there are reports of smoke rising from at least two different locations and sirens blaring in the streets. there s also word that leader muammar qaddafi took back a key oil facility in port after war planes bombed an ammunition depot and airfield in the city of riga. in moments, a live report. the situation there triggering a crude awakening here in this country. the average price of gas at $3.38 a gallon. that s the highest it s been in two years and wall street reacted with stocks finishing down 168 points and that has some lawmakers urging president obama to allow more drilling now in the united states. the white house is expected to address that issue at his energy meeting later today. now, to the midwest, wild weather has left at least five people dead in norwalk, ohio, a woman died when her car was swept away by the raging floodwaters. she was behind the wheel when the floodwaters became too strong and swept her car into the river. from floods to fire, the home of a former atlant
glenn: i want to give you another story that i think the media is getting wrong here it s about gas prices. you know that the gas prices well, i think you do if you go get gas have gone up more than 20 cents in the last eight days. the national average now is $3.38 a gallon. i would be nice to know why and what is coming but instead, we re getting that fact and then hey, charlie sheen just tweeted apick of him and a hot porn star. wonder what he will do next? find out tonight. libya is getting worse. gaddafi is a denial of violence. violence, what violence? they love me here! right. gas prices spiked today when they were shelling two miles away from an oil station. got it? saudi arabia hasn t helped matters. they have reports that they have sent dozens of armored vehicles to bahrain, which they have to do to protect our
headquarters, i m ainsley earhardt. secretary of state hillary clinton is warning that libya could slip into a civil war unless muammar al-qaddafi steps down right now. the violence already the bloodiest of the recent uprisings in the middle-east. more than 100,000 refugees have fled. two u.s. warships will pass through the suez canal on wednesday, off the libyan coast as military options will be considered. the unrest in libya has oil prices topping $100 a barrel in early trading overseas. crude briefly going over the $100 mark on the new york exchange on thursday. a $99.63 close, the highest since september of 2008. gas prices continuing to climb. triple-a reporting the national average for a gallon of regular $3.38. i m ainsley earhardt. back to on the record. governr rick scott is in washington, d.c., meeting with
gretchen: time forious news by the numbers. 3.38, that s the average price for a regular gallon of gas for the east coast. the highest gas we ve seen in more than two years. second, 186 miles, that s how far the new electric volkswagen bus gets on one charge. the new vw unveiled in china but not yet available fort public to buy. $1,400, that s how much the most expensive wedding dress will be at costco now. yep. they re getting into the wedding business. dresses start at about $700. wow. i thought they would be cheaper at costco. steve: you got to buy nine of them. brian: and a pound of salmon. steve: which is delicious. the irs gets a lot of grief, but does it deserve all the abuse? joining us from l.a. is william lajeunesse. william, do we tend to forget where a lot of our money is going? as you know, steve, we tend to focus on federal tax rates, but do you know what you pay in state and local taxes as a
million barrels. fit spreads anywhere else. long term of just the oil we are talking about right here. prices will continue to soar. there are other things going on. geopolitics, weak dollar. things are driving prices higher. all of them are a perfect storm. food, clothing, everything is on its way up. megyn: we ll continue to watch. eric bolling you can check out on fbn. today s fashion average is $3.38 a gallon according to triple aaa. that s up 20 cents since just last week. it is up nearly 75 cents from where we were at this time last year. though still short of record average which was $4.11 a gallon back in july of 2008. only week that posted a larger