inconveniences over the next 12 to potentially 24 hours. we ve been talking about the sun here for a good couple of months because we re entering the cycle or part of an 11-year cycle where we re in the solar maximum. the next 18 to 24 months really we ll see a lot of this stuff. what do we mean by that? a lot of this stuff. black areas on the sun. sun spots. a lot of geomagnetic energy there. these are areas that throw out solar flares. we love looking at these puppies. this stuff coming to us. this is as measured in the x-ray part of the wave lengths. that just looks cool. this is the solar flare that happened a day and a half ago. you see it kind of bubbling up and then, boom. there it goes. all those x-rays and radio wave lengths immediately get to the earth. the radio blackout happened about 1.5 days ago. it also emits coronal mass of plasma that s highly charged stuff. that eventually gets to the earth as well. when it does so, boy, we start to see some things happen. t
on a strong showing in tuesday s mississippi and alabama primaries, and he s still going after mitt romney, this time in reference to gas prices. the president seems to suggest to you just like dr. chu. dr. chu is the secretary of anti-energy. to be honest, he said that before he became secretary that he wanted americans to pay european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon. so last week give him credit for being honest. last week he testified in the house, and somebody from mississippi actually, said to him, gas prices are really hurting people. what are you going to do to lower gas prices? and to be fair to dr. chu, he honestly said, nothing. now, newt gingrich rather has plenty of company in mississippi. mitt romney is there as well holding a rally later today in pascagoula. rick santorum is next door, rounding up support with three stops across alabama. first time claims for unemployment benefits ticked upwards last week. labor department says that 362,000 people filed for
and one wife blames the other for giving up a hiding spot in pakistan. also today we hear the government has charged all three of bin laden s widows with illegally entering the country. the head of the un emergency relief mission finally got to see for herself the shattered neighborhood in the syrian homes. that s where 47 people were killed just today. one argument on capitol hill today, should the united states get involved in syria militarily? i understand the strain on american military. i understand the sacrifices made by american families. but i also understand the proudest part of americans history is when we have tried to help other people achieve the same goal that we so passiona passionately articulated when we declared our independence. the united states can t jump up and say let s go drop some bombs on the syrian tanks. stay right here. fran townsend will be here in a couple of minutes. she s the national security contributor. we ll talk more about military op