if libya s share, about 2% of the world s oil supply goes away, that balanced picture gets upset. that means places like europe may not have the oil they were counting on for gas, diesel and jet fuel. they start competing for supplies we re relying on. fears the unrest could spread. the number one and three oil producers are ripe for revolution, and any slowdown there could quickly send oil prices into the stratosphere. as prices of crude and gas rise, so does everything else. where does that end? economic slowdown. that was abc s dan arnall. jet fuel prices are also going up. most major carriers increased fares this week and another round of hikes could be just around the corner. the oldest surviving shuttle has blasted off for its last mission. discovery is set to dock with the international space station tomorrow and deliver a humanoid robot. as bob woodruff reports,
in a more rambling than usual radio speech, libya s moammar gadhafi accused al qaeda of fomenting the uprising against his rule. it s all osama bin laden s fault. opposition forces vowing to march on tripoli tomorrow while gadhafi loyalists mass inside the city. this as new estimates of nearly 2,000 dead, although it s hard to determine with no foreign media present. nbc s stephanie gosk is on the egypt/libya border and joins us by phone. stephanie, let s talk about what we know is happening. it seems as though he s more and more embattled, losing more and more control. reporter: yeah, and you know, this statement today was veryรง interesting, because he was addressing a particular town which is about 30 miles west of tripoli. the eastern portion of the country being in the hands of the opposition. this is a town west of tripoli, and only 30 miles from it.