another update at the top of the hour and a full hour recap at 11:00 p.m. eastern. now back to new york and the o reilly factor. captions by closed captioning services bill: impact segment tonight, political ads are running all over the country trying to define the presidential race. a pac supporting president obama recently expanded to responded to an ad blaming the president for high gas prices. who is behind this ad smearing president obama? big oil. that s who. the money they make from high gas prices is going right into the mitt romney s campaign. big oil executives have pledged 200 million to help him. and romney s pledged to protect their record profits and their billions in special tax breaks, too. these guys all profit, you pay the price. priority u.s.a. action is responsible for the content of this advertising. bill: joining us from
the $9 gas ad is running in eight states. colora colorado, florida, nevada, new mexico, virginia and michigan. here s a piece. since obama became president gas prices have nearly doubled. obama opposed exploring in alaska and give millions to is solyndra. we need to boost the price to the levels in europe. that s $9 a gallon. what does he care? i don t own a car at the moment. this morning president obama s super pac priorities usa action is launching a counter attack with the response ad in the same eight states, but with not nearly the same amount of money. here s the response. who is behind this ad smearing president obama? big oil, that s who. the money they make from high gas prices is going right into mitt romney s campaign. these guys all profit.
new jersey s governor chris christie is in israel right now for his first overseas trip. his office says the trip is a trade and diplomacy mission. it s raising speculation he s looking to run for national office in the future. south carolina s governor, nikki haley says she would say no to a vice presidential spot. she says she intends to keep her promise to the people of south carolina. the politics of gas prices, the president s super pac is up with this spot defending him who s behind this ad smearing president obama? big oil, that s who. the money they make from high gas prices is going right into mitt romney s campaign. and tuesday on the today show, sarah palin live. she will serve as co-host. this morning, she called into the gang for a little preview of what we might expect. what are you doing to