. >> and when you compare it to what happened, say in colorado or arizona, exactly, kim carney at thehington examiner tweeted out imagine what happened if it was a conservative shooting into a liberal group. days of news, and candlelight vigils and chin pulling of hate and violence and-- >> go back to the city bombing and president obama blamed talk radio he and did not identify by name, rush limbaugh, for a connection between speech and action and apparently that is only when liberals makes a point and no connection with the liberal southern poverty law and names a hate group and alleged action by the shooter. >> kirsten. >> aim not fan of frc or perkins, but gay rights groups made the argument when someone does a hateful sermon about gay people can lead to violence, i think that's true. they need to consider the hateful language about people against gay marriage can lost ♪ [ male announcer ] to hold a patent that has changed the modern world... would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. to hold over 80,000...

say if you want to win the election you got to get a certain percentage of latino votes or arizona new mexico, colorado florida, come outside of your reach. >> eliot: the romney campaign itself has said they need to get 38% of the latino vote. they're at 27% right now. these numbers move, but there is no way they're getting a significant jump in latino voters given what they're articulating. let's talk about politics local to local representatives, is there a way to get the democratic party back to the majority given the dynamics. >> it's going to be very very difficult. we have advances, i know, in california. we have advances here in the state of illinois. there are going to be more democrats. you're going to see more democrats out of texas. but it will be rather difficult. but, hey you know, i'm going to do everything i can. >> eliot: you're the eternal optimist. >> and nancy pelosi is doing her job. i was talking to my colleague in cal. she suggested luis, why don't you and i do events on the dream act and on this deferred action and we go to four democratic districts where there are non-hispanics

we can go back to virginia tech or tucson arizona or look just recently to aurora colorado and to wisconsinpeople, there should be. on the other hand, you might look at this little set of facts. in sand point north idaho where i live for most of the summer it's extremely easy to buy a gun. you can buy them at stores, at gun shows or just at yard sales. yet there are almost no gun deaths in idaho. the last ones of note in north idaho were done by the f.b.i. at ruby ridge. that's a different story. on the other hand, in my beloved los angeles where i live most of the year there's extremely strict gun control. it's a real project to buy a gun. here we have gang shootings and death by guns on a terrifying scale. in my native city of washington d.c., the same goes. strict gun control and lots of shootings. the same goes for chicago. strict gun control and a lot of killing. obviously sand point idaho is a very much calmer place than chicago. i'm not saying that people in should be allowd to tote their guns in their cars the way many can and do in north idaho but my point is that there is nothing

. >> they've either got to do better in latino states going west, arizona -- excuse me, nevada and colorado, or bending states which means reach out into wisconsin or pennsylvania and of course, the all-critical ohio. so they're funding obama's -- they also need to do better with white women. so this convention has got to not be about extra applause in the hall. these are the voters he has for free. it's about reaching through that camera -- >> -- suburban women and the akin stuff. colorado and virginia more races have been won by democrats by reaching out to pro-choice suburban women who want to vote republican on economic issues but more democrats have been able to appeal in those two states on the issue of abortion. that's why akin is a real problem. >> this is a real issue. >> it's a huge issue and something we're all looking at and we're all very, very concerned about it. but i truly believe that the republican party is the party of women. we have been really, really good to women candidates. you look at just governors alone. we've got more women republican governors than we do democrat go

arizona, wyoming and colorado. pain at the pump is felt by 33 million americans driving 50 miles or more. up from last year. expectation prices should drop as demand drops. the station was the lowest gas price? circle k gas in el paso taxes -- texas. also chicago, illinois has so many problems were $4.79. the highest in the country right now. is not keeping people home but how it can help you save money. stay with us. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. x prettifies on a perfect fall get away. gerri: am i bereday is here. now is the time to plan your fault trip for the best deals. orbitz senior editor joins us now. janine, high gas prices but people will still drive? >> i did agree. aaa's says 3 million will hit the skies which is up one from 2011. it will be busy. gerri: what about this fall? are people planning already? >> with a great thing about fall it is a slower travel season. mid

state as well, but you're lucky if you live in the middle states, in utah, arizona, nevada, colorado, also if you live in mississippi orose gas prices are below the national average. >> all right. i want to turn to banking fees now. there's been a lot of added regulation to the banking industry. they lost a lot of sources of revenue but quickly found them in terms of fees. there is a survey, the cost to maintain a checking account has increased over the past six months. let's start with the basic checking account. what's the minimum requirement? >> it's gone up by $20, lester, in the last year, so you'll now need $409 to open a checking account. that's going to be tough for students and people without a lot of disposal income, because even though a $20 increase isn't that much, the banks really get you there, and you're right, they're searching for those creative solutions themselves. >> and what about those service fees that they add on? i mean, those really add up. >> right. would you guess that those have gone up, too? $12.08 a month to just maintain your account. that's up from $11.18 last year. >> and a lot of the

colorado, nevada, arizona, new mexico, montana have major fires burning. washington are where the winds are stoking those fires in already extremely dry conditions and hot weather. you mentioned the fire is 85 miles orthe east side of the cascades. 70 homes burned there. another 400 have been evacuated. and we talked to residence who thankfully still have a home. they know they are very lucky. take a listen. >> i hope that everybody is safe and i'm sorry for everybody's loss. i'm really -- it's devastating. i got lucky. >> and firefighters are worried about the weather conditions the next couple of days. some dry lightning strikes are expected in california and southern washington. >> shepard: more fires is our understanding, adam. >> yeah. you know, last night on "the fox report," we had that fire that just started out near riverside county southeast of los angeles tonight. tonight a new fire started in the sacramento foothills. a number of homes there. 50 acres they say but growing very fast. an area that hasn't burned a lot of pine trees. very dry. hot temperatures again triple digits over there. it's close to a fire that's just up the range from them in the county. right now northern california

renewable energy down in the four corners of the southwest in colorado, new mexico, arizona, and so forth, and sell it to minnesota in the wintertime or to new england where we pay a very high price for energy. we can't send energy from one part to the other in the united states of america. it's an insult. we need to build a national energy grid. and in the building of that grid there are countless jobs to be created for americans, countless technologies to be developed. for every billion dollars we spend on infrastructure, you put 27,000 to 35,000 people to work. if we passed our infrastructure bank effort here in the senate, for $10 billion of american taxpayer leverage, we could have $650 billion to $700 billion of infrastructure investment paid for by chinese investment, by arab emirates investment, wouldn't cost the american taxpayer a dime to be building america and putting people to work, and we're not doing it and not even building out the energy grid of our nation. so, mr. president, i hope in the end -- i'll wrap up here, but i must say to my colleagues the avoidance here of responsibility for a whole host of choices we ough