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
president biden moving to keep gas price s down with the critical midterm elections fast approaching. good morning, it is wednesday, october 19th i m brianna keilar with john berman. today the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of 15 million more barrels from the u.s. strategic reserve. the draw down first announced in march to release 180 million barrels. and on the inflation front, millions of americans could see a bump in paychecks next year thanks to an inflation adjustment in the tax code. this comes as president biden and democratic candidates lockdown midterm messaging. the focus now, economy and abortion. president biden was speaking trying to rally voters still angry about the supreme court decision on roe v. wade, pledging to protect abortion rights if more democrats are elected to congress. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why these midterm elections are
wouldn t have believed you. this is a great start for new york. we need something we can embrace. it s been a rough year in new york sports wise. only made it to the als. alex, do we have highlights of the game last night, to show people so we can act like we re a top tier news organization. here s some random video that washington is in white, and the guys in the green are the eagles. there s jalen hurts. pass to number 15 who fumbles the ball. come on, what is this? there we have jalen hurts looking like an mvp candidate there. i didn t know because i go to sleep at 6:00 before wheel of fortune starts. the eagles damaging their prospects with one turnover after another. a lot of face masking going on there. jalen hurts again, look at this,
birthday in a russian prison. brittney griner s birthday is today. she s 32 years old. we want to continue to remember her name. it s been 243 days since she s been wrongfully confined in a russian prison and everybody is doing their part to get her home. steph getting the lay-up to go. lebron had 31 but they cruise to a 123-109. no shortage of things to watch sports wise. two championship games in baseball and 12 nba games. 24 more teams opening their season. all right. sounds like a lot to sort through. we know you ll bring it to us tomorrow, the highlights. andy, nice to see you. thank you so much for joining us, everybody. i m christine romans. new day starts right now .