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from dallas, texas. we have a couple of things going on here. obviously health concerns over the people in richmond, california, near that refinery fire plus the financial hit were all going to take if gas prices spike make above $4 a gallon. >> it has been going on for several weeks now. you blinked and it seems like you missed it. over the course of the last month or so gas prices have gone up about 30 cents, the national average now $3.66 a gallon, up about 30 cents and in the last ...

we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nations voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. hes seven points ahead of mitt romney whos at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romneys potent...

the stronghold. video posted online by the opposition shows extensive damage to neighborhoods. there you can see it for yourself, and that one appearing to show people finding the body of a man crushed in his collapsed home. the opposition says that 20,000 people have now been killed since this uprising began 17 months ago. filipinos got more bad news today. expect torrential rains and flooding to continue. listen to this. manila, the capital, already drown i drowning in water. check o...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. out front tonight, tax war. two respected experts wrote an op-ed that the obama campaign immediately seized on temperature pfs enough to prompt them to send this e-mail to their troops, subject line romneys role in tax shelter raises questions. the reason? the op-ed written by two experts who recently wrote another article critical of romneys personal tax strategies says since romney refuses to release his tax returns, his views on taxes are rev...

berman. >> nice to have you. im zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughners mental s...

earth. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administrations policies, but with support from an unlikely ally hes raising the stakes today. heres our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for th...

services when authorities say an army veteran named wade michael page appeared, took out a 9 millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. a swastika in the background. its neither the only photo of him striking a racist pose. nor the only hint of his apparently long-held white supremacist beliefs. the latest to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people immediately rec...

planet. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. ill speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. well hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, were getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. hes in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, youve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? >> reporter: spoke to th...

names. they were members of the sikh temple. wade michael page appeared, took out a nine millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. yes, that is a swastika of him. tonight the latest on efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. earlier today, president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people imdiately recoil against those kinds of attitudes. and i think it will be very important for us to reaffirm once a...

now almost up 30 cents in just a month. whats behind the price at the pump and what youll be paying come labor day. the big one. startling new report out saying oregon could get rattled by a major earthquake just like the one that struck japan. a 9.0, not if, but when is the northwest ready? and robin hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. the mythical character now front and center in the political fight over your taxes. the president has a brand-new punch line aimed ...