brian. thank you. over an hour from now, we are going to hear from president biden, his going to tell us his decision to release another 50 billion barrels from the reserve. the emergency oil reserve. less than three weeks ahead of the midterm election. his critics are calling it a desperate attempt to drive down the gas prices as the economy emerged. the biden administration released roughly 165 million barrels, bringing the total to 180. draining our emergency oil stockpile to its lowest levels since 1984. however, white house press secretary, karin jean-pierre is putting this spin. gas prices have fallen not too long ago. the decline of summer fastest in over a decade. every month the typical two driver families save about $120 at the pump compared to where we were in mid-june. everyday americans save $420 million at the pump compares to mid-june. that s code for stop complaining. we don t feel your pain, stop it. you have it so good, america. you have it so good w
reduction act, would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. for the first time it would give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, cap medicare out-of-pocket costs at $2,000, and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. but before any of that happens, it must get approval from the senate parliamentarian to proceed with a filibuster-proof reconciliation process, allowing democrats to pass the bill with just 50 votes. cnn s jessica dean is on capitol hill for us. jessica, where does the bill stand right now? reporter: well, now we are sitting around and waiting for it to make its way through this very complex budget procedure that you just kind of outlined there, frederica. but what we are anticipating is that the senate will gavel in in about an hour around noon. from there, they re going to they have to kind of get through all of these procedures. so what we ve learned in the last couple of hours, the
this crisis. 42.5 million. and let you speak. just let me finish. and then you can say that everything i said was, in a, fairy dust or whatever. agreed. okay. so he is pushing to make narcan over the counter to make sure if you are examining cash, you can use the test ahead of time. it is a huge problem and it is a general geopolitical problem anand i believe he is trying his best in terms of funding for the crises but obviously it has to be stamped out on an international level. how important is it to show this footage of an officer go down like that and almost died? one thing for her privacy, it is not available to her. she was willing to let people see that this was happening. i talked to chief billy hoffman. he said it is probably somehow
cnn s polo sandoval has the latest. let s start with the punitive damages, $42.5 million. how much could that be reduced under texas law? reporter: you re about to hear from a legal analyst that really breaks down why that may present the next set of challenges for the family of jesse lewis. before we get to that, a quick reminder for our viewers as to how we got to the amount as part of the civil trial this week. let s break down the number for our viewers. $49.3 million, this was the total awarded is a impicombinat of the compensatory damages which is basically what it is, compensation for injury claimed by a plaintiff, added to the punitive damages that we saw awarded yesterday, which is the punishment for a defendant, in this case conspiracy theorist alex jones, awarded to the family of jesse lewis, one of the sandy hook victims here. you are about to hear from legal analyst joey jackson.
may not be suitable for the older age group and then reverse their position. there was a controversy about norwegian research that suggested it might be associated with blood clots. but of course a lot of experts have said the risk of blood clots i5 lot of experts have said the risk of blood clots is far outweighed by the risk of catching the coronavirus and therefore the vaccine, which ever vaccine it is, should be used, and astrazeneca stocks are available and people are being urged to take them. thank you very much for the latest on that case. some latest figures just through to others. the uk has reported 10,476 new cases of covid today and 11 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. the figures are also showing that 42.5 million people have received their first vaccine dose