bulges were noticed, there were fears it could collapse. if it did, it would release a 17-foot wave down towards louisiana, we re about 50 miles north of new orleans. that water would flow down the river, so there s real concern here about what it would do to people who live along that river. louisiana governor bobby jindal ordered an evacuation thursday of up to 60,000 people. they were given 90 minutes pretty much to leave, but right now efforts really working around the clock today as well. they re going to try and lower the levels here to prevent that dam, which has already been damaged, from corrupting and breaking up completely. back to you. alisyn: all right. steve harrigan, thanks so much for the update. americans are facing a surge in gas prices just in time for labor day weekend road trips. here s a lmp prices nationwide. residents of the states shown here are paying up to $3.80 for a gallon of regular gas. people living in these states face $3.92, and these unlucky
some spots. partly because of refinery problems. yesterday s pipeline blast in richmond, california. the west coast could see their prices going up as well. fox business network s jeff block is in indiana to tell us more. reporter: it s the midwest s largest refinery. when there are problems in refineries like there are at three in the midwest you get price spikes like what is coming from california. take a look at states with the highest gas prices in the nation right now. at least in the lower 48. the worst in the nation is illinois. just over the tbroard where we stand right now. over $4 a gallon. michigan is second at $3.97 and wisconsin where the pipeline broke. $3.92 a gallon. in chicago, this is the all-time highest worst city in the
$9.76. between $50,000 and $100,000.26.27. $100,000 to $200,000 it s $73.92. you can go to foxnews.com and punch in the numbers. bill: is that annual. reporter: that is your share for one year of this extension which is almost $6 billion. bill: we will check that out at foxnews.com. thank you, mike. nice to see you. martha. martha: we are awaiting a major white house announcement this morning that could impact your wallet. the president is expected to talk about the bush era tax cuts, but reports that the white house will not be extending it for everybody. we ll have a fair & balanced debate on what that means for the economy, plus this.
prices. it isn t working out the way they hoped. today, the national average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.33. it s the lowest price per gallon since last december. over the last three months, gas prices have fallen from a national high of $3.92 back in april. in some southern states in this country, the average cost is already below $3 a gallon. all of a sudden, what s that noise? i can t hear it. it s because the republicans are all of a sudden quiet about energy policy. you see, they were making all kinds of noise about high gas prices back in the spring. leaders of congress, the presidential candidates, and the right-wing media all over this president, saying he s the problem. putting the blame on president obama. since this president has been president, the cost of gasoline
the program, you mentioned that coming up on friday, you got a special on gas with former governor sarah palin. the governor and i are going to sit down and there is a special gasoline, 139 billion gallons we use a year. that means during the presidency since president obama took office, gasoline went from 1.83 to 3.93, 3.92. that means $200 billion per half year so almost $500 million. almost half a trillion dollars we re shipping overseas to the middle eastern dictators instead of americans spends it. governor palin and i will sit down and break it down from regulation, speculation. steve: what can we do right now to bring down the price? the most important part is at the end of the show, we ll put together a four-part plan, present it to president obama and see if he takes it.