enough maybe to pay for high gas prices. 3.78 the national average. gone up 44 cents in the last three weeks, i believe. where are we heading with this? right. it s painful at the pump. when you see gas up one cent at a time, one went, one cent, really adds up when the administration got into office, we were 1.89. so this is where it hits the wallet. you have money in your wallet, go to the gasoline station, you have nothing left. that coupled with the payroll taxes leaves consumers, gretchen, steve and brian, with almost nothing. wal-mart today is out with their numbers and they re saying they have seen a disasterous february sales. people are worried and nervous and just don t have the cash in their pocket. steve: and as the president of the united states said yesterday regarding the high cost of gasoline and oil, just use less of it. oh,. steve: i know. that s the advice from the top. we thank you very much. she s down at the new york stock exchange where things really get s
gigantic margin, think we have a spending problem in this country. you say washington is on a spending binge. so going forward, once it hits, and it will his on march 1, how many people are going to actually be sympathetic? the amazing thing is the president s approval rating is the highest since 2009. that s the cognitive disdense. one of the things, of course, that really affects the economy and how you feel about it, gas prices. have you noticed that they are really high right now? they are the highest they have been in the past three years. so take a look at this. the national gas price average right now, $3.78. i believe that s a 44-cent raise in just the last three weeks or so. this is the new normal. have we all agreed we are willing to pay this? i don t feel good about paying this but this is what i think is our new normal with regard to gas prices.
detective and ask how so much could go so long so quickly and whether this guy is now likely to get off on a charge that just 48 hours ago looks to be dropped? new developments in the troubling trend for americans and the nation s economy. gas prices shooting up nearly 50 cents in 60 days, taking a huge bite out of americans who are already earning less because of the payroll tax we got hit with the beginning of the year. according to the triple-a, the national average for a gallon of gasoline is now, 3.78. so when your car has a 20 gallon tank it will cost you more than 75 bucks every time you fill up. you don t need me to tell you that because you re experiencing it it and also means you re now paying $10 more per fill up than a month ago. the combination of soaring gas prices and higher taxes are not only threatening the larger economy, but the
like illinois or pennsylvania. republicans haven t secured ohio. they haven t secured virginia. they haven t even secured north carolina. you can t expand the map until you secure the map. let s get to this auto industry fight. we have two new polls out of michigan tonight. a detroit news/wdiv poll shows president obama leading 48% to 45%, which is within the poll s 3.78 margin of error. but a new detroit free press /wxyz poll has president obama leading by six points, 48% to 42%. now, half of those polled said that the rescue of gm and chrysler was a deciding factor in their support and 2/3 of those people backed president obama. robert reich, it seems like michigan voters have figured out who they want to give credit to for the auto bailout. yes, they have. although romney and ryan are doing everything they possibly can, lawrence, to confuse voters, to dissemble, to claim
jenna: now this fox news alert, the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $3.78. now, many of you say, hey, that s bad enough, but folks in many california getting a huge smackdown, in fact, gas prices there jumping nearly 20 cents overnight. the average a whopping $4.48, and prices at some stations are as high as $6 a gallon. some vendors are just closing up shop when they see those prices. our affiliate, kttv, is live in north ridge, california, with this news. hi, bob. reporter: yeah, lots of frustrated drives in california, to say the least. we ve got prices shooting up and gas pumps shutting down. this is a gas station, a costco gas station, if you will.