it s three great things together. wait! who else is known for nailing threes? hmm. can t think of anyone! subway keeps refreshing and re- with the u.s. warning that russia could invade ukraine at any moment, oil prices have shot up, but the price of oil had been steadily rising due in part to tight world oil supplies. the international benchmark price rose more than 3% yesterday to close at over $94 a barrel. that s the highest price since 2014, and of course, that means higher prices at the gas pumps. u.s. motorists are paying a national average of $3.48 a gallon today, an increase of almost a nickel over just this past week. 18 cents since just last month. is there anything that could accidentally trigger war between russia and ukraine? four star general barry mccaffrey offers his perspective next. four star general barry
bedminster, new jersey, we are fearing how high the prices will good. we are fearing and this station makes the fears even worse. i think i found the most expensive gas in new jersey, regular gas for 5.89 per gallon, if you pay cash. if you pay credit, it s 5.99. this could be a sign of what is to come as we eye ukraine and fears there. we are seeing crude oil go up in price, now trading at over $90 a barrel, but everyone is concerned that it could go higher. as i mentioned with the ukraine crisis potentially looming, we could be looking at $100 per barrel some time soon. and obviously prices here very high, this is not the only gas station experiencing it. gas prices are one of the biggest drivers are inflation and seeing increases at prices in the pump all across the u.s. the national average for a gallon of regular is 3.48, up nearly a dollar from a year ago. and experts say it could be higher in the coming months.
american people are not happy with him about this. and the hits keep on coming for biden. inflation soaring over the last year and last month hitting its highest rate in more than a generation. hammering american families and wiping out pay raises. consumer prices just 7.5% last month, a whopping 435% spike from a year ago and biggest increase since february of 1982. a top white house economic advisor admits it is not good. let s watch. his first thoughts here are what kind of stressors is this creating for family budgets, for households. he knows that stresses are real and that they are highly elevated. harris: and as everything is getting more expensive, gasoline prices on the rise, too. today the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.48. up a dollar from last year.
that s a big if because we know moscow needs oil revenue too, but if cut in half, prices spike to $150 a barrel and that, of course, would only drive up prices at the pump which are already high. the national average hitting $3.48 a gallon today. a fresh seven year high up 7 cents from a week ago. exactly a dollar higher than a year ago. keep in mind, these latest gains in gas riceprices are not captu in the inflation report today. that s one reason why what happens next on the russia ukraine front will be consequential to people around the world. right, and russia will leverage that, right? the threat of hue higher pricest it continues to threaten the territorial integrity of the ukraine. matt egan, thank you very much. the national archives found what it believes were classified materials, these documents former president trump took with him when he left the white house. there were laws, as you should know, for presidents in the
i m not to make ideological choice. i m looking for someone to replace judge breyer with the same kind of capacity judge breyer had with an open mind, who understands the constitution, interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the constitution. bret: jacqui, vetting is well underway here. that s right. sources tell fox news that more than a dozen names are being considered. and that list includes the three who are widely considered to be front runners jackson, leondra krueger and michelle childs. no face-to-face meetings as the fbi continues to vet these potential nominees. as meetings begin to start we might not know about it because the white house has not committed to release the president s visitor logs at his home in imrar. the decision is expected by the end of this month and the president has promised to pick a black woman, bret. bret: jacqui, thank you. the national average for a gallon of gasoline $3.48.