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
overturn the 2020 election. the star witness tomorrow georgia republican secretary of state brad raffensperger who resisted trump s demand getting one more vote from joe biden in georgia. a new abc ipso poll shows 6 in 10 americans want donald trump to face criminal charges for his role in the plot. a georgia grand jury is already investigating. on friday, trump doubled down on comments from the attack. promising pardons from the rioters if he s re-electeded and slamming vice president percent for certifying the re-election. on the biggest issue facing the biden white house, the economy, treasury secretary janet yellen insisting that a recession is not inevitable. in the fight against covid, the moment millions of parents have been waiting for. beginning tomorrow, children as young as six months can get vaccinated. but will parents sign up? and juneteenth is being celebrated in many states in the nation s capital. we ll have a full report. this hour, i ll speak to califor
the man is at least quadrupled boosted. some would say he is the most boosted man in america. but at his age, we shouldn t guest. we do wish him a sincere recovery. the way fauci follows the science primetime has a nose for the truth and we have done some contact tracing. the team at primetime has taken this very seriously. and we will report momentarily on what we found. but the person that came to our mind did dr. fauci expose himself on purpose to coronavirus? why would he do that? well, tomorrow he was supposed to get into the ring with senator rand paul to testify under oath about the pandemic. now, these things don t usually go very well for the fauci master. do you really think it s appropriate to use your $420,000 salary to attack scientists that disagree with you? i think in usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything about me. there you go again. you do the same thing every hearing. that was your response. this wasn t the only time. so i would
Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, canada and all around the world. Im kim brunhuber. Were following two major stories on cnn newsroom. Israel is wrapping up raids in gaza. We begin with an urgent manhunt for the suspect in two Mass Shootings in maine. Law enforcement surrounded the suspects last known order for hours on thursday. Authorities were heard shouting, youre under arrest and come out with your hands out, but it appears the suspect wasnt there at the time. Police are looking for this man, 40yearold robert card. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is charged with multiple counts of murder. Officials are telling residents in the areas around lewiston, maine, to stay vigilant, remain inside and lock their doors as they search for card. The suspect was seen carrying a highpowered assaultstyle rifle during the massacre. Susan collins who represents maine says she supports a ban on highcapacity magazine but says that guns arent necessarily the problem
john martin, shot by a neighborhood watch captain in a central florida gated community. tonight the outrage has come full circle. it has come home. you re looking at a rally tonight in sanford, florida. people gathering from all around the country, not far from where on the 26th of february trayvon martin was returning to his future stepmother s home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, allegedly confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department s handling of the case and a vote of no confidence by sanford s city commission the police chief temporarily stepped aside. he did not step down. nor did sanford s city manager fire him even though he has the power to do so. in a moment we ll ask him why. first john zarrella who is at tonight s rally. reporter: anderson, some of the late developments today is that governor rick scott, florida s governor, has ap