national average for gallon of regular is $2.85, up 80 cents from a year ago. south carolina republican gram g lindsey graham is considering a gasoline tax and it would provide alternative energy sources. graham s idea which he insists is not a straight gasoline tax would add 15 cents to each gallon of gas. the goal: reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emission. the 15 cent fee would by a complicated formula fall as the pollution generated by industry and utilities also fell. he says it s better than the new regulation by the environmental protection agency or across-the-board taxes on carbon. opponents call it a raw deal for recession-battered consumers. the government action that raises the price. it s tax no matter what it s called. it will hurt consumers and that s the last thing we need in a struggling economy. people are struggling to make ends meet. reporter: the idea turned the gas tax debate on its head. oil and gas industry long opposed higher gasoline taxes i
airports are shut down. some u.s. flights bound for europe have been delayed or canceled. the deposed president of kyrgyzstan left the country for neighboring kazakhstan. he tried to rally supporters in the south but was hustled off the stage when gunfire erupted. today, the former defense minister there was reportedly arrested by the interim government. there are conflicting reports tonight about whether the adoptions of russian children by american parents have been halted. correspondent dana lewis tells us what is behind the confusi confusion. reporter: for russian authorities the case of 7-year-old is the last straw in string of child abuse cases involving americans adopting russian children. they callous it a callous, shocking return to sender. little boy adopted by torrey ann hanson of tennessee sent back to russia last week. his mother didn t want him anymore. hanson is now under investigation by
national average for gallon of regular is $2.85, up 80 cents from a year ago. south carolina republican gram g lindsey graham is considering a gasoline tax and it would provide alternative energy sources. graham s idea which he insists is not a straight gasoline tax would add 15 cents to each gallon of gas. the goal: reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emission. the 15 cent fee would by a complicated formula fall as the pollution generated by industry and utilities also fell. he says it s better than the new regulation by the environmental protection agency or across-the-board taxes on carbon. opponents call it a raw deal for recession-battered consumers. the government action that raises the price. it s tax no matter what it s called. it will hurt consumers and that s the last thing we need in a struggling economy. people are struggling to make ends meet. reporter: the idea turned the gas tax debate on its head. oil and gas industry long opposed higher gasoline taxes i
andrew ellis with the maryland police. thank you. a state department team is in russia trying to smooth things over after an international adoption went terribly wrong. torrey ann hanson who sent her adopted 7-year-old son back to russia alone could face charges of child neglect or abandonment, but officials admit this is complicated. we re going to have to continue the investigation, try to dig into and get enough evidence to bring charges. nbc s ron allen is in the mother s hometown, shelbyville, tennessee with more. what are we hearing from the mother and her family today? reporter: nothing directly. what they told the sheriff yesterday, charge us with a crime or leave us alone. the family s been in hiding for four or five days.
good day to you. it is noon on the east coast. 9:00 out west. i m peter alexander in for contessa brewer. we are going to begin with the breaking news out of florida. this is good news. only 20 minutes ago, we got the first video of that 11-year-old girl, nadia bloom, being brought out of the woods on the stretcher. she was found in the woods there with no shoes, covered in mobug bites, but is in good shape. mark potter has been following the story live from winter springs, florida, for us. mark, what is happening right now and what more do we know about her present condition? reporter: well, she is actually in the ambulance right now. it s still at the location. we re told that she is being treated in that ambulance right now. some photographers who could get a good look at her say she appeared to have scratches on her body and face. she is suffering not only from dehydration, but mosquito bites. her parents are standing by, not in the ambulance. it is described to me that