it is the eighth straight day of price hikes. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.83. that s 31 cents higher than it was just one month ago. president obama is putting his re-election campaign into high gear. he kicked off a jam packed day at a fund-raising in his hometown of chicago. and then he flew atlanta for a series of events. two of them hosted by filmmaker tyler perry. 13-hour campaign blitz raised nearly $5 million. a notorious nazi criminal has died. 91-year-old john demanuk was living in a home for the elderly when he passed away easterly dwroi day. the retired u.s. autoworker was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of assisting in mass murder at a death camp in poland. but he was released pending his appeal. 911 calls are being released in the shooting of an unarmed florida teenager. he was shot and killed last month allegedly by a neighborhood watch captain in a gated community. here s a conversation between the alleged
meantime, crowds of people in afghanistan today are furious that bails was returned to the united states. they want him to stand trial in afghanistan under islamic law. the price of gas is on the rise again. it went up .4% overnight. it is the eighth straight day of price hikes. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.83. it s 31 cents higher than it was just one month ago. with gas prices on the rise, what kind of car you drive can make a big difference. san diego judge has approved a class action lawsuit against honda motor company about 200,000 civic hybrid owners will now receive up to $200. they claim they didn t get the gas mileage they were promised. candidates are facing off in three races. missouri holds caucuses to day. this is missouri s second time around. it held a primary last month but that was just a beauty contest. no delegates were awarded. today s caucuses will determine who gets missouri s 52 delegates. tomorrow, puerto rico holds its prim
in. kofi annan spoke face to face again today in damascus. he the former u.s. secretary general asked for a cease fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies to access people caught in the fighting, but the violence goes on across syria with at least 25 people killed today. hundreds are gathering in japan today to mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. right now to the next big battleground in the presidential race, the deep south, alabama and mississippi hold their primaries the next 48 hours. rick santorum and mitt romney, the latest polling shows an extremely tight race between the three candidates in alabama. and here s the most recent snapshot in mississippi. an american research poll shows gingrich leading there, but still in a statistical dead heat with romney. and in the overall delegate hunt, romney remains the clear front-runner. santorum is in second place with 203, followed by gingrich with 118 and paul trailing the back with
a vintage helicopter in flight during the shooting of a television show crashes and amazingly no one is killed or even hurt. it happened in coolidge, arizona. oh, my god. a pilot and crew men were on board the vintage military chopper and were able to walk away. the aircraft was being filmed for an episode of top gear korea. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann says rush limbaugh s recent comments don t hurt her party. he used some nasty language to describe a law student who testified for expanded access to birth control. limbaugh has since apologized, but bachmann says the controversy has no effect on the gop. the republican party isn t tarnished at all. the republican party is amplif amplifying the voice that says one person, one health care dictator should not be telling all americans what we can and cannot do in health care. that s the problem with obama care. and that s why it has to be
and a helicopter crashes captured on camera. the amazing story of a pilot that walked away. we start with the aftermath of those deadly tornadoes. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. the tornadoes left a wide swath of debris from indiana to georgia. at least 37 people are dead. now the focus has changed and survivors, scores of jurtd people are waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors are gone. people are now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. officials in west liberty, kentucky, say they are thankful the damage wasn t worse, even as the town was devastated by 135-mile-per-hour winds and one reported death. rob marciano getting a look at some of west liberty s hardest hit areas. good morning to you. tell us what you are seeing today. well, gary, finally today they have been able to clear the main roads enough to where larger vehicles can get through, includi