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