skyrocketing on global markets so on thursday, u.s. president joe biden announced a record release from the strategic oil reserve, up to 180 million barrels over six months. a move he hopes will help lower record-high gasoline prices across the u.s. kaitlan collins has more now from the white house. >> reporter: well, as russia's war in ukraine is continuing, president biden is taking drastic steps to try to reduce gas prices here at home where they have been skyrocketing, of course, ever since that invasion began several weeks ago. and president biden announcing today he will be tapping into the reserves, the emergency reserves, of oil that the united states has to try to help lower gas prices now that they are over average $4 a gallon. and so, president biden's plan for the next six months is to release a million barrels of gas per day from the strategic reserves. that is ultimately going to add up to about 180 million barrels of oil. ask while industry experts say they don't think this is going to really have anything but a modest impact, the white house is hoping this will be a bridge