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this has been going on for years now, and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th, mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas. he wasn t dusting off a three-point plan. he did, however, label a five-point plan for cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and driving prices higher to flip a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while some american families get the short end of the stick. that s p not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his advisers could say how this would affect gasoline prices. i m not going to speculate about this provision or any other provision on the price of the pump. it won t get through the rep ....
point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher only to flip it for a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of families get the shortened of the stick. it is not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his own advisers could say how it would affect ....
condemnation from fellow republicans. rick santorum says the comments are absurd. the white house is also being drawn into the uproar. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news, a huge tornado outbreak stretches from alabama to indiana and beyond. millions of americans are under tornado watches. tornado warnings as well. professional storm chasers have been following these twisters all afternoon, providing dramatic images of an unfolding disaster. new tornado reports are coming in literally by the minute. with indiana, kentucky, tennessee and other states all seeing multiple touchdowns only in the last hour. we also have this video from evansville, indiana. it s far from over. storms are on the move. the destruction could go on for hours. let s bring mayor jim coppinger of hamilton county in tennessee, where chattanooga is located. mayor, set the scene. tell us what s going on inur county. well, we did have a ouchdown of ....
198 miles per hour. now this massive tornado was three quarters of a mile wide. it stayed on the ground long enough to carve a six-mile scar through the heart of this heavily populated area. even though we still don t have a final number on fatalities, the national weather service says this was the single deadliest tornado since 1950, the year they began keeping records. and around me you re looking at pictures from when the sun was up yesterday, the sun still some time from coming up. the pictures haven t changed. debris, personal belongings, and many cases belongings from miles and miles away. determined search and rescue teams are trying to find survivors this morning. they re all over. the stormy weather overnight has really slowed things down. 17 people, however, were found alive in the wreckage that stretches for miles around me. casey wian has been following that for us, including one of the survivor s pulled from that building over there, a solid ....
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for ....