because once this starts going both ways, you re dividing people on some very emotional turf of. dividing them and making them believe about a falsehood about the highest office in the land, the man who holds the office. what about gas price, the perception is the president isn t doing enough. we need to have an honest conversation with the american people as you outlined he did earlier today. there is no silver bullet for gas prices. they were $4.12 a gallon in the spring of 2008 when president bush was in office, if there was a silver bullet, certainly he would have shot it. he didn t. because there is not. crude oil as both the wall street journal and cato institute have said the price is not set by the president. it is not energy independence right away it s the wall street speculators and why can t the
believe about a falsehood about the highest office in the land, the man who holds the office. what about gas price, the perception is the president isn t doing enough. we need to have an honest conversation with the american people as you outlined he did earlier today. there is no silver bullet for gas prices. they were $4.12 a gallon in the spring of 2008 when president bush was in office, if there was a silver bullet, certainly he would have shot it. he didn t. because there is not. crude oil as both the wall street journal and cato institute have said the price is not set by the president. it is not energy independence right away it s the wall street speculators and why can t the democrats get on board and say it s wall street speculation? surveys have shown there is what, almost 58 cents per gallon
register. another customer tried to stop him but roberts got away with a measly 20e bucks. this surveillance video helped nab him. all right. now some stories you can bank on this morning. fox business network lauren sim netty, lauren we are talking once again about gas prices slowing down a little bit. but that can always change. came down a little bit. 3.80 is your national average now. in the twpast two weeks we are by $0.12. every penny increase in the price of gasoline takes 1 billion out of the u.s. economy. barney frank is back in the news. but not for the reason you actually might think. he is calling for the head of the agency that oversees fanny and freddie to get the boot, but there s another reason why. explain that. he is coming down really hard on eddy marco of fannie mae and freddie mac. the reason would be these are the agencies we bailed out which
hernia surgery for that and he is resting comfortably. he s 93 years old. and a huge explosion rips through a neighborhood in the syrian city of homs. people there have been trapped by shelling and sniper fire for three weeks now. syrian officials agreed to a cease-fire yesterday to let wounded people and women and children evacuate. at least 75 people are reported killed across syria just today. nato s reacting swiftly to the shooting deaths of two american military officers in afghanistan. both were shot dead inside a government building in kabul earlier today. protesters have been packing the streets across afghanistan for five days furious over the burning of korans at a nato base p. nick payton walsh joins us from kabul. what are nato and the u.s. going to do to get other westerners out of harm s way is th? because clearly the situation is not stable. reporter: absolutely. what they ve immediately done is the head general john allen has withdrawn advisers from mini
ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we ll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it s going up, up, up. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-old s health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first of all, what are you hearing? what is going on? well, deborah, the presidency and the international public congress has been very, very adamant that mr. mandela is okay, that there is no need to panic. they re trying to reassure a very panicked public because the last they heard is that mr. mandela is suffering from abdominal ailments that really needed a specialist s attention. but the anc is say