a gallon. regular gas is $4.19, consumer prices rose 8.5%, truckers increase what they charge per load, that leads to higher prices for everything from electronics to groceries, it is supply chain. you know what drives supply chain? labor and truckers and fuel. carley: it is cyclical, everything is intertwined and going up. thank you for that, teeing us up perfectly for this. russia s invasion of ukraine making america energy independent. joey: rachel campos-duffy joined members of congress as they toured the world s largest offshore oil platform in the gulf of mexico. let s take a look. we re in the gulf of mexico, heading 80 miles off the coast
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it was discovered yesterday. city officials say this has forced them to stop activity in the ocean and along the shoreline in that area, and as you mentioned, they also canceled the last day for the iconic annual pacific air show that normally draws thousands of people to the beach. the mayor says they re focused on two priorities right now. first, protecting the health and safety of our residents and visitors. and second, preventing an ecological disaster by mitigating the impacts of the oil on our precious wetlands and wildlife. reporter: authorities say the oil leaked from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore oil platform, but it s unclear what caused this issue with the pipeline. the ntsb is sending two investigators to look into the matter. city officials say beta offshore is responsible for this incident. the ramifications will extend further than the visible oil and
draws thousands of people to the beach. how did this happen? well, authorities say the oil leaked from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore oil platform. it was discovered yesterday, but it s unclear what caused the issue with this pipeline. the orange county supervisor says it s important to get to the bottom of this. the ramifications, from the visible oil and odor that our residents are dealing with at the moment, the impact to the environment is irreversible. i strongly recommend due to the possible increase from vapors and fumes that people please do not swim, surf, or use the beach for exercise. at this point, the pipeline is still leaking, but city officials say preliminary patching has been completed to repair the oil spill site, so more work ahead, but some progress as crews respond to this incident. arthel? arthel: to think that huntington beach is known as surf city.
major oil spill that came from an under-sea pipeline that ruptured. you are looking at live pictures from our fox 11 cameras. now in huntington beach, the coast guard says that leak started yesterday about 50 miles south of los angeles. it s led to more than 120,000 gallons of oil so far spilling into the ocean. you can see the bulldozers trying to shore up some of the defenses against the oil that s been spreading and coming on to the beach. the huntington beach mayor says that dead wildlife and dead birds are now washing ashore. crews are trying to prevent an ecological disaster of course because of the fish and the wildlife, this is live pictures. the pipeline that ruptured somehow extends about three to five miles offshore to an offshore oil platform. the beaches there now closed. workers trying to contain an oil spill on this sunday afternoon,