couple of days. they lost just aboutering. i couldn t help to notice that think vehicles and their chrysler there looks like it went through it without a scratch so once they can bobcat this debris aust way they have their car they can use. al next. looking for anything they can. must appreciate anything they can. mike seidel, thanks so much. incredible stories. no relief for drivers having to travel for this holiday. the national average at the pump is just 25 cents off the all-time high and nbc s ron allen is here with more. he came back to repeat this story even though we re all grumbling about it. reporter: thanks for having me back. in the last hour gas prices have not gone up. that just in, but they did go up overnight, up half a penny so today the average is at 3.86 a gallon. a month ago it was 3.56 a gallon and a year ago, way back when, 2.85 a gallon, and there are six states where it will cost you more than $4 a gallon, including d.c. as well.
prices at the pump are at the highest level this year, at a national average of $3.56 a gallon. stocks ended the week on a positive. the dow added 50. the s&p 500 gained four. nasdaq finished six ahead. portugal s president is attempting to broker a deal between rival parties to give the country a new government. as it nears unwanted bail-out. the socialist government quit wednesday. the leaders agreed on fund to replace the temporary one that expires in 2013. the british parliament and tweeting, two things that never went together until now. and the colonel gaddafi face and hair the real deal? the grapevine is next.
turmoil in libya is helping to push gas prices higher in the united states. according to triple aaa a gallon of regular unleaded costs an average of $3.56. compare that to a month ago. the price was $3.19. that is a jump of nearly 40 cents in just the days this libya situation has been unfolding. it is the time of year for most americans in terms of this. not in terms of this in terms of that different s also almost tax time. april 18th just around the corn it s tax day if you weren t sure. one of america s largest corporations sitting pretty. general electric made $14 billion, but a cording to a new report they are not paying the i.r.s. one cent in taxes. how is that possible? did i say tax april 18?
highest level this year, at a national average of $3.56 a gallon. stocks ended the week on a positive. the dow added 50. the s&p 500 gained four. nasdaq finished six ahead. portugal s president is attempting to broker a deal between rival parties to give the country a new government. as it nears unwanted bail-out. the socialist government quit wednesday. the leaders agreed on fund to replace the temporary one that expires in 2013. the british parliament and tweeting, two things that never went together until now. and the colonel gaddafi face and hair the real deal? the grapevine is next. knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined serving of vegetables and fruit with the goodness of green tea and powerful antioxidants.
situation, saying wait a minute, we re not going to get any oil out of libya for a long time to come. that takes oil continues taking oil off the market so the price of oil has gone up again. you just showed the price of oil at $104 a barrel, the news martha is this morning, it s gone to $105 a barrel and the price of gasoline, since february 16th, when the libyan events began, has gone from 3.13 a gallon to 3.55, 3.56. that s where we are today. so you ve got the price of oil going up a little bit more because of the confusion surrounding the events in libya and martha you re absolutely right, the world is absolutely astounded to hear that president obama is committing $3 billion of american money in a credit to the brazilians so that they can go and exploit their off shore oil at precisely the moment when we re not allowed, it is illegal to exploit our off shore oil reserves, so you ve got this real contradiction in the world market price, the price is