In August 2011, I participated in a brainstorming session held at Liberty University together with a number of conservative leaders, all of whom had been on the front lines of confrontingLGBTQ activism. As we discussed
thursday, the president says that he has launched an investigation into why americans are paying so much for gasoline. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. good morning, betty. yeah, the president wants this new task force to look into the reasons behind the spike in gas prices, to see if they go beyond the fundamental reasons, like supplies and inflation, and whether any manipulation, fraud or speculation is happening in the oil markets. president obama wants to get to the bottom of the nation s high gas prices. we re going to make sure that nobody s taking advantage of american consumers. reporter: he s ordered a justice department task force to look in to whether fraud or manipulation in oil markets could be driving up the cost of crude. it is disgusting. reporter: drivers are sick of the rising prices. the national average now stands at $3.84 a gallon. that s nearly 30 cents higher than last month, and almost a dollar higher th
investigation into why americans are paying so much for gasoline. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. good morning, betty. yeah, the president wants this new task force to look into the reasons behind the spike in gas prices, to see if they go beyond the fundamental reasons, like supplies and inflation, and whether any manipulation, fraud or speculation is happening in the oil markets. president obama wants to get to the bottom of the nation s high gas prices. we re going to make sure that nobody s taking advantage of american consumers. reporter: he s ordered a justice department task force to look in to whether fraud or manipulation in oil markets could be driving up the cost of crude. it is disgusting. reporter: drivers are sick of the rising prices. the national average now stands at $3.84 a gallon. that s nearly 30 cents higher than last month, and almost a dollar higher than a year ago. it s ridiculous. you know, i m on a