underway. some planning to hit the road are simply set up. president biden says hi prices and inflation are his top domestic priority, here s a live look at the president for he landed in albuquerque, new mexico to get a briefing on wildfires there. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with more. here in new york city at this gas station behind me, nearly $6.50 a gallon. nearly $6.50 here in new york drivers who want to pay that, they don t have a choice. people are trying to get the gas and had to different areas for their summer trip in the past month gas prices have been steady climbing, no surprise drivers hit a new record. this is what people walk up to this morning, not the news they wanted to hear. the national average for regular gas is $5 a gallon, up 60 cents from last month and now drivers pay nearly $2 more a gallon than we already worked last summer. astronomical. hitting our pockets, my pockets. i get it but. [sirens] americans are paying double compare
we already worked last summer. astronomical. hitting our pockets, my pockets. i get it but. [sirens] americans are paying double compared to a year ago. if you have a ford f1 50, a bigger truck, you will dish out at least $130 for a full tank of gas. if you have a jeep grand cherokee, around $115 and honda civic, which is smaller supposed to be more fuel conscious, that s already about 400 aaa tells us the price of diesel is even higher crossing truckers hundreds of dollars to fill up leading to an increase in overall inflation. the empty shelves we are seeing will be re- supplied by diesel burning trucks and diesel