handled. bret: thank you. stocks took a tumble today. the dow lost 53. the s&p 500 fell 6-1/2. the nasdaq dropped 20. gasoline went up a penny-and-a-half overnight. the national average is now $3.73 a gallon. coin settled over $107 a barrel. gasoline prices aren t the only thing going up in washington. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. leading republicans continueed their blitz, blaming president obama s policy for the soaring prices at the pump. they seem determined to undertake policies that will drive up the cost of oil. and gasoline. because of their hope we will somehow live a world where only win turbine and solar panels are necessary. yesterday the energy secretary was on the hot seat
taxpayers have been unfairly labeled as lazy. and the criminaled cruise line is pushed finally pulled into port. we re live in the seychelles for that. first up, let s get straight to the european stock market action. these markets have been open for the best part of just over an hour. this is how the indices are performing. a little die cot many between the two eurozone markets. the cac is trading down about .25%. ftse 100 up. what has got their attention. ben bernanke s comments are weighing heavily on sentiment not just across europe but also across the world markets as well. this is because he s offered a down beat assessment of the recovery. it is one of the things that has these markets pausing for the moment. european leaders and finance ministers are also in brussels today. over the next two days to come. what they ll be doing is hosting a series of summits designed to strengthen the region s finances and also to prevent another greece-like situation from happenin
to you. there is new backlash following comments from the secretary of energy about rising gas prices. the price has been ticking up for weeks. the national average for a gallon of regular is now $3.73. yesterday the energy secretary of this country steven ch eu says his department is not working on lowering prices directly, it is promoting energy alternatives like biofuel. the overall goal to get our price no the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy and decrease our dependency on oil. we think that if you consider all these policies, including energy efficiency, you know, we think that we can go a long way to becoming less dependent on oil and diversing our supply and helping the economy and consumers he. megyn: joining me now is stu varney. is the overall goal to get our
handled. bret: thank you. stocks took a tumble today. the dow lost 53. the s&p 500 fell 6-1/2. the nasdaq dropped 20. gasoline went up a penny-and-a-half overnight. the national average is now $3.73 a gallon. coin settled over $107 a barrel. gasoline prices aren t the only thing going up in washington. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. leading republicans continueed their blitz, blaming president obama s policy for the soaring prices at the pump. they seem determined to undertake policies that will drive up the cost of oil. and gasoline. because of their hope we will somehow live a world where only win turbine and solar panels are necessary. yesterday the energy secretary was on the hot seat
richard wolffe and kevin steel and we will post the results. and has mitt romney squashed all talk of a white knight to save the day? ron reagan joins me live. and the military kiss that went viral, and how this picture turning heads and change canning stereotypes since the military s repeal of don t ask, don t tel tell . well, for the second week in a row the gas prices are rising and so is the call to do something about it. the national average is $3.73 which is up 30 cents in the last month. republicans are no surprise blaming the president. the president says he is for an all of the above energy plan. has anyone seen it? i have not seen it. and the fact is that the president blocked the keystone pipeline. and it is just about damn time that we actually have a national