Didnt anybody tell her didnt anybody see sundays look forward to Mondays Tuesdays to me imus in the morning gas up again and the word recession is back on the table. Good morning, everyone. Can our economy handle whats happening at the pump . Good question. Youve seen it every day for more than a month and theyve changed the signs at the gas station and prices have gone straight up. Today, triplea says regular costs 3. 74 a gallon. Were closing in on a 50 cent gain just this year. Four big population states are at or very close to 4 a gallon already. All right, now shall the impact. Every penny that gas goes up takes 1. 2 billion dollars from consumer spending, like a tax. And it comes on top of other tax increaseses that cut everybodys paycheck and will slow a weak economy and some say brings recession that much closer. Watch out. Varney company is about to begin. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when hes 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. But hes n
she ll most and the big interview she dreamed of getting. and this morning, good morning america turns broadway into a ballroom of dancing stars. champion hines ward is here with kirstie alley and chelsea kane to strut their stuff. and now, live from times square, this is dancing with the stars, the afterparty. they re here! it was a show-stopping finale. on dancing with the stars. right up until last minute, every couple, all three are here. couldn t have been any closer or any better. everybody here in times square excited. all dancing. that is coming up in just a bit. we begin with latest on the tornados in joplin, right in the cross-hairs again last night. sam and david muir are both standing fwli. let s get to matt gutman in oklahoma right now, where a fresh round of deadly twisters slammed the state overnight. you got up close and personal. reporter: that s right, just a few hundred yards from that tornado, close enough to smell the splintered trees
area in the 9800 block of fort meade road where a body of discovered. police say they were called to the area to check on the welfare of a male near a river. when they arrived they found the man s body. police are not saying how or when he died. the largest free clinic to ever to come to the district is under way at the washington convention center right now. 1,000 volunteers including doctors and nurses will treat thousands of uninsured patients. elaine reyes is outside of the convention center and has more of what s going on out there this morning. reporter: good morning. this clinic is open to residents across the entire metro area, d.c., maryland and virginia. they are taking appointments and walk ups and i can tell you inside it is shaping up to be a very busy day. i have no insurance. i need to see a doctor. reporter: james is just one of more than 50,000 district residents without medical insurance. it s very difficult. i mean you can t go nowhere. i mean, yo