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after draining part of a river near where he was last seen. and so far police say the body does not indicate any violence. gas prices. everybody enjoying this one not so much. they re up for the 14th day in a row. aaa says the national average for regular unleaded now $3.52 a gallon. and move over mcdonald s. apparently a new fast food king sort of. subway has surpassed mcdonald s as the restaurant chain with the most locations worldwide. as of yesterday, subway had more than 34,000 locations? mcdonald s, however, still reportedly makes more money. and we re still more than a year from the next presidential election, but last night a group of republicans took to iowa to test the waters a bit. and guess who was there? jessica yellin. watch. reporter: hey, brooke. it s only march, a year and a half before the presidential elections. you might wonder, who wants to
that moammar gadhafi is about to speak. what he will say we don t know. every time he s come out he has gone on and on at length. the reason that this is so significant today is there are reports just mentioned of the possibility that he may be looking for safe package out of the country. who knows. he is extremely mecurial. it could get underway at any time. he s going to speak at a hotel. we will bring it to you as soon as that happens. all right. let s talk about gasoline for a moment. you know the national average for gasoline is closing in on $3.52 a gallon. what does ma mean on average? you know what the bill is when you go to the pump -p, $70 to fill up a 20-gallon tank. this becomes a pressure cooker for the president who is facing increased calls to tap the strategic oil preserve. dagan mcdowell joins us now.
concern at the pentagon and across washington about what some people call the nightmare scenario. what if, at the last minute, gadhafi forces really open up on the libyan people and you have mass civilian casualties? then what does the international community do? absolutely. it seems there is no easy solution and no easy choice to make at this point. barbara starr, thanks so much. we are also keeping a close eye on how the instability in the arab world is impacting your wallet. we have been talking about this quite a bit this morning. oil prices have eased a bit after reports that opec may increase its outpet. prices around a hundred dollars a barrel and the highest in two and a half years. gas prices, you care. this time yesterday, we told you unleaded averaging $3.51 a gallon. today, americans are paying a penny more, average of $2.52.
march toward gadhafi s stronghold in tripoli. for now. and for now it is as far as we can go too. lama hasan, abc news, ras lanuf, libya. unbelievable. political uncertainty in libya and other oil-producing countries has sent fuel prices skyrocketing. the average price of a gallon of gas hit a new record for this time of year, $3.52. over the past four weeks, prices have jumped 39 cents per gallon and analysts say no immediate relief in sight. even though gas prices are the highest they ve been in two years, some analysts are questioning the president s plan to tap into the nation s federal oil reserves. t.j. winick reports that the pumped up prices could have a ripple effect on the economy. reporter: if you think the unrest in the middle east doesn t impact all of our lives, guess again. i think the price of gas is ridiculous. we were around $65 and now we re at $95. reporter: to fill up your