our medical a-teamer whether or not this is really a true break through. parents of kids who play football, listen to this. a new helmet with cutting-edge technology may save players from head injuries. we re talk to the inventor next hour. jon: the growing blame game over soaring gas prices. president obama is wrapping up a two-day road trip focusing on energy policies as average price for a gallon of regular gas hits, $3.89 a gallon. that is up a penny from yesterday according to aaa. peter barnes from the fox business network joins us from washington now. does the president have any quick fixes on these ryeing, prices, peter? reporter: jon on his hrg energy road trip the president repeated say none of them will help push gas prices down short term before the november election. but the president does have a few silver bullets he
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a gallon of regular unleaded currently at $3.89 a gallon. gas prices, of course, tend to follow oil prices. and today they rose again. on news that iran is producing less of it. the cost of a barrel of crude up more than a 1.50 to almost $107. the united states intelligence officials can now keep for years the private information of americans who do not have terror ties. according to new guidelines from the obama administration. the national counter terrorism center can now hold on to data on u.s. citizens and residence for five years. previously, the center had to permanently remove the information after about six months. the move is intended to help the center identify terror threats. privacy advocates say they have some concerns. catherine herridge with the news live from washington now. catherine, why the administration approve this extension? jon, good evening. administration officials say the case of abdul faruq abdul meth who tried to bring down
down to the 40s. we don t think that will happen today. already, alex, today, 75. breaks the record for the 18th of march. that s the fifth record high in a row in chicago. more than likely this will end up being the fifth 80-degree day in chicago. up into international falls, the ice box of america. they have broken another record today. yesterday 77. breaking a record by 22 degrees. and normally snow and ice this time of the year. average high is 35. things are really insane here. we are going have record or near record warm notice atlanta, st. louis, cleveland, washington, and then for those of you in the northeast where had you a bit of a break, you will get a warmup today. through the rest of the week. records will likely be set there. certainly this coming week. alex? okay. hope you have your sunscreen on, mike seidel. the latest from the gas pumps and national average for regular going up just a fraction to $3.89 a gallop. aaa says that s 27 cents higher, though, than last m
in ways it hasn t in months. and that is future-oriented positivity that s going to help the president. think of the perception of tomorrow and how that plays into an election. doug, as the economy appears to be getting better, doesn t it make it tougher for republicans to hammer president obama on this issue if it is making that momentum toward recovery, do they look like they re hoping for america to fail if they continue to hammer the president on it? i think it s very tough for anyone when you pump your gas like i did last night and pay $3.89 and we know it s higher in a lot of places in the country. that s one of the real unknowns that julianna was talking about. energy is really going to be a key issue for the president, and we saw today steve rattner earlier this morning, former obama aide, said on morning joe that there s no energy policy from the united states. anything americans purchase comes from a truck. that means they will pay for because of gas prices. that s a re