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Was so different from what we heard from senator chuck schumer last night, which was railing against republicans for the way they had handled the deal. to your point president biden really wanted to make sure he sounded authoritative, sounded professional and presidential, which i think americans needed today hereafter weeks of these parties just railing against each other. >> i also take note the bipartisanship is not just happy talk. he ran on that in 2020, and hed been accused of abandoning t...

I mean, almost contradictory in that it might give rise to more fears on inflation. but also look at gas prices. a year ago, $4.72. today, $3.57. these are also things that the president wanted to point out. >> two points. i agree with doug that i would have like to have seen him do it a little bit earlier. but i also agree youve got to get the networks to take what they can. i think two things are important. number one, the president of the united states is saying this is an oval office address...

Thank you for joining us. lets get into the gas prices and where they can stand. if we pull this graphic up as it stands a gallon of gas in the u.s. $3.58 yesterday, $3.57. or we could go $3.54. obviously, not a big change, we are talking pennies but it is starting to tick up summer. where do you see these prices going in the coming months? >> im afraid they will be going higher. perhaps a lot higher. if we look at the job the u.s. industry has done to keep prices under wraps, it is amazing. pro...

And dont expect that to last forever. the latest right now on where that stands. >> memorial day weekend is here, neil, so is the traffic. people are slowly moving behind me. kind of been the case the last couple of hours. because 42 million americans are planning on travelling this weekend and of that group, 37 million expect today get to their destination by driving. everyone is going to be paying a pretty penny for gas. gas is currently $3.57 a gallon on average. thats up 23% compared to memo...

Will cost drives less to get to destinations. cnns brian todd reports. >> reporter: at this bp station in mclean, virginia, pleasant surprises at the pump. >> i am surprised because everything else is going up a lot more. i guess gas prices have been kind of stable. >> for the past one year, i think the prices are a little bit better for the citizen. >> reporter: the cost of your holiday road trip at least behind the wheel is lower this year. gas prices steeply down from a year ago. the national...

Roads are going to be busy as summer kicks off. aaa says a 6% increase in road travel this memorial day weekend, but i am here with some good news because despite the rising demand the cost of road trips is actually going down. drivers are being greeted by cheaper gas prices this year, much cheaper, the national average is $3.57 a gallon, down by more than a gallon from the $4.60 years ago, miles away from the record high last june of $5.02 a gallon. gasbuddy says drivers in all 50 states are se...

Highway altitude routes so thats supposed to help improve travel throughout the air. the factor in all of this as it is most memorial day weekends, the weather, obviously thats something they cannot control. severe storms moving through the south could have an impact for those getting ready to go in and out of that hub. the other part of this, the roadways, an estimated 37 million driving. gas much cheaper this year, 3.57 per gallon as opposed to 4.60 last year. something to keep an eye on, name...

Up for the holiday weekend, right? >> reporter: theyll spend a lot less, wolf. and theyll deal with serious price competition among gas stations. weve got four gas stations alone just at this intersection competing to undercut each other on prices. motorists are telling us, given how weve been hammered with food prices, clothing prices, and other things, well take this. >> reporter: at this bp station in mclain, virginia, pleasant surprises at the pump. >> i am surprised because everything else ...

Renew a new policy with the saudis. but otherwise, lets work together and get this done. >> ashley: right now the national average for a gallon of regular gas is $3.50 this morning. this morning, i filled up for $3.57 and always a smidge higher in new york. how much more can americans take of this? simply has to give because when you look at it, guess has not come down. it is still low, it is not high. where does this end? >> unfortunately we are not where we were at last summer. but we see the ...

Because the white house views because president biden intervened again and called on congress to really pass a bill forcing both the labor unions and railway companies to accept a deal that maybe some union members didnt want because it lacked paid leave, because president biden did that, they avoided economic calamity, really averded a risk which would have, the white house contends, likely sent the u.s. into a recession. of course, the economy here is what really matters to the president, top ...