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Improving around the world. and that all kind of bubbles up around time. >> phil lebeau, thanks. >> president obama is shifting his policy on oil, calling for more drilling here in the united states. in his weekly address saturday, he announced a plan to open more land in alaska and the gulf of mexico and to research oil reserves in the mid-atlantic. >> we should increase safe and responsible oil production here at home. last year america's oil production reached the highest level since 2003. i believe we should continue to expand oil production in america. even as we increase safety and envir...

>> jamie: high gas prices stot be a topic of discussion this week on capitol hill. current national average for gallon of regular, $3.96. peter doocy has more on that. any relief in sight? >> reporter: jamie, president obama says there is no quick fix for $4 a gallon gas, but if we stick to his new plan it will get better. a big part of the new plan involves drilling here at home a little bit more. actually is one of the places they want to do that. the democratic senator bark beigich thinks it would be great if it's real. >> explore oil and national gas on the reserve is a good step. in alask...

Milk, cheese, eggs, come down about 6 months, because it takes some time for grain to come down, it doesn't come down quite as easily as oil and so there is a possibility that outside the so-called volatile part of the consumer price index, which are food and energy, now, i still don't get it. food and energy. how do you live without those two things? i don't know why they take that out of the equation, except for political reasons. >> heather: and i was told, that the price of gas, specifically, just since yesterday, down two cents, the average now is $3.96. >> whoa! let's celebrate! every pe...

Investigators have against them. police found four bodies of women in december and more sets of human remains turned up sense them and close sources say detectives started hook ago the two police officers last month after deciding the killer worked in law enforcement or familiar with police techniques. looking ahead now to big energy policy debate on capitol hill. lawmakers getting fired up with competing energy proposals and they'll hit the senate floor this week and republicans want to boost drilling at home and democrats hope to eliminate tax breaks and neither expects to get enough votes t...

Epic flood because many people here haven't seen this type of flooding incident as i mentioned before. 1927 was the previous record. so many people here alive had never seen this type of flooding so far. andrea? >> thanh truong in vicksburg, thank you very much. and also making headlines here today, gas prices on the rise again, partly due to fear that flooding could close refineries in louisiana. aaa reports the cost of a gallon of regular is up to $3.96 after going down for the past five days. adding insult to injury, fema is now telling more than 5,000 people across the country who rece...