different as the economy returns to normal. president biden blames opec for the soaring prices. and others say there is different factors, should consider domestic production. president biden to change course, send a signal to the world that the u.s. energy producer is back, and send a signal to opec, since you re restricting supplies we re going to get off the back of the u.s. energy industry. the state with the lowest gas prices in oklahoma about $3 a gallon. californians pay the highest for gasoline on average just over four and a half dollars, but some drivers, well, they are paying significantly more. how much more? well, at one pretty isolated california gas station along route 1, they re charging $7.59 a gallon. and as for premium, it s almost
there. the problem with that statement from president biden in last night s cnn town hall his own white house had to walk it back almost immediately. he also made quite the mess with answers to questions on the vaccine roll-out, the crisis at the southern border, and skyrocketing gas prices. cleanup on aisle 7, anybody? peter doocy is live at the white house. peter. that s just not how it works. so the president s comments about possibly using the national guard to help with the supply chain crisis is being walked back by the president s staff telling us this morning the following. requesting the use of the national guard at the state level is under the purview of governors and we are not actively pursuing the use of the national guard on a federal level. so that s that. that s as gas prices go up and up to $7.59 for a single gallon in at least one place in california. as people look to the president for answers what is due to bring prices down he says he
biden says he does not have an immediate solution to skyrocketing gas prices and that americans could be feeling the pain at the pump for months. president biden: my guess is you ll start to see gas prices come down as we get by going into the winter excuse me into next year in 2022. i must tell you, i don t have a near-term answer. trace: the average price for a gallon of regular is now $3.37. up more than $1.20 from a year ago. prices in one california town surging to more than double the national average reaching $7.59. fox business network hillary vaughn at the white house with more. good morning. the president says he knows people are feeling the pain at the pump but there is only a few things he can do about it and even still it is not going to do much to really bring the
46% say they expect the economy to get worse in the next year. that is the worst level in the 13 year history of the poll. i expected to see negative numbers, i didn t expect to see some of the worst polling numbers that we registered in the 13 years that we ve been doing this. laura: wow. we sounded the alarm on this months ago. we warned biden, the democrats and the media that inflation was coming and it would absolutely devastate our economy, but we were ignored. and now americans are watching in horror as their incomes and savings get eroded by rising prices for food, clothing, shelter and energy. in one california town the price of regular gasoline hit, i kid you not, $7.59 a gallon. $8.50 for premium. if democrats weren t already worried about their prospects in 2022 and 2024, they should be now. but of course they can always count on the media to cover for
biden s job performance compared to 52% disapprove but that wasn t the most shocking finding in that poll. 46% say they expect the economy to get worse in the next year. that is the worst level in the 13 year history of the paul. i expected negative numbers, didn t expect to see some of the worst polling numbers we have registered in the 13 years that i have been doing this. laura: we sounded the alarm on this months ago. we want biden, democrats in the media that inflation was coming and it would absolutely devastate our economy but we were ignored and now americans are watching in horror as their incomes and savings get eroded by rising prices, food, clothing, shelter, and energy. in california down the price of regular gasoline hit, i could you not, $7.59 a gallon. $8.50 for premium. of democrats were not already worried about the prospect in 2022-2024 they should be now but they can always count on their