are on such alert, so much emotion, so much political attention, any skirmish now could very quickly escalate. there is not even rudimentary crisis control. that s the thing to worry about. there is there s financial incentive for the north to deescalate this. because with spring coming, the harvest is coming, they ve got to get troops. they used their military to harvest the fields. without that, their people go hungry. a lot of what they do, analysts say, is to get stuff out. extortion. to get stuff. aid, fuel, money. all of that. and that s the pattern we have seen in the past. make a threat and extort. well, yes, exactly. and also, the pattern has erupted during april. this is the month, the whole month, where these joint military exercises between south korea and the united states are going on. this could be going on for a whole month, this tension. plus it s kim il song s 101st birthday, the founder and who knows what rhetoric is going to come out then. kaeson. an indus
north. i don t believe that for a second. but the chance of some kind of an incident now when both sides are on such alert, so much emotion, so much political attention, any skirmish now could very quickly escalate. there is not even rudimentary crisis control. that s the thing to worry about. there is there s financial incentive for the north to deescalate this. because with spring coming, the harvest is coming, they ve got to get troops. they used their military to harvest the fields. without that, their people go hungry. a lot of what they do, analysts say, is to get stuff out. extortion. to get stuff. aid, fuel, money. all of that. and that s the pattern we have seen in the past. make a threat and extort. and the pattern has erupted during april. this is the month, the whole month, where these joint military exercises between south korea and the united states are going on. this could be going on for a whole month, this tension. plus it s kim il song s 101st
are on such alert, so much emotion, so much political attention, any skirmish now could very quickly escalate. there is not even rudimentary crisis control. that s the thing to worry about. there is there s financial incentive for the north to deescalate this. because with spring coming, the harvest is coming, they ve got to get troops. they used their military to harvest the fields. without that, their people go hungry. a lot of what they do, analysts say, is to get stuff out. extortion. to get stuff. aid, fuel, money. all of that. and that s the pattern we have seen in the past. make a threat and extort. and the pattern has erupted during april. this is the month, the whole month, where these joint military exercises between south korea and the united states are going on. this could be going on for a whole month, this tension. plus it s kim il song s 101st birthday, the founder and who knows what rhetoric is going to come out then. kaeson.
unemployment and unusually cold, brutal winter have led to a record number of households asking for federal help simply to stay warm. adding to the difficulty for financially strapped families, a record rise in gas prices. t.j. winick has details. good morning. reporter: good morning. one car manufacturer even says they are preparing a fleet of electric cars to deal with the frustration that will inevitably come with rising gas prices. just when you thought it was safe to pull up to the pump i ve got $75 to fill up. it s insane. reporter: it is when you consider gas prices are the highest they ve ever been during the month of february. according to the department of energy, the national average of an unleaded gallon is now $3.13. this should be the lowest time of the year for prices. my fear is with spring coming, it could only get worse. reporter: the most expensive gasoline, that would be in santa