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Budget director jack liu late tonight or tomorrow morning. testify at a hearing later this week that would address the issue. stocks were up today. the dow gained 76. the s&p 500 added 11. the nasdaq finished ahead 29. oil was up $1.33 today to close at $103.88 a barrel. gasoline lost nearly a penny overnight. the national average is now $3.95 a gallon. life is often a series of tradeoffs. tonight, we examine one of the most popular these days. giving up a little security, for a little convenience. correspondent james rosen looks at a high-tech choice? >> reporter: don't get al franken wrong. ...

Road. >> shepard: what about oil refineries? there a lot of that business down there. any effect? >> well, not yet. let me tell you what's going on. 11 refineries in the new orleans area, baton rouge so, that's a big number there nearly 15% of the nation's refining capacity is right there. right now they are doing okay. but oil prices are spiking anyway. up $1.33 a barrel today alone. gas future, up as well. so we are starting to see that, but there is no expectation at this point that those refineries are going to be impacted. but katie bar the door, you know what can happen. >> shepard: i fe...

Also the paris cac 40. stock markets in the asia region finished high. it buoyed the shanghai composite by more than 1.33%. this shows growth in the manufacturing sector. meanwhile in hong kong the hang seng also ended the day in positive territory, up by more than 1.2%. just less than. energy stocks were the among the winners there. elsewhere uncertainty continues to weigh on the nikkei which lost some ground today. it ended the session down by half a%. meanwhile australia's main benchmark closed up by about the

Great up there. continued safe mission to you all. we will all be watching closely, the nation and the world when you all bring it in. we will be having a big round of applause for all of you up there. >> good luck to all of you and thanks to taking some time to talk with us this morning. we had to wrap it up. they have small windows. >> they are saying good-bye to us now but there is a bit of a delay. >> it's space. 220 miles. >> would you ever want to do that? >> i would absolutely love to in a perfect world but i don't know if i'm cut out for it. those confined spaces. >> they are something...

Nymex prices over the past month. they spiked over february 18th as the opposition movement gained momentum against libyan leader moammar gadhafi. and brent crude is also on the rise up nearly $1.33 right now trading near $114 a barrel. brent oil tends to be the most vulnerable to upsets in north africa and the middle east. that's why there's been a steady rise in prices. since popular uprisings kicked off in tunisia and egypt. concerns about rising oil prices have been hitting stock markets, as well. saudi arabia closed at a nine-month low on sunday, down almost 2%. the dubai financial market...