law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today s focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it s a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down because markets are anticipating it. what s being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? let s remember that this 15 million
and were seated, the offstage announcer said, ladies and gentlemen, the president and mrs. bush and in walked dana ca carvey doing the best 41 impression. that was him, classic 41. lifting the spirits of the whole white house staff after his loss in 1992. we see him in great photo. big gregarious laughter you can almost hear looking at this image. i wonder how you and him ended up getting to know each other. it s an interesting story. in 1979, i was invited by my friend gene with this fundraiser from houston texas named george bush who was going to run for president. got to meet him, a picnic then and then a few short years later, i went to work for gene s dad, senator john tower of texas
like infrastructure that directly helps americans. can i play what gary cohen said? he used the words trickle down. he says that s what it is rksz he s not ashamed to admit it. workers get paid more. workers have more disposable income. the workers spend more. we see the whole trickle down through the economy. that s good for the economy. steve, can you tell me why, if you give a corporation a tax break they would spend it on wages as oppose zed to executive pay or buybacks or dividends or just i mean, why do you think they would give it to people for raises? the congressional budget office, my friend gene would agree, it s honest. i think it s against us. the congressional budget, look at advise your viewers to go to the report on their website that shows they estimate when you cut
what is i think unsettling, if you will, is that and with all respect to my friend gene, i think jackson has a lot to teach him if he would pause and think about it for just a moment a two. andrew jackson was a great unionist. his mother and his brothers died in the revolution. he believed that their blood had sanctified the union. what i think trump was doing he was conflating the nullification crisis in 1832-33 with the later march to war. and that was a moment where jackson, if he had been a pure states rights slave-owning man without any nuance, he would have actually been more on the side of those who wanted to pick and choose which federal laws they followed. but he believed instead, as he put it in his nullification proclamation, a document by the way that abraham lincoln called for as he was composing his own first inaugural, he said that the country was one great family
sometimes they are integrated fully. sometimes he picks them up very briefly and it melts quickly. we ve seen that with significant policy things. we ve seen it with small passing thing. it s very clear that he believes in being an intuitive gut player. he s not a big reader of biography. and that s okay. i mean, it s you know, the country or at least an electoral college majority of the country decided that this was worth the roll of the dice at the moment. what is i think unsettling, if you will, is that and with all respect to my friend gene, i think jackson has a lot to teach him if he would pause and think about it for just a moment a two.