seen as they re bogged down on this issue. you have israel and arab allies in the region who have never been enthusiastic about this arrangement who are pushing the white house. this is a really difficult situation. of course pretty soon there will be talk about the need for military action if it gets to that point. i think we ll hear that from israel and other kr but iran is getting too close to having the bomb. dan, thank you very much. one year ago today the average cost of a gallon of unleaded is $3.05. today is t is $4.67, which would be considered cheap if you live in california where drivers are paying upwards of $6 a gallon.
what are you hearing about this? reporter: it s all relative, right, kate? so we re at this quiktrip gas station in atlanta where the price for unleaded is $4.19. not bad considering it s quite below the national average, as you mentioned, which is $4.67 a gallon but then we ve got to compare it to the same time last year, but prices per gallon for regular gasoline was hovering around $3 mark. but i did speak to a handful of drivers here at this gas station. we met one woman who said she had a road trip planned to florida, but she s going to cancel it because she simply can t afford these sky high prices. look, there are seven states here in the country. mostly on the western part of the u.s. where the average price per gallon for regular gas is hovering around the $5 mark. california, of course, as usual in a league of its own. the average price per gallon there is $6.19, and look at
them do their job. all the economists are going to argue about what that is. the president expects them to do what is necessary to bring inflation down. and we hope that they do sooner rather than later. the president has already enacted a massive piece of legislation called the infrastructure act, which is designed to actually help rebuild the supply chains and to fix the rails and to fix the roads and to fix the air and to fix the water. on top of that, he released product from the strategic pe tr petroleum reserve to bring down gas prices. that certainly didn t bring down gas prices. they announced that release and today gas is $4.67 a gallon. the president himself doesn t control the price of gas. you asked whether or not there was anything in his power that he can do. certainly, he does not control the price of gas, but the president said releasing from the strategic reserve would bring down the price of gas, and all we ve seen since then was a
before you leave. tomorrow and friday fox news special coverage of the queen s platinum jubilee. a great party across the pond. party on. bill: so long, everybody. good morning. president biden saying he is laser focused on fighting inflation. for the american people relief is nowhere in sight. the price of gas today. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off today. hello to our old friend to our young friend. but dear colleague. i m happy to be with you this morning, bill. good morning. to kick things off here this is america s newsroom. the price of gasoline surged to another all-time high, $4.67 a gallon. record after record at this point. driving the latest increase is
it with the midterms fast approaching. sandra, the busiest woman in television. sandra: great to be with you this afternoon, john. president meeting with fed chair jay powell yesterday as the white house kicks off a months long effort to focus, it says, on the economy. but inflation has been on the minds of many voters in this country for months now, especially when filling up their tanks. price of gasoline rising almost daily with the new national average for a gallon, 4.67 today, a jump of 1.60 a year ago, and up $0.05 since yesterday. john: 11.4 million unfilled positions. labor shortage driving up wages and keeping inflation high as businesses continue to struggle with hiring.