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We appreciate it. still to come, no one likes a commute under normal conditions, but thanks to fireballs like this one, thousands of people may be delayed for a long time in one major american city and just in time for tourist season. and how do you democratic candidates want to power your home? natural gas, solar or coal? we will look at the energy plans after the break.
Have specifics on how she would do that and they say she will take time. >> nevertheless, either one of the proposals talking about she wants to have every home in america powered by clean energy in the next four years. that ain't cheap. >> certainly not, but it is doable. in layman's terms, 33% energy in the country, right now we are around 15 at best. it's a huge change. it costs a lot of money, but it is achievable. >> $7 million, somewhere in there. as you look at both of these, have either learned from what you might call the failures of the obama clean energy policy? >> they are continui...
Phone. >> can i have your attention. >> reporter: even the energy department lost power, so did the white house, though the back upgenerator kicked right in. >> i was with the president and he did not know. >> reporter: oprah winfrey just kept talking. >> no doubt about it. >> reporter: but some of the most popular museums were evacuated. including the smithsonian air and space. >> there's a possibility it might have some terrorist activity. >> it was scary. >> reporter: the university of maryland closed, offices cleared out and traffic backed up. adding to the problem, a certain randomness. f...
Every year around this time nationally price goes up because we switch over to summer blend gas. summer fuel gasoline is more expensive to produce. >> reporter: and refineries go through a maintenance cycle during the switchover. that means production is lower. an explosion at the exxonmobil refinery in torrance california last week, made things worse. and a strike by steelworkers at 12 refineries across the country is impacting 20% of oil production. nationwide gas prices have been dropping since april. but they have now risen for 32 straight days. a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.03 a mon...
Because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. just days into his very first week in office new secretary of defense ash carter traveled overnight to afghanistan where he's meeting with u.s. troops and talking with afghan leaders about how to ensure lasting stability as those troops withdraw from the country. in a joint press conference, secretary carter said one possibility is to extend the