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
was and still is for infrastructure funding, and that $40 billion of the infrastructure deal was set aside to make sure what happened at that bridge does not happen at another bridge. this stop is part of biden s tour through battle ground pennsylvania, a state where a close senate race between dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman who is there with limb right now could decide who controls congress. joining me from philadelphia, is white house correspondent mike memoli. you re in philly where the president will be tonight for a private fundraiser for lieutenant governor john fetterman. this stop that he made in front of that bridge today, i mean he s not just selling the bipartisan infrastructure deal, he s selling democrats. saying democrats are the ones to get it done, and that he led the way. yes, that s right, katy, the president has not necessarily been doing the kind of campaign rallies we have seen past presidents do around this time, of course, donald
the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. you are watching bbc news. now.|an hislop s 2022: in conversation with amol rajan. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in recent years the news agenda has often felt pretty crazy. yeah. ..and overwhelming, but this year, even more
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russian aggression. every day yothere is no alternative to this decision. we are live in ukraine with why this aid is so critical for ukrainians. a stunning set of new arrests related to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. three active duty marines under arrest for their part in the insurrection, one allegedly wanted to wage a second civil war. silence from actor alec baldwin as he is facing involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the rust set shooting. what we are learning about changes on the set as the crew vows to finish the movie. i feel, you know, sad, but also i have a sense new zealand s prime minister speaking out after her shocking resignation earlier this week and her decision to step down is resonating with women worldwide. and that parade of recent storms in the west prompts a big turnaround when it comes to the drought. newsroom starts right now. good morning. it is saturday, january 21st. i m amara worker. i m boris sanchez