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
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
we are following several major stories for you at this hour. just hours from now president biden will announce new actions to tackle gas prices as he puts his focus on galvanizing issues for voters ahead of the midterms. according to aaa the average price for a gallon of gas is now $3.85. the white house now eyeing additional sales from strategic oil reserves to bring down those prices. today s speech comes just one day after the president addressed abortion rights, vowing to codify roe if democrats keep control of congress in the midterms. abortion rights a major topic in several fiery debates this week, including last night. florida republican senator marco rubio going toe to toe with democratic congresswoman val demings. the two trading barbs, sharp rebukes and pointed answers on a number of issues, we will break it down in just a moment. let s begin in morning at the white house, cnn correspondent jair my diamond is there for us. jeremy, the president will in part address gas pri