mercenaries or army members are firing on some estimates are a thousand people, killed. secretary-general ban key moon. clayton: an oil prices, the ripple effect, around the world, 17 cents jump in the price of gas in a week. look, an oil barrel, $97.88, and expected, well over $100, and that is up this week 9% increase, and we haven t seen these prices since 2008 and it is having a ripple effect across the world because of small businesses who don t know whether or not to hire new employees and cannot make the runs they were making with their trucks and fleets anymore. it is eating into their profit margins and they have to figure out ways to make money. alisyn: gas in hawaii is $3.76, the last estimate. nationally, it is $3.33, and hawaii, is 40 cents higher. wow. the other big story, protests across the country, on both sides of the budget battle with
conquer and in terms of the vacuum. who comes in? does the secular government come in or does al-qaeda rush into the breach and bring their type of leadership u serious concerns about al-qaeda this morning. seems to be a lot of experts saying the same thing, that al-qaeda, a new government could be built on the backs of al-qaeda. we will be speaking to a number of experts to get their perspective on that. alisyn: everything that happened in the middle east has a ripple effect over here and in fact we re seeing some of that. gas prices have jumped 17 cents in just the last week. . peter: wow. alisyn: they say the highest since october of 2008. the national average as you can see all the way over on the right-hand side of the screen. now, 3.33. clayton: not since 2008 have we seen gas prices like this, but it seems we get complacent and the gas prices dip and we don t worry and then we are he worrying once again. we will have a small business owner on the show later today. look,
tripoli. so that all of libya will be free. they ve had enough of him. it s been 42 years and for many, even one more day is too much. zain verjee, cnn, london. moammar gadhafi s days in power coming to an end? we ll examine that next hour. what libya might look like with a new leader. unrest in the middle east causing pain at the pump. gas prices jumped 17 cents per gallon as oil prices surged more than 9%. the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.33. analysts expect prices to continue to rise. top stories now. more grim details emerging out of christchurch, new zealand. following last week s deadly earthqua earthquake. the death toll is 147.
and libya only produces about 2% of the world s oil but make no mistake, it is a major player. the unrest in libya s creating uncertainty in global markets and directly impacting americans. as well as a lot of other people around the world. libya sits atop the largest reserves in africa. 80,000 barrels a day exported to the u.s. 1.2 million barrels to the rest of the world and light sweet crude, highest grade. again, relatively small amount but libya s deadly unrest is sending shock waves through the oil markets. prices surged to over $100 a barrel this week before settling back to $97. americans are feeling it in their wallets, especially at the gas pumps. aaa on saturday said the national average $3.33 a gallon for regular gas. that s up nearly 24% from a year ago. part of the story. take a look at this. rising oil prices affect goods and services that people depend
i spoke of it just moments ago. tunisia reported four deaths after new rioting broke out there. this is just across the border from libya. police clashing with stone throwing protesters who claim the interim government is hijacking their recent resolution. in egypt, a panel coming out with recommendations for constitutional reforms including easing restrictions on who can run for president and imposing presidential term limits. all of the unrest across the middle east affecting oil prices, pushing up the price you are paying at the pump. triple-a reporting the national average per gallon of gas is now $3.33. also here at home, a push to save unions from state budget cuts. we told you about the rallies in wisconsin. but tonight, americans in all 50 states showing solidarity with unions. here are some pictures from wisconsin, new york, washington, d.c., and chicago. teachers, firefighters, police officers and others packing