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president biden, democratic senate candidate john fetterman is getting an assist from former president barack obama. will it make a difference in the high-stakes pennsylvania race? and we'll also go inside children's hospitals overwhelmed right now by the surge in respiratory illness as more and more kids are getting sick and beds are running out. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin this hour with the new response from the former president, former president trump's lawyer to the most agg...

hello and welcome to "inside politics." i'm 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. kevin mccarthy gives a window into his agenda. should republicans take back the house. martial la...

on your wallet. president biden will announce a move to help keep energy prices down for americans less than three weeks before the all-important midterm elections. the president will announce the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic preserve. of course, in the past few days gas prices have been dropping in some areas but on average they're still up 17 cents a gallon from a month ago. of course, the cost at the pump factors into the economic worries voters will carry to the polls and could be a problem for democrats since they're the party in power. cnn's p...

as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. let's start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are investigators hoping to reveal to the public during tomorrow's hearing? >> reporter: i think it's twofo...

complete holy hell, remember? >> this is going to be the misdemeanor from hell for merrick garland, joe biden, and nancy pelosi. they took on the wrong guy this time. >> well, that's what makes the one-time trump white house advisers move now, well, extra confounding because eight months ago, bannon said that he wasn't backing down ever. i mean, the wrong guy this time, right? well, trial dates have a funny way of making people change their minds, shall we say, because now he is, well, backing down. willing to testify before that very committee that he seemed to be mocking and taunti...