past 11 days in a row. american families forced to spend an average of $5,000 a year on gas compared to $2800 a year ago. interior secretary deb holland refusing to concede it is too big a burden to bear. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of us. so it sounds like you are unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. dana: grady trimble is following the story from chicago. good morning. good morning. gas prices are expected to keep rising this summer so when interior secretary deb holland wouldn t acknowledge in that hearing that gas prices right now are too high, it certainly raised eyebrows. we re doing all we can, senator, production on federal lands is up. it s a 45% increase from 2020. that s new drilling. that s up. but the production is also up. it s at an all-time high. president biden is allowing drilling on federa
american history for gasoline is unprecedented. the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded $4.59. only a month ago, we were paying 50 cents less. republican lawmakers want answers and action. senators hitting the biden administration at two separate senate hearings. now aaa is projecting that gas prices will hit a national average average of $6 a gallon by the month of august. is this acceptable to you? no, it is not and you can thank the activity of vladimir putin for invading ukraine and pulling us nonsense. with all due respect that s utter nonsense. what are you doing to reverse this administration s policies that are drawing down our own supply of energy in this country that are throttling oil and goss production in the united states of america. what are you doing about it? do you believe gas prices are too high? senator, i completely understand the crunch that so many americans are under right now. i think that americans are still recovering from thi
doing this right? there is a bride and groom running down the aisle in a ball of flames. these are two stunt professionals met on a film set. don t try this at home. i don t think rae and phil would approve. i would guarantee my hair would catch on file. dana: harris faulkner is up next. harris: new territory for gasoline prices. we have now set a new record every single day for 11 straight days. this is more than just an inconvenience. as the average price of diesel for the trucks that bring us everything is also at an all-time high. the white house appears to be out of ideas and out of touch with what the american people are feeling. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . aaa says this time in our
was a very proud moment. just seeing her already in action. and then even after getting her brother, ready to get her other siblings and get us out of the house was really neat. dagen: rae, how did you know to jump into action like that? did you even stop to try to remember what you had learned in school or did it just come naturally? it just came naturally because i have learned it multiple times. you just go after them. dagen: do you want to be a firefighter maybe now? kind of. dana: i know you said you wanted to be a police officer because you want to help people. maybe this will also be a skill you could learn. yeah. dana: yeah. dagen: tell me what your dad got you as a present for rescuing your brother and sister and saving the whole family, rae?
the ukrainian army is in high spirits. everybody is happy and welcomes us, one soldier explains. everybody is happy we liberated them. on a normal day it would take 30 minutes to drive to russia from here. it gives you a sense of how close the enemy is for those ukrainian troops. dagen. dagen: thank you for that and please stay safe. you saved your brother and sisters and mom and dad. we re very proud of you. [cheering and applause] dana: glendale, arizona fire department calling a 9-year-old girl a hero. she used the fire safety lessons she learned in school. the house went up in flames last february. she and her father join us now and last night, rae, i don t know if you ve seen a show called the five . one more thing. you were featured as the