week. what's really going on here is the price is going up since the russian invasion of ukraine, about 50 cents since it started 11 days ago. also, the u.s. gets about 2% of its oil imports from russia but because of the war, it's causing a strain on european and asian markets. oil traded globally, so that's causing the price to go up even here. we are really close to the record for the national average. $4.11 set back in july 17th, 2008. experts say this bubble might not burst until $4.25, maybe $4.50 a gallon, gabe. >> no signs it turns around anytime soon, thank you for that. at this hour, efforts under way to get wnba brittany griner back to the united states. she's currently detained in russia after being arrested at the moscow airport. griner's wife and now the state department are weighing in. cnn's kylie atwood is tracking this live at the state department for us this hour. kylie, what are you learning?