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His july 4th in afghanistan with our troops. he tweeted this photo a short time ago. he is -- you're going to see it in a second here, you'll see him cutting a patriotic cake when it comes up. it is always good of course to spend independence day with our troops. there he is, send john mccain. gregg: a big cake skwraoeut is a bi. martha: it is a bic case. the senator presided over a promotion ceremony for an army major. congratulations to him, by the way and all the best to our troops who are serving overseas as we celebrate the fourth of july and our freedom and independence here at home. gre...

With our summer travel survey, 70% of the travelers will be taking road trips, 64% were going to be flying. >> what are you watching when you're looking at the market today? >> well, you're watching a lot of things. i think in general, gas prices is always one -- >> we're glad that's lower right now. >> yes, we're definitely god that's lower. on the national level i think it's about $3.33, $3.34 a gallon. that's good. that's down from april even. >> and that 50-mile distance is pretty typical, i guess? >> yes, yes, i think that's a good distance. >> leslie carlin, thank you so much. >> thank y...

The average is $3.34 a gallon. 25% lower than a year ago. patricia, it seems like we don't have to worry about higher gas prices on our economy. do the experts here, do they expect that prices, that they will continue to drop in the coming months? >> well, i don't think they see them really going up anywhere for now, at least. if you look at the energy information agency expecting output to increase by about 7% this year, economic development in the u.s. not doing that great. i think demaned in general will be not going up this year. that's what analysts expect. we have had a glut in gas and t...

Chicago. forecasting 101, you can count on that humid tie making that heat index that feels push way above that. raleigh, d.c., looking very close to the record high, 100 degrees on this july 4. the dominant pressure holding in place, that's not going anywhere, so the heat is not going anywhere. it's going to be an issue for thursday and friday. chicago likely getting above 100 as well. the problem is, if you're not on that northern fringe of that high pressure, that heat is going to linger. places like chicago, though, you are going to break the 90s by the weekend. that's good news. >> maria,...

Appropriate policy. look at a couple of facts. the price of gasoline at the pump has nearly doubled since the president got into office from 1.68 a gallon to $3.34 a gallon. the unemployment has been over 8% for 4 straight months. we have thousands and thousands of jobs up to 200,000 jobs and decrease our reliance on foreign oil and the president turns his back on it for purely political reasons. bill: here are specs own the pipeline. cost of $13 million. we've gone over time. talk about jobs that would move crude oil about 1600 miles and create 20,000 jobs many predict in the united states ac...