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Rate through the end of the year. thats the real issue. and i think the burden will be on the republican candidate not to give the president a pass on the economy like this for three years. >> kim, what are the politics of an economy in this kind of shape, running in the election? >> i think the risk here is that republicans simply decide that thr he going to try it make this a referendum on the president, on the basis of the coaters like this, keeping a close eye on the unemployment rate, and l...

Odds with the republican presidential candidates and we knew that but the bigger issue is whether he still is at odds with the israeli prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, who give a fiery speech last night after meeting here with the president. and it is clear the remain does not believe that giving iran more time will work. they appear to have distance there. >>neil: thank you from the white house were the president flaming go -- blaming the run on gas prices on wall street. the presidents poin...

Gallon and last month it was less than that, $3.80 and, today, it is at $4.50 so all of a sudden the price skyrocketed and the my is the same and the demand is the same and someone is manipulating the market, i would say it is wall street and opec. >>neil: maybe it is you, your colleagues in washington not being able to agree on spending cuts that weakened the dollar. as you know the oil is priced in dollars, gas is priced in dollars when the dollar is chop it -- clean it costs more. >>guest: bu...

Certainly as a family owned company, you know, we certainly dont want to ever impact our work force or anything else. but we try to be creative with how we will solve that problem. >> and looking at the price of a gallon of regular, downtown chicago, just about $3.80 per gallon. the bigoses, new york, chicago, l.a., get hit harder. sometys on the west coast are already paying over $4 a gallon. and the experts watching this say that people will continue to fuel up their dares and continue with th...

Economic data? >>guest: you have to look beyond the headline data. it is not better for consumers when we look at close to $5 gasoline. a cameraman showed me a picture of the pump where his family is from and it was $5.15 for regular. so filling up your tank we have to do it, and it is going to insight a lot of anger in the consumer on top of everything else. cotton. food prices. dairy. everyone is rising and the consumer cannot get ahead. >> the consumer has been able to hang on and is around $...

Courtroom. >> can i ask you for a favor? can you turn -- >> only the judge can give favors? >> sir, can i have her take the screen down. i cant look at my granddaughter without getting upset. im trying very hard not to cry. thank you. >> caylee anthony was last seen alive june 16th, 2008, but was not reported missing for a month. a small bit of relief for the millions of americans traveling this holiday weekend. gas prices are actually dropping. aaa says the national average for a gallon of re...

Home, brother ♪ ♪ you will not be able to plug in, tune in and cop out ♪ ♪ the revolution will not be televised ♪ >> much of his music reflected his struggles with drugs and alcohol. three years ago scott-heron was hiv positive. the cause of his death yesterday at the age of 62 is still unclear. a bit of relief for the millions of americans traveling this holiday weekend. gas prices are actually dropping. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is just under $3...

>> so people are look at about $3.80 or so for a gallon of regular gas this weekend, a little dip from what we have seen. >> 15 cents in two weeks is a nice dip. a lot of people are going to appreciate that. theyre not going to appreciate theyre paying a dollar more than they did a year ago, but prices are coming down and what is so unusual about memorial day weekend, this is when prices normally go up, and theyre likely to continue to come down over the next several days and into june. >> that ...

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Yourever day life. if you can afford it, you can not feel good about it, spending over $100 to fill up your u.s. and im talking about a rise in gas prices just from this calendar year to date of 25%. it is now 3.80. im paying 4.55. >> steve: you mow who is pay ago boat load of dough? i sat in for brian the other day, you got great listeners and callers. these professional -- >> brian: thats all they want to talk about. >> steve: absolutely. professional truck drivers called in to say that it cos...