the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? because he s a fake. while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. we re going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last night s republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gallon by the summer. you re going to hear from president obama on gas prices and energy policy. that s happening later today. president obama is apologizing for the burning of korans by nato troops in afghanistan. now, this incident set off protests across the country. after again president hamid karzai said president obama sent a letter calling the burning an inadvertent error. he also promised to take steps to avoid any reoccurrence. two u.s. troops were killed by someone wearing an afghan army
jury in the lacrosse place. that player convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in a drunken and jealous rage, but did he actually come out better than he could have? and there are new fears about chemical weapon sites in syria. the military is saying it would take almost as many troops as there are in afghanistan to protect those chemical sites. they re also concerned about those chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands and perhaps being used against civilians. and in america s constant battle of the bulge there may be yet another magic diet pill. it s the first prescription drug to battle obesity in a decade. we are going to tell you all about it. it s getting a lot of buzz. the pros and the cons. duel in the desert as they re calling it. five days left until arizona and michigan. it s been forever since we ve had a primary, right? rick santorum has had his turn at the top, but is it over? a lot of score cards saying that he may have actually missed his chan
the selling has continued through thursday s trading. friday, well, another ballgame. on the floor of the new york stock exchange. i m nicole petallides. let s check back in with diane at our fox business headquarters. executives from solyndra will appear at a hearing on capitol hill today. both the ceo and cfo of the now bankrupt solar company has said they ll plead the fifth during questioning. republicans are frustrated by the move. they want to know more about how the company went under despite receiving a government loan of more than $500 million. mcdonald s is upping its cash dividends again. this time by 15% so $0.70 a share. the previous payout was $0.61 a share. the company says between that and the increased dividend and share buybacks, it will return about $6 billion to shareholders this year. the dividend will be payable on september 15th to holders of record as of december 1st. back to you.
pictures, and live pictures now, and he is going to be bringing in a jobs pro to tackle the crisis, and we will have that live from the white house. you are looking at the rose garden there, and we will bring it live when it happens. the president is set to nominate allan krueger to chair the council of economic advisers, and he is a professor at princeton and served as assistant treasury secretary until next year. and stewards of hurricane irene are expected to cleanout to day. it is not what many predicted, but irene did leave a severe scar. the storm took 24 lives and more than 4 million homes lost power, and $10 billion in estimates of cost. talking about hurricane irene, i want the make sure that the folks have the support they need as theys a s.e. s assess a the damages from the storm. that will continue in the days ahead. lit take time it will take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude and the effects are still being felt in the country in new england and
we begin this morning, talking about the aftermath of irene, the massive storm that paralyzed and pummeled much of the east coast. today, it s blamed for at least 21 deaths in nine states from florida to vermont. and at last count, about 3 million homes and businesses are still without power. more than a billion dollars in damages is blamed on the storms winds. flooding damage will be much more costly. three navy ships should be positioned in relief efforts from new york to new england. cnn crews are in place, measuring the storm s impact and the struggle for the millions of americans trying to move on now. we ll take you from north carolina to new york to new england and give you the big picture from the cnn weather center, right here in atlanta. let s go ahead and begin in vermont, a state reeling from some of its worst flooding in decades. gary tuchman there in brat tleboro. reporter: they don t deal with hurricanes, at least not until yesterday when tropical storm ire