we ll go live to the capital of ukraine and get the latest from inside moscow in just a minute. plus, does the future of the war in ukraine hinge on the midterms in the u.s.? the republican victories in the house and senate mean less money or less military support? we ll dig into that, plus get a gut check on a couple of big races you haven t heard a whole lot about. finally, jury selection just getting under way in the second sex crimes trial of harvey weinstein. the stakes have been raised exponentially after he was given a chance to appeal his new york conviction. what are the chances he could be allowed to walk free? we start with the brutal attacks in ukraine and apparent return to tactics that russia used early in the war to try to terrorize and kill civilians. it represents the biggest, most widespread attack in months. russia claims that it was going after energy and military command facilities. but the vast majority were civilian targets, including an apartment
president biden is set to lay out his plan to once again bring down sky high cost of gasoline at the pump. once again, by tapping into the nation s emergency oil reserves, even as it brings the needle even closer to e. i m john roberts in washington, happy wednesday, sandra. sandra: and that s a visual for you, starting to look like that, right? the president will announce that release of 15 million more barrels of oil, rounds out the 180 million draw down the president committed to earlier this year. john: the releases have brought the supply to the lowest level since ronald reagan was president. likely bring down gas prices for a brief period of time, but critics say biden is using the emergency stockpile to play politics. midterm elections now just 20 days away. former vice president mike pence will join us to discuss what all of this means for the elections. sandra: looking forward to that. begin with fox team coverage. marc thiessen ready to sounds out, and one way
president obama campaigning together in pennsylvania to help push fetterman across the finish line. bill: that seat is democrats best hope for a senate pickup as it stands now. it a win there would make it harder for republicans to take control of the senate. dana: both sides are calling in big surrogates. the stakes could not be higher for this election. the most important election in our lifetimes to take shape in this country. biden are waging war on your job, safety, values and freedom. if you help democrats keep the house and get more seats in the senate you can guarantee he will make more progress on the issues you care about. america is the best country in the world and we aren t going to stop fighting for her until we get her back and we make her strong again. bill: we roll now team fox coverage. marc thiessen with analysis. mark meredith in ohio where former president trump holds a valley for j.d. vance. we begin with riched son in the pennsylvania race
[cheers and applause] spheef steve live from new york. one day away from election day. we have a live studio audience. we have got a marching band and we have got you. welcome to studio m, folks. and today today studio m. stands for midterms. wthey came and we locked the door. ainsley: we had debates and band on. and our entire fox team was staying in a hotel. steve: that would be in 2016. that was in new hampshire. ainsley: that s right. no tax state. [laughter] ainsley: sean hannity was sleeping in that hotel and martha mccallum. they all came on the show said we were woken up by marching band at 4:00 in the morning practicing out in the parking lot. we had to have the band. brian: they didn t have wake-up calls so we brought the horn section. great to see you. anyone wants proof the pandemic is over. here it is. [cheers and applause] we re going to be talking to the crowd all morning long and you as well. we don t have to ask them, we know to the latest polls a
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing