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is $4.82 a gallon. the average is above $5 a gallon in ten states and d.c. there are also concerns about this weekends weather in some parts of the country. tropical storm colin threats severe warning in the east. fox team coverage senior correspondent claudia is live in los angeles. meteorologist adam is live in the fox weather center. but first to alexis mcadams why bit new yorks laguardia airport. alexis are you seeing long lines there? >> christie at the lines are really nuts unles...

20-hour journey after they launched here at -- from kennedy space center yesterday. i want to point out that there was a minor hiccup this morning before they docked. there was an issue with a video link getting to the international space station. the crew was always safe on board, but it delayed the whole process by about 45 minutes. luckily, they were able to proceed forward with the docking and as we just saw, they just entered the station. now they will soon have a welcome ceremony as they -...

Vacation, so to speak, into space? and sustain that as a business for a long period of time. one of the challenges, besides doing this safely, will be lowering the cost over time. >> right. and the other question i have to ask, dont these space tours, if this will be an industry, dont they have to be in good shape? i remember watching "the right stuff" and how those astronauts -- you have to be in tip-top shape to do this thing, like yourself. you cant just send anybody up there. so i suppose pe...

>> bill: if you get space tours from lift-off until you hit 50 miles and come back down. how long is the ride? >> the ride in total i think is more significant than that. it is getting to altitude. the experience i think is more than just a few minutes. but your experience in zero gravity. im not sure how much time they have but enough to get the idea and float around and look at the view to see the sun in a black sky which is kind of cool. to see the horizon and atmosphere and to get an idea ho...

And fox, have signed up for the pilot program, which nielsen hopes will come standard to measure viewing on sites such as hulu and youtube. the s&p is at a record high and for the first time in his strir stri, the dow has not logged a single three-day losing streak. they are predicting their first quarterly surplus since 2007 thanks to higher than expected tax receipts and lower federal spending virgin galactic completed its first rocket-powered flight this morning. more than 500 would-be sp...

Hypertension, diabetes, having difficulty of the kloster. thats the ordeal on top of the ordeal theyve already experienced. john and kiran? >> you can imagine what it must be like as they figure that out. and worried about panic attacks on the way up, as well. >> its going to take 45 minutes to get each and every one of them up 2,300 feet. a big ordeal still ahead for all of them. one giant leap for space tours and two pilots flew the first manned commercial spacecraft. soaring way, way, way o...