gas prices surge to record highs this past week and americans are feeling pain in their wallet. brian yen will give us latest on rise in price and ongoing blame game surrounding. brian. good evening about 60% of americans say they are changing their lifestyle and driving habits because of high gas prices that according to aaa take a look at national average price for a gallon of gas is now $4.32. that s up 40 cents in last week a year ago, the average price was just $2.84. so now, there s a blame game. critics say gas prices have been rising since president biden and anti-fossil fuel policies first took office, and oil industry
-denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america s number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan s not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. the currents spike in gas prices is the fault of vladimir putin. martha: so the white house has a hashtag to go with that claim, putin price hikes. republicans calling it the biden gas hike blaming the president for cutting oil production here at home. stop funding putin s war by opening up energy in america. we should be drilling in every part of the country we can. the lower prices would take putin s leverage away. martha: here s a look at how gas prices have jumped in the past year. the national average up 50%. $4.32 a gallon. i don t have to tell you that.
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weapons. the basis for that is past behavior in syria. the new national gas average reaching $4.32 a gallon. the president is lying when he says that his policies have nothing to do with the prices of energy. they have everything to do with the prices going up. brian: all right. we begin with a fox news alert. here we go. new video shows russian tanks under attack outside kyiv as they continue to circle the capital or try to encircle the capital. pete: kremlin advance follows the bombing of a children s hospital that left three killed and a dozen injured yesterday. ainsley: innocent mothers and babies. trey yingst live in kyiv with the latest for us. trey? brian, ainsley, pete, good morning. just a few minutes ago we heard air raid sirens sounding across the ukrainian capital of kyiv. this city is still very much under attack. we bring you sad update from the southern port city of mariupol
now to the story on the minds of millions of you out there, the high gas prices. prices at record highs after president biden announced a ban on russian oil imports last week. but there is a sliver of good news. joining me now in santa clara, california, nbc news correspondent scott cohn. let s focus on the good, my friend. what is it? reporter: well, the good, alex, and this is all really, really relative, is that prices are starting to level off and in some parts of the country come down. if you think you have it bad where you are, come out here to san jose where the price of regular this sunday morning, $5.89 a gallon. if you have to do premium, $6.29 a gallon. the state average in california here is $5.74, which is up a penny from yesterday. nationwide, $4.32 a gallon, roughly unchanged, which means