good morning everyone, it s saturday, march 3rd, i m alisyn camerota. a cluster of powerful tornados ripped through the midwest and south killing at least 31 people. we re live in indiana and alabama. dave: and tax dollars help pay for it. why is chevy pulling the plug on the volt. the latest plan to halt production on the car. clayton: chevy to the levee and the levee is dry. this chopter loses control and clams to the ground. the pilot luckily survives and walked away from the crash. fox & friends hour four starts right now.
over on him and her and they say they re going to have to amputate her toes and his leg and he s in critical condition and he s waiting for a flight to the university. we ll have more on the damage from this storm system in a moment. other news we re following, nearly two years after the worst oil spill in the u.s., bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion for those affected by the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster. an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig killed 11 people, took three months for workers to contain the oil spill. fishermen, hotel owners and gulf coast residents were all impacted by the disaster. the republican presidential candidates hope to build some momentum today that will carry them into super tuesday. washington state is holding the caucuses right now. ron paul is the only candidate still campaigning there. the other three hopefuls have moved on to ohio. it is one of ten states holding primaries or caucuses on tuesday. players from the new orleans sa
survivors. don benson is one of those who made it through the storm in tennessee. his house did not. definitely i thank the lord for sparing as many people as he had. and i know these things can all be replaced. but like everyone else here, it s going to take a while. it s going to take a lot of construction to help out. it s important to note that this destruction storm system is not over yet. hitting parts of the deep south right now. more on that in a moment. all right. meantime, bp will pay about $7.8 billion to federal lawsuit with victims of the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. thousands of fishermen, hotel owners, and gulf coast residents will get a payout in april of 2010. the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded killing 11 people and causing the worst oil spill in u.s. history. and gas prices are going up again, the average price of a gallon of regular jumped more than a penny and a half in the last 24 hours. now nearly 3.76 a gallon, 30 cents more than la
i know what you re thinking, hold on i thought he was newt gingrich s billionaire. turns out, not really. sort of. in the sense that anybody who is keeping newt gingrich in the race right now, by which i mean this guy, this billionaire not only given $11 million to newt gingrich already about to give another $10 million, floated the idea in an interview with forbes he might give $100 million to newt gingrich. anybody who is keeping newt gingrich s campaign alive right now is mitt romney s best friend. and i can prove it, data. look at this. this is the latest that we have out of the state of washington. washington holds their caucus on saturday, march 3rd, right before super tuesday. right now, rick santorum is leading in the state of washington. okay? that is rick santorum on the left there. he leads mitt romney 38-27. ron paul has 15%, newt gingrich 12%. if newt gingrich were to quit the race, if newt gingrich were to drop out before the washington caucus on march 3rd, watch what hap
i know what you re thinking, hold on i thought he was newt gingrich s billionaire. turns out, not really. sort of. in the sense that anybody who is keeping newt gingrich in the race right now, by which i mean this guy, this billionaire not only given $11 million to newt gingrich already about to give another $10 million, floated the idea in an interview with forbes he might give $100 million to newt gingrich. anybody who is keeping newt gingrich s campaign alive right now is mitt romney s best friend. and i can prove it, data. look at this. this is the latest that we have out of the state of washington. washington holds their caucus on saturday, march 3rd, right before super tuesday. right now, rick santorum is leading in the state of washington. okay? that is rick santorum on the left there. he leads mitt romney 38-27. ron paul has 15%, newt gingrich 12%. if newt gingrich were to quit the race, if newt gingrich were to drop out before the