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Economics, oil is expected to average out at about $105 a barrel for the remainder of this year. so that means that heating oil could be north of $4 a gallon at the start of next winter. and the higher than expected energy prices are likely to drag down economic growth. not a pretty picture there. the meantime, in recent weeks we have seen gas prices get close to record highs here in the united states, and now president obama says that he wants to increase oil production in alaska, can you bel...

14 minutes past the hour. weve been following the devastating flooding thats been taking place in our countrys midsection and now theyre resorting to extreme measures to try to stop it. the army corps of engineers blasting out some 11,000 feet of levee along the mississippi river. theyre trying to ease those floodwaters, threatening many towns in illinois and others upstream. the explosions shook the ground for miles, witnesses report. it also sent water pouring on to thousands of acres of misso...

We see workers on top of that wall, putting in plastic. i want to tell you, most of the city is on a bluff, but that wall, if it fails, several businesses down in the low lying area of the downtown will be under water. already in vicksburg, about 1200 residents and businesses have been flooded three hundred twenty-eight people, we are told, have applied for help from fema. now, the police are also working on looting cases and theres only been one thankfully in vicksburg but they are very aware t...

Most of the hill is built along a bluff. other parts of the town are not fine. this is just one of many towns you mentioned up and down the mississippi river and other nearby rivers that are affected. the morganza spillway opened yesterday. four gates are open. 39,000 cubic feet of water every second. the empire state building one filled with water being diverted from the mississippi in 15 minute if that water was flowing into the empire state building. the reason for that is to try to protect b...

Well be willing to do what we can to help them. >> sir, some of the lower levels, you said for the most part up on the bluff, but how many -- give me an idea of -- i guess how many people, how many homes, how many businesses could be affected or is that youre most worried about? >> well, we have the older part of the city which we call natchez over the hill. it is a historic part of our city. and we have the barriers put up down there as high as 12 feet. so our restaurants and bars under the hil...

Missouri and that area in popular bluff that experienced the weatherr. you will see the rain in the similar areas and a number of flood warnings and advisories are issued out in the region . uma, as we head in to tomorrow. >> and thank you oversees, demonstrators took to the streets in syria protesting president bashirr assads crack down on the uprising. two dozen people have died as they fired in the crowds. wounded marchers are lying in the streets while gunfire is heard in the background. 500...

Area there, were talking about a one in three chance a tornado could touch down within 25 miles of your home. odds i dont like for today. severe storms will be possible stretching even into the northeast later on today. again, those will be more wind and hail makers and the tornadoes more across the deep south. this storm system will be staying with us into tomorrow up and down the eastern seaboard before we start to see some of that break. flooding continues to be a big issue. well talk about t...

It never fixed according to the army corps of engineers. the black river continues to flow over the levee and through it where its been breached a few times. the national guard is activated because theres concern the levee could be washed away and putting people in popular bluff in the path of a raging rain swollen risker. >> once we get through this well have an evaluation where they were weakened, broken. its important to do that afterwards. were still in making sure my gosh, we had as i said ...

Implementation drags out, they feel as if thats just giving gadhafi a cart blanch to do as he wishes. >> i mean, it would seem to most impartial observers here that hes calling everyones bluff as usual, isnt it? >> reporter: yes, and thats pretty much the way people here feel, too. they feel like hes mocking the world. hes taunting them, he challenging them to actually take this action against him. on the one hand we hear him declaring a cease-fire. on the other hand, we see that the fighting co...

On the 14 democrats who are still refusing to come back and vote on the governors so-called budget repair bill. the republicans in the state senate unanimously adopted a resolution that will fine senators $100 each time they miss a session day without a valid excuse. the missing senators will also have to repay the state for the costs of seeking to compel them to show up for work. governor walker is earning his paycheck these days, almost entirely by holding repetitive news conferences. >> there...