like climate change. for years, the united states is accused china of economic and defense provocations that include disrupting global trading practices. that hurt american businesses were recently stepping up military incursion near taiwan. president, chill bite and said recently, the u. s. would defend taiwan in any conflict that in tuesday summit, he also told the chinese president, the us was committed to a one china policy and deposed any change in taiwan status. president. she's paying referred to by and as an old friend, st. china and the u. s. need to increase communication and cooperation to make sure what's china and the united states should respe

it's already reached the white house, so this has been building and building and building. the foreign ministry is going to keep getting questions on this and it can't keep saying, i don't know about this particular when it's own media, is tweeting and, and putting out posts on that very topic. government. her fellow players and her fans are now waiting for answers. amera chaudhry al jazeera ah a look at the main stories, a look at the main stories for you now and thousands of people have been riling against vaccine mandates and krona virus restrictions in european cities. in vienna, thousands of protest is demonstrated against a national lockdown and the introduction of compulsory jobs to begin in february. people are also protesting dutch government plans to restrict access to indoor venues, to people who can't show proof of vaccination or, and negative test. and tens of thousands of.

our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett explains the timing of the announcement. i will has a lot to do with the timing of the american thanksgiving holiday. this is a holiday that americans typically get into their cars and they drive great distances. and the problem is right now, some people can't do it because the gas prices are just too expensive, it's cost prohibitive for them. so that, that's one reason. another reason is in addition to the rising gas prices, what we're seeing are empty shelves in the united.

kimberly how can al jazeera the white house. so that is the view from the white house. let's speak to katrina. you who's joining us from beijing. so katrina, what is the motivation for she to attend to summit and did he achieve what he wanted? i think she's in pain one or 2 things. first he want it to appear strong strong for china as well as a strong leader himself and to i think he genuinely wanted an improvement in the ties between the 2 countries. so what we've seen, it seems like bay jane thinks that it was successful share fung the vice foreign minister who was present during the talks describe them as fruitful and constructive. and we've been seeing a few lines from the foreign ministry and from state media and the way they seem to talk about the talks. it also seems have this very positive turn. we had president eugene being describe the relationship between the 2 countries as the most important in the world. he said that the 2 countries are like 2 ships and that everything should be done to avoid conflict and confrontation. and that ideological divisions could

kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house? the world health organization is wanting. they could be another 700000 deaths from coven 19 in europe. by march. cases have been rising as the weather gets colder, with the daily rate dabbling since late september. 5. 19 infections have reached a record high in south korea with more than 4100 cases. the number of critically ill patients is also at record levels. rising fees, hospitals could become overwhelmed. many of those effected of the elderly pumping push for booster shots. the rise comes, wakes ounces social distancing rules where the new zealand will remain shut off to foreign visitors for another 5 months. the government announced on wednesday fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to enter from april new zealanders who are in the area and have had both jobs. can travel home without having to quarantine from mid january. a jury in the us state of georgia has wrapped up in the 1st day of deliberations in the trial. over an average demonstrate is gathered outside the court in brunswick and they're calling for the 3

white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has moved. i was, has a lot to do with the timing of the american thanksgiving holiday. this is a holiday.

first let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk it good. what. what is the message the u. s. president wants to convey to the chinese president? well, this was a meeting or is a meeting of really trying to set the parameters of the relationship. and it's critical, given the fact that there happened to phone calls between these 2 leaders. but this is the 1st face to face. i'll be at a virtual one that's taking place and well, we don't expect that there will be major deliverables that come out of this in terms of any agreement or resolution of issue, particularly on the issues of security or trade. what the white house is anticipating and hoping will be achieved as, as sort of a temperature check if you will, in terms of how the relationship moves forward. and so what we heard from president bided at the beginning of this meeting was that he was hoping to establish guard rails as he called it in order to ensure that some of the tensions that exist over issues, particularly like trade and security, that they not escalate into conflict, so this is re

a few hours before the plant strikes, obama called a white house crisis meeting. it was a long national security council meeting that was focused. it's fair to say more on how to go about military response than whether the turning point moment was when to president came to the conclusion that he changed his mind of streets with jose locker cookers or bar. yes, sure. a good say to play or is almost no should if you see lou, lou critical choosing to talk wife. and you know, we're gonna be the only to pick his job what it wants to do that terminal to children. don't do such goth suit to infinitely showed him a mo, an at bonaparte completed resume. his major concern is that the day after an american strike goss, i would still be there and might even use chemical weapons again. so then we have to hit again and maybe this time a bit harder and take out some more air defense. and then again, the logic would be to escalate into a bigger strike. and i think the president's concern was he would not be in control of that decision. it would be awesome. mm. mm. african narrati

bolten: you call the white house operator. tara: and then they walk over to the room and knock on his door? mr. lew: all the time. mr. bolten: i also had to wake up the president a few times. he is a heavy sleeper. [laughter] he is really focused and intentional about his sleeping. he still goes to bed at 9:30 and is up at 5:15 without an alarm clock. so you did not do that lightly, but i did a few times. sometimes involving a disaster or national security situation. more times than any of us would like to admit it would have involved one of his daughters, or at the time, in college -- who were at the time in college. i didn't get grief from the president about that kind of stuff. if a member of the congressional leadership or a cabinet officer said that they wanted to see the president and i didn't think that it was a good idea i would not debate it with the president . i would tell them. i don't think this is worthy of the president's time. i will put the request through if you insist, but i'm telling you now that i will tel

a few hours before the plant strikes, obama called a white house crisis meeting. there was a long national security council meeting that was focused. it's fair to say more on how to go about military response than whether the turning point moment was when the president came to the conclusion that he changed his mind. oh, st. lou pushed on me. i can't pin the jose locker cookers or barbara. yes. surely. good, say to play or is almost no. so if you see lou lou cuz you're confused and to top wife than you know, we're gonna be pure. we don't want to participate. wants to do that. tell me how to sell it. don't you got sick too. if only showed him a mo, that bone a bug completely resume his major concern is that the day after an american strike gossip would still be there and might even use chemical weapons again. so then we have to hit again and maybe this time a bit harder and take out some more air defense. and then again, the logic would be to escalate into a bigger strike. and i think the president's concern was he would not be in control of that decision. it would

the white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has moved. i will, has a lot to do with the timing of the american thanksgiving holiday. this is a holiday that americans typically get into their cars and they drive great distances. and the problem is right now, some people can't do it because the gas prices are just.

is the white house considering that end is there anything the white house is doing about this? sec. psaki: because of the rescue plan, we have cut childhood hunger in half over the last year. when we look at that build back better agenda passing, the impact it will have on lowering childcare and lowering eldercare, the cost of elder care, the cost of health care, these are all costs on families that impact what they are able to afford in their daily lives. certainly, impact on military families as a military family himself, the president and dr. biden, that is heartbreaking. they continue to fight to do more to nature that there are not hungry families, whether they are military or not in the country. in terms of the summit, i have no plans to preview. >> to help military families overcome having a hard time, but is there a difference in the senate version. sec. psaki: the senate version would basically have a housing allowance is income which allows access to a lot of things in low income families. they are no longer qualifying with the needs allowance or or the military families n

looking forward the white house said that its focus is passing the legislation. what are other strategic steps or new steps the white house is going to take to try to address some of the concerns that were clearly raised by vote efers in virginia and new jersey and other states around the country or does it feel that passing those two are sufficient to make up some of it? karine: i think what the president was trying to say is voters were tired of the inaction they were seeing and want us to get things done. i think that's what he's trying to say. the president agrees which is why he has been calling for congress to vote on these pieces of his economic policy. but i do want to say one more thing is that, you know, we all know that no election determines the outcome of future elections. that the mid-terms will be determined by voters in 2020, in 2022 and this one election is determined by votes for the 2021. and the mid terms are still a year away. and a lot could happen over the next weeks and months which is what we're focused on. this is why we're trying to get

our white house correspond, kimberly hawk, it has more. this is being done in coordination with other countries and that could mitigate what some are concerned is potentially going to be just a short term reduction in prices, but that ultimately could lead to higher prices. that is what the naysayers are saying is going to happen in all of this. but the white house is really counting on the fact that this is something that is being done in coordination with other nations. the wild health organization is wanting another 700000 people in europe could die from the current virus by spring. patients in the netherlands are being shifted to germany to ease pressure on hospitals. and our germany is also considering further restrictions is european prime minister says he'll travel to the frontline on tuesday to lead the military against rebel forces the year long war with the t p l. f is intensified in recent months as the armed group advances towards the capital. meanwhile, rebels and ethiopians, t gr, i region of put on a public display of govern

our white house correspondent, kimberly how kids are. kimberly, as we heard therein. allen's report virtual meeting, but very real concerns was the mood music like going into these talks? well, we're not expecting this to be a particularly combative face to face conversation. i'll be it virtual. instead, what we expect in a senior miss ministration official telling us that this is likely to be sort of laying the groundwork if you will, to make sure that there are no future misunderstanding. so this is expect to be somewhat of an orderly conversation. and to in the words of this official really set what they call common sense guard rails, for some of the thorny or issues which may be discussed at a later time. for example, not only the issues and differences over supply chain, but also particularly when it comes to trade. so this is going to be about trying to lower the temperature, particularly since it was so heightened under donald trump. joe biden's predecessor . what we also know is that the u. s. president is going into this convers

we saw that with donald trump was in the white house here 4 years ago. the democrats, the great in the virginia in new jersey, gubernatorial elections, which are really the 2 kind of main off your elections that happened. you know, the year after the, the presidential race, but now the job is the white house and that he's not popular. i think that sort of poisons the political environment for democrats. and i think it reflects in the results. and then virginia shifted from voting for biden by 10 points to narrowly voting republican for governor in this, in this election. and we also saw new jersey, which is an even more democratic state than virginia. it looks like it's going to reelect democratic governor phil murphy, but only by very small mountain. you know, if this environment continues, you know, buying continues to have a poor approval rating. you know, this time next year when we're having the national mid term elections, you probably would expect the republicans to win both house and senator to pick up a lot of the state governorships, many of wh

so we're watching very carefully here at the white house for that. but there's been all kinds of speculation about why this might be happening now. and it has to do in large part with the american thanksgiving holiday. this week. it's the busiest travel holiday of the year in the united states and millions of americans get into their cars. they fill up their gas tanks and they are too happy with what they're seeing right now in the u. s. in some states, the price of gasoline has risen as much as 50 percent like states like california other parts. it's not quite as severe, but the problem is when you add this to the frustrations americans are already feeling over supply chain issues and the rising price of things like food and groceries. and there is a lot of frustration that's translated to low approval ratings for president biden . so there is some bub speculation that this is of largely political, even as members of the prison. so party have been pushing for him to make this move and tap into the reserves for some time. and kimberly will this. well

the tea long is already reached the white house. so this has been building and building and building. the foreign ministry is going to keep getting questions on this and i can't keep saying, i don't know about this particular on its own media is tweeting and, and putting out posts on that very topic. government have fellow players and have fans. and now waiting for answers and marriage, audrey al jazeera, people in lebanon are struggling to paying for medicines after the government cut subsidies on some drugs. the countries already in a severe economic crisis. and as in a 100 reports from bo routes, there seems and no way outs insights about how much is a diabetic who needs continuous medical care. but this 75 year old can no longer afford it. lebanon began gradually lifting subsidies on drugs a few months ago. but now they include those for chronic diseases. wagner marshal, good. i am state employee, and my pension is not enough to pay for the medicines. i need to have no idea how much we will die because we can't buy medicine. i'm

kimberly hawk, it is our white house correspondent. well let's discuss this further now with a broad, deeper, rudy, who's the chief executive officer of energy and environment holding his joining us live from doha. thank you very much for being with us, mister brody. what do you make of this decision and the timing of it from the us and other top oil consuming countries? what impact do you see having on the oil market in the short and long term? willy, basically, but it didn't a bite and decision to start releasing from b s. b r is a very good move and it is one of the strongest moves to dump and inflation. the threat if fur or pick bloss and the, the saudis will not. or were not willing to increase their reduction. president biden had 3 choices. one is to ask you as share in best suite to start offs. thing there are production. this is one to use some of the strategic patrol. nobody her reserves that are i don't 714715 1000000 headers. so what they have released now is around 7. and it's this is accompanied by india, china, korea, tha

that's our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker in washington dc. let's bring an alessandro lafayette. as i mentioned, he's in columbia capital burger. tar company was talking about the fact that the u . s. has continued to work in the areas that have been controlled by a fog since that deal was signed. what does this gonna mean for the people on the ground in those areas? yes, rob, look, this is a something bad for people, especially in conflict. there is in columbia, we're waiting for because it does allow for a stronger implementation of a number of reforms that come with the piece deal that was signed back in 2016. i'll make you an example, a usa i d, the u. s. development program until today was not allowed to work with the mobilize fighters in many corner store pro cornerstone programs that have started the same thing that deal just to give you 2 example. one is a huge substitution program of coca crops with other legal crops usa idea could not work if the former fight members were involved that a and these programs this same with another majo

kimberly how care with the latest they're from outside the white house. kimberly, thank you. officials in the netherlands have revealed at the macro covey 19 variant was present in europe for at least a week before flights from southern africa were band health authorities there say that they've detected the variance in 2 samples from november, the 19th one week later, the w h o labeled it a variant of concern and countries shut their borders to southern africa. domains incoming transfer. all of shots says mandatory vaccines are necessary to contain a 4th wave of the pandemic in the country. he will parliament to vote on the matter before the end of the year. dominic cane has more from the capital berlin. the seriousness of the coven situation. here in germany, his focus many mines, both medics and ministers. on what they can do to try to dampen down this wave of covert that has been washing across the states of germany for many weeks. now. in one sense, the politicians have decided to decide later many of the ministers who took part in the digital confere

but if we believe with the white house has been telling us, th ey will make a decision. host: it is hard to read what the fed will do sometimes. any indication if he does pick brainard, how the fed would operate differently in terms of policy? guest: it is a real question about monetary policy. the general consensus among the democrats pushing for brainard is, you can have the interest rate and other monetary policy policies that you like from jay powell, she will continue those, but you can also get more aggressive with financial regulation. that is the argument from the democrats who support her. one of the arguments from liberals i talked to that support jay powell is she is a question mark, we do not know how fast she will raise interest rates. and she might have a different thought about things than chair powell does. the wildcard in this is inflation is currently running at a much higher pace than the fed thought it would, largely because of the delta variant, resurges that nobody in the federal world would have that would affect the economy as it has. that's a hea

and the white house adds to international calls for answers about the chinese tennis stuff on shy, hasn't been seen for weeks at about noon in europe. right now. we're. we're seeing protests in several cities against cove at 19 restrictions and locked down in vienna. members of the far right freedom party been rallying against tough new cove at 19 restrictions. austria goes into a nationwide lockdown from monday. so that's everyone at home, aside from essential work shopping and exercise rallies in the netherlands to where the dutch government has re imposed restrictions. that's after riots on friday night in the city of rotterdam. and now protest is gathering in at rome, italian capital. they are against the mandatory cove at 19 green pass, which is now required to access work places. it's also needed for other public venues. i come cinemas, set to expire at the end of the year, but it may be extended. we are going to focus in on austria right now, though, and speak on 2nd to michael bungalow is an independent journalist and author who studies the far right. how are things michael and th

here, the credit has said they are talking to the white house about the possibility of another summit. between fuson and biden, may be by the end of the year, or certainly early in 2020 to the white house as its nothing about any plans for summit, but admits it's talking to russian officials behind the scenes about ukraine, bernard smith, air with all the latest for us from moscow. thank you so much, ben as well. let's bring in p. j. crowley. he's a former us assistant secretary of state, and he also worked with the nate, her secretary general during the 1999 course of crisis. he joins us now from virginia. mr. currently, in your reading, we've obviously had a lot of speculation. want all persons intentions here. while putin's intentions is to make sure that any developments along his periphery are, are resolved or unresolved, you know, with his input. mean, if we step back for a 2nd, we have seen this churn in ukraine now for 10 years and put in just wants to be sure whether we're talking about ukraine, talking about development in europe. you know that, that russia, its interests wi

c, and the white house corona virus task force. now, early in the day, president biden had the to say know, a lot about the great great spent going my lead by the my was the degree of cooperation. busy in between south africa and the u. s. right now in combat. english news, tre. well, it does appear at the stage. there is a lot of corporations, south african, the scientists were the 1st to raise flags about this late is very early in the week. and as you heard, president biden saying, there were discussions between the white house task force and the south african scientists in the course of the morning to begin to start to learn not what we south africans have learned so far about this particular varied. now, president biden has also made very clear his belief that this emphasizes the needful there to be global vaccinations in place. he's made the point repeatedly that unless all of vaccinated that none are safe, he says that the u. s. he'll continue to provide becky vaccine supplies to the african continent and to south africa in

our white house correspondent, kimberly hall, could explain why this decision was made. know the u. s. made this announcement on the heels of a meeting between a national security council representative for latin america as well as officials in columbia. and part of the reason that this designation his being lifted now is the fact that the united states continues to conduct work in this area and is having difficulty doing so, given the fact that the designation of terror against the fark organization was still in place despite that 2016 peace accord being signed and the more than 10000 members laying down their arms and particularly in some of those areas where those members are still living, that has made us peace efforts and aid efforts difficult. so that is one of the reasons that the other rationale behind the, by the ministrations lifting of this designation is the fact that it really is not a unified organization anymore in the eyes of the biden white house. and so they felt that it was no longer appropriate to leave it in place on a sunday ramp, yet he has more from borger to

the white house covid-19 response gordon nader -- coordinator talked about that. [video clip] >> on osha, the team has been working to >> we'll leave this program here. you can watch the rest of it on our website c-span.org. we'll take you live now to a conversation with arkansas senator john boozman on the 2022 midterm elections. this is hosted by "the washington post." >> good afternoon, welcome to "washington post" live. i'm jackie, author of the congressional correspondent for "the washington post." my guest today is senator john boozman, sooner senator from arkansas. dean of arkansas delegation. he's here to discuss the status of the biden economic agenda, what republican senators want. but first begin with food production. senator, welcome. thanks so much for joining us today. post live. senator boozman: thank you so much for having me. it's a pleasure. >> all eyes are on the cargo ships anchored off of california. talk about the supply chain issues we are seeing. specifically with regards to trucking. you are supportive of legislation to help train addition

we will take you live to the low 8 -- the white house when that begins. --thanksgiving turkey american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 3:00 p.m., brad baer discusses his book "to rescue the republic: ulysses as grant, the fragile union, and the crisis of 1876". a symposium on a historian in conjunction with the opening of the new york historical society's exhibition, turn every page. speakers include bob woodward. exploring the american story. watch american history tv, saturday on c-span 2 and find this bet -- schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. ms. psaki: a couple of items for you today. not much going on around here obviously could from the president's statement he issued this morning on the house passing the build back better agenda for the middle class, which came three weeks after the bipartisan infrastructure deal also passed. since this came through today, i want to highlight and note for the american people a couple of the big benefits

a few hours before the plant strikes, obama called a white house crisis meeting. there was a long national security council meeting that was focused. it's fair to say more on how to go about military response than whether the turning point moment was when to president came to the conclusion that he changed his mind lawsuits. lou christa, america, a pin, the whole say, look, is obama of actually good say to play or is almost no. so if you see lou, lou foreclosure confused and to top wife. and you know, we generate the money to buy his chip. what i want to do that tell me how to sell it. don't you pickups it for me? sure. am all that bonaparte completed is on his major concern. is that the day after at american strike gas, i would still be there and might even use chemical weapons again. so then we have to hit again and maybe this time a bit harder and take out some more air defense. and then again, the logic would be to escalate into a bigger strike. and i think the president concerned was he would not be in control of that decision. but be awesome. mm. mm. questio

s. president joe biden hosts his northern and southern neighbors at the white house. the 1st summit between north american leaders in years assessing the damage, severe flooding and landslides laying waste to homes, roads, and bridges.

kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house? the united nations has ordered immediate evacuations and family members of its international staff from ethiopia. that is growing alarm after to grow and rebels claim to be edging closer to the capital, addis ababa, the presidents of kenya and south africa have both call for a cease fire, victoria gate and be report i some of prime ministers, abbey ahmed soldiers, and now prisoners of war and the 2 grains have been parading them before the cameras. the presidents of kenya and south africa say all parties must commit to ending the violence. we expressed our conviction that the school for by lab amends, the roaring parties in europe. i beg with attempts to convince durham it's in reference, grocery says wire. busy i've been all inclusive political dialogue as the woodrow was closer to the ethiopian capital plans to defend addis ababa or intensifying these women have joined a neighbourhood protection, forced to guard against advancing rebel forces. they've set up road blocks, a searching