from dallas, texas. we have a couple of things going on here. obviously health concerns over the people in richmond, california, near that refinery fire plus the financial hit we re all going to take if gas prices spike make above $4 a gallon. it has been going on for several weeks now. you blinked and it seems like you missed it. over the course of the last month or so gas prices have gone up about 30 cents, the national average now $3.66 a gallon, up about 30 cents and in the last month. the fire in richmond is just one of the problems. obviously there is a great deal of global issues and concerns that go into gas prices but what we have seen over the last few months is a disruption in service and flow of gas at refineries across the country from the midwest down to oklahoma where we have seen problems with pipelines and other issues and the infrastructure and this fire in california this week highlighted even bigger problem where now because of this fire many analysts ar
california. guest: we have numbers about what you are talking about, we have new pictures that came in, the first pictures that are low resolution, black and white photographs showing the landing area where it ca down on mars in the crater next to a mountain , and so far, so good. no glitches. no hiccups. nothing. they are very excited. we talk to scientists and they want to see what they can do so they cannot wait to get going. it is representative of a new home, representative of a new mars we have never seen before. so, each of the pictures is the most beautiful picture i have ever seen. reporter: we heard from the white house, coming out with a statement saying tonight s success reminds us of our preeminence on earth continues to invest wisely in innovation, technology, and basic research that always has made our economy the envy of the world. that is from the white house
president was really, really funny. dave: good comic timing. juliet: n.a.t.o. says that three service members have died southern and eastern part of afghanistan. separate bombings killed two soldiers while the third died of non-battle related injuries. officials still have not provided their nationalities or disclosed details at this point. so far this month, 40 coalition members have died in afghanistan. a celebration of the cardinals win over milwaukee turns deadly in st. louis, missouri. and strong winds knocked down the tent the at the sports bar. more than 50 miles per hour winds shattered an aluminum pole, holding up the tent. which is never a good thing. and at the landing area in st. louis, it caused the blast and serious hurting five others. the storm came out of nowhere and hit so fast and the natural reaction, everyone was running under tents of course, and then i saw this, and everyone was running underneath the tent and sure enough, the next thing you
panetta s plane was beginning to land. about 11:00 a.m. or so, an afghan interpreter working at the basis stole a vehicle and started heading towards the landing area where panetta s plane was coming and he then ran into a british soldier and somehow the vehicle stopped. we don t know if it crashed or if it just if the afghan interpreter got out of the vehicle or what. but somehow he was set on fire. they re trying to determine if he set himself on fire or if the vehicle caught on fire. the military says at no time was panetta in danger but they did move his landing spot to a different area so there was obviously some cause for concern. we re getting information that the soldier suspected in the killing of 16 afghan civilians on sunday has now landed in kuwait and been transferred to afghanistan. that s a point of contention here in afghanistan. afghan lawmakers wanted to u.s. soldier tried here in afghanistan. that s not going to happen, brian. all right, connor powell,
it hit a coalition service member and that some type of explosion or fire broke out. the individual we re told is an afghan national who was work on that base. he suffered severe burns. panetta s plane was not diverted from landing at camp bas tia n but it was diverted to a different landing area. right now we are being told that the military is investigating who this individual was and what his motivations were. i says there were no explosions found. they don t believe it was a suicide bom serious incident me. megyn: conor powell, thank you. another alert we have breaking news from the campaign trail, new polling just in on the race for the white house signaling a new challenge for president obama s re-election team. a bloomberg poll out shows mitt romney with a significant lead over the president when it comes to the critical independent voters. look at the numbers. mitt romney holding 49% of that vote right now.