in the yard outside. but the damage here is phenomenal. that s about the best way tosy it here, alex, back up to you. okay, thank you so much, ron mott, incredible story and pictures. what can explain this devastating outbreak of tornados? in just a bit i ll talk with conservation biologist reese halter about that. oil companies are defending their massive profits this quarter in the face of growing outrage over the soaring gas prices. overnight the average cost of gas ticked up another two cents to $3.93 a gallon which is up now 30 cents in the last month. it s up more than a dollar from this time last year. marijuana farre maureen farrell is a staff writer for forbes. let s talk about the upstick for all the profits of the oil companies. we ll throw up a huge screen as we look at the paydays, exxon, chevron, bp, all posting multibillion dollar profits. how much is derived from you and i are increasingly paying at the
increasing. the disruption of supply in the middle east. there are a lot of factors that go into the reason why we re paying more at the pump right now. i want to play something for you that the president had to say this morning. let s listen to that, everyone. i also believe that instead of subsidizing yesterday s energy, we should invest in tomorrow s, that s what we ve been doing. already we re seeing how the investments we re making in clean energy can lead to new jobs and new businesses. maureen, how long would it take for new investments in green energy to actually pay off? it s a long-term plan. the president s conceded that. last month when he said he wanted to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025, he admitted it s a long-term plan. you need to invest now in renewable energy to pay off in five, ten years. he admitted it won t bring down prices now. the worldwide supply of oil is going up and up and up and there s questions whether the supply can keep pace with that. so
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