Joining RT’s Ed Schultz to discuss the state of oil production in 2016 is Marin Katusa, Fund Manager of the KCR Fund and a New York Times bestselling author, who breakdowns the battle for the global oil trade as being a war between North America production, OPEC led by Saudi Arabia, and Russian production. Then, RT’s Simone Del Rosario discusses Saudi Arabia decades-old secret leverage – the amount of US debt owned by the Kingdom.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.