CNN CNN Newsroom With Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez April 2, 2022 14:32:00
Release millions of barrels of oil from the u.s. strategic reserve to help fight rising gasoline prices. and you can see right now the average price is $4.20 for a gallon of regular unleaded as cnn's matt egan explains, it's a bold and potentially risky move by an administration with limited options. >> reporter: this is being dubbed the mother of all emergency oil releases. the u.s. is draining 180 million barrels of oil from the reserve. that's three times bigger than anything they've ever done before. this is all about supply and demand. gas prices shot up to record highs because the war in...