united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting. the house finally elects a speaker. how the chaos ended and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. and there are new details in the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and a former fbi agent will be joining us with her perspective on that investigation. also remarkable progress for buffalo bills player damar hamlin. an update on his condition and the moment he face timed his teammates from a hospital bed. and a major policy for military parents. the change that will allow them to spend more time with their newborn coming up on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s january 7th. alex is gracing us with his presence. thank you for being with us, alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news
united states and around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. those extremists that he runs around with, they just want to stoke this racial violence. we re tired of it. you re so desperate to have a job, it s days graceful. what impact does it have on the psyche of the people of kyiv that there are kamikaze drones attacking your capitol. everyone is so angry. everyone wanted to defend their families and hometown. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. the suspect rein of terror has come to an end. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s the 18th. it s 3 minutes away from the critical mid terms who controls congress. it s now underway. the u.s. senate and governor. and the new cnn poll. and it s a generic. it s holding. it s held in the u.s. senate races. trump-backed republican j.d. vance. their opponents have divisive party leaders. they made the inflation crisis we ve been seeing over the last few months if he hadn t
world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
royal family. ukrainian troops forcing russia to regroup and retreat from a region they held for six months. is this a turning point as you see a defiant ukraine taking the territory back? an alabama pastor put in handcuffs while watering his neighbor s flowers. he s taking the arresting officers to court. you re in the cnn newsroom. as the people of great britain and world offe ed admir mourn the loss of queen eliz elizabeth, ii, how her subjects and nation will pay tribute. buckingham palace released information on her final cross country journey leading to her service month, september 19th and tomorrow morning the queen s coffin leaves the castle for the official scottish residence of the british royal family. a hurst will make the six-hour journey to allow mourners to pay respects. the coffin will be moved from edinburgh to buckingham palace before being moved to westminster hall for the lying in state that will end in the funeral at westminster abbey. today full ce