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united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. im 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. bidens aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administrations decision back in march to rel...

and weve just heard theyre evacuating civilians from the line there. >> and russia continues to target critical infrastructure in ukraine, triggering power and water outages. overnight, central ukraine was hit, quote, all night long by russian attacks. also a new round of kamikaze drone strikes. ukraine claiming it shot down 13 drones in the mykolaiv region. clarissa ward is live with the latest. can you tell us what youre hearing happening near kherson? >> reporter: its an interesting...

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. ...

gas prices ahead of the election. >> bill: 150 million barrels that drained the reserve to its lowest level in 40 years. republicans say this is a major security liability. >> they will do this three weeks out for election. communicate it is not our fault and well fix it. the point made earlier, we now have the strategic petroleum reserve at a 40-year low. the fact that we dont have that in reserve our adversaries are watching that. >> dana: jacqui heinrich is watching it all at the wh...

right now, the stage is set for what could be an historic election if democrats can defy trends. >> if you ignore the fear mongering, if you ignore the cynicism, if you vote, then we will keep this country moving forward. >> and you look at all the polling data. if yall show up and vote, democracys sustained. not a joke. >> as donald trump uses his campaign rallies to road test a likely run in 2024 and ron desantis. >> lets see. there it is. trump at 71. ron disanctimonious at 10%. >> ...

line, the stakes could not be higher. republicans need to pick up one senate seat and five house seats to take control on capitol hill. a new nbc news poll finds registered voters are tied at 47% when it comes to which party they want to control congress. the poll also finds democrats are closing the enthusiasm gap in this election. voters from both parties highly interested in the elections. we have already seen the enthusiasm play out as more than 41 million americans have already vo...

we are in it now, the final full day of campaigning in the last hours of this election, as we come on the air, with our nbc news team, all across the country, covering it all this hour, live, weve got reports from our campaign correspondents, with the candidates talking to voters, and breaking new reporting on the races that are going to decide the balance of power in washington. a balance of power that tens of millions of people are already weighing in on. youve got some 40 million ba...

one the supreme court is about to hear a case you might not have heard of, that concerns a benign sounding theory about state legislatures. this case could quite literally and democracy as we know it. there is not been nearly enough conversation about this case, and we are gonna change that this morning. then every politico in the bell when trying to figure out how the republican overreach that landed us in this dystopian row post row reality is going to effect next months elections. o...

investigation into ron desantiss stunt. >> somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. >> plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trumps lawyers were in court today for the first hearing befor...

>> plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. >> when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, im chris, is donald trumps lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trumps retirement home in florida. >> in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending...