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Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom 20120329

recorded. president barack obama tries to tap into the anger over rising gas prices. in a speech just a short time ago, the president called on congress to end tax breaks for the oil industry. the senate republicans have just blocked a vote on legislation to repeal the tax breaks. republicans argue that would lead to even higher gas prices, but the president says big oil doesn t need subsidies. it s not as if these companies can t stand on their own. last year the three biggest u.s. oil companies took home more than $80 billion in profits. exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour. and when the price of oil goes up, prices at the pump go up, and so do these company s profits. another sign of continuing improvement in the job market. the number of people filing first time claims for unemployment benefits fell to another four-year low last week. the labor department reports 359,000 new claims for jobless benefits down from the previous week. a new report just releas

Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 News At Ten 20100731

claimed everyone was back on line. a local family showed up to face pepco officials saying they were getting no help getting their power back. that prompted quick action. reporter: at the height of the outages nearly 3,000 customers were in the dark. they re down to a few hundred now. by tonight, midnight, all customers affected by the storm should have power. pepco is answering tough questions about its response. it s hard, it s hike going back in time. this is pretty bad. i didn t think it was going to take so long. reporter: we heard the frustration for days. the period of time between sunday and tuesday morning to me i think was quite inadequate. reporter: and now montgomery county s top official is letting pepco have it. firing off a letter to the power company saying they took too long to mobilize extra crews. we did not see the full department of area jurisdictions coming in to assist pepco until tuesday morning when they assembled in gaithersburg. if

Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness 11PM News 20100730

hello everyone i m vic carter. it is a warning that is falling on deaf ears. today a young man jumped into a reservoir to cool off and never resurfaced. kai jackson found, even with these deaths people are not staying away from those dangerous waters. reporter: on the same day that police captured the drowning of a victim. the fire department found the body of a drowning victim. the 23-year-old man was fishing with friends when he went into the lock haven reservoir thursday morning. friends tried to help but they couldn t pull him to safety. very sad, very sad. the terrible way to lose a young life. reporter: signs are posted in baltimore county reservoirs that swimming is illegal. there are steep drop offs and degree under the surface. but wjz found a father and son swimming in the reservoir. and the man told wjz he s a cop. they say they know it s illegal but wanted to cool off. reporter: are you aware that it s illegal to swim in the lock haven reservoir? yeah, i