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$3.28. this is the effect of inflation. the "new york times" says things are up 5.4%. milk, meat, poultry and fish are up 15%. right now in america, about 10.5% of u.s. households are food insecure. that amounts to about 13.5 million people. you can see inflation is hitting hard even for those trying to help the poor. joining me now is john elliott. hes the ceo of gleaners food bank in l.a. this is a different look at

Americans are feeling, the supply chain out of whack? what is happening? what is going on here? >> you said the magic word. supply change. look at gas prices. oil closed today. 80 bucks, the global benchmark. $83. were seeing it at the pump. $3.28 says aaa. the highest its been for oil in seven years. no more supply coming. you see the biden administration asking opec to pump more. there is huge demand. we want to get out, we want to get around, and what happens? supply, demand, you wind up payi...

Ship. lets discuss with kai ryssdal, the host of public radios marketplace. kai, thank you. i want to get to the overall picture and then talk about something specific. weve got to talk about what americans are feeling at the gas pump, supply chain completely out of whack. whats happening? >> you said the magic word, right? supply chain. look at gas prices. oil closed today above 80 bucks. the global benchmark, $83. were seeing that at the pump. its like $3.28. there it is on the screen. $3.28, ...

This morning that pain you are likely feeling at the pump may feel like its getting worse by the day. >> gas prices are up, theyre now at seven-year highs. joining us is pete muntean live from a gas station in alexandria, virginia. tell us whats behind this right now. whats behind the supply crunch? >> reporter: well, jim, you know, this is really going to sting for a lot of folks who got used to low prices. gas was about $1.77 a gallon during the depths of the pandemic, $3.15 for a gallon of re...

Virus fears were spreading across the globe and a major ebola outbreak reach the united states. seven years ago, the last time we saw oil and gas prices like what you will find at your loca pump right now according to aaa the average cost of a gallon of gasoline $3.28 a gallon up from a week ago and that is up from $1.77 for a national average in april of 2020. all of this as critics are warning the proposal from the democrats democrats tax-and-spend lien could push the sky high gas prices even ...

Take them further into the united states and back out here live you will notice everything you just saw on the video we played was all local and state law enforcement having to do part of the federal governments job out here. you have the tiny police department here having to find and apprehend migrants and texas dps having to patrol highway for the human smugglers bringing illegals further into the country. not border patrols fault. they cant be everywhere at once. so many of their agents are p...

In philadelphia. hello, jeff. >> trace, to paraphrase the old brooks and dunn song, costs are going up at the pump particularly. $3.49 at the sunoco in philadelphia. 3.27, 3.28 right now if you round up in terms of the price of regular on the average in the u.s. up eight cents in just the last weeks. up 11 cents since this time last month. $1.10, $2.18 this time last year. the folks we talk to, whether its in the well-healed neighborhoods or the inner city, other starting to get pretty upset abo...

They have nearly doubled in the last 17 months. >> thats right, erica. gas was $1.77 a gallon back during the pandemic, compare that to the station in alexandria, virginia, it is lower than the national average, which is $3.28 now, up 8 cents in just the last week. and analysts say it is the price of crude that is driving this. it hit $80 a barrel for the first time in seven years and theyre anticipating that it will go to $85 a barrel, maybe $90 a barrel by the end of this year. the point is th...

High, $3.28 a gallon. also, oil prices near a seven-year high as well. you have -- covid clearly remains the biggest threat to the economy, but how big of a threat are the soaring energy prices now on top of that and the ripple effects it can have? >> yeah. no, obviously its a problem, and it all goes back to the pandemic. i mean, the pandemic has disrupted all markets, you know. you can see in the global supply chains hand in the job market and now were seeing it in the energy markets, $80 oil....

Feathers. >> i dont think youre afraid of this mask. this is a short-term inconvenience for long-term freedom. come on, now. todd: whats going on with his hair? we should also talk about that. greg abbott repealed the mask mandate in march and recently banned mandatory masking for public schools. its weird looking, a mullet. city of philly returning to 100% capacity wednesday, more than a week earlier than expected, thanks to a dropoff in new coronavirus cases. officials are still keeping some m...