fattal and shawn bauer are back in the u.s. they are held in iran for more than two years because they were americans. they were held in solitary confinement they could hear the screams of other prisoners being beaten and tortured. they had been convicted in iran of spying. gas plummeting $0.12 a gallon in two weeks. bringing down the price of gasoline, oil and other commodities. national ifg of unleaded falling to 3.51 a gallon froms a high of nearly $4s in may. the sharp decline could mean a continued fall in the price you are paying at the pump. i am adam housley in los angeles. now back to geraldo at large. log on to foxnews.com. you trust your family? of course. families are everything to
now it s time for your news by the numbers on this wednesday. first, 17 points. that s presidential candidate s mitt romney s new positive intensity score according to gallup. he has climbed three points and is nearly tied with congresswoman michelle bachmann. next, $0.12. that s how much the fed reserve wants businesses to pay on credit card transactions. wow. right now, they pay $0.44. today, the senate is going to vote on that plan. i m for it. and finally $5.3 million. that s how much a high stakes gambler raked in at the tropicana casino and resort in atlantic city. wow, since april, the casino has lost $11 million to players who won. all right. over to you. thank you, steve.
tepco bows out as the world s largest energy company pays a record price. and they double on their market debut. ceo jeff weiner tells us there s no trouble in the media sector. we begin with the former imf managing director, strauss-kahn, who s expected to walk out of jail in a few hours from now, but he will not be a free man. the judge granted him bail on thursday but with strict conditions and a warning. and even as the judge was approving the bail request, grand jury indicted strauss-kahn on multiple felony charges including attempted rape. he s accused of attacking a maid last saturday at a manhattan hotel. he denies it. he has to post a $1 million in cash and a $5 million bond. he also has to agree to a 24-hour confinement and an armed guard at the door. he has to surrender his travel documents and agree to wear a monitoring device. the judge said, quote, we don t want his money. we just want to make sure that he comes back. so the top job of the imf has been v
almost $4.12 a gallon but the same kind of conditions exist now that existed in 2008. there is a lot of speculation, a lot of bank financial money coming to the market. the fundamentals have changed dramatically. gasoline supplies have shrunk dramatically since the end of august and as the supplies sink and you have the feeling that the economy is improving, that is a formula for buying into the oil futures and that is exactly what has been going on. judge jeanine: if the price of crude was so much higher, it was $147 and today what is it a barrel? well, on the world market it is more like 125. the west texas intermediate price is about 112. judge jeanine: isn t there a correlation between the price of crude and the price at the pump? if you look back at the price of crude oil at the time it hit $4 a gallon.
almost $4.12 a gallon but the same kind of conditions exist now that existed in 2008. there is a lot of speculation, a lot of bank financial money coming to the market. the fundamentals have changed dramatically. gasoline supplies have shrunk dramatically since the end of august and as the supplies sink and you have the feeling that the economy is improving, that is a formula for buying into the oil futures and that is exactly what has been going on. judge jeanine: if the price of crude was so much higher, it was $147 and today what is it a barrel? well, on the world market it is more like 125. the west texas intermediate price is about 112. judge jeanine: isn t there a correlation between the price of crude and the price at the pump? if you look back at the price of crude oil at the time it hit $4 a gallon.