climate is affecting your wallet. economy and abortion, those are the issues that democrats are focusing on this morning, trying to rally voters with less than three weeks to go before election day. president biden will address u.s. concerns about rising gas prices. today s expected to announce the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. republicans are driving hard on inflation. there s good news there. millions of americans could see a bump in their paycheck next year. early voting numbers suggesting turn-out could be on pace to match 2018, a year that had high participation for a midterm. control of congress hangs in the balance. right now the senate is split 50/50. democrats hold only a nine-seat advantage in the house. cnn s senior data reporter with us now on this. take us through this. take a look where we are on this generic ballot. this gives us a good indication of where things have been going and where they are r
what exactly do we expect to hear from him? reporter: yeah, that s right, bianna. president biden is going to be tackling head on what has become a political liability for democrats less than three weeks away from these midterm elections and that s the price of gas in the united states, which is now 20 cents higher than it was a month ago. we have seen those prices come down some over the last week, but there are still a lot of concerns, especially given the cut in production announced by opec plus earlier this month, the conflict that is still ongoing in ukraine and so president biden today trying to do something to tackle the rising price of oil and in accordance with that the rising price of gas. 15 million barrels of oil is what president biden is directing the administration to release from the strategic petroleum reserve and that is going to be the last of the 180 million barrels of oil that president biden announced last spring that the administration would release t
good morning, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. well, we are officially three weeks away from the 2022 midterms. the election season is already in full swing. overnight candidates across the country going toe to toe in heated debates. in ohio senate race democratic congressman tim ryan trading barbs with republican j.d. v vance. if you can t even stand up for yourself how are you going to stand up for the people of the state? the guy who is subservient to the national party is tim ryan. in utah independent evan mcmullin pressing republican senator mike lee about his actions surrounding the january 6th insurrection. you advised the white house find an alternative slate of electors for trump. you were there to stand up for our for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. i disagree with everything my opponent just said, including the words but, and and the. and in georgia s gubernatorial remark brian kemp linking sta
around the santos flew 50 migrants from texas to liberal martha s vineyard in massachusetts last week. greg abbott continues bussing them to new york city in the d.c. home of borders are vice president kamala harris. we will have fox team coverage with film allusion at the southern border and christina coleman on the battle brewing between ron desantis and governor newsom. lucas live at the white house. sending over 50 buses filled with migrants to new york. thousands are crossing the border every day overwhelming his city. two days ago we had almost 2000. a little over 1900. yesterday, the day before yesterday we had a little over 1500. the numbers have been continuing to increase. earlier today, nine more buses arrived in new york. most from el paso. seven more expected early next week to arrive. legal action against texas. if the vice president was correct when she called the southern border secure. i believe we can continue to coordinate better to make sure that
top of the hour, i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. election day, two weeks away exactly. today there is a major focus on pennsylvania. voters gearing up for a key senate debate tonight. republican mehmet oz and john fetterman will face off in the first and only debate. this is a new poll showing fetterman leading with a narrow margin. we re on the ground in harrisburg with a preview of tonight s debate. plus overnight in florida, governor ron desantis vying to keep his job facing off against challenger charlie crist in their debate, the two trading barbs, insults, on a number of topics. charlie crist will join me in just a moment. but let s begin with what is expected to be the fiery debate tonight in pennsylvania. jessica dean is on the trail in harrisburg. and it is important, this is the only debate for voters between oz and fetterman. what are we expecting them to tackle tonight in addition to the expected fireworks? right. well we re going to see