now almost up 30 cents in just a month. what s behind the price at the pump and what you ll be paying come labor day. the big one. startling new report out saying oregon could get rattled by a major earthquake just like the one that struck japan. a 9.0, not if, but when is the northwest ready? and robin hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. the mythical character now front and center in the political fight over your taxes. the president has a brand-new punch line aimed at mitt romney. it s like robin hood in reverse. it s romney hood. sherwood forest hasn t seen anything like this. newsroom begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i m carol costello. we begin with new details of heroism emerging this morning from that deadly shooting rampage near milwaukee. satwan singh was president of the sikh temple, and he died trying to protect his fellow worshippers. he was armed but only with a butter knife. police say he saved liv
star at the hollywood walk of fame. she was just 36 years young when she died. heather: nasa s car-sized rover safe on mars, and not wasting any time getting down to work the rover beaming back its black-and-white pictures minutes after landing. dr.~michio kaku who is a professor of physics at city university of new york and author of physics of the future, how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 joins us now with a little more insight on this. just a historic landing, a historic flight, seven minutes of terror is what they called it. why was it so tricky? nasa went for the gold on this one and scored a ten. flawless execution, great dismount. as you pointed out, this was a path-breaking mission, because they had never done this before. there was no dress rehearsal replacing one ton of scientific
efforts to save children. i m really looking forward to this piece tonight. thanks so much. a reminder to our viewers that your special runs tonight. it s cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. top of the hour now. i m ashleigh banfield. i m standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in particular, having a terrible time. in some cases police are having to hand out ice. hundreds of thousands of people who have not had power since friday since a wave of violent storms hit pretty much at their wits end. lizzie has been following this story. there s a critical problem. west virginia hit the worst and they are talking about water now. wat
systems aborted it half a second before lit off. the company is spacex attempting to launch the rocket over the weekend and nasa has been working with the company to try to make it happen. if it happens it will mark a milestone going from a government run office to a privately backed operation but the flight computer detects an engine problem and aborted launch. the company try again early tomorrow morning. just about 30 seconds ago. and now, we have physics prefer with us, and the author of physics of the future. good to see you. this is not that big a deal, standard stuff, used to happen to nasa all the time. guest: this is different. 9 future of the space program could rest on launches like this, and we are witnessing historic transition away from government sponsored rockets to private enterprise taking over, and, president obama s fortunes could rest on this. if this succeeds it means costs
well, they look extremely beautiful. could they be dangerous. the aurora borealis or the northern lights could pose a threat to all of our technology includes gps systems and satellites. clayton: nasa sent up a satellite and prepare for it he when the lights at at their pack. the author of the book physics of the future currently on a book tour for that book. glad to be on the show. and they said they are he beautiful, but could cause a major problem to our electronic infrastructure. how? that s right. every 11 years the sun has a temper tantrum and we have this spectacular light show, this dazzling array of radiation from the solar wind which hits the earth and funnels down the north pole.