agreement means that gadhafi will step down, although the rebel army has insisted on that. a long-time dictator has called for unilateral cease-fires before, only to continue attacks against his own people. nato strikes help the libyan rebels regain control of a key city. gadhafi s forces were pushed back when nearly a dozen tanks were destroyed in ajdabiya, considered the gateway to benghazi, libya s second largest city and home to the rebels. okay. if you filled up your tank recently, it s not going to come as a surprise that gas prices are climbing. according to aaa the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.77, that s just 34 cents from the all-time high of $4.11 a gallon set in july of 2008. although gas was a lot higher back then, gas up to $147. oil. that s right. powerful storms in the nation s heartland, a small town of mapleton, iowa, taking the biggest hit. a tornado hit this town, packing
again. the good news is oil prices are down about 63 cents. don t start celebrating because they re still above $112 a barrel. what s that translate to at the pump? pretty high prices. if you take a look at the sticker shock coming in. aaa says $3.76 for the average price of gasoline across the country. also if you look at lundberg saying, $3.77. that s up 19 cents over the last three weeks and 99 cents from a year ago. people are starting to feel this. companies are starting to feel this, too, airlines starting to raise price are for the tenth time. last week, us airways moved trying to raise fares about $10 on domestic routes. if one does it, the others will follow. delta, america and continental raising their prices as well. in the ten times they ve tried to do it in the past year, six times it was successful.
washington examiner. sam cedar, host of the the majority report and jonathan altar, author of the promise. welcome, gentlemen. i don t know why i m out here and you re there. it s a fluke of geography that we ll have to cope with. topic one today, gas prices which continue to rise. we ve got the current gas prices. we ve got a card to put up, the average was about $3.77 at the pump, a month ago it was $3.55. that s up from a year ago when it was $2.86. jonathan, let me start with you. are we at a point where both parties are going to have to react and this is going to become a political football as the silly season unfolds? i think it already is a football. the republicans are going back to their drill, baby, drill mantra from 2008 and the democrats are going to talk about ending our addiction to oil. the debates are so familiar at
dignity of women and improves security but some muslim women say their religious beliefs should take priority. translator: in all honesty i m just sad. i m just sad and disappointed. because quite frankly, to get to this point, i think it is very revealing about many things. on wednesday, president obama will lay out his long-term plan to bring down the nation s deficit. now aides say the blueprint puts medicare and medicaid spending on the table. the president also wants to let tax cuts for the wealthiest americans to expire so he can raise revenue. gas prices are closing in on the record highs set in 2008. aaa says that gas jumped over 12 cents a gallon over the past three weeks. it is now running at $3.77 a gallon, on average, nationwide. a year ago gas was almost $1 a gallon cheaper. now it is just 34 cents from the
the price of gasoline is getting so high, gas sales are actually slow down. the average price for a gallon in the united states, $3.77. a month ago it was $3.55, and a year ago it was 91 cents l s lo than it is today. yes, the good old days. gas sales have fallen for five straight weeks. and according to mastercard, it shows americans are cutting back on driving, reversing a steady increase in demand for fuel as the economy improves. and another group, the oil price information service, says about 7 0% of the nation s big gas station chains are reported that sales are down. well, you know, the last couple of years have been really tough for many american families. cutting back on the extras, trying to scrimp and save what we can. but now the frugal fatigue is setting in. we re sick of saving. 26% of adults now say they re spending more than they did a year ago. 40% of people are carrying credit card balances according to new survey for the national