so why wouldn t i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. jenna: the us winning crisis in iraq is raising concern about how that may impact oil and fuel prices here at home. today s national average of dylan per gas is $3.67, higher than last year at the same time. a bipartisan senate group making a push to raise the gas tax. the same gas tax to pay every time we fill up our tank. connell mcshane is here with more on that. the iraq effect is temporary, as temporary uncertainty to the market. a tax hike would be permanent. depending on who you talk about this it is either brilliant or voodoo economics. some people think it is crazy. he talked about the proposal being bipartisan.
also this hour, theicvc spoke too soon when it diagnosed a businessman with mers. he cameç in contact with two people during a meeting before the patient knew he had. the businessman tests show heçs healthy. but first, president obama outlining his vision for america s foreign policy and a changing role for the u.s. military. welcome to the second hour of happening now. i am jon scott. and i amç jenna lee. the commander in chief making a push to move the military away and the president insists that despite his critic s claims america is stronger and safer than ever. america has rarely been stronger relative to the rest of the world. those who argue otherwise, to
are not covered. and the truth is that they can get coverage all for what it cost you to pay your cell phone bill. read between the punch line, and it s clear that president obama s turn at comedy was really just a different approach to another role he s been playing of late. presidential pitchman. with the clock winding down on the affordable care act s may 31st enrollment deadline, the president is making a final inning appeal to so-called young invincibles. obamacare s success depends on those healthy young adults signing up to subsidize older enroll lees. while the president was making a push to save his signature legislation, a few pearl-clutching critics feared he d sacrifice the dignity of his office. unimaginable that truman, ike, jfk, reagan would appear on between two ferns. a veteran white house adviser
there is a bad situation now brewing in iraq. specifically talking about al qaeda. you remember u.s. forces left iraq back in 2011, leaving security in the hands of iraq s armed forces. so now, militants linked to al qaeda are making a push for these two major cities, we re talking about ramadi and fallujah specifically, both in always volatile anbar province west of baghdad. hala gorani is with me right now, cnn international. explain to us what is happening right now. for the first time, al qaeda militants are holding territory in the key cities of ramadi and fallujah. that s why this is so important. here we see sort of a satellite view of ramadi, this very key city in the sunni anbar province. people remember fallujah in the united states, manly because when u.s. troops were in the country after the invasion, this is where they had some of their more deadly and critical
saudi arabia and bahrain are very nervous and don t trust the administration going forward but right now they don t have a choice. they have to follow the white house lead on dealing with iran. conor powell reporting live in jerusalem, thank you very much. and growing tensions in asia. south korea announcing it is expanding its own air defense zone to include two small islands along with a submerged rock that is also claimed by china. south korea responding to recent actions by china to expand its air to zone defense in the east china sea. all of this is sparking concerns over the beginning of a broader conflict in that region. the obama administration is making a push to get young, healthy americans to sign up for obama care but as the numbers are very slow to pick up, the architect of obama care told our own chris wallace today, it s a