no one was injured amazing. even as the aircrafts were flipped on their sides. what a national guard spokesman had to say about that. we do see a lot of snow kick up and then thereafter portions of the blade of the lead helicopter separated and it appears struck the second helicopter. it s ski country in utah. east and southeast of salt lake city. the utah national guard canceled training flights after that crash. everyone is okay. amazing stuff, snowbird. dana: president biden promising he will use every tool at his disposal to limit a jump in gas prices if the russia/ukraine conflict continues. aaa says the national average of gas is at $3.54 a gallon. up 89 cents from one year ago. let s bring in katie pavlich. gas prices are up. let s look at the map. the state with the largest
big impact on american consumers, that does not seem to be the case and that seems to be the message from the market, too, that brent was at 99.50 early tuesday. it s backed off to $98.15 right now. gas prices, which moved, they re up, too, the national average hitting $3.54 a gallon. that is a fresh 7-year high of 27 cents in a month. they ll go even higher if oil prices do. i think the question is what comes next. because white house officials said additional sanctions could come at any moment if russia takes further actions here. if the west ends up hitting russian banks or even russian oil companies, that would be a big deal because the world is short on oil supplies right now. they can t really afford losing access to russian bowels right now. we know they trade with a lot of volatility, right, so they may be down today but we could see oil prices go back up if tensions escalate in ukraine.
a consequence. the world is addicted to russian exports. in the e.u. that means higher home and heating and electricity costs. in the u.s. higher prices at the pump. already $3.54 a gallon. high inflation already taking a toll politically. putting the west leaders here in a tough spot. president biden pledged this week to use every tool to blunt those gas prices, john. the tools are limited. the u.s. can pressure producers to open spigots, offer a gas tax holiday. russia paying a financial price. crashing over 40% and the ruble hitting a record low over the dollar. i was going to ask you. a few minutes ago it was down half of its value. what does that have on the russian economy, for a market to lose half of its value. it s devastating. his gamble comes at a cost to his country. we re expecting the central bank
brett: i don t do the board like bill hemmer. shannon: i loved it. thank you, hope you do some more. brett: of course. shannon: announcing additional sanctions against russia, president biden warned americans it would lead to economic pain for us in the near term at the pump and elsewhere, part of the calculations that the nation has to make for an energy producing giant for invading their sovereign neighbor. good evening, dan. the pain at the pump that americans are feeling is likely to get worse as it was a volatile day for the stock markets and the energy sector, the average price for a gallon of gas in the u.s. $3.54, 88 cents higher than one year ago according to triple a. it could go well over $4 a gallon soon. it s there on the west coast with california, hawaii, and oregon over $4 and washington state and nevada just below.
increases, ohio is the highest at 10 cents. then a lot of these states at 6 and 5 cents. again, these prices were already up. if gas goes up any further it won t be just because of gas prices but it could exacerbate things. president joe biden released the strategic oil reserves in november as a result of gas prices being up. now we re back at this level as the average price of gas being $3.54. what you are seeing as the russia/ukraine war starts to play out the administration trying to brace americans with higher gas prices. reality is joe biden is seeing his climate change agenda collide with the national security foreign policy crisis overseas. the benefit that the united states is on the track for of being energy independent.