who he blames for all of these gas prices and the gas problems. listen to what he has to say about the president. the economy doesn t get better, i don t think it will. if people don t feel better about government-run health care, i don t think you win. if gas prices are $5 or $6, he certainly isn t going to win. we should also point out that the white house in the form of jake carney yesterday did admit that the president is well aware that gas prices are hurting people in the united states of america. by the way, the day that president obama took the office, gas prices were on average $1.83 per gallon. remember those good old days. it s over double just that. 25% up since the calendar year began. meanwhile, i don t know if you heard but donald trump is considering running for president. what? i have a source. wait a minute, the guy on tv and the guy with the apartment building? i need a second source but right now, i m going to say he s exploring the opportunity and
systems that would alert the crew about the gas problems or the fire problems were turned off for more than a year. concerns about that when the explosion did hit. those crew members had to be notified by loud speaker. so cause for more investigations. very upsetting news, especially the families of the 11 members who died on that rig back in april. back to you. brian: all right, steve harrigan, monitoring the situation in louisiana. thank you. gulf residents looking for pay back for the b.p. oil spill can talk to those writing the checks. kenneth feinberg, administrator of oil spill compensation fund is in alabama today to talk about the oil spill claims process. some are easy to decide, those right on the gulf. but the others, motel 20 miles inland lost the business which will be harder to decide. a fox news alert. two american troops are
officials say toyota knew about sticky gas problems last september, but did not issue a recall until january. toyota denies it violated the law. the fine does not free toyota from potential civil or criminal penalties. it s facing further investigations of lawsuits across the country. and you guys can always send us a tweet on the things we re talking about today. let me now your thoughts on twitter. one person wrote omg, wooe honoring the deaths of oklahoma city bombing by bringing loaded guns to washington. she s referring to these rallies at our nation s capitol. some feel it is inappropriate to do so. does president obama owe the black community? that question sparked an interesting discussion during a special this weekend, debating the black agenda.