>> all my kids are safe. that's what's important. >> reporter: this is what's left of the dance studio on fleming street. for years parents have entrusted their kids to connie allen. some students have won national titles. just after 6:30, 20 students ranging from 3 to 15, and some barents were in the building when the storm struck. >> i saw at the window, it was a off and on cloud going like this, it took the garage door, went up into it. sun the door weren't up, the whole building collapsed. >> reporter: allen says the safety plan was formulated during a storm warning about a month ago. she credits two students as fathers with pulling the kids to safe to the only section of the building reinforced with steel beams. two parents were hospitalized, one with a compound leg fracture. >> she saw the tornado, so our coach was like everybody in the

dance room, and we barely made it in there in time. it even hit some of us. >> reporter: the winds picked up the roof and tossed it on the wood frame house about 100 yards away. the damage is extensive and will take weeks, if not months, to repair. >> it was terrible. it looked like the whole end of the house was coming in. it was the building trying to get into my building. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00, we'll faulk to a woman who was inside this being when this storm blew through and the dare,moments when she lost sight of her young daughter. reporting from fredericksburg, jaxxie benson, news4. it's the calm after the day and break from the heat. doug, we are feeling that change. that major change late last night. that coffee was the same coffee that produced all that severe

weather we saw yesterday. most of maryland, however, at least north of d.c., did not see anything at all. but here's that one storm. waffle this storm come together right over fredericksburg and move on down quickly to the south and east. behind it, this is what we're dealing with. this is the last couple hours, all the severe weather is down to the south. severe thunderstorm watch, a few thunderstorms, but for the most part, we are calming down big time. it is finally over. our heat wave that has been really just 100 degrees on thursday, 1200 on friday, 105 on saturday, 102 on sunday, 85 today, and now we're currently sitting as 86 degrees. you can tell when you step outside things have changed, and changed for the better. i'll show you my complete forecast coming up.

thank you, doug. three young boys drown in a narrow korean over the weekend? what police are calling a tragic swimming accident. news4's chris gordon talk to the victims' relatives. they say this was no accident. >> reporter: the three haitian boys were playing basketball at this church in federalsburg. they say they then walked over to the creek to cool off. they were -- there was a massive search on sunday. >> they started combing the banks in the water and they found one of the bodies. a short time later, they found the second body, and they started doing a -- walking down or swimming down the river, and they eventually found the third. >> 12-year-old christopher gabrielle, his 8 years old cousin, and close friend 12

years old vladimir jokitin were pronounced dead on the scene. christopher's family is heartbroken. >> translator: gave me a lot of trouble, the only thing i can feel good is if the son can come back to life. but he's not going to come back to life. you know i'm in pain. >> reporter: some members don't believe the boys went to the creek to cool off, because they were terrified of the water and couldn't swim. >> we do believe somebody killed those kids, butt those kids behind that water. >> reporter: the police department is investigating. >> with any investigation we don't rule out any possibility. we let the evidence take us to where it may lead us. right now the evidence is pointing to an accidental drowning. >> reporter: the family of the three boyce face the challenge of not only planning their fine recalls, but trying to figure out how to pay for them. >> if you'd like to help those families, you can go to our

website, nbcwashington.com, and search "donation." the interior of a home collapsed in southeast d.c. this morning. this minor cave-in happened in the 3600 block of sootland road. the home was evacuated, no injuries reported. the cause is still under investigation. the house has been condemned. a developing storing from reagan national, a scare for some passengers aboard a delta flight. flight 2244 was en route from detroit to reagan when the pilots reported a problem with the air pressure. they made a sharp descent from 39,000 feet before landing at national. there were 158 people aboard, but no one was injured. washington's tallest structure could be closed even longer than expected today the national parks system released plans to move forward. shomari stone is down at the national mall with the details

on this. hey, shomari. >> reporter: this is disappointing news for a lot of tourists and locals, who like to come down and try to take photos and get close to the monument. this will be closed for another 18 months or so. as may recall during last august, 5.8 magnitude earthquake, it was shaking back and forth, which caused a lot of damage. the outside and inside masonry, the lightning protection system, the elevator all need to be repaired. this project will secure loose granite, marble, seal cracks, and it would remain closed during the repairs. >> we're hoping to get it done sooner and i think we have to be horn honest.

>> it's sad. >> we're disappointed. >> reporter: indeed i talked to some tourists, and who said, are you serious? this project could require the granite surrounding the monument at the bottom to be temporarily removed. that's when they're going to have to close this. so it looks like tourists will have to take photos from a distance if they want to get close to the washington monument. i'm shomari stone, news4. tonight things are back to normal after that partial derailment on the green rail. crews worked to remare 1,000-foot stretch of track. metro officials tell us a misalignment known as a heat kink likely caused the train to dereal. investigators are metto ordered speed restrictions on above-ground tracks, but those

have since been lifted. a new tax war is heating up. for months president obama has been calling for tax hikes on people who make a million or more a year. today he widened that net. he called for tax highs at the quarter million left. his stand is drawing news criticism from republicans and does go against the advice of some top democrats, including former president bill clinton. >> i don't see how you can see multiple reports come in as bad as the last few and as part of the solution say, let's raise taxes. >> 90% of small businesses fall under the $250,000 threshold. >> mitt romney through a spokesperson said the proposal shows the president doesn't have a clue on how to get american working again. meanwhile, a new survey in gallup suggests the campaign ads may be making a dent in vote other attitudes. 82% of voters in a dozen swing

states have seen a campaign ad on tv and only about 1 in 12 say the commercials have changed their mind about either candidate, but of the voters who were swayed, the overwhelming majority have switched their support to the president. the everyone is on for the person who stabbed a horse in fairfax county, the same short that was slashed a few months ago. what can be done to keep the power flowing when the next storm hits? >> and the so-called

today the county counsel the is vowing to ensure this kind of situation doesn't happen again. news4's pat lawson muse has our report. >> reporter: cooler temperatures brought sweet relief from the stretch of blistering days. at the vocville town center, residents took carefree strolls, but the cares of the past week weren't far from mind. >> it was crazy.

>> reporter: karla's family spend five days in a motel. they're storm weary. >> yes, absolutely. we have the generator. hopefully it won't brake again, but it's scary. >> reporter: daniel child was powerless for four days. >> it's sort of like living in a third-world country. i used to live in thailand and the power used to go out all the time. but that's thailand. >> reporter: residence have had enough. this system is ants waited. >> reporter: he called on pepco says has focused too much on pr. >> we need accountability. real accountability. no slap on the wrists. we need our public service

commission to hold pepco's feet to the wire. >> reporter: pepco said it did have crews working around the clock, but residents fear the next store is just around the corner. residents of this rockville neighborhood are hoping the brand-new utility pole means they'll have a better rest of the summer. many of them were without electricity for six long hot days. >> i hope it doesn't happen again, you know. it's expensive. and very inconvenient. now, we reached out to pepco for a response to berliner's statement, but haven't heard back yet. this historic oak tree on north 11th has been there for century, but crews cut is down today. county official says damage from the june 29th storms made it unsafe. the 93-foot post oak, as it's

called, dates back to the mid 1700s. it's believe it is the county's oldest tree. it's also a virginia state champion and one of the first in the county to be designated for special protection. so the department of parks and rec will use part of it for mulch and hopes to preserve the rest of it. 1700s, wow. >> and of course in this weather, doug, when these storms pop up, that can do a lot of damage. >> i was out today playing golf, first time in a number of weeks. the weather was great, but the trees were everywhere. it really is amazing how many trees came down with that storm. here we are, a week and a half later, and we're still talking about it. i can finally say weather is calming down. as a matter of fact i'm taking vacation next week.

just saying. we're looking at temperatures in the mid 80s, below average today, at least so far, but that's the way it's been. it has been hot. talking about record heat, 11 days in a row of 95 degrees or higher, that is an all-time record. four days of 100 degrees or higher, that is the first time that has been happened since 1930. this has only happened two times in our history, so simply amazing speaking of how hot it's been, right now temperatures at 86 degrees. winds out of the east at about 12 miles per hour. once again the l.a. couple days have been extremely hot, but look at this, 90 in frederick. we've been longing for temperatures in the 80 toss to around 90 degrees.

storm4 radar, but down to the south, even a few showers, a few thunderstorms and rather big thunderstorms. there have been a few warnings here, these will not make their way back up. waufle that frontal boundary, that's why we're cooler. the heat down to the south, but only 91 in roanoke, and 91 in richmond. say good-bye to the 100s for the next couple days. mild temperatures ahead of this warm front. kind of meandering just a bit, but pretty much stationary. chance of a shower early tomorrow, but i don't expect much of us see -- it's just going to stay mild, a a little muggy from time to time, again a chance for shower activity

mostly to the north and west. down to the south, though, a lot of rain, if you have friends in the outer banks, mostly cloudy, warm and humid, though a lot of areas are seeing sunshine. a few showers this evening, but once again not too bad, 76 to about 84. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, warm and muggy. that's a far cry from temperatures starting out in the 80s like they have been, and tomorrow afternoon, clouds and sun, warm and rather humid, yet a few showers once again. 82 to about 87. the next couple days, we stay in the 80s. 86 tomorrow, 85 on wednesday, 87 on thursday, 85 on friday. we do warm up for the weekend, and fls a chance of storms, but not bad. thursday looking great, and we're going to somebody's backyard against. >> all right. >> we didn't do it last week because of the heat. we've been nailed twice because of the heat. i want to be in somebody's

backyard. send us your pictures. >> you should start doing it in the wintertime, maybe. >> maybe in the fall. we're going to switch it to the fall. >> because summer is nasty. >> and you're across the pond coming up tonight at 6:00 all week, you're going to preview it. >> i had a great time in london, also a bit of fun out there. we took along a friend with us. >> oh, yeah. >> we talked to all kinds of people. how london is getting ready, the excitement over there. tonight will be our first edition of that. we're doing it all week long. make sure you take a look at doug's olympic preview, coming up tonight at 6:00. >> a catchy tiled. >> needless to say you were overwhelmed? >> i was. by the patriotism. the wedding last year, the jubilee this year, the olympics, it was great to see the british

really just enjoying it. >> and now they have doug and dan. >> dan's going in two weeks. >> the country is not big enough for the two of them. coming up, a possible new airline fee that allows you to get off the plane first. >> how would that work out? plus a smoothie taste test. which fruity drink you love the best. >> and she's got samples. >> yes, i understand. we'll meet an olympian who never gets tired

all right. who's the cyclist? >> this is a guy who was actually born in maryland, and has a lot of olympic experience. maryland-born cyclist bobby lee, no stranger to the olympics. his father an alternate for the olympic rowing team back in 1964. his brother sid has five gold medals from the special olympics. and bobby himself, heading to london, which will be his second trip. this time he's opening to take home a medal. zachary kiesch las the story. ♪ >> reporter: the right starts october 17th, 1983. not long after that bobby was on

a bike. ♪ when did you seem to get the bug and say to yourself, man, this is something i enjoy and could see myself doing it for a long, long time. >> i think i knew that from a pretty early age, 14, 15, 16 i started to have success. >> reporter: lee's parents did the exact opposite. >> i dropped out of high school after just in the tenth grade, took the ged and started at penn state in what would have been the spring of my sophomore year of high school. the freedoms that college provides was a great atmosphere for me to continue training. >> reporter: his niche was and continues to be track racing. with newfound stat cuss as a college student athlete he had access to the velodrome, one of the finest facility in country. >> track is like nascar on bike. it's a short circuit, an indoor

stadium, and the bikes have fixed gears, they don't have any brakes, but a much more compact environment. we run on a four-year schedule. it doesn't get the same exposure as the road racing, so we live and die on the olympic years. that's why the olympics are so important to us. it's the pinnacle of our career. >> reporter: this time around lee will compete in the omni-ium, more than 15 miles. >> physically taxing, emotionally exhausting. at the end of the race you don't know if you want to cry or fall asleep. >> reporter: it's the leaf he chose or maybe the life that chose him. but he wouldn't want it any other way. >> i'm all in, my family is all in, my friends are all in.

everyone around mer, it's a big support structure. i couldn't do it on my own. >> reporter: zachary kiesch, news4 sports. bobby was just in town for the fireworks on the mall. he has 40 national championships. i'm sure he would trade them all in -- did you see that? i just took apart the desk. >> threw it across the room. >> something i thought was interesting, to show you as an example, he in tenth grade decided to get his ged so he would have the freedom to ride that bike as much as he had to. you've got to have that kind of passion and that head to be an olympic-type athlete. >> and it takes special training. this isn't something you can do anywhere. and to dedicate your life to that. >> this is his second round. yes, he was in beijing.

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fast forward to the headlines, residents in fredericksburg say it's a miracle no one was killed after storms practically demoldished several buildings. the national weather service is trying to figure out if that was a torn. over the weekend three young boys drown in a shallow creek. authorities tell us they accidentally drowned after they went into the creek to cool off. their bodies were discovered sunday. family members question whether something else happened, but they say the boys were terrified of water. the washington monument could remain closed until 2014 for earthquake repairs. today the national park service announced repairs will start sometimes in fall. doug? coming off a very hot streak. as a matter of fact, take a look at this. over the last three years, we have seen 100 degrees 14 times. that has been another report

across the area. simply amazing. we've never had a three-year period with more 100-degree days. well, you would be right. out there right now, current temperature sitting at 86 degrees. beautiful out there right now, a bit off humid side. winds out of the east at about 12 miles per hour. things continue to just calm down. we love it. police in fairfax county are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. this happened last night in the mt. vernon area. pat collins has more. >> reporter: wendy, police say a suspect pulled a gun and fired at a fairfax officer. for the suspect, that had deadly consequences. investigators working through the dark hours of the morning, and well into the afternoon,

gathering evidence in this police-involved sheathing in the mt. vernon area of fairfax county. jennifer gomez was coming home from work when it happened. she heard the shots. >> we got scared, because it's right near our house, and we have subtle ones, and now we'll be more cautious about coming outside. >> reporter: please say it happened last night on frey road. two officers on patrol approached two men who were acting in a suspicious manner. as they did, one of the men they say ran down there. the two officers ran after him. they caught up with him. they tried to detain him. as they did. they say that suspect pulled a gun and fired a number of shots. one of the officers returned fire. that suspect fell to the ground. he was taken to the hospital. he was later pronounced dead. >> we saw a guy laying down there, before even the police came. so we saw everything. >> reporter: that's janet. she lives in the neighborhood.

scary? >> very. >> reporter: thinking about moving? >> yes. >> reporter: a car was towed from here. there's a lot of shattered glass near the shooting scene. and a large rock sitting on some plastic. but it's unclear what if anything these items may have to do. anthony blake, he lives in the neighborhood. he has these thoughts on the police-involved shooting. >> he got a gun, he could be shooting so until the whole story comes out. now the officers involved and the dinse dent -- so what was the suspicious activity 1 police aren't saying. live in fairfax, pat collins, news4. another disturbing case out

of fairfax, a horse has been stabbed for the second time in a pad dock. sometimes later saturday night, someone jumped into the enchloroand cut lucinda on the back. the wound isn't serious, but she was badly hurls during another attack. a teenager was already arrested. >> because she's serving the most disabled people and kid, so wise, so tolerant, so patient, so mete in her gait. she was just about to start driving a program foe people with disabled and wounded warriors. >> people are asking anyone who may have seen something suspicious to give them a xa

call. peats have betitions have b and supporters hope it may clean up some ethics problems. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: when he was elected vince gray collected nearly $5 million. most of it from corporations but that could be ending. a citizens group called the committee to restore the public trust collecting signatures in a few months is trying to do what the d.c. council and any city campaign, transition. >> we have a perverted process, where we have allowed a few well-healed businesses to be

able to bundle contributions. in march, certainly within the last few weeks, this is an awesome representation of grass-roots civic act investment. >> they say that corporate contributions tilt the public's perception. >> in ward 8, we are very excited about the initiative. as a matter of fact, four of the advisory neighborhood commissions in ward 8 unanimously voted to support initiative 70. >> reporter: ward 6 council member says a potential -- said some corporations are tired for being hit up for money, too. >> council members in the past have given a mark to different corporations to say i need this amount of money. >> reporter: it would take about two weeks to certify the petitions. if they pass muster, the corporate ban will be on the ballot. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. only tli of the counsel many

members have signed this petition. a debate over whether to build a whole foods in prince george's county, a hear is under way. developers want to build it in a mixed-use town center in riverdale park county officials tell us the development could create a lot of jobs, but neighbors wore it would create too much gridlock. the university of maryland's medical system is set to take over the emergency room operations. according to "the examiner" the company turned over control of its e.r. last week and now there are plans for umd to assume responsibility. hospital officials say consolidating will help control costs and allow for better coordination. the so-called doomsday is

here. the virus that had the potential to leave thousands without

today was supposed to be doomsday for thousands of internet users, but so far things have not been as bad as

first feared. for the past several months, the fbi has been running servers to protect internet users. those servers expired at 12:01 this morning. experts were worried that thousands were infected with the virus and their users were unaware. but so far very few people have actually been affected. >> they had found a way to tap into one of the most lucrative sources of money on the internet, and that's online advertising. >> the good news is the odds aren't very high you will be infected. the bad news if you are infected, you probably don't know. >> the hackers behind the attack were arrested. the fbi says they made more than $14 million off the scam. a guy in massachusetts is suing at&t over a fraudulent bill. michael smith says someone hacked his company's phone system, and they made nearly

$900,000 in calls to somalia. at&t sued him for 1.15 million to cover the calls plus interest. smith says if he has to pay that, he'll be forced to close, 14 people will lose their jobs, so he haas filed a countersuit against at&t. still to come tonight on news4 a 5:00, a new fee that could have been off the plane faster than ever. burger king says it has a new smoothie made with real fruit. let's see if it wins the taste test. i know which one is my favorite. hey, we have some storms out there,al just down to the south. will they try matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message.

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pepsi will be selling yogurt. later this month, the new joint venture with the theo mueller group will bring three types of yogurt, being sold in grocery stores in 17 cities across the northeast and mid-atlantic, including d.c. and baltimore. executives say the project is designed to diversify the port follow jo. paying you to get off the plane a little faster. in a surveyor on airfairwash dog.com, 16% of people said they would be willing to pay to be at the front of the line. most said they would be willing to fork over $10. a few people said they would be willing to go as high as $20. >> the thing is if you're sitting in the back, do they get you up first? because everyone gets up. >> when that bell rings. >> you would be fighting your way -- >> summertime, ice-cold frozen drinks.

when it comes to fruity smoothies, through a new one on the block. >> yeah, burger king is advertising real fruit smoothies, soliz crenshaw made it her latest taste test. >> if it's new, smoothies are a $3 billion industry. according to thesh so when duringer king released its menu and ad, it put it up against mcdonald's and of course smoothie king. >> so, david, to maker or delicious fruit smoothies, we take real fried and -- >> and you press the butting? >> o. you probably should take your shirt off. >> soccer star david beckham stars in the campaign ad for the new smoothie. it claims it uses real fruit. smoothies were popular back in the '60s, and today the pureed

treat drinks are having a comeback. so we put them in a blind taste test, we ordered all banana straw better. one from a, from from b, one from c and tell -- >> i liked a. >> why? >> it was tangier. >> that was from mcdonald's. it's made with strawberry and banana puree, and grape and pineapple concentrated juices. >> a at a timed pretty fresh and natural. >> it was more tart than i would prefer. >> why do you like a? >> it's more flavor able. >> reporter: there is a difference? >> oh, yes, there's a great difference. this is b. seems to be sweeter. >> letter b is the new exercise tore from burger king. burger king says it mixes real fruit and juices with low-false

yogurt. >> i like b. it tastes more berry. >> definitely the most real fruit taste. >> b tasted processed. >> it tastes the freshs. >> i like c the best. >> you have very expensive taste, it's $2 more. >> i figured. it's smoother. >> it cost us $5.29. it is about $2 more than mcdonald's and burger king. besides strawberries and banana, made with soy protein, nonfast milk turbinado sugar -- >> i liked c. it wasn't too sweet, and it was just nice and smooth. >> reporter: after 41 tasters, the votes were in. letter "c" got the fewest votes with seven. letter "a" mcdonald's earned 15 votes. the new smoothie from burger

king, got the most votes, ended up king of our test. >> i rarely go to burger king, but would go for one of those smoothies. >> i think that's what burger king wants to hear. you guys tasted them. you went for burger king? >> i think i like it. >> and i went for smoothie king, because i like bananas. >> he's a rich guy. kind of a king of smoothies. >> i'm buying -- including you, doug. oh, he didn't get one. >> no -- >> did you root for smoothie king? >> i -- i -- remember how sure i was about the one i tasted, i said this was -- i was wrong. >> i think you liked the burger king one. >> but i forecasted the burger king one would win. and i still don't have one. >> sorry. >> okay. fine. liz, for everybody else it's 86, but at your house it's 119

currently now. big storms over your house. >> and no ac? >> and that's going to continue. here's something that everybody wants to see. 86 right here and 86 right here. the heat index. there's no heat index to work about. yesterday it was 110 during the afternoon. today nearly 25 degrees cooler. it sure does feel nice and cool, just like a nice smoothie would right now. still nothing. 81 in reston. what are we seeing? we have that frontal boundary. you can see it sinking on down to the south. that has allowed us to cool and see some sunshine today, much nicer numbers. say good-bye to the 100s, we have seen over the past few days and say hello to the 80s, and say hello the 60s and 70s. 68 in martins burg, 69 in

hagerstown. >> have a taste of mine. >> thank you, jim -- >> it's not much. 74 in washington. 86 in washington, 85 in gaithersburg. 87 in la plata, and look at your next couple days. that is just not nice. here we go. 85 on wednesday. 87 on thursday, and 85 on friday. i think we'll see a chance of showers tomorrow, but most to the south. 30% chance, 40% chance on friday, but most of the region will remain on the dry side. saturday and sunday looks a-okay. 90 degrees coming up during the day on sunday. so, again, not bad at all out there. we will warm up a bit as we head into next week. against, you know it's the thoughthat counts. >> i forgot to give you the lid. i really do appreciate that. >> that was just a whole cup of blended wrong. >> i like that.

>> a whole cup of it. thanks, doug. did you know there's a new kardashian? and a settlement in hollywood's biggest divorce. the reservoirs settled it rather quickly. they did it today. holmes filed for divorce late last month. the two have a 6-year-old daughter suri. in a joint statement they had they'll work to do what's best in her interest. and a new reality star. they welcomed their second child according to "e" news. penelope scotland is her name. she was born in l.a. grandmother kris jenner says courtney had an easy delivery and penelope look just like her big brother mason. earnest borgnine passed away yet. he's known for his role as the mischievous naval officer in

"mchale's navy" in 195 a 5 he won a best actor academy award playing the lovesick butcher in "marty." earnest borgnine was 95 years old. >> what a body of work. >> what a range. what a great guy. when we come back, get ready to fork over if you plan on a road trip this summer. coming up at 6:00, a longtime pr exec is facing charges for contributions she made to candidates including d.c. may error vincent agreed. at&t let a businessman off the hook for a milled ondollar phone bill,

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. our drinking theme continues this evening. a local brewery is making lemon ades out of lemon. last week's power outages caused a batch of beer at port city to ferment differently than expected. it turns out it's like a style of beer known as a california common. >> so now they're going to bottle and sell a limited-edition beer called derecho -- i just refuse to say the name -- derecho common, named after the storm that knocked out the power. according to a letter from port

city's founder, the beer will come out in august. >> i always want to call it de-rick io. gas prices are rising again. >> the cost of gas went of seven cents. aaa reports in maryland about 3.38. in virginia about 3.21. the price rose two cents at the pump over the last week. shows us what's reversing the downward trend. >> reporter: the pump just got a little more painful. >> hurts the pocketbook. >> reporter: with gas prices once again ticking back up. >> no road trips in the future, not with the gas prices. >> reporter: last week the national average jumped from 3.38 to 3.33. >> only about five cents a gallon, but it is pretty significant, because it's the

first time we've seen prices rise in about three months. in fact the trend was going in the opposite direction, with prices dropping 75 of the previous 77 days since their peak of 3.94 a gallon back in april. prompting many to hit the road. an estimated 35.5 million motorists traveled for the fourth of july, a ten-year report. what's fueling this new increase? oil prices have been fluctuating. >> we could be satisfied. >> reporter: and disappointing jobs numbers didn't help. >> everything has to do with consumer confidence and whether or not oil prices are rising and falling. gas prices are intimately related to oil prices. >> analysts say while it's hard to predict what will happened, they typically go up this time of year and are likely to remain high all summer. some argue the current price is still fairly reasonable compared with $4 a gallon on july of 2008. so there you go. >> could be worse.