campaign for power grab. the underwear bomber got life without parole today. farouk abdulmutallab had pleaded guilty to all charges on the second day of his trial last fall. the attempt to detonate explosives on hi body misfired on christmas day of 2009. this is an facebook simulation of what would have happened f.b.i. simulation of what would have happened if he had been successful price of gasoline went up a penny. national average is $3.52 a gallon. while those prices are going up, one plan to bring more oil to the u.s. continues to be a political hot potato. we have the latest on the keystone xl project. reporter: house democrats are trying to delay or kill the keystone pipeline with series of poison pill
they got her out. yes, they did give her a stuffed bunny for her troubles and i d be willing to guess she s not going to do that again. i bet you re right. those are your headlines, people. no kidding. have you noticed how in the mainstream media, everybody seems to be talking about hey, the economy is turning around. it s really good news for barack obama. there is one gigantic fly in the ointment, though. when barack obama became the president of the united states, the average price of regular in this country was $1.83. we showed some video that showed in some spots gas is $4.59 a gallon. look at that for the good stuff. and you know what? they re suggesting that as the summer driving approaches, it could go up to $5. that is going to mess up the recovery. but that typically happens when you start to approach summer, the gas prices do go up. but not this extraordinarily. it usually goes up but never has it ever gone up from $3.52 a
very much. by the way, fred upton, his niece is the sports illustrated swimsuit cover girl. she s going to join us later today at the end of today s program. she going to talk about payroll tax cuts? i bet you a dollar no! don t be sassy about her! i was just asking. i got into a tiff with somebody that i m dating over here. really? we ll hear about that in the after the show show. one of the great things about the fox & friends show, today we have with us a guy who dealt in energy down on wall street and so eric, as you look at the price of oil going through the roof, and nobody s talking about it, this has the opportunity to disrupt what some are saying, good news for president obama. the economy is getting better. not if gas prices mess it up. you know what, steve? they re soaring, quietly they re up to $3.52 a gallon probably on its way, i think the american petroleum institute says it s going to go to $4 by the summer. that s really, really bad news for the e
pump prices now average $3.52 a gallon nationwide. chicago is paying some of the highest prices in the nation. that s where we find nbc s john yang here with what s moving your money. john, good morning. a lot of frustrated drivers there when they put that credit card in. reporter: that s right, chris. gas prices are going up. we re used to gas going up come springtime, as the summer driving season approaches. but this year, the increase is coming earlier and steeper than in years past. as you say, the past month, 13 cents increase from the gallon of regular unleaded. $3.52, the national average. higher in the big cities. $3.99 here in chicago. no matter where you are, americans are feeling a big pain at the pump. it trickles down. you have less money for
just into the situation room, brand-new poll numbers confirming a new lineup in the fight for the gop presidential nomination. the cnn/orc survey has just been released and shows a two-man contest at this point. the poll shows 34% of republicans asked say santorum is their choice. 32% say romney. with a sampling error, that means it s a statistic cal tie. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at 16 and 15%. first big picture, ron, what do you make of santorum s rise? i think this continues the extraordinary, even unprecedented volatility of this republican race. jessica, if you look back to your cnn/orc polls, rick santorum is the sixth different candidate to be ahead in the national polling, the seventh different candidate. he is up 19 points sin january alone in the survey and it underscores probably the most unformed in deep in the contest since 1940. you re always good with the historical data, ron. this one that takes you to my next question. this number jumped