pork prices are on there. and how much longer can they deny this is a reality especially continuing into the holiday weekend, and people are filling up their gas tanks to make road trips. they are seeing gas prices go up, the average price was $3.12 a month ago, and they are paying almost a dollar less the pump. i think most americans look at this and shake their heads and say joe biden is out of touch. joe biden doesn t feel the pain that i feel with these rising prices, and americans who actually shop and deal with these prices that deal with budgets and deal with fixed incomes, actually know that their money, there dollar goes less far than it does this year than last year. it s not just when you liable up
and prieces at the pump are climbing, national average for gas is now $3.12. there are dislocations after shutdowns and a shortage of gas truck drivers. and all those tank are trucks and drivers, it will be a mess. and the heat finally easing up a bit. what is in store? here is derek van dam. happy fourth of july weekend, we re starting off on a rather wet note along the east coast, but things are looking promising in team for the fourth of july fear fireworks sunday evening. we have shower very activity around new orleans and atlanta, but notice how the high pressure starts to kick out all the wet weather and allow for clearing in the skies and very
gatherings to big travel plans projected to rival previous all-time records for the weekend. and while that certainly sounds like we are back, it will not be like the good old days for many, not with the highly contagious delta covid variant rapidly spreading in this country. certain to put more unprotected people at risk. we ll get to that in a moment. but first, tom costello and what to expect as all that pent-up travel demand spills out into highways and runways. reporter: it s a july 4th getaway looking more like a thanksgiving travel rush. from the roads to the airports, 48 million of us, probably more, are on the move. the second busiest independence day weekend ever. yeah, i m excited to get out of the house. like everyone else. reporter: and we re paying more at just ab rental car prices up 86%. and gas prices are rebounding, along with the economy. now averaging $3.12 a
release. we have to have a system that is based on merit if we really want this country to grow. laura: does john cox have a chance in california? does the g.o.p. have a reason to hope in california? yes. remember this is the state that brought us ronald reagan. we have this crazy system which i do not like. this idea is crazy. john cox will come through but there is another reason for california to be hopeful. the democrats when they took the majority, they raise the gasoline tax $0.12. they have initiative on the ballot but you can repeal that. laura: we have to bring hope back to the people california, especially republicans. thank you so much for joining us. we will be right back.
not half a million, not $0.12. we lost $800 billion a year on trade. not going to happen. newspaper reported that some democrats in key rust belt states important in 2018 and 2020 are worried their leaders do not realize how potent this issue is politically with the forgotten workers the president appealed to in 2016. one of those key rust belt states of course pennsylvania where there is a special election for a house seat later this month. in a debate this weekend, republican and democrat battling to see who was more in tune with the president. many of our competitors around the world have slanted the playing field. their thumb has been on the scale and i think president trump is trying to even it out. china has been making cheap steel and flooding the market. it s not fair and it s not right. i think is long overdue.