good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, april 16th. i had to be reminded of that just a few minutes ago. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. she was talking about yesterday on sunday. and i m thinking we do the weekend. so clearly yesterday wasn t sunday . i thought today was monday is with us. all right. thanks for spending good morning with us. here s what we re watching for you. at least 56 people are dead. excuse me in sudan. there were explosions repping night clashes between the military and armed group or escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and what the rest of the world is doing. in response, congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up at the plan to fund the government look at other major priorities for both parties in the coming days. the $1.6 billion defamation trial against fox news starts this week. what s at stake for the company and watch fox apologized to the j
Back in court this morning and there are new details emerging on the murder case against him. The track star arrived just hours ago for a bail hearing in the South African capital. Prosecutors say pistorius fired four shots at girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during her bath door last week, the 29yearold model was hit three times and the bathroom door later broken open. Pistorius was arrested thursday and charged with premeditated murder. A sentence capable of carrying a life sentence. Defense lawyers say the killing was nut murder. Meanwhile, Funeral Service being held in port elizabeth. It capped six days of dramatic fall from grace for the man known as south africa golden boy. Today, major sponsors like oakley and nike are cutting ties with pistorius say they go will no longer use him in future ads. Turning now to gas prices. And the surprising pace which theyve been climbing. Regular gas has gone up for the last 32 days, 43 cents in a month. Nbcs tom costello tells us whats behind this r
Former olympian Oscar Pistorius back in court this morning and there are new details emerging on the murder case against him. The track star arrived just hours ago for a bail hearing in the South African capital. Prosecutors say pistorius fired four shots at girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during her bath door last week, the 29yearold model was hit three times and the bathroom door later broken open. Pistorius was arrested thursday and charged with premeditated murder. A sentence capable of carrying a life sentence. Defense lawyers say the killing was nut murder. Meanwhile, Funeral Service being held in port elizabeth. It capped six days of dramatic fall from grace for the man known as south africa golden boy. Today, major sponsors like oakley and nike are cutting ties with pistorius say they go will no longer use him in future ads. Turning now to gas prices. And the surprising pace which theyve been climbing. Regular gas has gone up for the last 32 days, 43 cents in a month. Nbcs tom coste
Some stations charging more than 5 a gallon. It doesnt make sense, we went to las vegas, gas prices were 1. 50 ls. Reporter from coast to coast, gas prices have risen every day for the last month. The gasoline prices are extraordinary for this time of year. Usually see this happen as we go into the summer driving season. Reporter whats going on . Analysts say the reasons are many. China is demanding more Oil Every Day to power its growing economy just as opec cut some of its output. International sanctions are reducing the amount of uranium oil on the world market while here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. Then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. We have to work. So we keep coming to work every day. But you have to put gas in your car to come to work. Reporter 43 cents in a month. That was nbcs tom costello. After the long Holiday Weekend you the president and congressional staffers will be back at work
Be rescued. The mayor saying it could take weeks for all the water to subside. But the mandatory evacuation just lefted there. And some folks in the you were keys also getting the green light to go back home to survey the damage from the killer storm. But not everyone can get back. Hurricane passes and we put all our faith in these hurricane passes. And these hurricane passes are worthless if we cant get in. Jon we have team fox coverage with peter doocy live in jacksonville. First though, lets check in with adam housley live in key largo in the northern keys. Adam . Yeah, jon. A good sign right behind me, in fact, in the maybe last 15 minutes or so a bunch of utility trucks have come in. One of the cranes has gone up. One of the boxes gone up, actually survey and hopefully fix. So lines around here. I dont know where the folks are from. I havent had a chance do go across the street how quickly they came. In big crane in michels on them. You are also seeing in front of that all the tra