steroids linked to the deadly meningitis out break in the united states recalling their products. the centers for disease control reporting there are 91 cases of meningitis in nine states. at least seven people have died. shock at pump: a gas station in california is charging $6.65 a gallon. the state-wide average is $4.65. governor romney drawing on his debate success campaigning in the crucial battleground state of florida. governor romney telling voters these are tough years for the middle class and the poor in america. now to president obama on the ground in california. campaigning to raise as much cash as possible in the crucial weeks leading up to the election. the president s theme is 30 days to victory. he is calling on celebrities to help pay for an aggress wive campaign against governor
they categorize that number for economic reasons. people can t find full time jobs. is there a symbolic victory for the obama administration in getting the under 8% unemployment rate for the first time? i think a lot of people would agreement gree with that. they say it had been above 8% for 43 straight months but it doesn t undo the hardship that many americans feel. americans didn t wake up and say, hey, everything is fixed. to quote the words of the vice president. the other rate remains unchanged from august. heather: doug, thank you. gregg: the price of a gallon of gasoline hitting an all time high in the state of california. according to aaa the average price for a gallon of regular in the golden state, 4.65 a gallon.
one point. meanwhile, president obama is in los angeles for a star-studded fund-raiser. another record for gas prices in california which jumped to 4.65 a gallon. california senior senator says her state s raise in price may be a short of oil companies. now back to caught on camera. when a crowd of college students mixes with too much alcohol, the result can be a cocktail of bad behavior. with good judgment gone for the night, vandalism and rioting can spread like wildfire. march 12th, 2011. students are capturing video on their cell phones after an all nighter of drinking in albany,
development and infrastructure and we re going to do it in a way that protects the health and safety of the american people. can you hear it? cue house speaker john boehner saying, what? the president has not kept his promises. the president can take credit for having nothing to do with the bottom half of this pipeline. there is a big gap between what the president promises and what he talks about and the actions that he s taking. all right. back with us now, jonathan capehart and david corn. jonathan, i m going to call you jonathan which i know is odd because martin usually calls you john. john. he s not here so i m calling you nth jo. the president is out on this tour. he is trying to get the upper hand. the white house calls this all of the above strategy. there is this reality that gas prices, in d.c. it s like $4.65. he s going to suffer from that.
t melissa harris-perry will be carrying some of the speech live. stick around for both of those. over the next week a lot of time devoted to our relationship to israel and what impacts it has abroad and politics at home. you should know the florida restaurant and lodging association is pushing a bill that would slash minimum wage of waiters and other tipped employees in half from $4.65 an hour to just $2.13 an hour. you should know the florida department of economic opportunity estimate it is income for full-sich serveners the state is just over $18,000 so you should know it is not exactly like the state servers are raking in the dough. you should know one of restaurants supporting the move is outback steakhouse and you should know the owner of outback steakhouse is an investor group including none other than, drum roll, bain capital. you should know lower wages for workers likely mean more money in the pockets of the execs. the house of representatives of will not be voting on a highw