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Government had been predicting prices topping $4 this summer and that was before the unrest spreading around the middle east. peter barnes is live in washington. turmoil in egypt has an impact on our economy, what is it? >> that is right. its affecting your pocketbook and investments here at home. it could get bumpy. on friday the dow jones dropped 166 points, down 1.5%. that erased almost half of the gains in the dow since the beginning of the year. oil prices shot up on friday rising nearly $4...

As electronics, software and important products like that, that get picked up here in the u.s., brought back to china, reverse-engineered, and flooded into the market at a fraction of the price that the people who actually invented, created, thought up the product are selling their wares for. and it is a real problem, because not only is it sort of a damper on some of that creativity that is our skper tas and -- expertise and is crucial to innovation and technological advances, but its also -- i...

4.8%. the company is reporting earnings after the bell and theres a lot of questions as to whether or not well get any more information about mr. jobs health. weve been watching other earnings coming in today, delta and citigroup are the two big names that reported this morning. both of the stocks are trading lower. delta came in with lower-than-expected numbers because of higher costs both in terms of fuel and in terms of what they were looking at to do repairs on their planes. and citigroup, a...

Middle east is once again putting a damper on the prospects of a breakthrough on the eve of peace talks. four israelis were killed tuesday in hebron. president obama condemned the violence. >> the united states is going to be unwavering in its support of israels security. and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. >> reporter: the president met separately with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, jordans king abdullah, egyptian prime minister hosni mubarak, ...

Next. bill: the fresh face in one of the most hotly contested senate races, marco rubio, is live in "americas newsroom," what his race in florida says about the rest of the country. martha: and a cruel summer for folks in one hot vacation spot where great white sharks are forcing people off the beach and putting a damper on the old labor day weekend, folks. i wonder why that could be. boss gonna be great. got the gecko t-shirt... "4 million drivers switched!" gecko water bottle... notebook... ch...

Political commentary on where the country is right now. and that might be fine to say that but isnt it also true that as you pointed out that without the support of the people you can only keep going for so long in a place like afghanistan. we lost 30 men this month and 297, i believe, this year so far. and so, you know, it might be a political decision the president makes but does he really want to be in this situation in 2012? >> i think what the president has to do is work three different bat...

Political commentary on where the country is right now. and that might be fine to say that but isnt it also true that as you pointed out that without the support of the people you can only keep going for so long in a place like afghanistan. we lost 30 men this month and 297, i believe, this year so far. and so, you know, it might be a political decision the president makes but does he really want to be in this situation in 2012? >> i think what the president has to do is work three different bat...

Political commentary on where the country is right now. and that might be fine to say that but isnt it also true that as you pointed out that without the support of the people you can only keep going for so long in a place like afghanistan. we lost 30 men this month and 297, i believe, this year so far. and so, you know, it might be a political decision the president makes but does he really want to be in this situation in 2012? >> i think what the president has to do is work three different bat...

Problem foremoc t.j. ws with t >> repor mob and vinita. this is the third week in a row that unemployment numbers have shot up. the latest economic figures put a damper on the president easiest ten-day vacation to marthas vineyard. >> this mornings news that unemployment claims rose again compels us to act. >> reporter: jobless claims have now reached a nine-month high. a sign that employers are cutting jobs again as the recovery struggles to take hold. >> usually every summer i hire at least tw...

Nearby mall quite a show. >> were told the 25-year-old pilot had been flying since he was ten. police say he did a good job making sure the giant banner didnt land on top of all that traffic. luckily nobody was seriously hurt and no major damage is reported. >> new york, water from a family swimming pool gets sucked into a sinkhole pitting a damper on summer fun, especially for kids who were playing around in the pool at the time. >> i was concerned because my son is only three years old. if he ...