united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead on cnn newsroom donald trump and john eastman together were part of a likely criminal conspiracy. emails show that president trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong. this is the closest thing to a smoking gun and deliberate wrongdoing in this meeting. we re going to continue to stabilize markets and decrease the prices. i agree with anything that will make gas prices cheaper because right now they are astronomically high. i put liz truss in number 10. i hope it was worth it. i am a fighter. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s thursday, october 20th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with exclusive reporting. sources tell cnn former donald trump and his team are allowing federal agents to conduct a new supervised search of trump s mar-a-lago estate still part of an effort to save trump from poten
about gas prices as inflation weighs on the democrats and the battle for control of congress and putin s new martial law order just took effect in parts of ukraine illegally annexed by russia. we ll have live reports from kyiv and moscow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with a major development in the probe of former president trump s claims of election fraud. a federal judge says trump signed legal documents continuing evidence he knew to be false. our justice correspondent is working the story for us. jessica, walk us through what happened. well significantly, wolf, this is the second time that a federal judge out of california, david carter, has said that the former president likely committed a crime. now this is all related to e-mails from johnny spoon, an attorney who was the architect pushing these baseless claims of election fraud. what the judge has done here is he has sa
brian. thank you. over an hour from now, we are going to hear from president biden, his going to tell us his decision to release another 50 billion barrels from the reserve. the emergency oil reserve. less than three weeks ahead of the midterm election. his critics are calling it a desperate attempt to drive down the gas prices as the economy emerged. the biden administration released roughly 165 million barrels, bringing the total to 180. draining our emergency oil stockpile to its lowest levels since 1984. however, white house press secretary, karin jean-pierre is putting this spin. gas prices have fallen not too long ago. the decline of summer fastest in over a decade. every month the typical two driver families save about $120 at the pump compared to where we were in mid-june. everyday americans save $420 million at the pump compares to mid-june. that s code for stop complaining. we don t feel your pain, stop it. you have it so good, america. you have it so good w
midterms. plus charges against a major company and a guilty plea for financing isis. and actor kevin spacey is back on the stand today defending himself against sexual assault allegations. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. president biden is making a move today to try and put abortion rights back in the spotlight and back on the ballot. with the midterm elections three weeks from today. the president is speaking soon at a dnc event in washington where he is expected to make a promise that his first move in the new year will be to codify roe v. wade, that is if democrats don t lose power. this is one of the many topics that candidates debated last night in key races across country. but let s get to the white house. jeremy diamond is standing by. what is the president laying out in this speech. reporter: well president biden is trying to put an issue that he and his advisers believe is advantageous to democrats front a
actions of other countries have caused such volatility. the president once again tapping into the nation s emergency oil stockpile hoping to rein in gas prices and ease the economic headwinds. he said it s not related to the november elections. it s not politically motivated at all. it s making sure there s enough oil pumped by the companies so we have the ability to produce enough gas we need here at home. reporter: early voting is already underway with nearly 4 million americans casting their ballots, including more than 290,000 in georgia, 450,000 in michigan, 360,000 in pennsylvania and 180,000 in wisconsin. from coast to coast the campaigns are taking final shape. in the critical pennsylvania senate race with republican mehmet oz. that s the real risk here. john fetterman issuing a