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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 ...

Bring all the women, children, and cats inside. >> unplug the tv set. >> i think the obama campaign made a calculated decision. they decided to spend very early, very hard, and a great deal, two assumptions. number one, they could set up an apparatus and infrastructure and define romney. and what they really think is at some point those fat cats in september will say, we really do have a problem and theyll start delivering more money. i dont think the third assumption is true. >> and whys that? ...

Apparatus and infrastructure and define romney. what they did think is at some point those fat cats in september would say we do have a problem and will deliver more money. im not sure the third assumption is true. >> why is that? >> theres a lot of resistance among democratic fat cats to give big money. they dont like super pacs, obama hasnt courted them the way clinton did. some of them dont believe the sky is falling. >> on your second point that, is an understatement. seriously, to say he ha...

suspect. >> have any reason to believe there was anyone else associated with this shooting. that said, were going to continue to work and if there is anybody, we will identify them. we, i do want to note we have one person of interest and this photograph will be available to you all today. this person is not identified as of yet. we would like to identify this person and talk to him. he is just a person of interest at this time. >> police say it was this man, 40-year-old wade michael p...

Stage. 23-year-old jordan mouton will compete as pardon of the blind judo team in the paraolympic games. she began losing her vision to a rare disease at age eight. but she says she would not let it keep her down. >> i just knew that my life wasnt over and that i could just keep going. so i didnt lose complete hope. i just kept doing what i knew how to do. a lot of coaches actually blindfold their students to let them practice blind cause you dont look down at your feet or look at what your oppo...

finally, a jobs report that beats expectations. sure, expectations were low, under 100,000, but look at this official net gain for july. 163,000. thats the most new jobs since february. the unemployment rate, meanwhile, a separate survey ticked up last month to 8.3%. christine romans watching this all-important gauge of economic vitality, shall we say. would you call the july numbers vital? i would say its vital to the presidents re-election prospects and vital to every single family i...

Rhode island. went into business in 1788. 224 years later it is closing. it has a new owner, aged 21, inheriting the story after his father died a month ago. the new owner, the son, says he wants to be a sports journalist and will sell the property. heather: that makes me sad. sad story. severe drought in the u.s., getting even worse. take a look at this. the federal government designating another 76 counties as drought disaster areas. that brings the total amount to 1400 counties across 31 stat...

Properly trained. there have been a lot of questions or complaints about the preparedness of that city. >> and i think he was absolutely right about that. i think the use of the word disconcerting is kind of a british understatement. it was shocking that, you know, after all of this preparation they were down several thousand security people at an event that we all knew might be targeted. i think that he was right, it was just not very diplomatic. jon: heres another quote from mitt romney that y...

Unfolded. to say the two had been there for each other was an understatement. he got married three weeks ago. pierce performed the ceremony. a few weeks later the two friends were back together in the theater. his friend pierce hit first. >> i got down, put my arm over him and around him. we were just kind of tried to huddle as close as we could. and get as low as we could under the seats. >> reporter: holding his friend, he then gets shot too. >> im like pierce, i got shot. im hit. we were just...

See here, have a very nice, clean-cut image. >> there is more than we can possibly fit. first ladys fan. these jelly beans can do whatever they want. >> make that 58,000. to say im excited for my next interview just might be the understatement of the year. >> when your mother tells you, you cant wear an afro. >> it is not about vaginas versus penises. >> from a legal perspective, the answer is not necessarily -- >> a story of all american families. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> they must define you ...