From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Its been called a kind of regressive tax that hurts all americans, and especially if you commute by car. If you filled up prior to the workweek or filled up to head out on a president s day holiday break, then you know what has happened to the price of gas, up every day for a month now. And still rising. And those americans with no choice but to buy gas are highly suspicious as to whats causing this increase right now. Its where we begin tonight. Tom costello is in bethesda, maryland. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, brian. Good evening to you. 3. 99 at this gas station right here. The timing is not good for this. The economy is fragile, and all the money that is going into gas tanks, it would and could be going into instead groceries, maybe a movie out, maybe a dinner out. At gas stations across the country, customers are asking the same question. What could possibly send gas price
Seeking damages. She accuses Carnival Cruise lines of negligence and fraud and says that she was injured as a result of the unseaworthy, unsafe, unsanitary, and generally despicable conditions in aboard the triumph. A spokesperson says the company has not seen the lawsuit and cannot comment. Meantime, the triumph has been moved to a shipyard in mobile, where extensive repairs and cleanup begin as the official incident investigation also begins. Because the ship is registered in the bahamas and the event occurred in international waters, the bahamian authority is the lead investigator. Both the u. S. Coast guard and the National Transportation safety board, the ntsb, are heavily involved, interviewing passengers and crew, trying to determine why the fire broke out and how it was handled and ultimately trying to prevent Something Like this from ever happening again. Lester . Thanks. The ordeal on the carnival triumph was difficult for everyone on board. For some, it did become a dire eme
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