republican lawmakers say all of it all of it puts our national security in danger. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the decision by president biden to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve puts our nation s emergency supply at its lowest level in four decades. this has been his administration s reflexive move for months now. biden already has released, when you add it up, 165 million barrels. now add on to what he is about to bring us, 15 more and you hit 180 since he took office. in other words, his presidency has been rocking high gas prices for quite some time now. why now focus on it? the president seeming to get a bit defensive when someone asked that question. what is your request to republicans who say you are only doing the release to help democrats in the mid-terms? president biden: where have they been the last four months is my response. is it politically motivated? president biden: no it s
island, complete with amenities, wait for it, that include x box game consoles, ping pong tables, fluff and fold laundry, plenty of controversy, with residents housed in homeless shelters, a stark contrast to rundown conditions they live in. meanwhile, the situation at the southern border is spiralling out of control. the el paso mayor is denying the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency over the influx of illegal immigrants, but comments at a city council meeting last month suggest otherwise. did the white house ask you not to declare a state of emergency? absolutely not. one of the things i m thankful for the white house, the federal government, they ve done a really, really good job working with us, helping us to make sure we get funding to be able to do the job that border cities are required to do. i had a conversation this morning or yesterday with the chief of the u.s. border patrol, chief ortiz, and he does not support declaring a state of emer