trying to avoid this outcome for months and paid a visit to saudi arabia in july after he vowed to make the country a pariah over its human rights abuses. dagen: the fist bump fell flat along with the president s promises to lower gasoline prices for americans struggling with inflation. president biden: i m doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. i have a plan to bring down the cost of gas and food. i m doing everything in my power to blunt putin s price hike and bring down the cost of gas and food. i led the world to could odd nate the largest release of global oil reserves in history. dana: jacque heinrich is live on the north lawn waking up to difficult headlines. there were reports they were trying to work the opec members up until they lost. there sure were. tough day here for officials at the white house. yesterday they a
carrier deployment destabilizing to the region. the biden administration said it is open to talk. dagen: thank you so much for that. dana: also overseas breaking news in the fight against terror. u.s. special forces carrying out a raid on a village in northeastern syria. a top islamic state official has been killed and several captured. the u.s. operation took place on government-held territory and an air assault and forces on the ground. we ll bring you more information as it comes in. at this moment there goes another one of the isis members we continue to be on the hunt for all of them. dagen: a war that s not over. dana: they are patient people, the terrorists. we have to match them at that point. scary october for democrats. key races are tightening and rising gas prices could put republicans over the top. karl rove on what it means for who controls the senate. dagen: a federal appeals court dealing a blow to daca. details of the ruling and what it could mean for more th
workers. life comes at you pretty fast. officials here signaled no plans to do that repeating their talking points yesterday that domestic oil producers have not used existing leases that are available to them, dana. dana: you have to have permits to exercise the leases. thank you so much, jacque. good to have dagen here to explain on the strategic petroleum reserve, that s our emergency supply. dagen: right. in terms of actual shortages. but instead it appears as if there was a political move all summer. the strategic petroleum reserve is now at the lowest in 38 years since president biden took office, the number of barrels in it has fallen by 35%. since then. and now the biden administration, although it has more releases on deck, it will have to begin refilling it at higher prices. and saudi arabia, no pun intended, knows they have us over a barrel. dana: we ll have much more on this with maria bartiromo. her analysis what this means for
but even today the governor is unwilling to take up the call to rescind and fix bail reform in the state. and again lives are being lost and families ripped apart. i don t know how much more they are willing to accept before they finally take responsibility. dagen: you mentioned president biden will also be in dutch the county. will crime be a question shouted at the question? i ve asked for an opportunity to speak to the president and i will tell him exactly what i think. listen, we want jobs but telling people that there are jobs coming years and years and years from now when they can t afford to pay their electric bill and can t afford to put groceries on their table and refrigerators while innocent people are being gunned down. they have to take responsibility and it is no solace to too many families struggling too hard. so let s see what the president
look what s going on with the banks? the biden administration is trying to force the banks or encourage the banks to stop lending to the fossil fuel industry. two weeks ago tlaib questioned jamie dimon and said will you commit to not funding oil companies? he said absolutely not. that would be the road to hell for america. so the bottom line is it s not just about the leases, it is about all the rules, regulations, bureaucracy that this administration has put in place to stop, lessen and kill the fossil fuel industry. dagen: a lot of analysts are saying all the biden administration would need to do is make friends and make nice with the energy sector in the united states and say we will do everything that it takes and everything in our power to make sure that we are prosperous here in the united states, produce as much fossil fuel as we possibly can and regain our power on the