over accusations of share price manipulation. hello and welcome to the programme. the philippinejournalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion charges by a manila court. her news site, rappler, was also cleared of tax evasion. ms ressa, who was awarded the nobel prize alongside a russian journalist in 2021, is head of rappler, which earned a reputation for its in depth reporting and tough scrutiny of the former president rodrigo duterte. she was convicted in 2020 for libel and does face several other charges, which she says are politically motivated. she spoke a short time ago. today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins. a brazen abuse of power. voice waivers and meant to stop journalists from doing theirjobs, but.give me a second, these cases are where capital markets, where rule of law, where press freedom meet, right? so, this acquittal inaudible is notjust for us, for rappler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly acc
full. so what needs to change? i i have been meeting doctors and nurses rethinking healthcare, picking problems up early. we have picking problems up early. - have essentially done 20 consultations in one here. the more peeple consultations in one here. the more people they consultations in one here. the more people they get a chance to come more people they get a chance to come here, the better. and usin: to come here, the better. and using new to come here, the better. fific using new technology to come here, the better. fific using new technology to to come here, the better. e ic using new technology to take the hospital into the home. so can the nhs be fixed? mat can the nhs be fixed? not replacing can the nhs be fixed? not replacing the can the nhs be fixed? iirrt replacing the hospital, it isn t about the death of a hospital. isn t about the death of a hospital- isn t about the death of a hospital. hello mrs east? 93-year-old hospital. hello mrs east? 9
united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
president biden moving to keep gas price s down with the critical midterm elections fast approaching. good morning, it is wednesday, october 19th i m brianna keilar with john berman. today the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of 15 million more barrels from the u.s. strategic reserve. the draw down first announced in march to release 180 million barrels. and on the inflation front, millions of americans could see a bump in paychecks next year thanks to an inflation adjustment in the tax code. this comes as president biden and democratic candidates lockdown midterm messaging. the focus now, economy and abortion. president biden was speaking trying to rally voters still angry about the supreme court decision on roe v. wade, pledging to protect abortion rights if more democrats are elected to congress. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why these midterm elections are
climate is affecting your wallet. economy and abortion, those are the issues that democrats are focusing on this morning, trying to rally voters with less than three weeks to go before election day. president biden will address u.s. concerns about rising gas prices. today s expected to announce the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. republicans are driving hard on inflation. there s good news there. millions of americans could see a bump in their paycheck next year. early voting numbers suggesting turn-out could be on pace to match 2018, a year that had high participation for a midterm. control of congress hangs in the balance. right now the senate is split 50/50. democrats hold only a nine-seat advantage in the house. cnn s senior data reporter with us now on this. take us through this. take a look where we are on this generic ballot. this gives us a good indication of where things have been going and where they are r