that the president is pressing his staff for changes amid mounting challenges and sinking approval ratings kelly o donnell is at the white house. reporter: a crisis about the cost of everyday things. gas prices hitting another all-time high today. $4.62 for a gallon of regular. i think it s absolutely disgraceful. reporter: at the white house, a renewed push to acknowledge what americans are feeling. we re just in a difficult time right now with this inflation. reporter: in the oval office, a rare in-person meeting between the president and the federal reserve chairman who has ratcheted up interest rates, trying to tame inflation. we discussed my top priority, and that is addressing inflation reporter: the president also published an opinion piece with his steps to fight inflation our recent nbc news poll showed just 33% of americans approve of the president s handling of the economy. just paying for basics
center with president biden. we were talking about inflation a minute ago with steve. and now we re learning that president biden is pushing that amid his own sinking approval ratings. nbc news correspondent kelly o donnell has details. reporter: a crisis about the cost of everyday things. gas prices hitting another all-time high, $4.62 for a gallon of regular. i think it s absolutely disgraceful. reporter: at the white house, a renewed push to acknowledge what americans are feeling. we re just in a difficult time right now with this inflation. reporter: in the oval office a rare in-person meeting between the president and the federal reserve chairman who has ratcheted up interest rates trying to tame inflation. to discuss my top priority, and that is addressing inflation. reporter: the president also published an opinion piece with his steps to fight inflation. a recent nbc news poll showed just 33% of americans approve of
dough covered with sugar. will: i would just be getting back to the hotel. steve: you would have all those decorative hurricane glasses. katie: you may be filling up your gas tank and looking at the cost and oh my godness the average now across the country is $4.67. it s the highest on record that jumped up 5 cents from yesterday. $4.62. and last year, it was $3.04. so, we are way above average on every single calculation. steve: will, you were talking to jackie deangelis a little bit ago talking about the projections of where your gas is going to be in five weeks. five weeks until the 40 of july. historically the fourth of july is the height, but we are climbing and she said there are bank estimates that by labor day that number on your screen could
one of my children. katie: your very nice famous son peter doocy. steve: is he very tall. katie: can you find him anywhere. steve: who is that blond guy? will: glad to have katie on the couch this morning. katie: thank for having me. will: if we take that rv on a trip it will be expensive. new record high this morning 64.67 today. up a nickel from yesterday $4.62. and a year ago gas prices sat at $3.04. steve: thank your lucky stars you don t live in los angeles this is the actual image of gas chevron in downtown los angeles. there is actually a good value here. even though regular is 8.05. but, look at that premium is just 8.09. so hardly ever see a 4-cent spread. but, nonetheless, the headline is gas is 8 bucks in l.a.