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And end up putting people out of work? >> i would say come to the great state of vermont. we have the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the country. i think its 4.4%. we have the third highest minimum wage rate, not as high as it should be, but its $8.60 an hour, i have not heard too many employers in the state of vermont that are telling me that the minimum wage is too high and should go lower. >> bernie sanders, independent senator for vermont, thank you so much. >> thank you. up next, well...

By the way for taxpayers, who are not having to subsidize walmart employees because of their low wages. >> what do you say to people that will look at this and say, this is cynical posturing, this is populism and if you do this, its basic economics, you raise the wage, you constrain labor and end up putting people out of work? >> i would say come to the great state of vermont. we have the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the country. i think its 4.4%. we have the third highest minimum wage rat...

>> i would say come to the great state of vermont. we have the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the country. i think its 4.4%. we have the third highest minimum wage rate, not as high as it should be, but its $8.60 an hour, i have not heard too many employers in the state of vermont that are telling me that the minimum wage is too high and should go lower. >> bernie sanders, independent senator for vermont, thank you so much. >> thank you. up next, well hear from a mother of three who has to...

Reeva steencamp in the town of port elizabeth. and a dramatic fall from grace, this morning, oakley and other sponsors are cutting ties with him. and turning now to gas prices, the surprising pace at which they are climbing, regular unleaded going up for the past two days, the national average at 3.73, a gallon, 15 cents in a week, and 40 cents in a month. >> reporter: at gas stations across the country, customers are asking the same question, what could possibly send gas prices up 43 cents ...

Week, possibly as early as monday and hell have opportunity to explain his site of t side of the story. >> there comes the challenge, explaining his side of the story based on this, there will be a credibility issue. tell me the battle he faces. >> this is serious, uphill, steep battle. first of all, we going to explain the phone calls between he and his wife. im sure the prosecutor is going to play those phone calls. >> the ones they were talking about financing, but in code? >> theyre speaking...

Actions were inadvertent, prosecutors say at least four jail house phone conversations showed zimmerman and his wife talk not talking in code. 8.60 in one conversation was really $86,000. >> i dont think they believe that they had free access to that money and i think that was evident by the way they used it and didnt use it. i think it was compelling evidence that they didnt go out and just use it to get him out that very day. >> the court was misled by the actions of the defendant and his wife...

Bond should be revoked. court made that finding. >> reporter: in recorded phone conversations, zimmerman and his wife spoke in code about the money given to them by supporters, for example, $8.60 was really $86,000. zimmermans attorney says his actions were inadvertent. >> hell have a day in court to explain and look at all the circumstances even what has come out to date it he is going to do let him back out on bond. he is accused of killing martin the night of february 26th. it has set off d...

The new york stemple newsroom. >> the judge has order od george zimmerman back to jail by sunday afternoon after prosecutors presented evidence showing zimmerman didnt disclose some $200,000 given to him online by supporters resulting in a lower bond. well, zimmermans attorney says his actions were inadvertent. prosecutors say at least four jailhouse phone conversations show zimmerman and his wife talking in code about the money. for example $8.60 in one conversation was really $86,000. >> i don...

Distance streak distance tay according to some predictions. what we pay is different from the price per gallon in other countries. the price is about half the gallon in western europe which is near 8 bucks a barrel. in italy have a couple of cappuccinos for the price of a gallon at $8.60 a gallon. why so high across the pond? can you say taxes? often 50% of the price at the pump while we pay 10% in taxes here. where is gas cheapest? makes sense in the countries that produce the most amount of oi...

Whether glencore can keep its magic but shake its image. >> reporter: the share interest, in an issue public offering. glencore has been the talk of investors for months. the offering of shares at 8.60, values a 37-year-old commodity producer and trader at $59.3 billion. today in london, it becomes only the third company to join the ft-100 share index on the first day of trading. though the price has fluctuated since unconditional trading began last week, demand has been extraordinary for the bi...