. vacation okay. memorial day is the first reliable day of the season, and americans will be getting behind the wheel. 31 million of us are likely to take a trip on the road of 50 miles or more, but it will be expensive. here s abc s rebecca jarvis. reporter: the national average is $3.66 with prices climbing the last three days. prices in the middle of the country are especially hard hit. midwest prices have jumped a whopping 66 cents this month. in minnesota, prices hit a record $4.28 a gallon this week, versus the rest of the country where prices are up between 2 cents and 12 cents. and that s because? that s because of the refinery work. the refinery work is ongoing in the middle of the country. it will end soon. reporter: in the meantime,
gas prices they are up. 11 cents in the last two weeks. the latest lundberg survey says the average price of regular is now at $3.66 a gallon. and jodi arias will be back in court monday. a jury will decide whether she lives or dies. arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her ex-boyfriend. now it s back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. when our crews go into maximum security prisons across the country, there s a certain dynamic we observe every time. it s the inherent distrust between correctional officers and inmates. and yet they have to work side by side every day and get along. problem is, things can go bad at any time. when our crew walked into the most notorious housing unit at
coming up an unmanned u.s. drone watch for hours after americans were being killed in libya. where was our military? our next guest says they weren t there because politics were put before people. the epa prepare to go ring in the new year with a regulation wind fall. you won t hear about it until after the election. before we go to the break a look at the gas prices. the new national price or average price is right there 3.66 per gallon. that s down $0.01 from yesterday.
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to see that. gregg: everybody will be able to do so at mounted vernon. heather: coming up interest rates, fixed rate mortgages at incredible lows. fears may is now the time for you to take advantage of the super low rates to refinance your mortgage? joining us now is patricia powell, founder of powell financial group. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. heather: the average 30-year fixed mortgage at historic lows. should people take advantage now is the time for buy and what about refinancing? a lot of different questions. certainly these are historic lows, 3.66 on the fixed, 2.95, these are great rates. if they are all time lows they are hovering close to that level. it s certainly time to consider. if you haven t already