it is. bill: which tells you why governor romney over the weekend was talking about gas price necessary ohio. waoes trying to find an issue there. look, you re right with the natural gas boom in this country, and the hydraulic fracturing. we have a lot more oil on gas production but not nearly enough. all of that production, almost all of that is on private lands. one of the points the oil and gas executives say that i talk to they say most of the oil in this country is on public lands and that s what s been taken off limits for drilling. you know, if those high gas prices persist, i think it is a problem come november 6th because i m old enough to remember 1980 when the high gas prices were a big problem for jimmy carter, it was a sign to the voters that there was something wrong with the economy fundamentally. bill: $4.61 is the average price per gallon in california. it trickles across the country from west to east. this is what you told our producers here, explain this. you sai
superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. sleep train your ticket to a better night s sleep some headlines making news on the west coast. the price of gas reached an all time high of $4.61 a gallon. analysts blame the surge on a perfect storm of supply disruptions at refineries throughout the state. now how he is spending money with high-rise apartments, a new airport terminal and an amusement park. old problems like a lack of food remain. and the seattle times has a profile of u.s. soldier called
california s previous record was 4.61 in 2008. just yesterday, the governor there, jerry brown, took action, clearing the way for gas stations to start selling sellit they call winter grade gasoline a few weeks early that. could make california s smog problem worse, but it s cheaper than the summer blends and they are desperate. adam housley is live in los angeles. why is this california? is it your weird this kind of gas, that kind of gas way? that s one of the three reasons. it s all demand being one as well. the third reason is the refineries that make that weird gas, you talk about, are only here in california and a couple went down. one we saw last month a big fire in northern california, was on the fox report. that refinery still isn t back on-line. a couple others are down. that means there is less gas to use in california. you can t buy it from the states nearby because they don t make the same kind of gas. we talked to industry experts who say drivers in the golden state sho
average gas prices reached an allle time high at $4.61 per gallon. that beats the previous record by a penny. 12 cents up from the average price on friday. a power outage at an exxon refinery blamed for the recent spike. honda recalling crvs because a faulty electrical switch. the switch could melt and cause a fire. back to you. shannon: peter doocy with the headlines. thank you. earlier we talked to rnc communications director shawn spicer about is several big campaign issues and now the other side of the conversation. we are joined by brent colburn to get the other side of the debate. thanks for joining us today. thanks for having me. shannon: i want to talk to you first about an issue that you all have done very well with female voters we have seen in polling again and again that the president maintains an advantage there. i want to run a new ad that is out tahoe light that that higha
here s what happens. mitt romney is continuing his weekend focus in florida wrapping up a rally just a short while ago. he told the crowd about the multiple ways in which he was able to confront the president directly in the key bait. and the record drivers aren t happy about in california. the price of gas is hitting an all-time high of $4.61 a gallon in the state. back to lockup. during our stay at the penitentiary of new mexico, our producer conducted an interview with a serial rapist, who would soon be completing his prison term and returning to society.