yesterday, aaa reports that refinery problems will help fuel more daily records for at least several more weeks. the fox business network is live for us in washington, dc this afternoon. history tells us, rich, that a lot people will hit the road for the holiday. they always do. aaa says more americans plan on traveling this labor day than since before the recession, some 33 million will hit the roads over the labor day weekend and go at least 50 miles. car travel they expect, will be up about 3 percent, air travel is up more than 3.5 percent over last year. total travel is up nearly 3 percent over last year. all this, despite the rising fuel prices. it is a big factor in people s decision when it comes to travel, and at the same time they are not sacrificing the trip. rather they are trying to find ways to economize. because gas prices are high, they are trying to find ways to be affordable in other areas. maybe they are in the going out to really nice restaurants but
the suvs sold by chevy, g.m., buick, isuzu and saab from 2006 and 2011 are on the recall list. chemicals used to clear ice from roads could cause power windows to lock, switches to short circuit, as well. 28 fires have been reported. anyone hitting the road is unfortunately familiar with that pumped up feeling, as in prices pumping up. aaa says the average gallon right now is three cents higher than last week to $3.72 a gallon. 27 cents up from last month. the reason why from abc s ron claiborne. reporter: some states are seeing record spikes in the price at the pump. in california, an average of $4.10 a gallon. up 27 cents in two weeks. in oregon, the price of a gallon up 29 cents. it is the peak summer driving season when high demand normally pushes up gas prices. but that alone doesn t account for what s happening. added to the mix, refinery problems and aging pipelines breaking down. high ethanol prices because of the drought, and tensions in the middle east.
boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman for gove
mind. we are going to be take ag little taste to see what is there for the first time that this scale in human history. but as the rover curiosity searches for life on mars, here is something to ponder, are we is something to ponder, are we earthlings the real aliens? captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morn, everyone. i m randi kaye, and it is 8:00 in new york, and 5:00 in los angeles. thanks for starting your morning with us. it is day two for the romney/ryan team, and they are taking the message on the road in a bid to inspire voters across several states. we are getting the exclusive details of how he made it on the ticket from the romney aide who led the search. the first swath was made with a broad group of people and then we narrowed it down and got more information and personal information from each of the potential candidates, and then mitt took these candidate dossiers and he thought about them. he read all of them word-for-word and we narrowed it down
i m glad you re with us. i m randi kaye. some reaction after republican presidential hopeful mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate. our political analyst acosta takes us on the road for a view of what they re calling amera s comeback team. reporter: mitt romney descended from the battle ship uss wisconsin to call for a campaign of republican arms. we take another step in helping to restore the promise of america. reporter: and there s no bigger gun in the conservative movement than the gop s vice-presidential candidate congressman paul ryan. wow. hey! and right in front of the uss wisconsin, huh? reporter: his persona is fiscal nice delivered a message right out of train gospel. we won t duck the issues, we will lead. we won t blame others. we will take responsibility. reporter: romney campaign officials say the gop contender made his decision and called ryan on august 1st, one day after he returned from his overseas trip. the two men then met