do that and while, you know, it can have an impact, about 18 cents, i believe, if i remember correctly, one of the reasons why we re considering it. reporter: maryland, georgia, and connecticut have temporarily suspended gas taxes in their states with several others considering similar measures. and with the national average of gas, $4.12 a gallon, it s no surprise states are taking matters into their own hands as all eyes are on president biden and his administration to ease the economic blow to american consumers as he tries to reign in russia. cori. yeah, there s concern of just how high it s going to go for people just trying to fill up their tanks, only filling them halfway at times. julia jester in wilmington, delaware, thanks, julia. now to the refugee crisis, polish officials say more tha 2.6 million ukrainians have
the s&p 500 lost one and a quarter. the nasdaq was down two and three quarters. take a look at gasoline prices. jumping 11 cents a gallon overnight. one month ago the average price was $3.42. a week ago 3.57. yesterday 373 and today s price 3.84. for diesel, 3.77 a month ago. 3.98 a week ago. 4.12 yesterday and 4.26 today. president biden says the economy rolled back faster than expected. celebrating the february jobs report but there is tremendous strain on the economy and american families on higher prices particularly as you just saw from gasoline. white house correspondent jackie mine rick joins us tonight with how that factors in to the ukraine crisis live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. just when the grip of the pandemic seems to loosens the war s threat to the economy is growing by the day.
we are talking all things covid and vaccines, boosterjabs and children from 12 to 15 getting a covid vaccine as well. with me is our health correspondent anna collinson. i m alsojoined by our family and education correspondent, sean coughlan. welcome to both of you. we start with those queries about 12 to 15 year olds getting a jab. i will start with you, sean, jonathan and harrogate says, wouldn t it be easier to say that we just give jabs to all secondary school children rather than set it specifically by age? at the moment we are saying 12 to 15. the rationale for picking out that age group? the to15. the rationale for picking out that age grow? to 15. the rationale for picking out that age group? the approval of the vaccines is 4/12, that age group? the approval of the vaccines is 4/12, the that age group? the approval of the vaccines is 4/12, the age that age group? the approval of the vaccines is 4/12, the age group - that age group? the approval of the vaccines is 4/12, t
stock market. down more than 600 points. 4.12%. the other indexes. matt, down mile stones. since the election the overall trend is still well up. yes. i can t blame people for wanting to cash in with the way the market has been on a tear. you will have some selloffs. i don t think this is an indicator of the economy. the economy is the effect of all of the pull back on the regulations. the tax cuts are great. that hasn t hit the economy yet. bret: a danger for a president to tie his success to the stock market? yes, and reagan had a bad day. donald trump had to do everything to talk about what is happening instead of talking about this investigation. i can t say i blame him. bret: winners and losers? jeff beyss on atomzon.
$4.12 in china. when i talk to business executives, manufacturing executives, the fact is that those workers have become very, very productive. and so ford is building a $1.6 billion plant in mexico right now to make small cars because you cannot make small cars in america at our wage rates on a cost effective basis. all right. katty kay, this is obviously a challenge also for great britain. how is great britain facing this brave new reality that s really been hampering all of us in the west for the past 15, 16 years? i think this is the biggest challenge facing western leaders and no one frankly has come up with any good solutions. what do you do about post-manufacturing job growth? what do you do about wages for people still in manufacturing sector. some people in the private sector are looking at it. some people in think tanks are