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Cities. and that s what s worry is the good news is that the world is outraged by this action. and slowly but surely is isolating them economically which brings us to the other big story and that is oil. ainsley: yeah, we used to be energy independent. now we are dependent on countries like russia. we are funding this that sense. not only are we helping ukraine, but we are also eye oning the pockets of vladimir putin giving him so much money, making him wealthy, and we are funding what he is doing to these ukrainians in a sense because we shut down joe biden day one shut down the keystone pipeline, makes us dependent on russia now for oil. you are going to the gas tank in california and it s costing you over $7 a gallon. 100 bucks to fill up your car what teenager, what 20-year-old, what average american can afford that? steve: absolutely. when you look at the price of gas, by the way it went up 11 cents overnight. a year ago you were paying $2.77 a gallon. ....
She plans to visit. they had 200 children arrived yesterday. one little baby had a noted on her that said please take care of me. you can, my mother cannot. steve: it s heart breaking. meanwhile, how is it impacting you? well, among other things, gas prices reaching a new record high in the united states. and the white house is warning there will be a long road ahead with little relief as the russian invasion of ukraine continues. brian: overnight shell oil pulling out of russia tons of discounted crude oil. ainsley: jacqui line irish joins us live with the energy crisis. jacqui 4.17 today. it was 2.77 a year ago. those numbers are just unbelievable. good morning, ainsley, steve and brian. as you mentioned, shell last night really pulled a 180 from last week when we saw them buy all that cheap russian crude. saying that was the wrong decision, apologizing for it. and announcing that they re severing ties with all russian ....
Graph. ainsley: a year ago 2.77 a gallon. today 4.17 a gallon. $7 out in california. guess this keystone pipeline 830,000 barrels a day. guess how much we buy from russia, 670 barrels a day. keystone alone would have given the united states 160,000 more barrels a day and we buy from russia. brian: you go to north dakota, texas, you frac more it won t be an instant answer but frackers say we can t just ramp this up immediately especially they have to have some supply turn issues. if they knew things were coming down the line that would also affect the oil market and some experts have said this could go up to $200 per barrel make pipelines, want to spend the money, get the financing to take the risk to drill in those lands and know what it takes to get the permits and know how hard it ....
jesse: just mother biden flip flop. he spent the entire last week telling us is he doing everything he can to lower gas prices. but now suddenly there is nothing he can do. putin played a part for sure but gas prices were at 2.77 this time last year. long before russia started this war. so, sorry, joe, this one is on you, too. on your first day in office you killed the pipeline and paused drilling on federal land. you didn t think that would have some effect on gas prices? instead biden continues to lie to our face about his energy policy. listen. it s simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production. that is simply not true. jesse: here s what is true, a judge just revoked the biggest federal offshore lease in u.s. history and biden won t appeal ....
Very much. brian: affordable mass transportation in california. ainsley: i mean, i thought $100 more for the average american s gas tank is expensive but if you are a trucker $1,425. steve: how is this going to impacted you? experts predict surging gas prices inflation will leave the average american family at least $3,000 less in their pocket to spend as you can see 2,000 on gas, 1,000 on groceries, 3,000 less to spend on stuff. fox & friends weekend co-host will cain is here to react. will, a year ago it was $2.77. today it s $4.17. unbelievable. unbelievable. $3,000 a year for the average household as steve just showed us on the screen. a year in costs according to gas and groceries, let s put that into perspective. the average american household makes about $87,000 a year. that s a household. $63,000 for an individual, so, you remember when joe biden said no taxes, absolutely no taxes ....