every time oil prices rise that puts pressure on the equities prices on the stock market. right now stocks are actually going to open higher in about 20 minutes time because again oil prices have come well back down. the huge concern the unrest would spread into saudi arabia and that could disrupt supplies. we ve heard a kuhncouple of thi today. russ westgate has been in riyadh and sees signs of jubilation on the streets, people out in the streets celebrating, young men celebrating the king was coming back. he d talked to them and said they were pleased to have the king coming back, also the financial times story says by the way he s spending $36 billion to actually come back in, and that could stop some of the unrest as well. doesn t matter from the market s perspective. if there s not unrest it will push equities higher. i should mention quickly, toyota just coming out saying it s recalling 2.175 million vehicles here in the united states to address a potential gas pedal entrapmen
the daily rundown. time for morning joe in ? yeah. open fighting the war in libya getting worse as gadhafi s forces step up the attack on protesters. a statement from him is coming. plus the libya ripple effect, gas prices reach their highest levels in two years, can $5 a gallonen far behin be far ? plus political pranks. a lot of us new governs got elected to do something big. you re the first domino. yep, this is our moment. we ll get into the fallout over that fake call. good morning, it s february 24th, 2011, i m savannah guthrie. we listen to it, went on about 20 minutes that call is something. unbelievable. good morning, everyone. i m chuck todd. there s another big story out there that for some reason i am trying to care about and i can t. sorry and i m going to alleged mitt it. i ll care so you don t have to. other people do. royal fever. who are these people? william and kate make their first public appearance this morning. we ll bring