think is stretching it and i think the president has here again, another story to tell about what he has already done to make america less dependent on foreign oil and to produce it at home. $5 a gallon gasoline could be quite the october surprise for president obama. you need to see how this issue plays out. thank you so much for joining us, guys. the fear of $5 a gallon gas are growing, but the frustration felt at gas stations isn t stopping a wall street surge. the dow jones once again hugging the 13,000 mark, but a consumer backlash can pose more problems down the road. let s bring in ron insana. he joins us now and i want to talk to you about, put this under the screen right now. little graphic. gas prices now are $3.65 a
police say in nearly every case the fire began in a parked car and given the unusually high number of cases, they say they are not taking any chances. department operations, command has been activated at level one for the city. this is a significant event that taking place here in the san fernando valley and other parts of the city in places in hollywood and rest of the city. heather: investigators aren t sure if the incidents are connected. no arrests so far and no injuries record. gregg: an about-face for verizon wireless over a so-called convenience fee after avalanche of consumer backlash. they wanted subscribers to pay $2 but customers are not having it. julie banderas is live in our newsroom with more. julie: don t call it a convenience fee. it took one day for verizon
wireless to reverse the decision to tack on a two dollar bill paying fee for online payment. after consumer backlash blew up and petitions all over the web, verizon announced it had changed heart. company s president releasing a statement, at verizon we take great care to listen to our kner we believe the best path forward is to take advantage the most efficient options which means eliminating the fee. the fee would have applied to some of the customers but that didn t fly with revenue of $15 billion in the most recent quarter. these companies are desperate, where can they cut back, where can they cut back. when you can t cut anymore, the only way to get extra revenue is tacking it on the consumer and hoping the consumer doesn t
it s going to be hilarious. stay home. deep on cnn. stay with us. the countdown to the republican caucuses. the first contest over who will face president obama in november. we ll take you live to des moines. and a corporation bows to public pressure. verizon convenience fee, fuhgedaboudit. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we start with iowa and the republican presidential race. there are just three days now until the first votes are cast, which means plenty of action this weekend in places like goblin goat and bloomers. a taste of what potential voters are hearing. we are just a few days, you know, before, before an important election. some people say, why does iowa have so much clout? it s a small state, and it has such great meaning, because it s sending a message around the country. a week ago we in last place. so right now people are thinking my whole emphasis on brain science coming in directly from dealing see that ambush, dealing with the real probl
hello, there. it s not quite 2012 yet. we still have some news to get to before the new year. i m hala garani in washington. kyra phillips has the day off and we begin with the latest out of the united states in terms of politics this morning. let s get you straight to iowa and expecting any minute now, by the way, the new jersey governor chris christie will join mitt romney in iowa. christie is a rising star and many republicans wanted in this presidential race. he endorsed romney back in october and this will be their first joint appearance since then. just four days before the iowa caucuses. and mitt romney is going into this confident, according to the polls, still leading four days as we said before these iowa caucuses. cnn political reporter jim acosta is awaiting the event. he s in west des moines this morning. hi, there, jim. what can we expect today and how much might this appearance bice chris christie help mitt romney? well, it will help him a lot. chris chri