put everybody back on the economic feet and doing something about climate change and trying to reduce inflation as painful as it is. that s going to be your best democratic case as opposed to the case about voting rights. bill: see you next tuesday. four weeks away then. thank you for chipping in today. appreciate it. ten past. sandra also there is more on the economy. right? gas prices. sandra: the problem saying what is going right to democrats they are trying to address inflation. this is a mess of the administration s own making. to tell the american people that s what is going right is a problem. overnight gas prices 3.80 for a gallon for a national average. gas prices are on the rise. west coast some states seeing 30, $0.40 up in the past week. oil prices this morning. opec meeting happens tomorrow. they could cut by a million barrels a day. you have oil right now $85 for a
tomorrow. it sounds like they are considering cutting production by 2 million barrels a day, which is going to jack up the prices even more. ainsley: joe biden has continued to dip into our federal reserve because he wants to cool down these prices. he knows the election is coming up. he has already dipped in five times since last november. so, the elections are in november. and this is a big issue. for every american, it is for republicans, republicans are going to use this. but every family across the country, the economy and inflation are two of the top issues of why people are going to go to the polls. this will not be good for the election for democrats. brian: they are going to start pulling out gas prices are coming down out of his copy and prompter. next one extended war by vladimir putin in ukraine has jacked up prices here at home. ainsley: national average is 3.80. when it comes to his approval ratings, the monmouth poll, 30% approval rating for innerflation
today. first, here we go again. gas prices on the rise. the white house appears powerless to stop it. don t say we didn t warn you. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. big welcome back to sandra. sandra: couldn t think of a better way to start my tuesday with william hemmer. here we go. i m sandra smith, this is america s newsroom. enter the president s strategy of tapping the strategic oil reserves appears to be falling flat. we re watching gas prices up to $3.80 at the national average. if you live out west, that probably sounds like a steal. bill: california gets the worst, $6.41 a gallon ahead of an opec meeting tomorrow that could make prices higher. this hurts the poor people of california. california has the highest poverty rate in the nation. poor people in california are not the ones driving electric cars. they are in gas-powered gars and paying through the nose.
the cause or reason not known as well. bill: thank you for that reporting on scene there on the border. griff jenkins and get back to us when we get a bit more information. thank you, griff. breaking news there. keeping our fingers crossed. sandra: we ll get there when we have more news. filling up your tank is getting more expensive. the national average for a gallon of gas is up to $3.80 after rising for two straight weeks. connell mcshane, great to see you. the administration liked to tout gas prices have been coming down. they are turning around. what s driving it? there is a short term and longer term story here. short-term prices at the pump is largely regional. bigger problem out west, particularly in california. the average price there was $6.40. they always have higher gas prices than other states. refinery issues. maintenance being done on six
politicians. on wall street, searching for some type of stability. the dow jones ended with another bad session friday, down nearly 500 points friday. the s&p 500 and nasdaq down more than 1.5%. it marks the 50th decline of 1% or more this year. the gas prices are holding steady at $3.80 a gallon. a new month, a new quarter began today. as investors are laser focussed. the dow down 6.7%, saw a third straight losing quarter for the first time since 2015. the tech-heavy nasdaq dropping 4.1%. we re looking for clues whether the feds crusade to control