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holy mackerel. i couldn t know it. it was crazy. reporter: texas has some of the cheapest prices in the country, an average of $3.18 a gallon. but that s no relief to edward martinez, who drives more than 100 miles a day hauling construction debris. how often are you having to fill up? shoot, maybe once once or twice a day. reporter: how much is it to fill your tank up? well over $100. it looks like we re in for higher oil and gas prices for the long haul. reporter: ed herz, is an energy fellow at the university of houston, and says despite the president releasing 50 billion barrels of oil from the strategic reserve to helpron the market in the global market. he says if oil-rich russia invades ukraine american consumers will feel the ripple effect at the pump. expect to see the price go up by 50 cents to 75 cents a gallon if russia goes ahead with an invasion of ukraine.
surface-to-air missile system president zelenskyy has been calling for. it is a priority because it can be used to take down russian jets and drones. it can hit a target more than 90 miles away and, get this, as high as 90,000 feet. here is video from a russian training exercise. this involves four components on separate vehicles. one that detects the jet. one that analyzes the data. another that tracks the target and, of course, the missile launcher. there s a challenge in getting these to ukraine. the system is made in russia. a few nato countries have them, these s-300s that are operational, bulgaria, grease and slovakia. there are reports that the u.s. is speaking to those countries about transferring the systems. nothing concrete we know of yet. but the u.s. will be giving ukraine american-made switchblade drones, about 100. they re kamikaze drones, little things that are 2 feet long and
ukraine american couple were unable to flee the country ahead of russia s invasion. due to dalia being nine months pregnant. they have since welcomed a baby boy. but remain unable to return to america. pleased to say however, we can speak to them now. sergei, dalia, very good morning to you. and i ve heard some horrible, horrible stories emerging from kyiv over the past few week, but this one has to be up there. first and foremost, how is your son doing? doing great. these are terrible circumstances. but for him, we are so happy, and he s healthy and it s great news for us. we have to go see doctors and there are no doctors left anymore. so there s s there s