tripoli. lambert-st. louis international airport operating at about 70% of capacity now after getting walloped by tornado with winds up to 200 miles per hour. damage to the airport s main terminal was captured by surveillance cameras. pretty incredible pictures. gas prices up for the 34th straight day, but the rate at which they re increasing appears to be slowing. today, up less than a penny to $3.86 a gallon. a chef surprise at the annual white house easter egg roll later this morning. the team behind 6,000 pastel eggs, ex-convicts, graduates of d.c. s central kitchen, which trains former inmates. you re caught up on the day s headlines. american morning is back after the break.
into the market and the prices dropped 37 percent. we need to inject more crude interest the market. if we drilled or increased the drilling in the gulf, yes, that would have an immediate impact, but, again, you still have the turmoil in the middle east, but we need something to offset that turmoil. you know, the saudis, i believe, opec, actually, ruled out increasing production in the month of june and that is six weeks away. what do you make of that? what will that do to the price? that is the problem. may is typically a month where there is not as much demand in the market but what happens after may? after labor day? the summer driving season. so for us, for the u.s. consumer, that is when you actually have the high gas prices. if nothing is continue about the supply of the oil we could see $5 or $6 gas without teach of a problem and this is a huge issue. where is the upset from the white house? where is the outrage about the price of gas at $3.86 now and $4
some registered 200-mile-an-hour in that area. people are saying it s a miracle no one was killed. flights out of st. louis almost back to a regular schedule with 200 flights departing on time. that s a major accomplishment. alisyn: they were up to 70% capacity which is amazing. meanwhile new reports that some of the world s largest oil companies have made major profits as they prepare to release their first quarter earnings as americans deal with sky rocketing gas prices. the national average for a regular gallon is up to $3.86. folks in chicago are paying a lot more than that. the average price per gallon reaches $4.27. that is the average. u.s. gas prices jumped 12 cents. analysts expect exxon will report a $10 billion profit.
anxious and police say the suspect was despondent over the death of a friend. family members were involved trying to talk to him and to get him to calm down and surrender. and, eventually, several of the family members were actually able to subdue him and the officers were able to come in and take him into custody. bill: the suspect facing a number of charges, in los angeles. no one was injured. alisyn: well, some of the world s biggest oil companies are expected to release record profits this week. as the prices at the pump keep soaring and the average price for a gallon now at $3.86. that is about 30 cents more than just last month. and, many experts say oil companies are not the ones to blame. so, who are the bad guys here? stephen moore, senior economic writer for the wall street journal joins me now. good morning. hi, alisyn. alisyn: exxon is set to announce $10 billion in profit and shell, $6 billion in profits and i know
they are going to have the best views. those boring ambassadors and diplomats, they are shoved somewhere near the back and don t get as good of a view. there s a real reflection in this wedding that it s a young couple in love getting married and they want their friends and family to be around them. and i m sure you ve read every single page of that thick booklet and you know all of the horse s names. i will quiz you next time. thank you, sir, so much. live in london. next in reporter roulette, let s talk gas prices. they are on the rise again. are they getting any closer to the peak? alison, good to have you back, by the way. thanks, brooke. there are mixed opinions about how high we could see the prices go. there are mixed opinions but we are feeling the sticker shock at the pump. the average price is $3.86 a gallon. gas prices have been on the rise