dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
yeah, we are now at all time highs. 4.91 for the average gallon of regular, up a nickel overnight. up $0.29 in the last week, 60 plus cents in the last month and around $3 for a gallon of gas this time last year. 13 states have now joined the dreaded $5 club, on average, for the gallon of regular. maine, massachusetts and new jersey overnight joined that club. and as you point out, everyone who watches oil and gas and the prices say it s going to get worse. we are seeing gasoline demand increase at the same time that gasoline inventories are at their lowest level for this time of year since 2014. combined with other events happening in the world, gasoline prices are going up and i expect over the next week we are going to see $5 a gallon as the national average.