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
reproductive rights were very much on the ballot. a strong indication that as some of us were trying to tell y all, the supreme court nuking abortion rights has shifted the mid-term election to democrats. val demming is taking on senator marco rubio in florida. also tonight, new reporting from the washington post on trump s delay tactics as the government tried to retrieve classified documents that were improperly in his grasp. president biden makes good on a campaign promise and as a result millions of people will get badly needed student loan debt relief. we begin the reid out tonight with a game changer for democrats. now if you hear a giant sucking sound, it could be the wholesale deflation of republicans hoping to gain control of congress this fall. after tuesday s election results in new york and florida show that their planned red wave in the november mid-terms could be looking more like a red wheeze. the biggest sign of the night, the special election in bell we
While the buzz on Twitter and with the Morning Joe crew has focused more on Rubio's passive and nervous approach, it is critical to note that he faced an extremely skilled and prepared opponent.
come january 2023? oh, yeah, there s lots of them. i think this is going to i agree with the other panelists. i think this is i look at a race like wisconsin, ron johnson, is he going to run again? he hasn t announced. i think he s absolutely vulnerable. that s a critical race. pennsylvania is a huge raise. you have mimet oz in there. dr. oz. he s objecting we call him mr. oz. we ll see on that side, democratic primaries. you have lieutenant governor john federman. val demming is in florida. yes. i think it s a tough race for her to win but she s an excellent candidate i think in a lot of ways. i think even if she loses