down the company i can t do hot sauce. can do you hot sauce. carley: moderation. some people say there is no point in eating food if it doesn t have hot sauce on it. steve: my daughter mary feels that way. went toe boston college became a big fan and add vo cavity all things buffalo. ainsley: make your mouth burned. steve: it opens you up. who needs the sudafed? brian: do you know who loves hot sauce? hillary clinton loves hot sauce. steve: by the gal gallon, absolutely. brian: texas governor greg abbott urging to hold the biden administration accountable for the border crisis. ashley moody will join to us explain why the president s policies are making every state a border state. i m not done reading yet. the state department warning russia if they move into ukraine, they can kiss the nord stream 2 pipeline goodbye. general jack keane on the reality of that.
the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.39. up 11 cents in the past two weeks. highest ever seen this time of year. now the folks at gas buddy.com, they monitor things like this. they are predicting that we could be paying more than $4 a gallon by springtime. folks in some big cities including chicago could be paying close to $5 a gallon by memorial day. the predictions last year turned out to be accurate. the growing tension between iran and the west is partly to blame here. iran s leaders have threatened to shut downtown strait of hormuz the most important oil shipping line in all the world. gerri willis is with us to talk about what those mean. those threats are not solely responsible for these soaring prices but they are a big part. a big part, absolutely. in the last week alone prices have gone up 4 cents a going loan. a.a.a. says the national average for this time of year will be 4:13 a gal gallon.