the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded jumped two cents overnight to 3.77. that s 29 cents higher than it was a month ago. president obama saying today the answer is better fuel economy and developing alternative energy sources. republicans are saying the president is blocking new energy projects like the keystone oil pipeline from canada. the president denied a permit for keystone pending further environmental reviews. i m harris faulkner. now back to justic justice withe jejudgejeanine. that was the end of the line for character edie on desperate housewives . turns there was more going on behind the scenes of the hit show than what you saw on the screen. nicollette sheridan sues the
debate expensive gasoline vs. inexpensive gasoline, effective energy policy vs. whatever he has in mind which i don t know anything about frankly. you made a great point yesterday on meet the press that the elite media, they re not bringing up the cost of gas. they re not bringing up the deficit. they re not bringing up a lot of stuff. and we re looking at the national average $3.77. it s over $5 a gallon in a lot of spots. why is it that the elite media is not doing that, sir? because the elite media has totally sold out to barack obama. they re desperate to re-elect him. he represents their values. they genuinely like him and they share his world view and we would they would like to do anything to pick fights with republicans. it would be great for us in a series of debates and ron paul discussed this at some point. let s have a debate without a moderator and have a debate with somebody from the heritage foundation or the american institute as a moderator. this idea with lettin
newt gingrich predicting dark days ahead if gas prices rise even more. current average gallon of regular unleaded $3.77 up about seven cents from a week ago, up 30-cents from a month ago. the former speaker saying the current trend must be stopped. the price of gasoline is becoming a genuine crisis for many american families. if it continues to go higher it will crater the economy by august. people have will no discretionary income. bill: steven moore senior economic writer wall street journal. is gingrich right on that. he s spot on, bill. i d love to pay $3.77 a gallon. in northern virginia we are paying up to $4.09 a gallon. we are seeing a pain in the pump. bill: i think that point is important. a lot of people think about the story and think about california and new york state. you re talking northern virginia. right. we ve trao digs tpha
emerging after last week s tornadoes in the midwest. an update on the recovery efforts. chris? they are amazing stories. thank you, thomas. in just moments, president obama is going to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the oval office. topping the agenda is what to do with a nuclear iran. sanctions are front and center. they could choke off the oil industry. the national average now stands at $3.77. that s up 29 cents from a month ago. we have seen 27 straight days of gas price hikes. richard lui is here. is iran the wild card into whether we ll be seeing $5 a gallon gas this summer? it s about spare capacity or how much more oil can be pumped, if we need it. prices go up when spare capacity goes down. spare capacity at the moment is 2.5 million barrels per day. iran s exports, that s 2.2
megyn: the farther you drive the deeper you ll have to dig into your wallet to get there. gas prices continuing their rapid climb nationwide and some economists fear they could slam the brakes on any economic recovery. nationwide, the average now up to 3.77 a gallon, according to aaa, up 7 cents in one week. we ve been following prices closely in cincinnati, ohio, just as one bellwether, right now drivers in that city paying 3.72 a gallon. that s an increase of 8 cents per gallon over the last week when that same gas cost you 3.64. new questions today about the man just tapped to help shape u.s. policy on what happens to gitmo detainees. tony west is now at the number three spot in the department of justice. but before that, he defended one of america s enemies.