right now in america this morning. biden's new move on gas prices with the president is announcing today and how he's taking aim at oil companies plus, with americans increasingly worried about inflation, some good news from the i. r s weather extremes and as far south as tennessee wmillg mes.f bounds, e l teamwn accused of spying on other owners to dig up dirt on them respond to the accusations , just the latest scandal surrounding washington's dan snyder could he now lose his team? the college friends who came face to face with a grizzly

bear. now speaking to good morning america, just for us to walk out of there. alive all four of us. it's a miracle really is how they survived the terrifying attack. plus safety recall the cookie dough being pulled from store shelves and later the mcdonald's nostalgia craze. how much people are willing to pay for relics of a bygone era of golden arches history. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning , everyone we begin with a new move to try to bring down gas price. president biden is said to make an announcement today as polls show democrats losing momentum ahead of the midterm elections. americans are growing more concerned about the economy and inflation. gas prices have dropped in the last week. but the national average prices 20 cents higher than one month ago . abc is justin finch is now here with more justin. good morning. hey there, andrew. good morning, president. biden is now

trying to contain the fallout from rising gas prices with just 20 days until the midterm elections. today president biden is expected to authorize the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the nation's emergency stockpile in an attempt to bring down gas prices. it will mark the last of the 180 million barrels. biden previously pledged to release definitely more supply could lead to cheaper gas prices, but critics say the 15 million barrels is a drop in the bucket, considering the u. s consumes about 20 million barrels per day. supply is always better for gas prices on but we're just going to have to see what happens with demand and also with food oil prices, although biden is making the announcementthe 15 wilbe as uil december. the president also doubling down on another big issue, promising that democrats will pass a federal law protecting abortion

rights if they win at the polls next month. the first bill that i will send her the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. congress passes it, i'll sign it. abortion rights and the economy were front and center in florida last night as senator marco rubio faced off against his democratic challenger, congresswoman val demings believe that innocent human life is worthy of the protection of our laws that said, every bill i've ever sponsored on abortion . every bill i've ever voted for has exceptions. what we know is that the senator supports no exceptions. he can make his mouth say anything today. he's good at that, by the way. meanwhile in pennsylvania, polls showed the senate race between republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman is tightening. i mean, recently returning to the campaign trail after suffering a stroke, both he and odds refused to take questions from reporters ahead of their debate next week. dr oz

. dr oz, will you answer questions, dr oz? and back to president biden's announcement today. he's also expected to go after the oil companies, accusing them of price gouging at a time of record profits. andrew alright, justin thank you. meanwhile the i. r s is making changes in response to soaring inflation, and that means bigger paychecks for many americans. tax brackets for next year will be raised by about 7% so taxpayers whose wages haven't kept pace with inflation. will be taxed at a lower rate. the standard deduction will also increased by roughly 7. now to ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of people have been plunged into darkness. russian drone and missile attacks are blamed for destroying nearly one third of the country's power stations in recent days, triggering blackouts and cutting off water supplies. nato is sending ukraine more anti drone weapons systems in the coming days. meanwhile abc s bricklin, it tells us ukraine is now bracing for a new offensive on the front lines. ominous new

warnings from russia did ukraine pushes on in the south moscow backed leaders now warning the battle for his son will begin in the near future, urging civilians to evacuate ahead of face hostilities. now serious questions about what putin's next move might be. ukraine's defense ministry is predicting its troops will continue to see battlefield victories and says the war could be over by next summer. a us citizen arrested in saudi arabia has been tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets criticizing saudi policies. the son of 72 year old sod, ibrahim al mahdi, says his father sent the tweets while living in the u. s, and was arrested during a trip to the kingdom. the state department says it's raised concerns with the saudi government about his case. audio recordings suggest former president trump knew he was sharing classified information with the journalist bob woodward is releasing an audio book after spending time with trump in 2019 in a clip that was released last night. trump can be heard

showing woodward the 27 letters that were written to him by north korean leader kim jong. un. trump acknowledges he should not be showing woodward the letters nobody else has done, but i wanted to treat them with respect. i haven't understand, understand, and don't say i gave them to you. okay but i think it's okay. normally i wouldn't have given. i wasn't going to give him the what you make a photostat of them or something dictated them into tape recorder. trump refused to show woodward the letters he sent to kim calling those top secret letters were reportedly among the classified items that were seized at mar a lago. a developing story in the national football league. team owners under fire for allegedly spying on other owners to dig up dirt on them. dan snyder denies those claims with the controversy could be the last straw after a wave of other allegations that go far beyond football. this morning, a rarity in the nfl team owners appear to be turning

their back on one of their own, it could mean the clock is running out for scandal plagued washington commanders owner dan snyder. there's a mirror to remove him as owner, indianapolis colts owner jim er say, becoming the first team owner to publicly call for snyder to be removed from the league. snyder's team has already been fined $10 million over claims that fostered a culture of sexual harassment and snyder himself was the subject of a congressional probe into allegations he sexually harassed female employees. he left his hand on my the middle of my thigh until i physically removed it that prompted another league investigation. snyder denies the claims. and now the latest bombshell, espn reports, snyder hired private investigators to dig up dirt on other nfl owners and commissioner roger good. dell snyder reportedly said he's got enough dirt on them to quote blow up the league. this is the first step for the end of dan snyder. there are too many owners. i told you, they're not gonna take this lying down that dan snyder is digging up dirt on

them that that that immediately called somebody blackmail for me and the owners are gonna take that. snyder, now responding to the espn report, calling it patently false, adding, i have never hired any private investigator to look into any owner or the commissioner. a vote to remove snyder could come as soon as this winter 24 of the 32 owners would need to agree to remove him. commissioner roger goodell says there should be no discussion on snyder's ownership until the league's investigation into the sexual harassment allegations is completed. an urgent new warning about electric cars bursting into flames after hurricane ian officials say those lithium ion batteries corrode after sitting in salt water, and some of them have caught fire, damaging or destroying homes. the batteries can also reignite after being extinguished later on good morning america the surprising amount of time and water it takes to put out those fires. really deep freezes, extending all the way into the south this morning. snow even fell in parts

of kentucky, the earliest on record. could more be on the way. let's check your wednesday forecast. good morning. today's weather is all about the extremes. we get record warmth in the northwest and a big chill in the east. freezing temperatures in the morning for many of us rain and snow in the great lakes. look at these highs today in the northwest seventies and eighties and mid october. something's a little bit weird here. how about portland's oregon 78 degrees? that would be a record high if you get there much warmer than a place like pensacola, florida? yeah, the weather's kind of mixed up here . we get freeze warnings across the south bundle up this morning accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. and some devastating new evidence of the ongoing drought in the west. starting with these dead salmon, you're looking at about 65,000 of them were found in a mostly dry creek bed in british columbia. there

wasn't enough water there for the fish to spawn and in the plains. this is where the platte river in nebraska usually flows . the lack of water there is affecting other rivers, including the mississippi river. it's so dry, the ground is shifting, damaging home foundations, causing expensive damage. coming up the big announcement about the quarter the face that will soon be on it. also ahead 25 years later, a conviction for the murder of a california college student, but why her family says justice has not been served. two friends attacked by a grizzly bear now

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spun out. neither of them was hurt. the family of a california college student murdered in 1996 is sharing their reaction after the suspect in her killing was finally convicted two decades later, but another man, the suspect's father, has been acquitted. abc s andrea fuji explains. this morning a guilty verdict more than 25 years after college freshman kristin smart was reported missing in california after 26 years with today's split verdicts. we learned that our quest for justice for christian will continue. on tuesday, a jury found 45 year old paul flores guilty of first degree murder and simultaneously another jury found flores his father, ruben flores, not guilty of helping his son dispose of her body. smart was last seen walking home from a party at cal poly in 1996 with classmate paul flores. authorities say flores killed her while sexually assaulting her in his dorm room. smart body

was never found, and it wasn't until last year, the floors and his dad were arrested. prosecutors presented evidence at trial that smarts body might have been buried beneath the deck of the elder florist's home . flora senior still defending his son. there is no evidence against anybody. may or paul. the case drew national attention after a podcast called your own backyard, released in 2019. examined smarts disappearance. the sheriff acknowledged missteps by detectives over the years, the district attorney credited the podcast creator chris lambert for helping with the case. his podcast helped to identify additional new witnesses. smarts family says they will never be at peace to our christian almost three decades ago. our lives were irreparably changed on the night you disappeared. the family's attorney says justice was not completely served. tragically the guy who walked today room

and flores probably knows where the body is. paul flores will be sentenced in december and faces 25 years to life in prison. the sheriff vowed to keep the case open until christian smarts remains are found. canon andrew andrea. thank you. we're now hearing from two college wrestling teammates in wyoming, who faced off with a grizzly bear, kendall comings and brady lowery. we're about to walk between some trees when the bear came running and started attacking. i didn't even see it until it was right in front of, but i heard the crashing and the only thing i could yell is bare bairn yelled. baron tackled me first. i had to protect my head and just kind of fight for life , cummings grabbed and punched the bear, and it walked away. but then it later returned later at seven a.m. they describe how they finally escaped so glad they're okay. coming up. a popular brand of cookie dough is

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conviction for murder back in 1980 just happy that it's finally behind me after spending more than three decades in prison, a jury tuesday awarded him $33 million in a case linked to notorious boston crime boss james whitey bulger name movie fans will recall bulger inspired several films, including the departed when i have my associates. search you. that was quick. i think he's dead already claims whitey boulder set him up, giving police his name while threatening him to stay quiet about the murder of robert lamonica. cut my head off and kick it down the street like i had a lettuce, former right hand man also testified that white pill was set up. boulder didn't really care for freddie, but prosecutors opposed any compensation for white still arguing he was involved in the crime even if he didn't murder lamonica himself. why on earth would whitey bulger say good job or nice work tonight to white

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