Officials are currently investigating the engine fire. high calories were the least concern for customers inside one philadelphia fast food restaurant, seven people were injured when a car crashed into at restaurant s dining area. witnesses say the driver, an 85-year-old man exited a nearby parking lot before smashing through the brick and glass exterior. the cause of the crash is under investigation. and finally in iowa, there is one bike where it may take you a while to get back on, if you fall off. the 3 2-foot-long and 18-foot-high design is the creation of a local welder who began working on the bike to coincide with the cross-state bike trip. the bike is just for sightseeing but the goal is to make it fully functional. now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill, good luck to
Investigating the engine fire. high calories were the least concern for customers inside one philadelphia fast food restaurant, seven people were injured when a car crashed into at restaurant s dining area. witnesses say the driver, an 85-year-old man exited a nearby parking lot before smashing through the brick and glass exterior. the cause of the crash is under investigation. and finally in iowa, there is one bike where it may take you a while to get back on, if you fall off. the 3 2-foot-long and 18-foot-high design is the creation of a local welder who began working on the bike to coincide with the cross-state bike trip. the bike is just for sightseeing but the goal is to make it fully functional. now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill, good luck to the folks in finding someone who can make the bike fully
Revving up. mainly just the global rise in demand, particularly in emerging market countries but the u.s. is well is coming out of our recession and gasoline demand has picked up here, and in europe, so it s a global phenomenon of very strong demand. reporter: bosworth says the same applies to rising prices of other commodity, he says china in particular uses steel and copper and that in turn causes prices to rise jenna. jenna: a growing economy sounds better than a dollar drifting lower, but well, we ll see what the real reason is when we get to the summer and see those gas prices go higher. doug, thank you very much, doug mckelway, live in d.c. jon: sounds like a good summer for a bike trip. stunning news about the state of the u.s. economy. according to usa today, more americans are now leaning on uncle sam than at any time in our history. things like social security. medicare. jobless benefits. now accounting for nearly 20 percent of total personal income in this country.
A whole bunch of stuff. reporter: this announcement follows new concerns about geo tags, location data places in photos from cell phones and gps-enabled cameras. geo tagging is intended as an organizational tool. it s really helpful when you re trying to find that picture you took on the bike trip to lake tahoe. but a new website called i can stalk u shows seemingly harmless pictures shared on twitter make it easy to track your exact location, just from a photo. to disable geo tagging you can turn off location services in your phone. but it s tricky as you don t want to disable all gps services, like the ones that help emergency crews find you if you call 911. for abc news, becky worley, san francisco. facebook has had plenty of concerns over privacy and controls and settings and all that. this thing catches on, hopefully they ll perfect that and tweak that again to where it needs to be. it is cool to think you could be in a mall and they can find where you are and say, you re ri
Since arriving yesterday. the first family had a packed schedule and stop for ice chrome . the president had coconut and a bike trip and a boat trip. every president is on the clock all of the time. there s nothing really private . so where a president takes his vacation and scenes that are shown to the public that is all thoroughly thought through . today they visit a national park known for hiking trails. it is beautiful there. i upon envious. thank you for the update. fox and friends , this morning, wild weather in china. powerful wind and heavy rains from typhoon rocked the southern chinese island. a new s station said two people were killed when a bill board collapsed on them it is down a tropical storm.