government tanks and troops. we are going to show you more of that very dramatic video. presidential candidate mitt romney addressing an empty stadium. more to the picture than meets the eye. we are going to explain. ever want to hand pick the person sitting next to you on a flight? good news. there s an app for that. from cnns world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. good morning, everyone. we start with a developing story out of south africa. former president, nelson mandela has been hospitalized with an abdominal complaint. his health declined in recent years and p has been living quietly with few appearances. what are you hearing? what s going on there? well, deb, as you can imagine, the african nation and many people who love and adore nelson mandela are holding their breath. he was admitted into the hospital. they are telling us it was because of a long st
thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. i want to bring in david mattingly who has been covering this for us all day long. i want to begin with the fact that i m glad we re sitting here telling this version of the story. this could have gone a different direction. a lot of this is all in thanks to this unsung hero who we may never know who this individual is who tipped police off. what did the police ultimately find? what they ultimately found in the bedroom of his apartment where he was living, found bomb making materials, found shrapnel and wiring. they found things that you could definitely make an explosive device with, but they did not find anything that resembled a firearm. there were no guns there. that was a relief. no evidence whatsoever to suggest that there was anybody else involved. again, another source of relief. but he did have the materials there to make some device that is could
the road is down and people taking to the skies is up. coast-to-coast, beaches and barbecues, camping and celebration. july 1st and the 2011 great escape is on. from yosemite in the west to the maryland shore i like the beach and the girls. it s the best. reporter: aaa says 39 million americans will travel 50 miles or more this long weekend. it s 1 million fewer than last year. you can blame the pain at the pump. the national average for unledded $3.54 a gallon, down from the high in may. still 80 cents higher than a year ago. it s tough. we are still transitioning. we have gotten in the habit of not traveling as much.
1990s. who is the suspect and how police cracked the case. charlie sheen going on the road. is haiti ready for the star known as a public relations disaster? this is cnn saturday morning, it s march 5th, i m randi kaye. we start with the cost we are paying at the pump, gas prices. the average price for a gallon on unledded is $3.49. if you are paying less, consider yourself lucky. one year ago, we were paying $2.70 for the same gallon of gas. we are trying to recover economically. if we see gas prices rise the way they are now because of the cost of oil, we are going to look atmore money being spent to
here s a look at what s ahead on the rundown. you re paying a lot more for gas, but we re going to break down where all that money is going. also, no cash in your pocket? no problem. technology now can turn your cell phone into a virtual wallet. and your turn to choose the news. we re going to recap the stories you get to pick from. we don t have to tell you, gas prices going up and up and up, you might call as a sign of the times. more than $4 a gallon for premium unledded at a gas station in l.a. and the pain of the pump goes far beyond at the gas station. our stephanie elam is joining us to talk about the rising gas prices. 50 bucks to fill my tank now. is it getting worse? where does it end? i m right there in that pool with you. when you look at the gas prices over the last seven days and