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
first, the images coming in, the corner of an apartment building coming down. firefighters looking for survi survivors. one question tonight, did the rain, play any kind of role here? also tonight, that system that did slam the east and the south turning deadly. the tornado outbreak. more than 30 reported tornadoes, multiple states. and now, what s coming right behind all of this? rob marciano tracking it all. we have breaking news coming in from the supreme court. after that extraordinary move by special counsel jack smith. the urgent request, he took straight to the supreme court, trying to get ahead of donald trump s attempts to slow down the legal process. asking the court to weigh in on donald trump s claim that being president gives you, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution. what the court is now signaling about this request just in tonight. jon karl standing by. in texas, the young pregnant mother, doctors say her health at risk with the pregnancy, but canno
figures, further south ii to 14 degrees but by sunday this area of low pressure will move in and again we will see wet weather pushing in with strong winds. thanks, simon. and that s it from us. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with victoria derbyshire. on bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodnight. on bbc london, a ulez camera has been blown up in south east london. is the home office confirmed the night at the cost of the rwanda scheme has doubled to 290 million tones of not one salesperson centre, rishi sunak tries to sell his own legislation to mps today. is he yet another conservative prime minister doubled to £290 million, with not one person sent there. mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda plan and his premiership. can he get enough votes to get his latest legislation through? we ll talk to two conservatives one who supports it, one who doesn t. also tonight, as an inquest rules an ofsted inspection contributed to the death of headteach
cease-fire. what we are learning about their time being held by hamas. the food was not enough and the water was not enough. norah: our new reporting as the cia director negotiates for the remaining hostages, as no americans are released today. the snow chaos that led to a multicar pileup, as nearly 220 million americans face freezing temperatures. taking your child to the hospital for an emergency? how one medical center changed its procedures to be ready. this is something that every hospital should strive for. norah: and meet the man teaching us about forgiveness and building community, one sweet treat at a time. they are terrific. that is so good. i m just thankful that we were given the opportunity and we made the best of it, the american dream. norah: good evening to our viewers in the est, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. and we do want to begin tonight with the nation s goodbye to former first lady rosalynn carter. hundreds
cease-fire. what we are learning about their time being held by hamas. the food was not enough and the water was not enough. norah: our new reporting as the cia director negotiates for the remaining hostages, as no americans are released today. the snow chaos that led to a multicar pileup, as nearly 220 million americans face freezing temperatures. taking her child to the hospital for an emergency? how one medical center changed its procedures to be ready. this is something that every hospital should strive for. norah: and meet the man teaching us about forgiveness and building community, one sweet treat at a time. they are terrific. so good. i m just thankful that we were given the opportunity and we made the best of the american dream. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. and we do want to begin tonight with the nations goodbye to former first lady rosalynn carter. hundreds were in attendance for a powerful memor