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Yemen today? i know you have been following that as well. >> reporter: absolutely, again, a key country, for the united states, this time an anti-terror, important al qaeda chapter based there and, again a government the united states invested a lot of time and money in, and that of ali saleh, and the money in the middle of protests, for and against the government there, and, the capital city and no violence there yet and theres a deal perhaps for the president to exit, but, opposition forces, i...

Prices as they are. time to bring in the panel. tucker carlson of the "dailycaller.com." rick klein from abc news. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. lets take a look at the rise in gas prices, because its really stunning. put the numbers up here. when president obama was sworn in, gallon of gasoline cost $1.84. now it costs $3.85. a jump of 108%. how damaging is that to the economy? how damaging is it to president obama politically? tucker? >> well, it could be profoundly damaging. part ...

Afghanistan for an attack against coalition forces. drone strikes like this especially with civilian tashlties enflamed tensions between pakistan and the united states. if current trends continue health officials saying that we can expect all 50 states to have some kind of smoking ban as soon as 2020. in 2000, no states had comprehensive indoor smoking bans but ten years latter 25 states outlawed indoor smoking statewide. today, there are only seven states without indoor smoking restrictions. ...

Its earth day. when it comes to being green, three states in new england topped the list according to the "wall street journal." so which states could use a refresher course on how to reduce, reuse, recycle? ohio, indiana, and west virginia. well, were all feeling it, right? gas prices skyrocketing, pushing up the cost of almost everything that we buy now. right now the average price of regular is $3.85 a gallon. drivers in several states already paying more than four bucks a gallon. our busin...

>> reporter: i tell you, thomas, $3.85 here, lines here from lake shoredrive to here. the price is north of $4. in illinois, one of the six states and the district of columbia where gas prices are over $4 a gallon. here its a whopping $4.49 a gallon for regular unless you want to get a car wash which is not going to happen on a day like this in chicago. its been an essxtraordinarily fast increase in the price per gallon all across the country and even in states where theres good news, bad news, ...

Something he can play politics with this. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. its not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats...

Steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. its not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with i...

>> you heard him say this week that was a mistake. he recognizes thats a mistake and he recognizes thats not something he can play politics with. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. its not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets a...

And theres plenty of pain to go around. i know. a year ago the national average was $2.86 is gallon. today, aaa says its $3.82 a gallon on average. and the summer travel season, weeks away now. there is so much pain at pump, president obama cant ignore it. >> i understand how big of a strain this is on family budgets, and, you know, already weve got about $3.85, close to $4. thats -- thats tough. you know, if youve got to drive to work every day and you dont have an option in terms of the car th...

Summer travel season weeks away. president obama said he knows these prices painful. >> i understand how big of a strain this is on family budgets. and, you know, already weve got about $3.85 close to $4. thats tough. you know, if you got to drive to work every day, and you dont have an option, in terms of the car that youre driving, and its taking more and more out of your budget. thats a problem. >> it is a problem. cnns allisalison is at the sto exchange. were heading that way? take a look wh...