motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab
this is perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates side by side. they re debating just this one time. the senate is 50-50 and pennsylvania is crucial in the fight to either keep or gain control. cnn s jeff zeleny is in harrisburg where the debate is happening. jeff, what should people expect to see tonight? reporter: well, victor, i think people can expect to see fireworks as we ve seen in debates across the country. more interestingly this has a unique element to it and that is because of john fetterman. of course he s the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania but he s been recovering from a stroke for the last several months. so this debate tonight is going to be slightly different. it s going to have a closed captioning system. john fetterman is still having auditor processing issues. he can t always hear and see things in realtime so he ll be using closed captions as many americans do when
this is day two of our coverage of the criminal investigation of the 45th president of the night states, and day two has gone exactly expected exactly as expected in investigations like this. we ve learned the identity of another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who is no longer legally license to practice law. here is the witness, who we learned today is cooperating with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump. did rudy giuliani ever suggest that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? he did. miss hutchinson, white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes he did seek that pardon, ma am. she is g
and so should you. do the right thing, no, i m not talking about spike lee s movie. that is the message that cassidy atkinson received before her bombshell testimony to the january six committee. could this be witness intimidation, i am simone sanders, y all, and i have something to say. it has been over one week since five republican dominated supreme court justices ruled that women s bodily autonomy should be left to the mercy of state government. the explosive decision overturning roe v. wade as already reached it is only going to get worse, y all. a recent washington report detailed how multiple anti - and their allies and state to block people from traveling meanwhile, the new york times report laid out the growing efforts of so-called abortion abolitionists, these are folks that are working to punish women for choosing not to undergo childbirth and all its consequences. women and girls are going to die as a result of the ruling. democratic voters are begging the c
another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who is no longer legally license to practice law. here is the witness, who we learned today is cooperating with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump. did rudy giuliani ever suggest that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? he did. miss hutchinson, white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes he did seek that pardon, ma am. she is going to be a very helpful witness to federal prosecutors, investigating donald trump. abc news was the first to report today, that cassidy hutchinson, a former top advisor to then president donald trump s chief of staff mark m