cents a gallon breaking the old record set just yesterday. the national average now a full 85 cents less. with more on why this rise continues and what happens next, here s john blackstone. reporter: for california drivers sunday brought yet another jump in gas prices. the statewide average up a nickel overnight to almost $4.66 a gallon. it has happened every day for the past week. i can t pay all these big prices. reporter: drivers say they ve never seen anything like it. and jeffrey spring of aaa says they re right. in a week it s gone up about 52 cents that is unprecedented. reporter: in parts s due to california s efforts to protect its spectacular natural environment. air pollution regulations require special summer and winter gasoline blends in the state. refineries are making that seasonal switch now. but that reduces supply which was already tight after a fire in august shut down part of a chevron refinery at richmond near san francisco. then last week a pow
we go to washington for more. reporter: good morning. that s right. mitt romney will continue contrast his foreign policy vision with that of president obama s today. now this is amid questions about the u.s. embassy attack in libya last month. meantime president obama is reaching out to hollywood for support. president obama is raising more cash in california today. last night at a star studded los angeles fundraiser the president joked about his lackluster debate performance following songs from katie perry and stevie wonder. they perform flawlessly night after night. i can t always say the same. reporter: the president also accused his opponent mitt romney of backing away from campaign promises. obviously the governor knows his $5 trillion tax cut isn t too popular so a few weeks before this election he s trying to pretend it doesn t exist. reporter: romney is in virginia today for a rally and what is being called a major foreign policy address. excerpts from t
the key battleground states that will tip the balance on which way this election goes began casting their ballots. that brings to eight the number of states where voting is already under way. 34 states in all will begin voting before november 6. the latest preelection polling in ohio the second-biggest battleground state shows president obama with a ten-point lead over mitt romney, 53% to 43%. dean reynolds is in the buckeye state tonight with the voters. dean? reporter: scott, back in 2008, nearly 30% of ohio s more than seven million voters cast their ballots before election day, and the campaigns this time around would love to see them increase that percentage. three, two, one! ( cheers and applause ) reporter: what some are calling election month began in ohio promptly at 8:00 a.m. some voters had over-nighted in the parking lot outside a columbus polling place. i think there s been a lot of controversy about early voting. reporter: emerald hernandez was th