closer to an all time high's now a political hot button issue. the republicans' e for cheap gas. >> gas pricings inching closer to an all time high. republicans promise cheap gas. how president obama is fighting back. republicans descend on the bay area for the spring convention. the attitude delegates are showing toward the presidential candidates. a security scare causes inconvenience and flight delays. the one minute failure that got two agents removed from the job. good evening. people all over the bay area and the country gasping at the high cost of gasoline and drivers demand something be done. the price rising every day this week. another 3-cent as gallon just since last night. right now the average price nationwide is 3-point which. last year at this time it was

3.29. right now in california the average price is 4.25 compare today 3.65 this time last year. souring gas prices are becoming a major issue in the presidential campaign. to says there is no magic bullet to bring prices down but republicans blame the obama administration. who is really behind the price spike, done? >> reporter: it's complicated. when it comes to gas prices the laws of supply and demand don't apply. supplies are adequate and demand is down. gas prices are climbing daily. what is behind it? after all, u.s. demand is down and every week for the last 48 weeks, demand has dropped. it's 5.7% below last year at this time. prices are up. >> i've been price shopping gas for days and forgot to get it

this morning and i'm stuck getting it in here. >> sensing an advantage blamed the obama administration. >> president obama's policy resulted in an unprecedented slow down in new exploration and production of oil and gas. >> reporter: and republican presidential hopeful newt gingrich is promising cheaper gas. >> i developed a program for american energy so every american can look forward to 2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> reporter: republicans don't have a plan, just a bumper sticker that says drill, drill, drill. >> you know there are no quick fixes to the problem and you know we can't just drill our way to lower gas prices. >> reporter: so what is behind the increases? china gets some blame, demand is rising and taking more world oil and so do tensions over iran which threaten to cut off iran ease sales. >> speculation, i don't --

and makes lot of money. >> specklators are the problem adding $20 a barrel to the cost of oil that equates to 50 cents a gallon of gas. he says two thirds of all oil traded is bought. >> right now that's the cheapest thing on the board for specklators and investors. they say it will get more expensive and they will get in now. >> reporter: by one calelation if gasoline goes up 1 dollar a gallon the typical household will lose what it gained by the payroll tax cut. the headliner at the state republican convention brought his own guest speaker today. newt gingrich pulled in the star power of former rival herman cain. gingrich is in last place in the polls of california voters but as dan reports, many state re-pub danes haven't made up their minds. minds. >> reporter: gingrich was the key speaker and polling low.

he's aiming high. >> i'm running for president. to be president of all the people to reach out to run a campaign while i seek the republican nomination and want to run an american campaign. >> reporter: according to a field poll gingrich is at the bottom and seen a third. he's still behand mitt romney. ron paul has 16%. only 10% of respond can'ts said they are satisfied, many can't make up their minds. >> i've been kind of holding off to sell you the truth. >> truth. >> reporter: the speech was about energy independence repeating drill, drill, drill. what's your strategy for california? he didn't want to use the media to help voters make the choice, he wouldn't accept any questions. will you make yourself available at any point for questions?

sir? ron paul supporters got a worse reception. we got to ask. >> why? >> reporter: because everybody was being peaceful but there are a lot of ron paul supporters here and newt was in here so they wanted us outside. but hermin cain stayed on task. >> the key to win in california is the youth vote and independence and that's requiring a strong message and speaking of gingrich had a strong message today on energy and i loved it. that's how we will win california. >> reporter: california's primary is on june 5th and delegates make up 15% of what is needed to become the republican nominee. meanwhile gingrich's rivals are campaigning in michigan which holds the primary tuesday. romney who is a native of michigan is facing a tough battle against rick santorum. the latest poll shows a dead

heat. >> i think santorum wishes he could take back what he said and talked about how he voted for things because he took one for the team. the team has got to be the people of america. >> it is laughable to have someone suggest i'm not the conserve tiff in -- conservative in the race. >> police say an armed man that barricaded himself in an apartment forced the lockdown of a south stan fran neighborhood was enraged by a recent firing. the 22-year-old walked into his workplace with three friends and started a fight. during a scuffle with employees who were protecting a manager, one suspect fired shots. nobody was and the suspects ran. they tracked the car to a

nearby apartment. >> we determined one of the possibly involved subjects was at that location and as a result, there is a search there of the residents. >> he surrendererred peacefully. velasquez and one other man are expected to be charged. a security scar at an airport as the tsa investigates why a metal detector. terminal b wasn't closed after five were suspected of going through unscreened. the detector was unattended for less than a minute. turns out the passengers did go through the metal detect tores. two have been removed. the incident caused 12 flights to be delayed. admitting to throwing

rocks at cars and more. in one instance a large rock went through a house and hit a wall next to a child's crib. nobody was hurt in any incidents. the teens face vandalism charges. the top commander recalled all international ministers from afghan for the first time on a decade long war. the move comes after a shooting death of two american military advisors in a heavily guarded building. who is claiming responsibility for that attack? >> the shooting inside afghanistan should have been the most secure location in the building. sources say the two american officers a kernel and major were shot in the head with a pistol at close range. witnesses heard three shots. a colleague ran to the command center finding the two dead. the gunmen had disappeared.

there are reports he was an afghan officer who earlier argued with the americans. later the taliban claimed responsibility saying a member had infiltrated the ministry. the commander in after began stan announced he's recalling all nato advisors from government ministries out of security concerns. the advisers are a key part of the mission here training afghans to handle their security as the u.s. aims to complete the withdraw from 2014. the attack is on the fifth day of protest across afghanistan. on monday u.s. soldiers accidently burned copies of koran with regular garbage, a desecration of the book. the core ron burning led to the killing of two american some jeers on thursday, 25-year-old joshua born of florida and 22-year-old army corp hill

timothy conrad junior were shot dead in eastern afghanistan. >> was that mandy clark reporting. timothy conrad junior lad talked to relatives about the backlash over the koran burnings the day before his death. the former home of osama bin laden will be no more. pakistan's army engine nears began demolishing the house today. the plan is to have it flattened before sunrise. the government does not want the location to become a tourest location or monument for the world's most hunted tour rest. the navy seals tracked down and killed him. no rest for the people for serina ya. what caused major disappointment and a feeling, the world isn't coming to help them. goes up again but may not be across the board hike. what they are pulling over to raise revenue.

and clear and cool outside right now. temperatures could actually dip to near freezing overnight. plus, when is our next chance of rain? we'll tell you in the seven-day forecast, next. [ male announcer ] with citibank, it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank.

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for the people today there, heavy shelling continued destroying homes and lives. black smoke choked the sky but not the voices of these protestors who swear to remain peaceful and stand up for the martyrs and the international red cross struggled to negotiate the evacuation of the seriously injured from the area including two journalist wounded in wednesday's attack on a makeshift media center. where are you friends of syria? he is being shelled and did not exist. yesterday's international conference was a disappointment for syria's opposition that hoped that the international community would offer concrete pledges of support. ist the head of the syria national counsel. >> we're asking of others is not to fight our battles but we're asking they support us. part of the reason why that

help is not arriving is that the opposition is so fractured. many different fractions jockeying for power. inside the country, a multitude of poorly e did i wanted and loosely organized groups are fighting separate local battles. we spent time with a group in northern syria that calls it self-the sir yin lib gracious army, not to be confused and often at odds with the free syriaen army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons and training. but with no clear chain of command and no unity among the groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that is part of the reason why this situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is, that these lightly armed uncoordinated groups of fighters are no much for the sierran army which is crushing them with heavy

weapons. : former south african president is said to be doing well in the hospital tonight. he's there for a preplanned visit for a persistent stomach ailment. the exact nature is not known. doctors are satisfied with the results of diagnostic tests performed today and that he is expected to be okay. the 93-year-old should be out of the hospital within the next day or so. as if the pain at the pump wasn't enough you may have to pay more to ride bart. it's port of the policy of regularly scheduled increases. what remains to be scene is just how much. bart officials are looking at three options, an inflation based increase of 1 and a half percent that would add from 0 to 15 cents to every ride raising the cost of trans bay only ride or each trip by a nickel. a fond farewell to a life changing spot in san francisco.

the anthony's foundation dining room opened the doors for the final time today. the nonprofit organization provided meals for those in need since 1950. guests were invited to paint the walls, contribute to a time cap sole and do demolition work. >> when folks walk through the doors they know they are welcomed and accepted as they are and we always welcome them back and want them to -- whatever they need to help them get back on their feet again. >> anthonys will continue offering thousands of meals each day and an interim dining room. a new dining room is expected to be opened during the summer of 2014. as she said, it's getting chilly and real cold in the last day or so. >> i know. so much for the 70s. >> yeah. >> we saw, what a difference a week or a day makes. it was colder today.

temperatures 10 to 15 colder today than yesterday. and they will continue to dip overnight. the temperatures outside right now mostly in the 40s. a couple of low 50s. 51 oakland and 47 concord. so across the bay, not too bad. 47 and 51 in oakland and 47 out in liver more but overnight tonight it's going to get chilly especially some of the interior valleys. temperatures could get -- near freezing in some spots. so 31 and 43 across the bay. so mostly and our winds will die down as well. for tomorrow partly cloudy and stay dry the bulk of the day. late sunday night we'll see a slight chance of rain. look at the satellite and radar. high pressure will build today but we do have this low and it's just to the northwest of us. so we are keeping a slight chance of rain in the overnight sunday into monday for the bay area. so checking the future cast over the next 72 hours or so, this is

light rain. not much moisture in this at all. so freezing time 3:00 a.m. on monday and you can see some scattered showers here trying to push towards the bay but for the most part anything we get is overnight and monday by the afternoon pretty much looks dry. we're watching a second storm system that looks like it could be promising in terms of the amount of rain we could get. we'll talk about that coming up. in the meantime the pinpoint forecast, lows overnight in the low 30s to low 40s across the bay area and then your highs for tomorrow going to feel chillier for sure. mostly 50s. 55 and 58 in concord and maybe squeeze out a 60 or two. 61. so check in the forecast over the next several days. we are going to keep a slight chance of light rain. i got to emphasize light rain on sunday into monday. but then on tuesday it looks like we'll stay dry into tuesday night into wednesday and a second storm system and that system could bring us possibly up to an inch of rain in some spots and drying out and once

again, temperatures look like the mid 60s, upper 60s through the end of the week. >> look at those 50s. what a change. >> i know. >> thank you. >> yeah. well hundreds take the plunge into frigid water today but with a purpose. they braved the millly waters of the bay this morning as part of the special olympics polar plunge. participants and teams jumped into parks followed by a dip in the bay. it raised money to help special olympic athletes in california. a lucky military man wins a big jackpot on a slot machine there vegas. the self-less good deed he credits for helping him win. you heard of a flash mom. what about a cab mob. we'll explain what it is and why it's becoming popular [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids?

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las vegas. now only days before hitting the jackpot, he was accepted as a bone marrow donor to an anonymous patient. the 267 year -- 26-year-old expects the donation to happen in the next 6 months. he's helping his pregnant sister and mother catch up on bills. all right. actor comedian adam sandler shattered a record. he earned 11 nominations. the razzi is giving awards to the year's most movies. worst actor for both jack and jill and go with it and warns actress for jack and jill when he plays his own twin sister and two worst couples nominations and earned other producing and writing roles. the golden statutes are in place for the biggest night. today the finishing touches on the preparations for tomorrow's ceremony. all that's needed for the star

is to walk that red carpet and the screaming fans waving. the name of the kodak theater is still on the building, officials won't call it by that name. a bankruptcy judge re-dwelled the name to be taken off. hundreds came out today hoping to take a very active part in the 2012 san jose giants season. ushers, ticket takers and attendents were some of the position the minor league team was looking to fill at this morning's job fair. one applicant is looking for his fourth job just to stay afloat. >> i got three temporary jobs and actually four right now. so i'm looking to fill in the evenings. >> i'm a basketball fan and i love baseball and any opportunity i can get to the game or close to the game i'm all for it. >> team officials say applicanting will be notified in the next two weeks. flash mobs, the large group of people that show up in

pun lick spaces and do something fun. a cash mob, a large group gather to help out a business by spending money there. in this case the express restaurant in full some. the message spread through twitter and facebook and they have been popping up all over the country and canada. st. marys can stand alone in the conference and danica wrecks again. plus an 11 car crash on the final lap. that's next.

morning... he will undergo n m-r-i tomorr scott sizemore suffer ad knee injury this morning. start the clock. college hoops senior night, us f led by one at the half and

st. marys would not be denied the first conference title since 1989. they won 67-60. the road trip can't end soon enough for the sharks. nashville wins 6-2 and lost six of eight and the goalie was pulled in the first period. fourth round the championship, rory at least -- lee westwood and mark wilson advance to the semi finals if mcilroy wins, they will take over the number one ranking. danica started off in the poll position to finish in 38th after another crash. curt bush had the lead on the final lead when he got mixed-up in an 11 car wreck and with the big names in trouble, james busher has a clear shot to the finish line for the first win and that was danica's second rack in three days. >> all right. >> not ha happy lady tonight. >> thank. >> that's it for us. you can find us at 11:00 with

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