what exactly do we expect to hear from him? reporter: yeah, that s right, bianna. president biden is going to be tackling head on what has become a political liability for democrats less than three weeks away from these midterm elections and that s the price of gas in the united states, which is now 20 cents higher than it was a month ago. we have seen those prices come down some over the last week, but there are still a lot of concerns, especially given the cut in production announced by opec plus earlier this month, the conflict that is still ongoing in ukraine and so president biden today trying to do something to tackle the rising price of oil and in accordance with that the rising price of gas. 15 million barrels of oil is what president biden is directing the administration to release from the strategic petroleum reserve and that is going to be the last of the 180 million barrels of oil that president biden announced last spring that the administration would release t
But, listen, the classified has even more to worry about because the county six committee, they will have at least one more hearing planned before they submit their full report. According to Committee Chairman bennie thompson, they are debating inviting some pretty big names like former Vice President mike pence and maybe even trump himself. We are going to dig into all of this. Joining me now is elie, he is the justice correspondent for the nation. He is also the author of the bestselling New York Times book, allow me to retort, a black eyes guide to the constitution. We have to give you all your flowers, elie. When all of this is going down the paschal of weeks, you were the only person that i wanted to talk to about this and get your take. Im a little confused by the multiple lenses here. An appeal, the doj is no longer appealing fighting a Special Master and they are only asking for a small state for part of the order. What do you think the dojs play is here . What is the reasoning
i want to bring in justice department ken dilanian, meredith mcgraw, and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. ken, let me start you with. because the special mast ser out with a brand new filing laying out a fairly strict schedule and the process that he wants both parties to come to grips on basically. talk to us about what we re learning. that s right, hallie. first, he s giving, he s asking the fbi to certify that what they say they seized, that they re standing by that. it was a detail and exact list. and they are giving the trump team a chance to challenge items on the list that are inaccurate or things they say that were seized that aren t on the list. and then he is sending out a bunch of different categories of records that he is asking the trump folks to decide whether they re going to challenge on the grounds of attorney-client communication, and executive privilege, and whether the document is a presidential record, or whether it is a personal record. but hallie,
300,000 additional troops will be called up to fight. this comes as russia has suffered ahumiliating losses to ukraine with troops retreating from territory. putin used his most direct language to date regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the comments come across the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. president biden set to speak just hours for now, as multiple kremlin backed authorities announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissed the moves as a sham driven by fear of defeat. i want to bring in kylie atwood here in new york, nick paton walsh is live in ukraine for us. this speech we thought it was going to happen yesterday, i
in the united states and around the world. i m john vause at cnn s world headquarters. in atlanta. it seems hurricane it is not done yet. in florida with a rising death toll on ongoing rescues, and looking like a wall zone. this color storm is gaining strength right now a category one, bearing down on charleston, south carolina, with all expected later friday. the death toll in florida stands at 19. a number of which is almost certain to rise in the coming days. the u.s. president on thursday warning of a substantial loss of life for me and. which one official has described as likely the biggest natural disaster the state has ever seen. and that is triggered the biggest disaster response in florida s history. tens of thousands of emergency workers deployed statewide. at this hour, almost 2.2 million homes and businesses remain without electricity. large areas of the state are underwater. in georgia, ian produced a rainfall, it up deterring some of the worst-hit areas. gover