to do. so we ll give you more about that soon. bill: the pain at the pump. gas prices you saw our polling driving up inflation. the shippers deal with record high fuel costs. national average gallon of diesel now $2.56 higher it was a year ago. all that is passed on to you over time. lydia hu live in new jersey with more on that. give us some good news if you can find it. good morning. good morning, bill. i wish i had some good news here. the truth is diesel prices have spiked 80% over a year ago. that means the national average for a gallon of diesel now stands at $5.78. this shipping company has been forced to impose a fuel surcharge on all its deliveries at $250 extra to all its customers. they say the last time they had to impose a fuel surcharge president jimmy carter was in office. passed on a fuel surcharge
$5.56, aaa conducted a survey telling us they asked drivers where they ready to pay more? could they pay more or will they have to cut back in other areas? people said before he molesters too much i can t imagine people doing other going to have to get creative gas prices are always more expensive in the summer because demand for fuel spikes. this year experts pointing to global oil prices on the rise. the war in ukraine and pandemic recovery for the high prices back at your life we can tell you it is not just gas you hurt lucas mention pretty much everything you re going to pay for is going to cost more. we are looking at record inflation, arthel per. oh boy, the lady had a good idea in terms of biking more this summer but people can t bike to work. gotta figure something out alexis mcadams thank you very much. meanwhile thousands of people are hitting the streets major u.s. cities for the second of march for our lives rally s for they are demanding gun control action from lawmakers
right now national average is $5.76 a gallon. the average big rigs holding 300 gallons so they fill up at that price, it will be more than $1700 to refuel the truck making deliveries. gas is high for everyone feeling up but if you look at california, nevada, alaska, illinois or washington, you have the highest gas prices in the nation, california at $6.43 a gallon, illinois at $5.56. a recent survey aaa found most drivers cutting back in other areas due to the spike in prices overall. gas prices are always higher in the summer so there s the demand for fuel spikes but this your expert or pointing to global oil prices rising, war in ukraine and pandemic recovery for the ongoing spike. it s not just gas prices we are paying more for everything as we have noticed. record high inflation.
a $1.56 more than this time last year. matt egan has more on why the prices continue to climb. reporter: jessica, if you re hitting the road this holiday weekend, brace yourself. the national average for regular gas is about 50% higher than last memorial day weekend. even the biden administration concedes that gas prices are at, quote, outrageous levels. now we were invited by the white house to join a rare tour of the strategic petroleum reserve. the government s emergency stockpile and the biggest weapon against high gas prices. president authorized a record setting release this year. and after the tour i asked energy sect jennifer granholm if record high grass prices mean that this weapon is really more of a band aid. it is the biggest tool that the president has which is the strategic petroleum reserve. the events globally have so much power over the price per pebarr. we need to see an increase in supply to make up for the lost russian barrels and that is why
kamala harris and michael scott communications, where see where it takes you regardless of the question you ask. of course, from the office kamala harris thing from the office of the white house. the vice presidency. and among those criticizing the white house for week response, impacting every american. i think the shelves being empty is something very disturbing to americans. we want to be able to have confidence the economy functions and we are able to fix the supply chain issues and respond quickly. this is something ultimately regardless of the people who eventually i think are called to congress on this issue is something the president has to deal with. carley: a fox news alert, average gas price in america hitting another record high this morning now clocking in at a whopping $4.56. the surgeon cost one factor hurting businesses in everyday americans, aaliya mccullough