motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab
determine who controls the house and the senate. if the gop takes back congress, this country could look and feel very different. that has been part of the conversation people are having about what is at stake. right? absolutely, we do not have to guess. republicans have basically told us what they plan to do if they win back the house and take the senate. so, i think this is a good opportunity for dueling panels to hear what our panel think about all of those and predict. so, i will go first. how much time on the clock today? let s do four minutes. i put up four minutes. there we go. i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings, and special correspondent for vanity fair. thank you so much for being here guys. basically what we have heard scott, from republicans like matt yeas, and even congress and nancy is that there will be impeachment hearings. that is what republicans want. one of the saying that republicans want to do if they win back the house. w
handful of key races that could really determine who controls the house and senate and if the gop takes back congress, this country could look and feel very different. that s been part of the conversation people are having about what is at stake, right? absolutely. we don t have to guess. republicans have basic which he told us what they plan to do if they win back the house and take the senate. i think this is a good opportunity for dueling panels to hear what both our panels think about all this and predict. i ll go first. how much time on the clock today? let s do four minutes. all right. put up four minutes. okay. there we go. i want it bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings along with molly john fast, special correspondent for vanity fair. basically what we ve heard from republicans, scott, like matt gaetz and even congresswoman nancy mayes she s heard in the hallway is there will be impeachment hearings. that s one of the things the republicans want
dr. mehmet oz is leaving john fetterman and the pennsylvania senate race just four days before the midterms. a new poll giving the republican or two-point advantage in what s become a nail-biter of a race. oz will not have the support of the woman who helped launch him to tv stardom. that would be your girl, oprah winfrey horn announced her endorsement of fetterman last night and speaking of star power, both president biden and former president obama will hold a rally with fetterman tomorrow in philadelphia. obama will also join fetterman at a rally in pittsburgh. last hour on the view, fetterman had this to say about his health, transparency and refusal to release more medical records. not the equivalent kind of medical information as dr. oz did. he even running campaign and i think we have been very transparent. our doctors believe. from june and in october, they agree that i m fit to serve. to me, not the point specifically about my health. i feel we are running a very t
tell it yourself. i m michael smerconish. the crisis manager wrote a whole book called truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis. davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the biden white house to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. they didn t tell it early. they waited nearly two months. they didn t tell it all, in fact, a statement released on monday, and the president s words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. and as for tell it yourself, instead of the president telling the full story it has fallen to karine jean-pierre. saying he takes it seriously doesn t make it so. it seems like a series of unforced errors turning what might be a benign situation into something that will surely be the focus of the subpoena power republicans now possess after winning the house. here is how we got here. on november 2, biden lawyers discovered classified documents in an office the former vice president used in washington,