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This is one of my favorite times of year. The Christmas season is filled with laughs, love, time with family and friends. And of course throughout the

This is one of my favorite times of year. The Christmas season is filled with laughs, love, time with family and friends. And of course throughout the

Nuclear plant. and the latest toll, more than 27,000 dead or missing. rob marciano now joins me from our severe weather center. and rob, japan has had literally hundreds of aftershocks in the last, oh, in the last month, it's crazy. but this one seems to have caused some damage. you know, that landslide, it caused power outages, so it's 6.6 magnitude, so how is that different from last week's aftershock? >> one of the reasons it caused a lot of damages, this one, the epicenter was actually inland as opposed to being offshore. that was a huge difference as far as aftershocks are concerned. let'...

Welcome, general. >> thank you, carol. i think it means this is part of a threefold strategy. first to try to destroy the rebels by military force, subversion, bribes and intimidation. secondly to stall through a peace process. third, to build up strength by bringing in mercenaries and outside support. >> so the africa anne union is offer -- african union is offering this supposed deal. are they like in collusion with moammar gadhafi then? >> they're not exactly in collusion, but he has given a lot of support and assistance to them. of course, everyone wants to see the fighting stopped, and ga...

The record high was hit on july 11 to be exact in 2008. $4.11. as you see, we're kind of in spitting distance, getting very close to the all-time record high there. obviously we know a few reasons why. there's the unrest in the middle east and north africa. we've seen that whole issue for the last couple of months now. that's playing into. also you've got the weak dollar and increased demand from other country. all of that is factoring in. now here's the thing. it could actually be worse for us, but because of the economy, because it's been such a long recovery here, the refiners, retailers, t...