nation, reverend al sharpton. my conversation with him is coming up at the bottom of the hour. now number three on our first five web stories. scarlett johansson. set to take on the role of janet leigh in the new pick making of psycho. it shows what happened behind the scenes of the iconic film. anthony hopkins with play director alfred hitchcock. energy crisis hitting americans in the wallet with the rising gas prices. prices have gone up for the 26th straight day. according to aaa, the national average price of a gallon of gas regular is $3.77. a month ago $3.47. a year ago $3.49. too high no matter how you look at it. [ male announcer ] speramus meliora;
shepard: show me. we went to columbia university, our intern went katherine, went shopping. eggs in new york city, $2.39 for a carton. in des moines $1.19. what do you think of that? shepard: i am surprised eggs are $2.39. and a gallon of milk? reporter: we wanted to make it simple $4.29 in new york city. and now in des moines, what do you think? shepard: i guess lower. yes, $3.77. shepard: on juice is expensive here in new york. guest: you will pay $5.39.
something he can play politics with this. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it s not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with it and start to bring down the long-term deficits. and of course, as we do that, as we work that out, congress will pass the debt limit. let me ask you about gas prices. that s what americans are thinking about around the country and we ve done a sampling. if you look at some of the prices around the country. in los angeles, like a lot of the west coast, it s over $4, $4.19. chicago s over $4. cleveland is $3.85. new york city $3.77. are you worried th
steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it s not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with it and start to bring down the long-term deficits. and of course, as we do that, as we work that out, congress will pass the debt limit. let me ask you about gas prices. that s what americans are thinking about around the country and we ve done a sampling. if you look at some of the prices around the country. in los angeles, like a lot of the west coast, it s over $4, $4.19. chicago s over $4. cleveland is $3.85. new york city $3.77. are you worried that gas is going to go up to, what, $5? g
you heard him say this week that was a mistake. he recognizes that s a mistake and he recognizes that s not something he can play politics with. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it s not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with it and start to bring down the long-term deficits. and of course, as we do that, as we work that out, congress will pass the debt limit. let me ask you about gas prices. that s what americans are thinking about around the country and we ve done a sampling. if you look at some of the prices around the country. in los angeles, like a lot of the west c