right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden trying to boost democrats with proposals to bring down gas prices and protect abortion rights. is it too little too late? former president trump being questioned under oath in a rape deposition from the 1990s, a defamation case. waiting for a subpoena from the january 6th committee. we are live in kyiv after it is hit again by russian strikes. vladimir putin declares martial

law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today's focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it's a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down

because markets are anticipating it. what's being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? >> let's remember that this 15 million that's being announced now for december is the completion of 180 million released from the strategic petroleum reserve. i was involved in two previous releases under president obama and president clinton that were 30 to 33 million. this is five, six types larger. it's historic. we know it has made a difference. yes, we had a couple of weeks where prices drifted up. let's remember a couple things, today gas prices are $1.17 below their peak in june. oil prices are actually a little lower than they were when opec plus made their unfortunate decision to cut supplies. you are seeing that in 16 states, gas prices are $3.50

below -- or below. this is not something he is just doing right now. this has been part of his focus to help bring down prices and recognize that families are dealing with the global inflation that's everywhere post pandemic. part of his effort to do everything he can to lower prices from gas prices to hearing aides to prescription drugs to other energy products. >> the prices, they did go back up again, five cents last week. maybe now they are coming down again. they will bump up and down. this is not going to help in terms of the midterms. i mean, the voters seem to be really focused on inflation, on the economy. despite the low job numbers, which actually is helping to feed inflation, nothing seems to be bringing down inflation. the fed has made big moves. they will have to make them again. >> you know, again, i want to come back on the gas prices.

you had almost 100 days of straight declines. you did have a couple of weeks where there were refinery problems that raised prices. it's not just down seven cents nationally. it's down over 30 cents in california. it's down over 15 cents in places like michigan, nevada, wisconsin. the prices are starting to come down. i think that is just one of the positive things happening because of the action the president is taking. ultimately, we have inflation that is over 9% almost everywhere on the global. the question that americans have to ask is, who is fighting for them? who is sitting on the sidelines and who is taking consistent action? this effort with the strategic petroleum reserve, the effort to encourage oil companies to invest more in refinery capacity, so we can keep gas

prices coming down, what you have seen on hearing aides, what you have seen on prescription drugs, these are the proof that it is president biden, and i believe the democrats in congress, who are waking up every day and actually asking, what can we do to help lower costs and the price of raising a family for a typical family? certainly, the people who are benefitting from the student loan debt relief are feeling that benefit. certainly, the people -- the 14 million people who are going to get health care at $800 cheaper are feeling benefits. all of those things don't make up for the toughness of the higher prices at the grocery line. but it does show who is fighting every day on behalf of those working families. >> gene, leading democrats in congress are demanding getting back to the gas prices that the president punish the saudis for

siding with russia, boosting oil prices by cutting production at the worst possible time for the white house, even after that summit in july, which was controversial. realistically, what can the white house do to hurt such an important strategic defense partner? especially one aligned with the united states against iran and other threats in the region. >> i think what they did was disturbing, because it was an action that gave the appearance of seeking to support russia and their revenues and keep oil prices higher at a time that russia engaged in an unthinkable war of aggression. i think it is worth noting though that this effort has not worked well. that actually oil prices today are lower than they were at the moment that saudi arabia made that unfortunate decision. i'm not going to make foreign policy news here. but i think it's something the president and i think a lot of

people in congress find very disturbing. and i think it's going to be a subject of serious discussion going forward. >> you are certainly signaling something is going to be done. in a separate move, you referenced this, the irs is adjusting tax brackets. a larger standard production, potentially less money taken from your check for the 2023 tax year, meaning the taxes you pay in 2024. who will benefit most? >> obviously, you know, those -- there are times that there are affects of inflation that do help moderate costs. what you saw in the increase for seniors, the historic increase will mean a lot for people on fixed incomes. our goal still is to do everything we can to bring costs down. it's frustrating to see prices high. i think there's a lot of signs

from new leass on rents to higher inventory and discounting at the christmas season, in stores and online. we are hopeful that prices will start to move in the right direction and that we are -- because so many americans are working, we are more resilient and better transition to deal with the difficult steps being taken to tame inflation without it taking back all the historic gains that we have made for jobs and the labor market. >> given the latest inflation report, it's clear the fed isn't done yet. in fact, it hasn't had an impact yet. 100% of "the wall street journal's" economic foresters forecasters are predicting recession. why did the president say any recession would be slight? >> in the first eight, nine

months of this year, we have had the highest job growth but all but two years in the history of our country, other than 1946 and last year in 2021. having the third highest job growth in the first nine months of the year in the history of the country is not the type of signs that you normally associate with the downturn. right now, you see the federal reserve in atlanta and others are projecting growth pretty solid for the third quarter. we still think people are underestimating the resilience of the united states, resilience of our workforce and the consumer, the fact that unlike after the great recession, state and local governments due to the american rescue plan are not being forced to lay off and contract. again, we still feel that we are better positioned than virtually any other country in the world to withstand these tough measures to tame inflation while

still keeping a strong labor force and not giving up all these historic gains we have seen over the last two years. >> thank you very much. thanks for coming on from the white house today. >> thanks. joining me now, susan paige, charlie sykes, jason ferman and former virginia governor terry mcauliffe. jason, i want your reaction to the messaging on the move to tap reserves and this irs initiative on the standard deduction. >> yeah. i thought that was a terrific interview with my friend gene. the problem with gasoline prices is that they are largely outside the president's control. i think he has done the right things with the strategic petroleum reserve. but you can see that if opec

plus wants something else to happen, something else can happen. much worse things could have happened with gas prices this year. but you can't change them a lot in a two-week period of time. you can't even change them a lot in a two-month or two-year period of time. there's just so many forces that go into them. >> yeah. it's really hard to take on the saudis as well. susan, the president is seeing the gas prices now and right now they are moving in the right direction. they were up five cents, now down seven cents. still high. the timing here makes sense. is it too little too late to change the minds of the voters? is this baked in the cake? >> the prices are baked in the cake. what this does do is show -- acknowledge this is something people are concerned about. we heard him talk yesterday about abortion rights. we know that's an important issue to some voters. but to more americans, the issue of inflation is important.

the president getting out there saying, we will sell 15 million more barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve next month, at least says, i understand that this is a problem that we need to address. certainly, it's a problem that he cannot fix between now and the next 20 days. >> terry, the president is going to attend a private fund-raiser for john fetterman today. he doesn't have a big slate of campaign stops. he will do michigan and wisconsin, georgia. he hasn't been out for candidates as much as you might expect in a midterm. that most probably because his poll numbers are creating some of the headwinds that democrats are facing. >> this is the best thing that joe biden can do for democrats is keep doing what he is doing as president. you saw gene go through what this administration accomplished. it's extraordinary. going back to the days of fdr. i had dinner with speaker pelosi last night. we were talking about the accomplishments that have gone

on. lbj, fdr, they had huge democratic majorities. what has been able to be accomplished for the american people over the course of the last year is just extraordinary. the american rescue plan saved our economy. inflation reduction act lets us negotiate drug prices for the first time. president biden's reduced medicare premiums for the first time in a decade. the president should continue to be president. he is doing campaign stops. it's extraordinary. you and i are having the conversation. the house is very close, single digits. historically, these numbers should be against the democrats. they're not. my message to democrats, you gotta get out there. third party candidates are going to be very important this year. if you look at incumbents at 47, 48, they haven't hit 50, the third party candidates -- >> georgia. i misspoke. >> could make a huge difference. >> it's president obama going to those states, not president biden. >> lessen, they are doing the president's schedule.

we have 20 days to go. this is a consequential election for us. we have to keep control of the senate. we have to keep the house. we are close. we just need folks to come out and vote. we need the independents and those disgruntled republicans who don't want to see a national ban on abortion, they don't want to hear about the candidate in pennsylvania wanting to charge women with murder for having an abortion. they don't want that. we have to make sure we're doing door knocking and doing -- getting our feet on the ground and knocking on doors and getting people to vote. >> charlie sykes, are these moves in some way the white house telegraphing that republicans have at least according to the polling, they have regained some momentum? they have regained the advantage in the generic ballot, which doesn't mean to say the undecided can't swing or that the grass-roots get out the vote effort can't turn the tide for democrats. >> right. that is the reality check. understand the happy talk, but the reality check is this is a tough environment. as long as democrats are talking

about gas prices and the economy, they are going to be losing. if this is a referendum, it's tough for the democrats. what they need to do is make it very clear that this is a choice. kevin mccarthy actually i think drew that line a little bit more starkly yesterday when he said, not only are we going to have endless investigations. my assumption, they will have impeachment votes of joe biden. he is prepared to play political chick within the world economy, with the debt ceiling. he raised real doubts about whether or not a republican congress would continue to support ukraine, not to mention the national bans on abortion. if this is a referendum up or down on the biden administration, democrats are going to suffer some significant defeats. on the other hand, if it's a choice and they emphasize how disconnected from actual public policy republicans are and how dangerous a republican controlled congress would be to

many of the values that i think the majority of americans hold, then i think that there are going to be more competitiveness. if we sit around talking about gas prices on election day, i think we know how that's going to turn out. because as you mentioned, i think at this point it's baked in the cake. >> jason, you know better than anyone, as you were saying earlier, this is a global phenomenon. as is inflation. with the war in ukraine and with the saudis and russia and, of course, iran is offline to us because of sanctions. it depressed some of the output. venezuela, you know, and the like. there's nothing much they can do about the global energy situation in the near term. >> yeah. that's right, andrea. a lot of what the president needs to do is focus on what he can do on gas prices. but focus on the full range of other things. terry talked about some of the important legislation he has done on topics like climate

change, tax enforcement, investing in infrastructure and the like. those will help our economy in the coming years. an infrastructure bill isn't about helping the growth rate in the next week. it's about helping it over next year, next five years, the next decade. at the same time, there's a tricky task of how to bring inflation down, do it with minimal damage to the gains the american economy has made. most of that's being done right now by the federal reserve. it would be great if the white house and the congress could help out. they did one deficit reduction bill. maybe do more to help out. even if he had could help, primarily, that's a job for the federal reserve. by the way, i commend the president for respecting the independence of the federal reserve, not trying to second guess it. a lot of other presidents might be doing that at a time like this. >> a lot of other presidents, like one in particular, did do it for four years.

beat the heck out of the fed. the fed chair also. to follow up on something, jason, there was reporting yesterday in the "washington post" that newt gingrich talked to kevin mccarthy and they plan to do if they take over is to codify the tax cuts from donald trump. what would that do to the economy? >> that's the striking thing. you hear republicans criticize the inflation rate. but then you look at their actual policies and their proposals, and a lot of them would actually make it worse, not make it better. the idea that you are going to put at the center of your agenda a dramatic tax cut means you are going to end up with more inflation, more budget deficits, higher interest rates, higher mortgage payments. there's a disconnect between the criticism and the actually not having solutions but if anything making the problem worse.

>> susan, you wrote the book on nancy pelosi, literally. let me play something -- some part of what the speaker had to say to me yesterday about the younger generation in her caucus who basically want new blood at the top, because the leadership are in their 80s. >> what do you say to your caucus, to these young members that are in tough fights, but they want to see the change? >> i say, just win, baby. just win. that's what you have to say to win, fine. we will not in any way do anything but totally support. mobilization, message, money for those people to win their races. yes, we need generational change. of course, we do. but in some cases, there's no substitute for experience. >> you gotta love it, susan. she is as feisty as ever. there is an issue in the caucus. >> there is an eagerness in the

democratic caucus, even those who have respect or fear of nab -- nancy pelosi, there's time for a new generation to take over. we expect whatever happens in 20 days, we expect that to happen with the new congress. i would expect a change in the democratic leadership. maybe not everybody. you can see jim clyburn being in a senior position. i would be surprised if nancy pelosi continued to be the democratic leader after this new congress takes over. >> could you see her leaving congress? >> yes. that would be my guess. although, she has not confided in me. maybe she told terry mcauliffe last night. >> she didn't confide in me with that. millions of americans today have health care because of nancy pelosi. you think of what this woman, the legacy she has left in the

lives she has saved, it's extraordinary. >> there's no question of the achievements and how fiery she is as a leader. susan, charlie, jason and terry, thanks to all of you. florida fireworks. a debate full of sharp one liners between two well-known candidates. was it enough to spark voters to change their minds? you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! power e*trade's award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with its customizable options chain, easy-to-use tools, and paper trading to help sharpen your skills, you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are. talk to anyone in san francisco and they'll tell you now is not the time to make our city

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just three weeks before the election now, the big political fireworks tuesday night came from florida where congresswoman and democratic senate candidate val demings, facing a steel uphill climb to defeat incumbent marco rubio took the fight to the senator with an issue near to her heart, she being a former police chief, guns. >> you have done nothing, nothing to help address gun

violence and get dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. florida, after parkland, you made promises you had no intention on keeping to the parents of parkland, florida passed legislation raising the age to have an assault weapon. our primary responsibility is the safety of floridians. senator, 24 years in elected office and you have not yet risen to that occasion. >> the truth of the matter is at the end of the day, americans have a second amendment right to protect themselves. these killers that are out there, they are intent on killing as they are, they have found ways to get ahold of weapons and cause mass destruction. >> it was quite a debate. shaq brewster is in palm beach. both taking turns navigating the political attacks. how did that go? >> reporter: andrea, it was clear this was their one and only opportunity to confront the

other and respond to the attacks that have been flying in florida for the past couple of months. you saw a contentious debate. there were insults and interruptions. you saw both candidates try to paint the contrast on several issues. you heard there the candidates talking about guns. val demings coming out aggressively on the issue of abortion, pointing out that rubio has supported in the past federal abortion bans that don't include exemptions. rubio evading a specific answer when asked would he support a ban that did not include exemptions in the future. you heard senator rubio painting himself as a seasoned legislator here. someone who has bipartisan accomplishments. someone who is very familiar on the issue of national security. i want you to listen to one of those moments. >> look, the senator can play national security expert all he wants. i know he needs that for his next presidential run.

>> i don't know what you mean by play national security. i'm the vice chairman of the intelligence committee and previous chairman. it's actually my job. >> reporter: you heard moments like that throughout the night. there was another moment where rubio said that demings had never passed any legislation, there's not a bill that she sponsored that has passed. demings shot back saying that's not true and looked at him and said, i don't know when you got to the point when you lied so much. it got personal. it got contentious. you heard a focus on several issues. you hard guns, abortion, immigration. these are two very different candidates. i think that was clear for floridians last night. >> shaq brewster, this is one to keep our eye on. thank you. under oath. donald trump being questioned today in a defamation suit stemming from a decades old rape accusation while facing down a potential congressional subpoena. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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we will take whatever next steps we have to take. >> january 6th committee vice chair liz cheney saying that the american public deserves to hear from donald trump directly. a new poll finds 60% of americans want him to testify before the committee. today, the former president is being deposed under oath in another case. this is a defamation case by a woman who accused him of rape in the 1990s. joining me, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney. it's great to see you. let's start on that subpoena, the congressional subpoena. the committee is looking for papers, his testimony. the political point seems clear enough. what is the legal purpose of trying to get him under oath? >> so, congress is entitled to have testimony from people who can help them with their job. their job is to engage in oversight and produce a narrative record of what happened leading up to january 6th. also to decide if there's a need

for any new legislation that would prevent a recurrence of the issues. the former president's testimony really is a key here. if congress were to litigate the subpoena, it's very likely that a court would agree with that. the problem, of course, is the timing. it makes it tough to litigate this subpoena either in a civil case or by asking doj to enforce it. but i think it's important here that the historical record will reflect if trump decides to duck testifying, that he did that. that in and of itself stands out. >> what are the penalties if he does not honor the subpoena? >> that's the problem here. congress is limited in its ability to enforce its own subpoenas. it has to rely on doj if it wants quick enforcement via a criminal prosecution. we know what the options here look like. there's the steve bannon route. defy the subpoena, get prosecuted. bannon is facing a sentencing recommendation from the

government of six months in prison. there's also the instructive lesson of how mark meadows handled a similar subpoena. he turned over a lot of documents. the testimony thing, not so much. but this partial compliance apparently triggering a situation where doj is reluctant to enforce the subpoena with a criminal prosecution. if you were trump's lawyers, and you were behaving in a smart way, you would turn over some documents and negotiate for his in-public testimony even if that ultimately didn't come off. >> of course, that would presume that trump's lawyers are behaving in a smart way and the whole master episode indicates not always the case. the former president is being deposed at mar-a-lago in that defamation suit by e. jean carroll. he denied her claims he raped her in the 1990s. for three years, the legal team said his comments were made during his presidency so he

couldn't be held responsible. now he is out of office. he repeated that denial on truth social last week. what happens next? can he take the fifth? >> right. so the deposition takes place today. interesting question, whether he can take the fifth. you can only do that if you are at risk of criminal prosecution. of course, these allegations are old. no criminal charges have been brought. let's assume trump tries to assert privilege, tries to avoid some questions and answers some. this deposition is taking place because the trial judge has run out of patience. he admonished to quit delaying. trial is scheduled for february. there's legal issues pending in the second circuit that could end this lawsuit. the trial judge looks like he is going full strength ahead towards that trial date after the first of the year. >> let's talk also about this -- the blow to the -- this went to

the roots of the controversial steele dossier undergirding the claim, the mueller report -- it was not an essential part of the mueller report. but this is the second time a jury failed to convict. he prosecuted this himself. doesn't this indicate -- the judge had eliminated some of the charges. it was scaled down. what does this say about that prosecution, the special prosecutor, the whole big deal that this was going to be the smoking gun? >> this is a lesson about the perils of what happens when a president politicizes the justice department and tries to use it for his own aims. of course, we know trump was mortally aggrieved doj and the intelligence community thought it was worth looking into whether or not russia tried to influence the 2016 election.

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of iran? >> i really do think this is a tipping point. there's no going back. when you see 12-year-old girls out in the street taking their hijab off and defiantly standing up against this regime, you don't go back from that. these are girls that have learned that they courageously can go into the streets knowing full will that they might get bludgeoned or worse. they could get killed. and yet they're doing it anyway. >> you met with top leaders, secretary of state. what do you want this administration to do? what more should the white house be doing? >> there are a number of things. one of them is making statements that are unequivocally in support of the people of iran. in this moment, there should be absolutely no negotiating with the regime. it's brutalizing its own people, funding the killing of ukrainians and others. >> what is your message to

american women? >> my goodness, in the time we are fighting for bodily autonomy, we know what it is to have our rights overturned, we owe it to our sisters in iran. this is not a fight that is over there, because it can very easily land on our doorstep. we're seeing signs of that. please, never take your rights for granted. please stand by your sisters in iran. we are all one. i am seeing hopeful signs that i think people in the west understand that this could very well be themselves and that they are connecting with this in a very deep way. >> she met, of course, with officials here, including secretary of state blinken. the support from this administration compared to what happened under president obama in 2009 and the last time there were protests in iran, it's significant. what we heard, yesterday, in my

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green about her conversations with kevin mccarthy if he becomes speaker. let me just quote from the book. i think that to be the best speaker of the house and to please the base, he's going to give me a lot of power and a lot of leeway, and if he doesn't, they're going to be very unhappy about it. and that's not in any way a threat at all. i just think that's reality. >> that's not just bravado on green's part. she has been in high level meetings with kevin mccarthy. they were on the fund-raising trail in atlanta the other day together. he has promised her plum committee assignments, better than the ones that she was stripped from, and she has become a person who without changing any of her political positions being a far right candidate has become like a dominant force within the republican party. >> you also report on kevin mccarthy's conversation with former president trump on january 6th, which, i mean, the conversation itself was known, although, you know, clearly he doesn't want to talk about it.

but speaking about the rioters, donald trump tells mccarthy, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. more upset, mccarthy yells back according to his republican colleague? they're trying to effing kill me. just days later, he's at mar-a-lago posing for that photo with trump. >> and that's a signal moment, i think, in the 18-month window that i capture in my book, andrea. it's a moment in which -- especially according to liz cheney -- the republican party could have divested its from trump. they could have said enough already, but instead there was kevin mccarthy going to mar-a-lago, to kiss his ring. to, you know, partner with him in the 2022 elections and essentially in doing so to make trump remainder the dominant figure in the gop. >> so you mentioned liz cheney. of course she's the most noteworthy and adam kinzinger in

the house, jeff flake leaving the senate to go to the university of florida. >> ben sasse rather who's done that. >> i'm sorry, jeff flake has gone to be an ambassador. >> right. >> so who's left? >> i mean, those who are left have been kind of meek and have said very little, and what they tend to say from my reporting from democrats and members of the media, look, we're not into this election denial and all of that, but we also don't want to be primaried from the right by incurring the wrath of the maga base. if we are primaried we stand a chance of losing and you won't like the guys who have come in to replace us. that i have essentially gone to ground and more or less accommodated this loud minority and allowed them to become as dominant as they are. >> you'll come back and talk about more aspects of the book as well as let's see what happens in the midterms and what happens to, you know, brian kemp in georgia and raffensperger and

others. >> thank you, congratulations. the book is "weapons of mass delusion," great title. and before we go, the u.s. mint has announced that chinese american actress anna may wong will be the first asian american woman to be featured on the u.s. currency. the late actress rose to fame during the silent film era championing, she is joining maya angelou, salary ride, nina o'tear ro warren in the american women's quarter program, celebrating diverse female leaders on u.s. currency. it's wonderful that that is happening. that does it for this dex of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online on facebook and on twitter @mitchellreports. yasmin vossoughian is in for chris jansing right after these messages. r these messages seriously? one up the power of liquid,

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