natural gas is plentiful. on top of 238 trillion cubic feet of proven reserves in the united states and it grows all of the time. 1.8 quadrillion cubic feet of probable, possible, enough to supply the u.s. with energy for more than, yes, a century, at current levels of consumption. and remember, a lot of this has just been found in the last three years. now, i have told you -- this is going to be sobering. i have told you about the coal industry, with its huge congressional market share. excuse me. i flth. my role as a diplomat and elder statesman, i meant mine share, has been standing in the way of natural gas, holding out the oxymoronic proposition of clean coal via coarbon capture as an act active. that's like hoping for the tooth fairy instead of going to the dentist, given that it will take at least a decade before the technology even exists. we had a terrible trade deficit number today. as an american i feel bummed out about this, the gap between imports and exports, increasing 16% to $32 billion. i need

the switch to natural gas-fueled vehicles. andrew littlefair, the ceo of clean energy fuels, clne, you know that's a good spec stock, which builds and operates natural gas fueling stations, told us that based on the program with just 250,000 18-wheelers powered by liquefied natural gas we'd create 31,000 new jobs building the refueling stations they need. 93,000 indirect jobs making things like tanks, pumps, hoses, and nozzles. another 104,000 building lng gas plants. with 35-315,000 indirect jobs making the component. and to top it all off, you need about 220,000 people to make the trucks. another 960,000 indirect jobs. just a fleet of 250,000 natural gas-fueled 18-wheelers gives us, are you ready, skee-daddy? 1.7 million new jobs. hey, mr. president, beat that. okay, cramer. i can hear you thinking switching to natural gas may give the economy a huge boost, but how can this clean, green, and cheap fuel make me money as an investor? where's the takeaway? i'm glad you asked. right now the biggest beneficiaries from the natural

>> no, natural gas is the answer. i agree with you. and here it looks like you're under a little stress today. >> i'm under a little stress every day. >> little squeeze balls for xto here. >> thank you. i need them when i think about what king coal has done and how they managed to get the natural resource defense council which i used to give money to, into believing they're clean. i don't get that. first of all, how are you able to make money in an environment where natural gas went out today at $2.87? >> jim, most of our natural gas is pretty slow for the year. we are 75% hedged, and our product, around $11. >> $11? >> yes. >> is that one of the reasons why you're able to blow await earnings estimates even though you though everyone thought you would disappoint? >> that and the earnings growth -- the volume growth is a little more robust than we saw coming -- the wells are outperforming somewhat. as you know, we're also on the leading shell players that you mentioned earlier. >> are you able to pick up just -- there are some people wh

i want to note prospects for natural gas. who are they really given these enemies that are so powerful? i want to talk to an expert bob simpson he's the chairman and founder of cramer fave natural gas company xto energy which is involved in the latest efforts to push for natural gas future. and it gave you more than an 1800% return in the last ten years. let's see what he thinks about xto's and natural gas's prospect. mr. simpson, welcome back to "mad money." >> thanks, jim. >> was i too forceful in make the case for natural gas? >> no, natural gas is the answer. i agree with you. and here it looks like you're under a little stress today. >> i'm under a little stress every day. >> little squeeze balls for xto here. >> thank you. i need them when i think about what king coal has done and how they managed to get the natural resource defense council which i used to give money to, into believing they're clean. how are you able to make money in an environment where natural gas went out today at $2.87? >> jim, most of our natural g

we always knew there was gas in the marcellus. we simply didn't have the technology and the know-how to get it out of the ground but what happened was that our friends in mitchell energy and now devin opened up the barnett shell, our headquarters is in ft. worth. we're in the barnett shell, in the widford. moved that technology, moved it up to appalachians. we drove our first marcellus shell well in 2004. you know last year, we ended the year producing 30 million cubic feet a day. as you've mentioned we're going to triple that to 90 to 100 million cubic feet a day and we're going to double again next year to somewhere between 180 to 200 million a day. >> do we have too much natural gas that we're drilling in this country. >> prices went down to below to where you can make a good living with it. >> well, you know, that's what's so interesting, this revolution that i'm talking about in natural gas is that historically, our business -- the high-cost projects were repeatable. the low-cost projects weren't. that's not the case today. t

off the gas line. fire officials say the gas readings inside the build things were extremely high and there could have been a repeat of the may explosion. how close were we okay having another catastrophe? >> probably very close. >> it is a little bit concerning. i don't know what to say. they should have checked everything when that happened down there. i mean, at this point we'll have to wait and see what happens next. >> we have an update just about within the last ten minutes. mark brady from the fire department said they've been able to isolate the gas line and shut it off so gas is no longer coming into the buildings. as you can see the businesses are clouds. i'm told -- closed and they will remain closed for a number of days while this investigation continues. darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks. >>> still ahead on this broadcast tonight, famous fugitive caught! roman polanski skipped out on bail and fled the country 30 years ago. today he was arrested. >>> and we'll tell you when conan o'brien will

natural gas was detected in forestville. we are live at the scene with the latest developments. >> prince george's county police are still here. this entire wing of the shopping center has been shut down. when firefighters got here around 1:00 today, they know that electricity and natural gas as accommodatiocan be explosive if the natural gas and saturation = 4%. they found the saturation level to be 3.5% and rising. >> we were extremely close to having a devastating event. >> the four fire crews, it was deja vu. the same strip mall that exploded may 72 and other natural gas leak. the blast caused by a fire trucknjured workers. the natural gas was coming from the marshall's a couple of doors down. they cut off electricity and evacuated several businesses. >> were you worried that the building might blow up? >> of course, that is why i came outside. >> with a strong odor of natural gas in the air even hours after the evacuation, washington gas crews worked to stop the leak, but it is unclear what is causing it. >> we still ha

and natural gas stocks on this show.oth as a cleaner, greener energy source than oil or coal and as a great investment opportunity. as i believe prices could soar over the next year to as much as maybe $6 or $7 for natural gas from around $4 where it is right now. and that i think could be accomplished without even any help from congress, pushing my natural gas agenda. we can't count on the federal government to do the right thing as long as the pro black lung anti-rainbow coalition also known as the coal lobby holds so much sway. still, i think eventually we'll come to our senses about this ideal bridge fuel, and i've given you a lot of great ways to play the move in natural gas. which by the way is not a republican or democrat thing. it's just about trying to make you -- tonight i've got another top shelf name. it's called eqt. here's a natural gas company, eqt, with one of the best cost profiles in the industry that also pays a meaningful dividend. right now it yields about 2%. but what really sets apart this company

other big guys how natural gas is going to be a meaningful part. -- i don't know if we've seen the bottom bottom, but i think that natural gas will get a lot more focus, and i sort of think it's -- long-term it is going to be part of the energy solution. so i am bullish on natural gas. i totally agree with guy not to play it in the ung. even a name like chesapeake. >> your old friend. >> oh, it hurts you to say that name, doesn't it? >> it really does. >> let's talk about the chart of the day now, bring that in because it's a very interesting one. and this is courtesy of the ambassador. top portion of the screen showing the shanghai composite in 2009 while the bottom shows the dow in 1987 precrash. as you can see, the shanghai is following an eerily similar pattern to the dow of 8750. timmy, break this down. >> if i had a renminbi for every person that sent me this chart today -- they led on markets up, they led on markets down -- it's a good one, isn't it? i like that. it's friday. the bottom line is you do have to pay attention to china but the p

they use their meters to measure the gas inside, they say it was about 3.5% natural gas in the air. means the explosion. may 7, it was anothe ghastly death set off this blast. nine firefighters were injured. >> we're close to having another devastating event. >> and now another ghastly. >> we could smell the gas when they opened the door. f >> at high level of gas was detected at marshalls. >> i just hurry up and tried to get out. >> were you worried that the building would blowup? >> of course. that is why a cable outside. >> it was not clear what was causing the leaks. >> we still ha a natural gas flowing into these structures. we're ventilating the structures. >> the investigation will continue today. no odor of natural gas today. it has been turned off. natural gas is getting into electric lines that are underground. they will have to figure out exactly how that will happen. we understand the marshalls will be closed. >>> council members will require health studies before a major roads can be approved. officials want to gauge how the vehicle exhaust will affect those living near

when oil prices go up, so do gas prices and they get killed because they have to import their gas. >> that's just a total rogue state in every single way. we ought to sit down and break bread with them. that's my -- >> okay. let's move on to -- >> proctor & gamble upgrade. proctor & gamble upgrade is just classic. it's the kind of thing you do when you say will you give me something to recommend. they sat down with the management team at proctor, what a chart, fabulous chart, and this time the proctor guy said we mean it. this time we mean it. and you know what? it's like, okay, maybe they got religion. i feel like it is a psychological call that -- >> maybe ahmadinejad will stop building nukes. >> i thought this had the least substance and the most impact i've come across. i like the research. it says mea culpa, we've done badly, and you know that once you admit that you've been screwing up, which they -- >> once you admit, it's a huge first step. >> they hadn't been doing. they have been basically saying, listen, everyone in the quarter started out. this was a great quarter. that wa

we only use natural gas.act, it's not clear that it's to our advantage necessarily to move to cleaner alternatives. in fact, it could drive up the cost of natural gas, which would be disadvantageous for us. >> well, peter, then can you least then explain from your vantage point because you have a great view on why natural gas isn't the energy of choice at a time when there's this type of pressure and this type of concern, this type of abundance of natural gas. i don't think this makes sense to a lot of people who are not following this closely. >> the key issue is what's the situation on climate change? and what scientists are saying is it could have a catastrophic effect on the earth unless addressed. and addressing it will require a number of decades to accomplish. so the sooner we start working on this problem, the easier it will be to make the transition and the cheaper it will be for all of us as consumers. >> so why not nat gas now? in other words, why is nat gas not being that vehicle that people are g

a responding washington gas crew came to the scene, found high levels of natural gas inside some of the stores. they evacuated 13 stores and then cut the electricity to the area as a precaution. there were no injuries, no explosion, but fire officials say it was a close call. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. >> mayday call, mayday call. we have explosion in the building. >> sounds like the same exact set of circumstances is occurring now as it did back in may. why is this occurring again is something we have to be involved in, looking at to make sure it's fixed and doesn't happen again. >> reporter: that dramatic video you saw was from the may incident where there was a large explosi explosion in some stores at the end of the penn mar shopping center. there were nine firefighters injured in that incident as they were responding to the report of a smell of natural gas in the area as they were approaching the stores that were impacted in that incident, the entire thing blew, sent debris flying. again, nine firefighters injured in that incident. again, that was caused by a natural gas leak. we h

and you're right about natural gas. natural gas is at its seven-year low now, as you know. >> right. >> but it's going to bounce back. there's no question it's going to bounce back. and when it does, the economic consequences for pennsylvania and all the shale states, and there are a lot of shale states in appalachia, the economic consequences are going to be great. we can be the energy producer of the world. or one of the major energy producers of the world. if things break right for us and if we're smart. >> but governor rendell, one of the things we joked about -- the eagles. i'm feeling bad about that expensive seat thing. but listen, i worked hard to get that expensive seat. >> absolutely. >> here's what i worry about. you have two constituencies in pennsylvania. you've got the steelers and you've got the eagles. and you can't back one oaf the othe the other. i know the natural gas guys are begging you to back them. we had the terrific ceo of range resources on the other day. he's saying we think we got him, we've

just buying natural gas? sounds like it's got the same risk? >> you can buy either one. the problem with natural gas, a lot of investors, the only way they can play it is the etf. if you have the ability to trade futures and commodities, you can buy -- not a commodity outright. if you're an investor you've got some event risk, headline risk with the ung. you're going to have to switch over to these service things. >> are you sure oil prices aren't going to go down? >> they certainly could go down. >> if the argument is that natural gas is too low, but the reverse argument could be that oil prices are too high. i don't know. i'm just asking you. >> i think oil could easily get to $80. i think, again, the dollar -- >> that's up. that's not down. >> i know. i think $80 is where we're heading on crude oil. but i do think from a relative valuation natural gas can outperform crude oil even to the upside here. >> okay. we'll leave it there. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >>> coming up, medtronics chairman and

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shopping center in prince george's county evacuated today due to a gas leak.the worst. digital correspondent lindsey mastis with the story. >> reporter: bruce, it is the penn mar shopping center and back in may stores in that same shopping store exploded because of a gas leak. >> when it -- when i was coming out i smelled gas. >> he works at america's best. he and 125 others were ordered out after a gas leak was detected at marshall's. >> it is a little bit concerning but the fire department was on the scene pretty quick and they are doing their job. >> reporter: mark brady with prince george's fire and ems says firefighters arrived just in time. >> we were probably extremely close to having another devastating event. >> reporter: as people pull up and see the empty parking lot and the police tape they ask what happened when they learn it is a natural gas leak they are surprised because it has happened here before. >> back on may 7th firefighters evacuated up to 50 some people and probably saved their lives if not serious injury. >> reporter: electric was imme

what do you think of nat gas both as a commodity itself or then stocks? >> as a commodity itself, i think we've had an explosion of natural gas reserves here domestically with a lot of the shale plays and the bar net and hansville and marshella sales. our reserves have gone through the roof. production went up very high. storages are at near capacity. 3 something trillion feet cuban storage capacity. we do have a lot in supply. but what i did notice is when we hit the seven-year low in nat gas last week, a lot of the producers held in, and i think we're getting to the point where you are going to see shut-ins, and the oversupply situation is quickly going to rectify itself. and there are quite a few things with nat gas that do make it one of the most attractive carbon-based energy sources, and that is one that's abundantly available domestically. you have improving extraction methods. you have an existing delivery infrastructure. you have multiple and expanding applications. you have economy of scale. it's cleaner burning. not to mention the political sup

but also, they do have natural gas exposure and this was the week to be in natural gas. >> got a poppillar up 10% this week. >> caterpillar getting benefit from the new york manufacturing, the philly fed. a lot of these surveys showing there is some construction return. caterpillar is a great company, a lean company and when the cycle turns it will be more profit annual. >> pop for ikea. the scandinavian do-it-yourself company. he told a group of business school students that he should have bolt ikea furniture for his office instead of spending $1 million on decor as the company reported billions of losses. can you imagine john thain having the fjord -- >> with the screwdriver. >> pop here for amazon.com. >> amazon finally back above 90 bucks got an upgrade this week three consecutive settlements above 90 but here's what you've got to do with the stock, if the price got back to 84.41. you're a buyer between 84 1/2 and 85. >> great week by amr, up 30% this week. >> they secured some financing but then gave revenue guidance this week, said it would be about -- this is a short covering

>> gas prices. >> guest: gas prices. okay. what grade are you in? >> high school. >> host: congressman israel, how often do you do this? >> guest: it really depends on the impact of an issue. i intend to do this when'm back in my district this august on the health care reform bill. i did it last august when the economy was really on everybody's mind, but it still is. gas prices kind of reached a crescendo last august, so i do it depending on the impact of an issue. and i have to tell you that if i just did a town hall and pontificated about gas prices, most new yorkers, their eyes would glaze over. but getting that instant feedback and sharing it with my district has much greater impact. >> host: is can you put anything you want on your youtube channel? >> guest: on my youtube channel, yes. on my official house web site, no. it's got to be official, it can't with partisan or political. >> host: right, but u can put the link on your web site. >> guest: correct. >> host: could you put campaign video? >> guest: no. now, most or many of my colleagues ha

this was a gas-fed fire.hat's a different situation for you. >> firefighters arrived on scene with a fully involved house fire, ames coming from everywhere. it was pretty obvious very quickly that it was a gas-fed fire coming from the basement. it eventually burned through the first floor creating a pretty unsafe situation for firefighters. and then on top of that, the actual gas -- the fire went out from the gas-fed area which creates an even more dangerous situation. so we had to pull back and eventually was lit back, which is where we want it to be until the gas is turned off. right now we've really not gotten into the structure because of the unsafe conditions and still putting hot spots out. so we're not sure if there was anybody inside the home right now. >> talk about you're getting conflicting reports. >> some of the neighbors have said it's a vacant home. some have said there are people that live there. we're not sure yet. we've got in contact or are on tacting the homeowner right now. hopefully we'l

we do not know about the gas mains. but power and electric to at least those homes, i believe, that is on dun ranch, near dun haven road, the power has been shut off. we do have a fire and police command post, at dunran and dunhaven road. at this point, police are not issuing any information or any public statements, other than to tell persons that live in this affected area, if -- right now, the water flow has not increased, nor has it diminished, if you are safe, sheltered in place, stay where you are and don't force the police fire personnel to have to rescue you. don't walk through this water. because on court way, which runs between the shopping center itself, and mcshane way, the other main affected road, is about chest deep at this point. we saw several cars, with water over top of the roofs. again, no personal injury at this point. or no significant personal injury that we know of. and that is -- that says a lot for baltimore county's emergency management at this point. they are getting a handle on this. they ha

we have a story in oil and natural gas. natural gas prices up 12%. we'll get into all of that as we bring in bob to talk about this. off about 12 points.. what turned it around? >> i think the important thing is here is general electric was a real factor in this whole thing. the important thing is we started weak throughout the day and started going up. remember, this is our parent company. $15, folks. general electric has not been $15 since, well, you've got to go all the way back to january. >> a lot of people were talking price confidence and going into the analysts' meeting. clearly money moving into the stock on the expectations out of the meeting. >> exactly. the important thing is, and people say technicals don't matter. folks, i wish you could sigh the volume chart.. about a half an hour ago, the second ge hit $15, boom, volume spiked up in general electric and a lot of other stocks turned around. so technicals do matter. it did help ge in the move up here. >> and boom, we had the market -- >> i get paid for sound effects, too. let me show yo

. >> a new national standard aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse gas pollutionn america. >> reporter: under the plan, automakers must increase average fuel economy ratings to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. that's four years sooner than under the current law and eight miles per gallon better than current fuel averages. >> the new standards are aggressive and achievable and ensure that consumers have a full range of vehicle choices. >> reporter: while for american automakers it could mean more car sales, a way to be competitive in a growing market. >> an action long overdue. >> reporter: but critics worry that the plan could be confusing in practice. some have been battling california's regulation of tailpipe emissions for years, and some say greener on the roads is likely to translate into more green out of your pocket. >> there's lot more parts that go into my cars and automakers are going to pass some of that if not all that have on to the consume sneer but the government says the new standards would save consumers $3,000 in fuel costs while also saving somethi

now we spoke to washington gas a little while ago. what, if anything, will be done in terms of a long-term strategy here they say they don't know at this point, they have to investigate and figure out exactly what is going on here and then they will be able to comment on if any additional steps need to be taken at a later time. >> what about shoppers? do you think people are being scared off to the mall in general, and not just to the stores closed? >> reporter: the shoppers food warehouse down the street, that has been busy all morning long. we have seen people coming to the shopping center. right now in terms of the impact on shoppers, we are seeing just a couple of stores that are impacted. we are not sure when they are going to reopen. we are still seeing activity here at the mall. >> all right. megan, thank you. >>> right now, a teenager accused of murdering a mother and son is having his day in court. he was 17 years old and a neighbor of jean smith and her son james when they were killed last december. police say he murdered th

one it doesn't buy natural gas. seems like, it right?t buys natural gas futures contracts and that means the finesance has to roll these every month. selling the old ones. buying the new ones and when prices for natural gas in the future are higher know that the current price like they are now and then the ung will lose you money every month, every month, every month. second problem don warned us about two weeks ago is the ung stopped creating new shares. caused it to trade it as a massive premium to the net asset value of the futures. something that you knew would go away once it started to create shares again and that's why the etf missed out on that ral low. why you should not go near this thing especially since the new shares are coming, starting on monday. what i would do of course is ban this if i were the s.e.c. but i'm not the soc -- the s.e.c. real mouth, full. it's a power share. it's the power shares db, crude oil, double short etn. and the symbol here is dto, dave, tom, over. like should be over. this one's what's called an e

. >>> still ahead, a dangerous gas leak forces shoppers to evacuate. and it happened at the same shopping center with this explosion happened a few months ago. >>> left-hand also, flyers beware. aerls get a new set of fees. >>> and the president and his mily head out for a night on the town. >>> chuck, how's the forecast? >> a beautiful night to be out walking around. it looks like it will be a very usable weather week. get your >>> fire and gas officia were able to head off a potential disaster at the penmore shopping center this afternoon. they had to seal off a dangerous gas leak. ten stores were evacuated. the second time in four months a gas leak has prompted an evacuation at that particular strip mall. the last one caused a massive explosion that left nine firefighters hurt. >> how close were we to having another catastrophe? >> probably very close. >> it is concerning. i don't even know what to say. they should have checked everything when that happened down there. >> today's gas leak originated near the marshall store. fortunately no one was hu

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they cut gas and electricity to those stores yesterday.restored until repairs are made. washington gas continues to investigate the situation here. their priority is to fix the leaking gasoline. it's unclear what, if any, additional steps will be taken. megan mcgraph, news 4. >>> 30 firefighters worked for nearly five hours sunday to stop the flow of natural gas and then laid all of the stores. >> when we come back tonight setting the tstage. preparations under way for the big concert that could cause big traffic delays. >>> it's feeling more like fall. bob is back with a final lo >>> good evening. the clouds are breaking up. the temperatures are beginning to fall, but it is still mild at martinsburg. by tomorrow morning you see teps into the low 50s in the mountains of west virginia. right now there's a line of showers. there you see one or two rumbles of thunder that moved into the upper eastern shore over around parts of the eastern bay, too. so there's still a few showers lingering into southern maryland. heading out for the ball game,

. >> when was the last time natural gas was actually a pop? i'd love to know that. probably not since last year. probably natural gas it bounced off 2.50 got back to 3 bucks, went back -- eog, apache, devon, xto, we talked last week about owning them. if you do, get flat them now. >> pop here for freeport-mac up 7% on the week. pete. >> freeport-mcmoran, copper, and gold, melissa lee, that stock moves higher this week and it finally got through an area that's been administrative for a while fwhou, a lot over 69, 69.50 area. keep an eye on freeport, it's going higher. >> i don't think you ever called me by my full name. i feel like i'm in trouble. pop for the steel stocks like ak -- >> well, melissa lee was up in china. capacity utilization at 100%. >> pop for aetna. >> yeah, melissa, don't get lulled into it. democrats did a good job of pushing it up a little this week but still a lot of trouble there. >> aig was down for the week 4%. joe. >> we had tom gallagher on on tuesday. he was the analyst that downgraded aig. listen, the math just does

the utility companies washington gas and pepco are looking into possible causes for both gas leaks. >>> a billboard featuring a gay soldier was ripped by vandals in memphis, tennessee. the billboard was part of a campaign for national coming out day which takes place october 11th. now police have not said weather there are any suspects incus deem the memphis gay andless bee an community center plans to rally. the billboard was meant to understand issues affecting the gay community in the mid-south. >>> police arrested 76-year-old roman polanski when he arrived in switzerland saturday. he is being held based on australia arrest warrant pending extradition proceedings. the warrant was issued in 1978 accusing him of sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl. the director of chinatown who won an oscar for the pianist fled the united states before sentencing. he has lived in france. the victim is 45 years old. she says she wants the case to be dismissed >>> we know finding the one is not easy. so forget the internet or speed dating, everything out there. how about good old-fashioned match make n

natural gas with electricity, when it reaches a certain saturation point in natural gas there will be an explosion. >> reporter: once the all clear was given. washington gas crews began to dig down to the natural gasolines under the rear of the store. fire officials believe there must be a leak underground that somehow is getting into the electrical system. >> why is this occurring again? it's something we're going to have tobe involved in looking at to make sure it's fixed and doesn't happen again. >> reporter: meanwhile on the other side of the mall there is still a stark reminder of the devastation that took place earlier this year in what could have happened again today. >> it's scary. it's scary. i don't know. i don't know what to think about that. >> reporter: as soon as firefighters arrived today they immediately had the power shut off. they say a spark today could have caused an explosion so large it could have taken out several stores ureen. >> good thing that did not happen. thank you for that report. those stores will remain closed until the problem is fixed and it it is sa

well, the scoop is that natural gas prices have collapsed. natural gas is priced per.so what you pay for just about any energy use in your home is going to be a real deal this winter. now the only people left out of this are people in the northeast who heat with home heating oil. home heating oil is going to be really pricey this winter. i'm clark howard with more news for your wallet, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> all right, clark, will teach you to save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. so catch him at noon eastern on saturdays and sundays right here on hln. >>> two paraglider pilots tried to entertain the crowd at a festival but as you can see in this tape something went badly wrong. joanna says -- well, you can logon to our facebook page at cnn.com/robin. there's a little "f" for facebook, it will take you right there. >>> it began as a romantic hike, it ended with a dramatic helicopter copper. a woman fell off of the trail into some rocks off of the potomac river. but poor thing, one moment you are asked to marry someone and the next moment you are ne

increase in natural gas storage at 66 bcf.lt, we are seeing -- what we have seen for the past two weeks, a little bit less of an ejection cause a rally in natural gas prices. we're up five cents or so right now. around 380. right now i'm joined by randy who is a vet van trader in the natural gas. randy, we've seen about a 50% move higher since september 4th in natural gas. even though right now we're looking at storage levels well above the five-year average. what's going on here? >> i think there was some bargain buying down at the $2.50 level and i think there's been a fair amount of short covering that's gone on over extended. we were at seven-year lows when you were looking at crude prices over $70. we obviously were very cheap relative to the other energies. >> right now we're at 3.83, it looks like nor natural gas. going to $4 or over? >> i'm struggling with the idea of $4 handle given that we have so much in change. >> erin, back to you. we have a rally going on once again in natural gas futures. >> okay. thank you very

you can see the one driver purchasing gas. nobody was hurt. attendant is getting much praise after hitting a red button that cut the gas supply. >> the time now 5:11. coming up, the president ordered the chesapeake bay be cleaned up. >> time is running out for you to take advantage of the first-time home buyer tax advantage. >> a new acc >> upper 50's and low 60's across the area this morning. that will be consistent before we start to warm up a little bit. with the storm spinning off shore. it may take a while to get out from under it. maybe this afternoon, we can get a sun break and start to warm the temperatures up. you can see the warmest activity is on the new jersey shore line. the storm will start lifting. the influence will begin to pull away. it may take until saturday for the clouds to totally go away. the temperature range, we are trying to be optimistic. some of you may actually get up close to 70 for the high. that would be better off to the west and southwest. tornado watch at noon. on the bay, small craft advisories are out. the

nat gas, soaring today.e bottom is not in here. >> first, melissa, happy hump day, we're half-way through the week. looking at national gas storage, clearly fundamentals are bearish but right now short positions in the market are being unwound in natural gas. if you're one of those challenged money managers who are looking for performance, you look at natural gas and crude oil, look six to nine months ago, where are you getting your better return? in natural gas, less regulation. you have the winter coming. forecasts for the winter of 2010 are looking 10% colder than the last ten-year average. i think right now in natural gas you could make the claim that it is okay to scoop up a lot of these equities. >> what do you say about production in nat gas which is going up while demand's going down? seems there are divergent fundamentals here. they're only getting worse on the supply side. >> timmy, the think about national gas and been around it for 15 to 20 years, in that marketplace you can work off inventories

we have got our natural gas. i am imagine what else we could have done that we have done done. >> i work on a lot of social action campaigns as do a lot of people here today. it has been remarkable progress to have assembled an army of 1.6 million. it is actually really fast for a advocacy campaign. there has been a lot of progress. are there areas in the west that are better for energy production than others? what new technologies are you most hopeful about? are their energies in the west that are more better for energy production than others and which technologies are you more hopeful about? >> are there areas in the west that are better than others? >> for energy in production, and which new technologies are you hopeful for it? >> let me go with the second part first. the new technologies are going to come very fast. this administration is committed to renewables. the american people want them. it is an excellent fit. you get in touch with 20 million people and keeps me -- you have 600 million people signed up

gas leak. someone smelled the gas at the penmar forest shopping center and called 911. emergency responders found high levels of natural gas. they got someone out there and then they got people out of the stores quickly. back in may, nine firefighters were injured and several stores were damaged by another explosion. utility companies washington gas and pepco are looking into possible causes. >>> here is what's happening today, september 28th, alley will encourage people in maryland to get the seasonal flu vaccine by receiving the shot himself. he will do that at a clinic this morning. elijah cummings is set to host an hiv aides symposium to promote awareness of the disease. millions of people around the world are celebrating yom kippur, this is the holiest day of the year for religions jews. >>> the first family went sightseeing in their own backyard yesterday. they spent time at the jefferson memorial, washington monument, the first lady the couple's two daughters and extended family came alo

a routine trip to the gas station nearly turns deadly for a routine trip to the gas station nearly turns deadly for one man in canada. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning, everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. >>> and today we begin with remembering 9/11. the nation will pause this morning to honor the thousands of lives lost eight years ago when the u.s. came under terror attack. from new york city to pennsylvania, to the grounds of the pentagon, vigils will mark both the grief and the healing that continues to this day. here's nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: it has become a national day of remembrance and he renewal. memori memorials at all three crash sites and honoring the 2,752 victims who died. in new york city, families will gather the a park adjacent to the world trade center site for a ceremony of music and the reading of the victims's names. vice president joe biden and his wife will also attend. the families will once again walk to the base of ground zero to lay flowers, a sacred makeshift memorial that also shares space with an active construc

[inaudible] >> you have any idea how much it's costing you extra, a gas prices?> about $20 a week. >> if there's one thing you could ask congress to focus on more than any others, what would it be? >> gas prizes. >> what grade are you in? what you do after high school? do you know? college. >> host: congressman israel how often do you do this? >> guest: it really depends on the impact of an issue. i intend to do this when i'm back in my district this office-- august. i did it last august when the economy was really on everybody's minds. it still is that the gas prices reached a crescendo last august so i to it depending on the impact of an issue and i have to tell you that if i just did a town hall and pontificated about gas prices, most new new yorkers, their eyes would glaze over but getting that instant the back in sharing it with my district has a much greater impact. >> host: can you put anything you want on your youtube channel? >> guest: on my youtube channel, yes. on my official house web site, no. it has to be official. >> host: you can put a link on you

and unless the gas is shut off, that could create a fire and explosion hazard. now, fire department crews are out visiting these residences that were affected by this flooding, but they urge anyone if you smell gas in your house to leave the house immediately and call 911. from dundalk, maryland, i'm james hash 9news now and wusa9.com. >> james hash, brittany morehouse, gary nurenberg, great work guys. you can follow our story on our website wusa9.com. >>> topper, you have some new stories to show us the magnitude of the flooding that came out of the water main break. >> this is unbelievable. this is going to take days and weeks to clean up. this covers an area of 17 square miles. it moved southeast ward towards the bay. east of dundalk avenue and then off to the south and east again. but 17 square miles. an unbelievable amount of water. as we mentioned some earlier, four feet deep. all right. for us we'll kind of switch gears here. we don't have any water heading our way. we do have a cold front heading our way but i think it's going to move through dry. overni

by natural gas. we have 25,000 miles of pipeline and almost that many jobs in the industry. we know too well that the status quo is not going to remain the same. we are ready for what is coming. we are building the new mexico wind energy center. in open for business in 2003 and continues to expand. it is the seventh largest wind generation power plant in the u.s. with 136 wind turbines producing two hundred megawatts of power or enough electricity to power 94,000 new mexico homes. we are making a lot of investments in solar. in fact, we have a strong and growing solar energy hard at work in most segments of new mexico, creating jobs and building those new -- the new energy future right now as we speak. but that is just the beginning for all of us out here in the west. as we build this new energy economy, and we move as fast as we possibly can to renewable, and we know they are a ways off. they are not going to happen tomorrow. we know there is plenty of natural gas in mexico and throughout the west.