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HE KEPT UP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GOING, BUT ALL THE WHILE, UH, HE ALLEGEDLY WAS MAKING BETS, UH, TO TRY TO GAIN SOME WINNINGS OFF OF, OFF OF WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GOING TO GO. HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO HERE'S THE SCOOP FROM NBC NEWS. I'M YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN. SO TODAY I'M TALKING ABOUT FORMER NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS, WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS BACK IN 2023. WELL, HE IS NOW FACING A LIFETIME BAN.

ON KALSHI. WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE KALSHI ALLEGES HE WAS INVOLVED IN INSIDER TRADING IN WHICH HE WON ABOUT $17,000. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. PLUS, I AM SPEAKING WITH JANICE MACKEY FRERE, WHO IS AN NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ON THE GROUND FOR US IN KATHMANDU COVERING THE FLOODS IN NEPAL AND TIBET. UH, SHE SPOKE WITH AMERICANS THAT MANAGED TO SURVIVE THAT HUGE MASSIVE WAVE THAT HIT THE AREA, ALONG WITH A HUSBAND THAT IS SEARCHING FOR HIS WIFE, WHO WAS THERE ON A SOLO PILGRIMAGE.

UP FIRST THOUGH, IT HAS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE THE IRAN WAR AND THE CLOSURE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ CAUSED OIL AND GAS PRICES TO SPIKE. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS OVER $4.08 ACCORDING TO AAA. BUT NOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS HOPING A NEW DEAL WITH VENEZUELA, IT'S GONNA HELP BRING THOSE PRICES DOWN. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON TRUE SOCIAL THAT THE US IS GOING TO BE GETTING ACCESS TO ROUGHLY 65 BILLION BARRELS OF VENEZUELA'S OIL RESERVES.

NOW, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STRUCK THIS DEAL WITH ACTING PRESIDENT DULCIE RODRIGUEZ, WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING VENEZUELA SINCE THE US CAPTURED FORMER LEADER NICOLAS MADURO OVER FEDERAL NARCOTERRORISM AND DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES. MADURO HAS PLED NOT GUILTY, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WILL THIS OIL DEAL ACTUALLY BRING PRICES DOWN? FOR THIS, I WANT TO BRING IN NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, GARRETT HAIG. HI GARRETT. HAPPY MONDAY.

HELLO, HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU. OK, SO WITH THIS, ON THIS MONDAY, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS DEAL WITH, WITH VENEZUELA DROPPING JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. THE DETAILS THOUGH ARE A LITTLE SCARCE, I WOULD SAY, RIGHT? WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW. LOOK, THE WAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, THE WAY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS OUTLINED IT IS THAT THIS DEAL, UH, CREATES A BASICALLY A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN AN UNNAMED. VENEZUELAN OIL COMPANY, A DRILLER ESSENTIALLY IN VENEZUELA BACKED BY AMERICAN MONEY AND EXPERTISE, WHICH WHEN THEY START DEVELOPING PARTS OF THIS GIANT OIL AND GAS FIELD THAT EXISTS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA, COULD RESULT IN THESE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OIL BEING PRODUCED, THEN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE EARMARKED TO THE US BASICALLY AT COST.

THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE INTENDS TO USE SOME OF THAT OIL TO REFILL THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE, WHICH HAS BEEN DRAWN DOWN. UH, BY MILLIONS OF BARRELS DURING THE COURSE OF THE IRAN WAR, AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT, UH, FUEL, ESSENTIALLY THAT OIL DIRECTLY TO THE MILITARY, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING IDEA BECAUSE THE US MILITARY IS LIKE THE SINGLE BIGGEST PURCHASER OF, UH, FUEL OIL ACROSS THE GLOBE, IT'S THE BIGGEST IN TH