it isn t just because opec plans to cut oil production. more on the refinery issues in the u.s. that are also contributing. and what we just heard from the president. also this morning, we re following the growing scrutiny of hershel walker scrambling to respond to another bombshell just 33 days out from the midterms. the daily beast reports that the staunchly antiabortion former football star not only urged a woman to have an abortion in 2009, but he also had a child with her, casting doubt on his insistence that he doesn t know who she is. it s a story nbc news has not confirmed and one that walker is also denying saying overnight, quote, there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. now he s out with a brand-new ad about his mental health battle. we ll talk about that and the rest of the story with the daily beast reporter who broke it all. that s where we start today. yamiche alcindor is in georgia. also joining us, the daily beast reporter who broke the sto
joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. fighting for every last vote. more than two weeks from now americans will hit the polls and minutes from now president biden will hit his wins in office but is it enough to keep democrats in power? the president is about to speak to the democratic national committee headquarters. the plan, rev up staffers and talk about the economic agenda. gas prices dropping. here is what he s contending with, inflation still crushing americans out pacing wage growth and mortgage rates have more than doubled. today s speech comes as the latest polling shows voters trust republicans more on the economy right now. cnn phil mattingly is at the white house. why does the president need to rev up democrats at the dnc? reporter: ana, this is as hu much a tradition that should tell you we re close to election day as anything else. when the principle whether the president or the senator, wherever the candidate visiting staffers to rally them to get them goi
with governor ron desantis as the white house pledges more support. today hundreds of thousands of floridians are still without power, shelters filling up as homeless numbers grow. and emotions are especially high on sanibel island. today for the first time, residents are returning by boat to see what s left. entire homes lifted by the storm surge and moved. we have crews covering it all. let s go to kaitlan collins traveling with the president. kaitlan, he just arrived. the president will soon take this aerial tour. then what? reporter: yeah. he s getting an aerial tour. that s the way he s going to be able to see how much damage there is. drooirching down the roading you see a lot of it. there s no power at any of the stoplights as you make your way over to where we re standing right now. you make your way seeing what you see behind me. boats toppled in areas where boats should not be, businesses completely destroyed, wiped off their foundations, boats in yards of homes
daughter of a prominent russian national els. th there are fears tonight gas prices could once again surge. a key group of oil producing nations are set to slash output by 2 million barrel as day. the biggest cut since the pandemic. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf f bblitzer is off today. i m pamela brown and you re the situation room . let s get right to the top story this hour. florida still digging out from hurricane ian one week after the storm tore across the state. our chief white house correspondents are traveling and laeyla santiago and bill weir ae reporting live. kaitlin, what was the president s message for the people of florida? reporter: really, pam, that it s going to be a long road ahead to recovery and recovery is likely going to cost tens of billions of dollars potentially given the damage that the federal government saw here on the ground as they ve been on the ground since this happened with the fema administrat
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