that is 73 cents higher than last year at this time. so what exactly account white house do in all of this? emily schmidt has details from washington. hi, emily. reporter: peggy and rob, good morning to you. the calendar says march, but it might as well be memorial day when it comes to gas prices. they are going up higher and faster than anytime in history. and now, some are asking the president, what are you going to do about it. with gas prices skyrocketing, americans are reaching their limits earlier. see, just $16. i cannot afford to fill up the tank. reporter: the nationwide average is $3.51 a gallon. a new lundberg survey says that s up 33 cents in two week. the second biggest price increase on record means spending more. up until this point, $50 about every two weeks. and now, it s gone up to $60 every two weeks, now, we re up to almost $75. reporter: the prices spiked along with the middle east uprising. so far there are no shortages, just worries. the whi
it s the recent surge in gas price. this morning, the president is considering drastic measures to turn it around. here s why. according to one survey, the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.47. 7 cents higher than last year this time. emily schmidt has details. reporter: good morning to you. the calendar says march, but it might as well be memorial day when it comes to gas prices. they are going up higher and faster than anytime in history. and now, some are asking the president, what are you going to do about it. with gas prices skyrocketing, americans are reaching their limits earlier. i cannot afford to fill up the tank. reporter: the nationwide average is $3.38 a gallon. a new lundberg survey says that s up 33 cents in two week. the second biggest price increase on record means spending more. up until this point, $50 about every two weeks. and now, it s gone up to $60 every two weeks, now, we re up to almost $75. reporter: the prices go with the middle
american, which operates 757s, as well, you better believe they re checking it right now, as well. reporter: and while the unscheduled checks are creating headaches for passengers i prefer for them to ground the plane than something happens. reporter: many agree it s a small price to pay to keep them safe. united says it is not aware of any problems related to the delayed inspection. the faa has not said whether it will penalize united airlines. back to you. all right, michael herzenberg in washington this morning. thank you, michael. u.s. and mexican officials are investigating a deadly attack on american immigration and customs agents. two agents were shot, one died. the agents were traveling in northern mexico yesterday afternoon. they were stopped at a roadblock and an unknown assailant opened fire. one of the agents died at the scene. mexico is fighting drug cartels that do business in the u.s. but so far there is no motive for the attack. now to the middle
inspects its entire fleet of 757s. united took the fleet out of service after a maintenance check on the onboard computers. the company had little choice. reporter: united insists it is not technically grounding its 757s. but it will cycle every single one of the jets through a maintenance check, to make sure the key computer changes were done correctly. what does it mean for passengers? if you re booked on one of the 757s, there s a good chance that your flight will be delayed, and possibly even canceled. united says it expects to vaul the inspections done by this afternoon or even sooner. u.s. and mexican authorities are now searching for a motive and suspects on a deadly attack on a pair of law enforcement agents. they were driving through northern mexico yesterday, when they came to a roadblock. and that s where gunmen who may be linked to mexican drug cartels then opened fire. one agent was killed, the other wounded. we ll have a live update from mexico city late
united says to expect delays and cancellations. michael herzenberg is in washington with more on this. good morning, michael. seems like passengers are going to have to take some patience today. reporter: that s right, betty. you could say united airlines is being pro-active, and that it was remiss. whatever word you choose, passengers may wish they chose a different airline to fly this morning. some united airlines passengers could find themselves in a temporary holding pattern this morning. i didn t know anything, i came to the airport a few hours ago, all i saw was my flight was delayed. reporter: the carrier temporarily grounded its fleet of boeing 757s late tuesday after discovering it hadn t completed mandatory inspections on the flight data computers. the equipment which measures everything from air speed to air pressure was updated following faa orders back in 2004. united airlines is self-policing at this point. they determined a problem and determined probab