but we re expecting updated numbers a little later this morning. i know in about three hours, orange county fire authority crews are planning a press conference. meanwhile, the good news here is that the wind has died down and that s really what was spreading this fire so quickly yesterday. when this broke out. so that s the latest here in laguna niguel. back to you. steve: thank you very much for the live report. ainsley: let s hand it over to carlie with more headlines for you. carley: big story here, average price of gas reaching a new record high according to triple a. it s up to $4.41 per gallon. one year ago, we were paying $3. and diesel, also the highest on record at $5.55 for a gallon. that s up more than $2 per gallon compared to last year. it comes as the biden administration cancels a big oil and gas lease in alaska and the gulf of mexico. larry kudlow will join us later to discuss those numbers. and the producer price index
it s up a penny from yesterday. a year ago, it was $3. there s the numbers right there. larry, this is not joe biden s problem. this is trump s problem, it s coronavirus, it s putin, the dog ate my homework. it s not his problem. yeah, don t forget ultra-maga. it s ultra-maga s problem, too, let s not leave that out. look it, he you know, president biden should really start to own this problem. i mean, the blame game is not going to work. it s not working for him. ordinary working folks, they don t buy into the blame game at all. so i don t know why he continues to do this. i mean, look, you re in an emergency inflation crisis. and to you ve got to start taking emergency actions. i mean, for example, just for example, stop spending. domestic spending. put a freeze on it.
county, a lot of people get rid of the lawn all together and just have rocks, gravel, you know, things growing. cactus. controlled. not weedy. ainsley: hand it over to carley who has more headlines. carley: a big story affecting everybody across the country. the average price of gas reaching a brand new record high this morning. according to aaa it s up to $4.41 per gallon. one year ago we were paying 3 bucks. and diesel also the highest on record at $5.55 for a gallon. that s up more than $2 more per gallon compared to last year. it comes as the biden administration cancels a big oil and gas lease in alaska and the gulf of mexico. larry kudlow will join us later to discuss these record numbers the fda says it will allow some baby formula products to be released from a closed michigan plant on a, quote: case by case basis to help the national
pro-choice republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski but women s protection act had most democrats supporting it, except for joe manchin. there s no reason to believe even if this murkowski/collins proposal were something that would be voted on, there s no guarantee all democrats get on board. in fact, some think it s too watered down. so there s really few, if any, legislative paths forward here. thank you very much. gas prices continue to hit americans wallets very hard. national average reached another record high, $4.41. in battleground states like georgia, gas prices are becoming a major issue for voters and candidates. joins us from gainesville, allison barber. what you hearing this morning? reporter: jose, we are hearing from people that are very frustrated. they do not like the prices they are seeing at the pump.
and the economy and how anything, any legislation, any decision politically would affect that. that s what i thought she was answering. senator scott, what he said was very moving and was very emotional but if we do look at the numbers and we do look at how this does impact. this is not just among african-americans and not always just amongst lower income. certainly but how would it affect social programs like welfare, healthcare system, education system. i didn t take it as some people i didn t think she was attacking senator scott and his mother s choice to have him. harris: you are entitled to your opinion. she gave us hers. you don t have to go to work as the world s living heart donor which is what she chose to do on that day. gas prices hitting a record high for the third day in a row. the average price for a gallon now $4.41. by the time we get to friday on this trend it will make