16 higher than last week, but still cheaper than a year ago, with california once again approaching $5 a gallo experts say cuts in production are to blame, but so is the record-breaking heat you ve got a lot of refineries that are coughing and wheezing they re not really geared to run with 10 or 15 days of 100-degree temperatures in a row. and as we move into peak hurricane season, the industry fears prices will continue to spike. when a hurricane enters into the gulf of mexico, supply can be disrupted, resulting in higher gasoline and diesel prices how is this going to impact consumers? i expect that gasoline prices are going to continue to rise another 7 to 10 cents a gallon and that means the cost to deliver goods and services to the consumer is going to increase as well i have to take money out of groceries to make sure i have gas to get to the store. so, it s like a lose/lose situation. reporter: for now, the only hope for drivers is to figure out a way to spend less
likely, again as we are in peak hurricane season things could shift. especially, if we have several hurricanes that impact production here. it s going to be a wait and see type situation. one expert, an oil, eckes believes that we could see a another 7 to 10 increase in the coming weeks. all, right put that in your piggy bank s. save up for those gallons. dana griffin, that wraps up for this hour. yes and we ll be back for this hour two pm eastern. join her for sure. simone starts right now. greetings, you are watching simone i m charles blow in for simone. the next few days are critical for donald trump. new charges, a new codefendant and damning new evidence coming to light in the classified
bipartisanship since they forms the house judiciary committee which durham testifies in front of tomorrow is a little bit more politicized led by chairman jim jordan, a key ally for former president trump in going basically trying to relitigate his investigations, investigate the investigators. potentially political fireworks tomorrow when he testifies publicly. zach which, thank you very much for the reporting. tropical storm bret, the second named storm of this early atlantic hurricane season is churning in the atlantic with maximum sustained winds at 40 miles per hour. it can could could become a hurricane tomorrow as it pushes closer to the windward islands. third week of june, this is early? yeah, this is not your average season. this is not your average satellite loop you would normally see in the middle of june. this is something we would see, say, august and september closing in on the peak hurricane
california. baja, the hardest hit region here. isolated totals exceeding 10 inches over the next several days. the tropics also getting very active. not much impact, but earl, something we are watching very carefully. peak hurricane season just a few models away, and the model suggests the storm system will intensify in the coming days here, possibly getting up to a major hurricane three status. we watch this as we kind of see the system approach areas of bermuda. that s the main area of concern right now with them getting uncomfortably close to bermuda sometime thursday night and then pushing over open waters beyond this. but activity very quickly brewing over the atlantic. must definitely, and thank you for keeping an eye on it. still to come, and he reports a safety measures are needed at a ukrainian nuclear plant under russian control.