Americans panicking over sudden, severe gas shortage (Full show)

The ransomware cyberattack on the massive Colonial Pipeline has Americans panicking at the pump and prices rising, even as US officials try to assuage public anxieties and send profoundly mixed signals to truckers. When is a gas shortage not a gas shortage? Investigative journalist and “Boom Bust” co-host Ben Swann has details.

Then industry expert Todd 'Bubba' Horwitz of Bubba Trading joins Rick Sanchez to weigh in. China is laying claim to the Whitsun Reef, a miniscule landform near the Philippines just South of the Spratly Islands. China has sent hundreds of fishing ships in an oddly militaristic formation while denying the presence of naval personnel. Infuriated by the gesture, the Philippines is making haste to build a naval installation at the reef and to fortify other parts of the South China Sea and the highly-contested Spratly Islands. Vietnam, Thailand and other regional players also have claims in the area.RT America’s Alex Mihailovich reports.

NBC has dropped the Golden Globes Awards as actors and activists keep pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization responsible for the Golden Globes, over an alleged lack of diversity and transparency in the association. Tom Cruise has earned some attention by returning his three Golden Globes as a gesture of solidarity with the HFPA’s critics. Author, filmmaker and actor Sean Stone shares his insights.