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There. >> reporter: marie is heading for a long drive for the easter weekend and it costs her almost $100 to fill up the honda civic. oil companies are a predictable target at times like these and so is the president. when mr. obama took office in january of 2009, oil costs just over $38 a barrel. today its more than $112 a barrel, increase of 189%. gasoline cost $1.84-gallon then. today is almost $3.85 a gallon. increase of 108%. the steep climb may be one of the reasons that the president anno...

Aaa reporting the national average for regular inching up another penny overnight to $3.85 a gallon. prices are now up 3 cents in just the past week, 30 cents from a month ago, and 99 cents from a year ago. meanwhile, president obama is taking aim at skyrocketing gas prices. >> the attorney general is putting together a team whose job it is to root out any cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices, and that includes the role of traders and speculators. were g...

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>> the gas company, trying to make money what is going on there. >> reporter: marie is heading for a long drive for the easter weekend and it costs her almost $100 to fill up the honda civic. oil companies are a predictable target at times like these and so is the president. when mr. obama took office in january of 2009, oil costs just over $38 a barrel. today its more than $112 a barrel, increase of 189%. gasoline cost $1.84-gallon then. today is almost $3.85 a gallon. increase of 108%. the ste...

Because their salaries are stagnant, if they have a sag la. food prices are going up. the gas average now is $3.85, up 30 cents from a month ago, more than a dollar than we paid last year. i want to bring into the conversation nbcs mike taibbi in chicago where theyre paying the average price here, mike, what, $4.26? >> well, $4.26 may be an average. were standing in a place where it is $4.599 for gasoline. this is the blues town, if there wasnt bad news, there wouldnt be no news at all. this is ...

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So i think thats one of the major reasons why they chose this particular hospital campus, is that he can be close to his daughters, close to his work and close to his wife. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks for standing by with toob. the outpouring the support since the tragedy in tucson has been overwhelming. one childs generosity almost brought congresswoman giffords husband to tears. mark kelly said he opened an envelope to find a gift from a 9-year-old boy. >> it was like $2.85. i sealed it back ...

$2.85. so were going to get his lunch money back to him. >> not easy for him obviously. he is the one that is aware of everything. obviously, still scared to death about what the future holds for his wife and at the same time, you know, hes -- hes being bolstered by a nation of people who all really care about this. >> hes been handling this admirably, no doubt about it. >> new york congresswoman carolyn mccarthy says she can certainly identify mark kelly. her husband was killed and her son badl...