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Flourish now in pakistan. greg talcott, thank you. >> well, it's hard not to notice that gas prices are continuing to fall. now less than $2 per gallon in some states. the national average for regular gas right now is $2.52, that's down from the average of $2.89 a month ago and $3.22 last year at this very time. but while this may not -- may bring joy to drivers, it does come with bad news. the u.s. energy department has reportedly lost nearly $35 billion since june, that's thanks to the drop in the value of its strategic petroleum reserve. mideast stock prices also tanking, and the internatio...

Now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. ♪ bill: so we've got an eye on what's happening in london right now where the entire air space is closed after a computer breakdown. greg talcott's watching that live in the our bureau now. greg, what do you have? what happened? >> reporter: bill, this all happened in the last 25 minutes or so, the reports came out. apparently, the air space over southern england is closed. this due to a power outage at a air traffic control center in the southern part of this coun...

Airports in the world, and that means a lot of people who are going to connect through london and go on elsewhere are also going to be affected. so we have just begun to see chaos. i think important thing to say, however, is we are not seeing a security issue in the sky. that is, there are no near misses or anything like that. obviously, the air traffic controllers are working very hard to negotiate a big choreographed dance in the sky right now, big 747s, etc. but as of now one of the biggest airports in the world shut down as well as a couple of others. we're working it as we speak. bill: th...

Sure. >> it's very difficult to develop a bomb or components of a bomb that cannot be detected by the current technology deployed. >> reporter: officials caution the warnings are not related to a specific plot, or the fourth of july weekend. they also say they're not related to the new push by islamists in iraq. the militants are too busy with their regional fight to open up the front with the west. a longer range threat could be growing. that's why security officials are taking precautions, as travellers put up with impositions. >> not in my hands to have control about it. i'm not going to st...

over my shoulder, you can see the first dark storm clouds just now beginning to approach. but for most of the day, we have bright sun, which was drawing thousands of people out to the beaches. local officials have been warning people to play it safe out in the waves because these conditions can be deceptively calm. sunshine drew people back to the beaches of the outer banks. but with hurricane arthur hours away, north carolina's governor urged residents and visitors to play it safe. >> don't put your stupid hat on. most injuries occur right before a storm or right after a storm. espe...