interesting. zain verjee, again, thanks. the seemingly never-ending assent in gas prices continues. a new survey shows the damage and one analyst says we re within firing range of an all-time high. felicia taylor at the new york stock exchange. looks like we ll never get a break on gas prices. i m afraid not, carol. gas prices will probably keep going higher, because frankly, so is oil. oil topped $113 a barrel today, and the national average for regular gas, according to the aaa, is now at $3.77 a gallon. that has been going higher for the last 20 straight days. and it doesn t seem to be abating anyway. we re getting very close to what was the record high of $4.11 that we saw back in 2008. there are already some states that are experiencing this, such as alaska, california, hawaii, and selected stations in other states as well. so, you know, gas prices don t really reflect all of the oil hikes we ve seen so far, and some people are basically saying we re going to see another
all-time high. today s national average runs from $3.77 for regular unleaded to more than $4 for premium. that s an increase of nearly 20 cents over just the past two weeks. but get ready for sticker shock when you compare prices to a year ago, regular, mid grade, or premium all were about 90 cents less per gallon. now let s turn our attention to libya. today s talk of a possible cease-fire taking shape. this morning the same mediators who sold moammar gadhafi on the peace plan are meeting with opposition leaders. and they re facing skepticism inside the meeting and outside on the streets. cnn s frederick pleitgen is in tripoli. explain this, fred. reporter: well, certainly the rebel side of the equation doesn t really trust the mediators. they are, of course, from the african union, carol. and the african union is very, very close to moammar gadhafi. he put a lot of money into that
has rocked northern japan, exactly a month after the killer quake and tsunami of march 11th. moments of silence are being observed as officials widen the evacuation zone around the damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima. dangerous weather in the midwest. a major tornado nearly reduced the small town of mapleton, iowa, to rubble. 60% of that town leveled. those storms now moving east. gas prices up for the 20th straight day. this morning the national average for a gallon of regular, $3.77. this according to aaa. that s just 34 cents from the all-time high set back in 2008. and 26-year-old charl schwartzel the 2011 masters champion. tiger woods made a charge on the front nine and had a share of the lead, but the african made birdies on each of the last four holes and earned golf s green jacket. you re caught up on the day s headlines. american morning back in 60 seconds.
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or even jail time. a jury in the barry bonds trial continues deliberations this morning. they re asked to hear kathy hoskins testimony re-read. she is the slugger s former personal shopper and the only witness to claim she saw bonds get an injection from his personal trainer. and president obama has a plan to try to tackle the nation s deficit. he ll be unveiling it wednesday. the white house says the president s plan will address the future of programs like medicare and medicaid. and gas prices up for the 20th straight day. this morning, the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.77, according to aaa. that s just 34 cents from the all-time high that was set back in 2008. well, now you re caught up on the day s headlines. american morning will be right back after a quick break. hey, hey, hey goodbye [ flushing ] [ both ] na, na.