andy gallagher, abc news, sarasota, florida. ♪ >> good to have you with us.r of the headlines this hour, a thousand people evacuated from the besieged libyan city of misrata arrived in the strong hold of benghazi. nigeria's newly elected president goodluck jonathan appealed for an end to the violence in the north of the country. the british scientist credited with inventing the worldwide web is warning the freedom of the web is being put at risk by the demand of big business. the companies which want to control the traffic on the internet to make it less free and open than he had originally intended. we spoke to our correspondent. >> two decades after its birth, the worldwide web is changing lives, transforming businesses, and driving political change. but the man who invented it sees threats to its future. >> i think that it's such an empowering thing for humanity to be connected, it becomes a human right. but at the same time, because it's so powerful, it becomes also very -- a very powerful tool for either government or a large company to be able to get co

usually drive to sarasota, florida to see grandma on easter. but not this year. >> gas prices at $4 a gallon, we decided not to travel an eight or ten-hour trip like we normally would to see family. >> they are not alone. fewer people are visiting popular springtime attractions including mt. ranier, mt. rushmore, yellowstone and the everglades. >> we can't afford to be driving all over with the price of gas like this. >> the northern branch of triple a said they've seen a 26% increase in drivers calling them for help after they've run out of gas. >> as the prices go up, people may not have as much money in their budget for gas as they used to, so they may be trying to stretch it out. >> reporter: in fact, gas sales have been down for seven straight weeks. >> just the delivery guy. >> reporter: he delivered 9,000 gallons to this shell station. the owner says she may not need it all this weekend. >> we're losing money because the people doesn't buy gas as much as before.

. >> craig and mary jo from charlotte, north carolina, usually drive to sarasota, florida, to see grandma on easter, but not this year. >> gas is over $4 a gallon. we decided not to travel an eight-hour or ten-hour trip to see family. >> they're not alone. fewer people are visiting popular spring time attractions including mt. rainier, mt. rushmore, yellowstone, and the everglades. >> we can't afford to be driving all over with the price of gas like this. >> the northern california branch of aaa says they have seen a 26% increase in drivers calling them for help after they've run out of gas. >> as the prices go up, people may not have as much money in their budget for gas as they use to, so they may be trying to stretch it out. >> reporter: in fact, gas sales have been down for seven straight weeks. >> i'm just the delivery guy. >> reporter: today, he delivers 9,000 gallons to this shell station. the owner says she may not need it all this weekend. >> we're losing money because the people doesn't buy gas as much as before. >> reporter: but it could be worse. canadians are actually traveli

for example in a mobile home park in sarasota, powerful thunderstorms and heavy winds caused damage to more than two dozen units as five tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in the region and wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour also damaged one hanger at the airport and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. still ahead, today's business news in the "bloomberg business report." >> and we'll take a look at what will be hopping to a theater near you. that's straight ahead. >> and fog warnings to be aware of on this rainy, rainy i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. finish jet dry rinse agent removes residue and actively dries dishes, for a brilliant shine straight from the dishwasher. finish jet dry rinse agent. finish. the diamond standard. >> this is not a good day to drive anywhere. >> no. all the road spray coming in this morning. even though it's not raining so heavily, the road spray, ugh. at president and lumbar street we might hav

here's a look at sarasota. you will see build visibility godown as thunderstorms across that area.he causeway their 300 ft. above bailable hit in 88 mi. per hour wind gusts recorded today. there's been over 5 in. of rain in orlando. similar amounts all through central florida yet it was a beautiful sunny day and south florida. out west this is indian wells california with a- day was 105 look of the best in the area record heat in the southwest today. big jet stream setting up the store menace to the south of us. in our area we have the usual spread from like said areas that inland areas with the valley enjoyed a 54. it is school tonight because the air is dry and dry air cools. here's the reader view of the big thunderstorm still traversing the sunshine state. towering only 38,000 ft. vs 48,000 earlier today. lots of rain coming down in near coeur narrow corridor. it's a bomb of the storm that will deepen rapidly as it runs up the east coast. in our area it is not the snow which could accumulate 1 ft. in some spots in interior remained in new england as you can see there. it is the

walnut-sized hail and flooding. 70 mile an hour wind gusts ripped through this mobile home park in sarasota. the same gusts flipped small planes over at an airport. thousands of people are now dealing with power outages and damage to their homes. >>> makes us feel like whiners here, when we've been complaining about our cloudy skies, but the weather is starting to clear and that's a good thing for you heading to the cherry blossom festival. the peak bloom ends today. and that's when 70% of the trees around the tidal basin will have their blossoms. this year's peak bloom was shortened from five days to three. >> so will this be a weekend for whining? >> you know, yeah, half a weekend for whining. because we still have some cool air coming in. we still have a couple light showers that could be out there, maybe even a couple wet snowflakes early tomorrow morning. but then we're going to see the temperatures more spring-like as we make our way toward the end of the weekend, and especially starting next week. let's show you outside right now. we to have some sunshine out there, a few cherry blos

they hit the bar in sarasota drinking, chatting with girls, captured on video and these party pics. the last pictures of them alive. around 3:00 a.m. police responded to a 911 call. >> hello? >> hi, this is 911. >> we just rolled through the old projects on -- we see a white dude laying in blood everywhere. she's just laid out. i don't know if he's still alive. >> reporter: on the scene they found 25-year-old james cooper and 24-year-old casaerz dead shot in the back miles away from where they were seen partying. >> our number one priority is solving this case, bringing the perpetrators to justice. >> reporter: 16-year-old sean tyson was charged with double murder. nine days before he was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. police say there might be more people involved but the question remains, what were the young tourists doing in a violent neighborhood and how did they get there? friends and family memberses are sure neither were drug users and police say no drugs, weapons or excessive cash were found on the victims. >> we are trying to determine why they would

i live in sarasota, florida. i am a single mom, raising two taylor,daughters, ann taylorand 18, is here today. i w diagnosed with cervical cancer when i was 19 years old. i was a youngninsured college student. i was a regular patient planned parenthood because they were the only place i could go for preventive care and checkups. it was a basic pat smear that found my first cancer, which enough thatearly it was treated successfully. in addition to keeping myself hopping, i have to make sure my two daughters get their regular checkups they need. my mother died of breast cance when she was 57. i have had staged three breast ncer and have been tested for the cancer gene, and unfortunately, i have it. that means mdaughters have a 50% chance of getting breast cancer. a 35% chance of developing urine and cervical cancer. it is critical my girlset regular checkups. the only place i can take them for these is planned parenthood health center. they get that prevented the tests they need to make sure we can catch any abnorm

i live in sarasota, florida. i am a single mom, raising two taylor,daughters, ann taylorand 18, is here today. i was diagnosed with cervical cancer when i was 19 years old. i was a young uninsured college student. i was a regular patient planned parenthood because they were the only place i could go for preventive care and checkups. it was a basic pat smear that found my first cancer, which enough thatearly it was treated successfully. in addition to keeping myself hopping, i have to make sure my two daughters get their regular checkups they need. my mother died of breast cancer when she was 57. i have had staged three breast cancer and have been tested for the cancer gene, and unfortunately, i have it. that means my daughters have a 50% chance of getting breast cancer. a 35% chance of developing urine and cervical cancer. it is critical my girls get regular checkups. the only place i can take them for these is planned parenthood health center. they get that prevented the tests they need to make sure we can catch

i live in sarasota, florida. i am a single mom, raising two taylor,daughters, ann taylorand 18, is here today. i was diagnosed with cervical cancer when i was 19 years old. i was a young uninsured college student. i was a regular patient planned parenthood because they were the only place i could go for preventive care and checkups. it was a basic pat smear that found my first cancer, which enough thatearly it was treated successfully. in addition to keeping myself hopping, i have to make sure my two daughters get their regular checkups they need. my mother died of breast cancer when she was 57. i have had staged three breast cancer and have been tested for the cancer gene, and unfortunately, i have it. that means my daughters have a 50% chance of getting breast cancer. a 35% chance of developing urine and cervical cancer. it is critical my girls get regular checkups. the only place i can take them for these is planned parenthood health center. they get that prevented the tests they need to make sure we can catch

host: let's take another call from sarasota, florida, republicans.'re on "washington journal" with celinda lake. caller: i am interested having your guest to explain why the tea party membership seems to grow when their premises -- premise is less government. his wife are very dissatisfied with the quality of people that we are sending to washington, especially those that have been there. such a long time and have become professional politicians. if you notice, the group that was sent in last november, there were not any professional politicians. there were businessman, on to canoers -- entrepot yours, people who knew how to make the economy work. the only thing they seem to want to work is a method for them to retain their jobs. their only thinking of the next election. i think your polls are terribly skewed. i do not know which town hall meetings you are attending, but people are very pleased with the people they sent to washington. they are pleased because they are standing up against this explosive government, the spending, all of this going on w

host: let us go to florida in sarasota. good morning, ed. caller: i played zero% corporate tax all the way up to 35% tax. i think if we want to reform the tax code, we have to give the great religions the zero tax and anyone on the minimum wage give them 5% minimum tax and then 15% moderates, middle-class tax, and then you can go up the ladder. but we have to start taxing the foreign multinational corporations that come in here from value added tax countries. they work their poor and tax than 20% on top of it to boost their economy. that is unfair. i think we should flatten the tax and just get it call reformed. host: coming from twitter -- is a question of lined up -- if you are paying not that much in taxes are you tempted to say they are fair? the polls as little difference across income levels. while there were differences in republicans versus democrats, men versus women, young and old. there was not a lot of difference found in various income levels. people kind of way in along the same lines regardless of that. this go to the next cal

if you have any information about this kasz please call crime stoppers of sarasota county at 941-366-tips. they've set up a fund where you can do nate to. >> we have to talk about snow in the upper portions of the midwest. there are advisories posted from montana, down through the plains. we could see up to 12 inches locally in some locations. otherwise we are going to see th >>> good morning to you. yeah, we got clouds overhead this morning. it's going to be a nice second half of the day with temperatures climbing into the upper 60s, making for better conditions than what we saw yesterday. we'll be 10 to 12 degrees warmer on average. clouds overnight. the overnight lows are warmer as well. the temperatures in the 70s for friday. here is a look at the extended outlook. temperatures 72 degrees. by saturday 73 sunday. >>> good morning. it just turned 7:56. i'm brent cannon. overturning emotions as families see the man police say killed their loved ones decades ago. joseph is accused of killing two bay area women in the mid-70s. and two in the mid-90s. they all had first and last names e