It's the Steve Day Show and here's what happened while we were away, brought to you by a bombshell in the Middle East.

Figuratively for once, the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC starting Friday in a major blow to the cartel that on paper coordinates production among many of the world's largest oil producers, particularly those in the Middle East.

The UAE has played an influential role in OPEC's

decisions over nearly six decades. It was the group's third largest oil producer in February

behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq. United Arab Emirates did not specify why it's leaving OPEC right

now, but we suspect it could have something to do with all the incoming missiles it's

sustained from another OPEC country for going on months now. On the topic of Iran, Secretary of State

Marco Rubio says the headlines about Iran's supposed willingness to open the Strait of Hormuz

are slightly misleading. What they mean by opening the straits is, yes, the straits are opened,

as long as you coordinate with Iran, get our permission, or it will blow you up, and you pay us. That's not opening the straits is yes the straits are opened as long as you coordinate with Iran get our permission or will blow you up and you pay us that's not opening the straits those are international waterways they cannot normalize nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have to pay them to use it back at home U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Janine Piro says the three charges against the latest would-be Trump

assassin are just the beginning. There will be additional charges as this investigation continues

to unfold. But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States,

with the defendant making clear what his intent was, and that intent was to bring down as many

of the high-ranking cabinet officials as he could.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says he's not dialing back his political rhetoric.

As it relates to anything that has been said, certainly as it relates to the comment related to

maximum warfare everywhere all the time, in connection with the redistricting battle that Republicans

launched.

I stand by it.

You can continue to criticize me for it.

I don't give a damn about your criticism.

Chuck Todd, your thoughts.

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