been struggling with, they need water to feed their cows and grow alphafa. you might end up feeling the price increase in terms of milk. a growing international demand for cheese, specially in cases like china. they have had their own problems about dairy because of high feed costs, weather problems and they have been importing more from the u.s. that could lead to higher prices. in terms of gas prices, this usually happens around this time of year every single year. the current average is $3.37. after the 50 cent increase, it could go up to 3.87. you have refineries switching over to summer blend gasoline, more expensive and more ecofriendly. it burns cleaner. sometimes they have to close down temporarily to switch over and that can affect prices. lastly, crude oil is also a factor. crude oil harboring roughly around $100 a barrel.
that s right. steve: a big part of it is that you can see the latest price, 3.87, national price per gallon. a big part of it is the national news and the mine stream media are completely in the tank for him. so he gets free play all day long on all the channels. the thing with the gas prices could be settled so easily. we have so much under our beautiful feet. we have so much oil and so much gas examine so many things that we never knew about ten years ago. with technology, we finds out we re so rich, but not allowed to go get it. we would solve that problem. we don t even need opec, who is laughing at our stupidity. we don t need these people. we have it right here. and we have to do something because the middle east is such a disaster. they hate us. whether you like saying it or not, they hate us. let s spend the money on our bridge, our roads, our schools. let s come back, let s come back to this country and spend our money properly. brian: if we say good-bye to the middle
3 350,000 student out of class for a sixth day. gas prices are up 5 cents in the last week. aaa reports that the average price is up to $3.87. 24 cents from last year. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. in the heart of the deep south, the long, hot days of summer often give rise to fierce thunderstorms. and in places like alabama s maximum security holman correctional facility, they can also lead to violence. all right. anybody in here been stressed out by the heat this week? and it has been hot. did y all know they broke a record in mobile?
resume is wednesday. the average price of gas is now $3.87. tensions in the middle east and refineries shut down due to hurricane isaac is due to those higher price. now back to msnbc undercover. the prosecution and the defense put in their closing arguments. they are in south hampton, a sea port on england s southern coast where the titanic sailed from. today they are seeking a woman who is suspected of buying women and supplying them to british brothels and one of her purchases may have been lilly.
egypt should lose all aid for the rest of the year and no american should travel to that country in the same time frame. alisyn: we d love to hear your thoughts on this, you can kind us all at twitter. lots of trouble here at home in terms of our financial predicaments and where we are with our own economy and we have just been downgraded by a credit agency. a year ago in july. 2011, moody s the credit agency downgraded our long held triple-a status and now, egan jones has as well. a lot of folks are wondering, including matt egan on the fox business news site whether moody s will follow in particular downgrade by egan jones, once triple-a, i think, we re three levels below. meanwhile, gas prices doubled in america and we were talking earlier, now 3.87 on average according to the triple-a, but in places like in new york and california, here in new york we may 4.25, more sometimes. alisyn: and d.c., do you know what it is right now?