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hello and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy news day with us. president biden taps the strategic petroleum reserve, 15 million barrels is barely one day of what america consumes but the price of gas is hurting the midterm prospects and thehe is trying to show he trying to ease your pain at the pump. no blank check for ukraine. a promise to boot democrats from committees. no promise to rule out cutting social security and medicare. ...

what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme... just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family — all 72 of them — as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt — where the...

el pasos mayor says 2,000 migrants arrive here every day. most of them from venezuela. but some dont stay here for very long, as the city is bussing migrants to other parts of the country. just like the governors of texas, florida and arizona, but here theres coordination with the city of el paso and cities like new york, where many are being sent. yesterday i spoke with several venezuelan mite grans, including one who told me hes just grateful to have a place to go. one who told me he...

voting. the biggest prize the balance of powner congress. for democrats that means the ability to push forward with president bidens agenda. he will be in maryland tonight to rally for the democratic candidate for governor there. >> and here is a look at what is at stake. 35 spots in the senate. there for the taking and as jim just mentioned, dozens of governor votes will be cast. secretary of state and attorney general as well. voter enthusiasm is soaring into the election. more than ...

steal his wife? >> i wouldnt do that to my brother. >> in, course it all came out. scandalous passions, jealousy, greed, lust. >> he said, he was the black sheep of the family. >> a family saga, turned riveting courtroom drama. >> i cried the whole time. >> the time we received the call was around three. >> i think him 9-1-1? >> help, please. >> whats wrong? >> gun. shot. >> your shot? >> yes. >> were you at? >> the sheriffs office 9-1-1 operator, could barely understand the voice on t...

hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. president putin has announced a partial military mobilisation to help fight the war ukraine. in a television address, president putin said the west wanted the end of russia just as it had brought the soviet union to an end. it comes a day after russian occupied territories in ukraine announced votes on joining russia. that mobilisation — the first since world war ii — is aimed at those with previous military experie...

live with representative jayapal, whos chair of the progressive caucus. we have a lot to ask her about with just three weeks left until the midterm elections. but first, during the second half of the presidency and even since hes been out of office, donald trump has been obsessed with a man named john durham. >> i look forward to but durham s report, thats the one i look forward. >> what happened to durham, was there? >> and by the way, where is there, what happened? where is he? he di...

it bears repeating. >> it does, thank you, as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us. we have a great big show just this evening, and in just a few minutes, ill be joined live here on set by representative camilla jayapal of, whose chair -- we have a lot to ask her about with just three weeks left until the midterm elections but first, during the second half of his presidency, and even since he has been out of office donald trump has been obsessed with a man named john durham...

doors to get the gavel. those holdouts who were keeping the the speakership from him now have some plush committee assignments. lauren boebert, scott perry, and where they got assign and why the white house is watching so closely. our congressional reporters are here to explain what those members will now be able to do. they also learned about, more about why congressman marjorie taylor greene might have gotten so close to mccarthy, becoming one of the loudest supporters for him to get...

it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. im brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitters ceo, the chief financial officer and the companys top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before todays deadline. >> musk attempted to reassu...