days from today. we re seeing key developments here in the final stretch shaking up the battleground states with power in the senate hanging in the balance. we ll watch day-by-day as we get closer. new hour starts right now. dana is off today. back tomorrow. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. sandra: cruised through the first hour. i m sandra smith. election day is now just five weeks away. democrats are losing ground in one key state, pennsylvania, where the senate race is getting tighter there. democrat john fetterman watching his lead slip away as dr. oz gains momentum and closing the gap. it dropped from 11 points in mid-summer to 4.3 in the latest real clear politics average. as that race gets tighter, both sides arguing who is tougher on crime. i m sick of oz talking about john fetterman and crime. the truth. john gave a second chance to those who deserved it. john fetterman has the courage to do what s right. dr. oz doesn t know a thing about crime. they endo
the cause or reason not known as well. bill: thank you for that reporting on scene there on the border. griff jenkins and get back to us when we get a bit more information. thank you, griff. breaking news there. keeping our fingers crossed. sandra: we ll get there when we have more news. filling up your tank is getting more expensive. the national average for a gallon of gas is up to $3.80 after rising for two straight weeks. connell mcshane, great to see you. the administration liked to tout gas prices have been coming down. they are turning around. what s driving it? there is a short term and longer term story here. short-term prices at the pump is largely regional. bigger problem out west, particularly in california. the average price there was $6.40. they always have higher gas prices than other states. refinery issues. maintenance being done on six
it wiped out 10-15% of the oil production. 10-15 refinery capacity. but then the event was over so we could get back to normal. then we had problems in summer of 2006, refinery issues. some were shut down due to hurricane damage and others were, you know, had to install and upgrade equipment to meet the new gasoline regulation. so hurricane katrina and gasoline regulations. then we hit the 2007 period. here is summer again. remember, we also hit summer and it automatically goes up. summer of 2007, there was a series of refinery problems, fire at a chevron site. mechanical problems at some sites in california. don t worry about that. let s not build new refineries. that doesn t mean anything. summer of 2008. this goes through the refinery problem. summer of 2008. this is where everybody was standing at the oil pumps and saying you ve got to elect a republican.
with the oil production. it wiped out 10-15% of the oil production. 10-15 refinery capacity. but then the event was over so we could get back to normal. then we had problems in summer of 2006, refinery issues. some were shut down due to hurricane damage and others were, you know, had to install and upgrade equipment to meet the new gasoline regulation. so hurricane katrina and gasoline regulations. then we hit the 2007 period. here is summer again. remember, we also hit summer and it automatically goes up. summer of 2007, there was a series of refinery problems, fire at a chevron site. mechanical problems at some sites in california. don t worry about that. let s not build new refineries. that doesn t mean anything. summer of 2008. this goes through the refinery problem. summer of 2008. this is where everybody was standing at the oil pumps and saying you ve got to elect a republican.