jose ochoa runs 160 truck drivering academy, you can t get drivers fast enough. no. and neither can our trucking partners. the deal on this is that a lot of truckers have retired. you know, this is a tough business. we re rocking around in here. you can imagine driving coast to coast. it s not an easy life, trace. trace: yeah, if you can t get drivers and move goods, it has to effect prices, right? exactly. that s the things. a low up employment rate right now. people get other jobs. the fellow next to me, antonio, can you make a living at this? we ve seen trucker salaries rising, which is obviously passed along. that s good news for you, yeah? of course it is. this can provide for you and your family and a great opportunity. yeah. don t want to talk much here.
that is the departure of the regime. outside the square egypt is suffering, the economy is reeling. on a tormal day there would be thousands of people visiting this place. look around. there s nobody here. it s almost spooky. the pyramids have been closed since the beginning of the protests. that represents not just a huge blow to the egyptian economy, but to the soul of this country as well. policemen on cameraback patrol deserted grounds and there are tanks instead of pour buses here. you could hear in the minister of antiquities, the message of desperation. it s a message from me and people all over the world. things will be quiet soon. we need people to come back and see the sphynx smiling. reporter: these enormous protests is a movement. they re growing, not fading. they won t be appeased by half measures. they ll be back and they believe that tomorrow belongs to them. terry moran, abc news, cairo. the new republican leadership in the house miscalculated the level
it could only get worse. reporter: the most expensive gasoline, that would be in santa barbara, california, where drivers are forking over $3.41 a gallon. for some it s crossed the threshold where we begin to make sacrifices elsewhere. well, maybe i don t go out tonight because have i to spend money on gas. reporter: some experts are comparing today s prices to those in february 2008, when prices began a five-month climb and reached an all-time high of $4.11 per gallon by the fourth of july. it s not all about gas prices. high crude prices eventually work their way through the food chain. all food that s delivered by truck, by plane, by train becomes more expensive. reporter: and then they re the question of egypt. oil industry speculators notoriously hate uncertainty, so instability in egypt, which controls the suez canal, isn t helping. some believe we could be looking at $5 a gallon by 2012, which they fear could trigger notice recession. an investigation is al