he totally botch this. the federal government s website on test is now live, i know at least one of our producers has been able to navigate that make the request so we will how quickly they sho up and certainly for those who need them most around the country we hope they get their first. and the report from gas budd shows the national average pric of gas has risen for the third week straight. now at $3.31 a gallon that s an increase of more than 93 cents per gallon from a year ago. gas by the analyst say $4 a gallon is possible in the comin months. check out the new satellite photos of the drone attack on a oil facility in the capital of the uae monday. it s also sparked a fire at the nearby international airport. iran backed rebels claimed responsibility for the attack which killed three people. national security advisor strongly condemns the attack an says the white house will work
two month high. national gas average stands at 3.31, up nearly a dollar from last year. still lower than the peaks we saw a few months ago. experts warn drivers could start to feel the pain again by springtime. bill: major truck driver shortage stretching the chain. there doesn t seem to be an end in sight. the american trucking association says the industry is more than 80,000 drivers short. it could double in the years to come if the trend continues. president of the american trucking association, chris, welcome back. nice to see you and thank you for coming back to our program. you yesterday said the industry is at the edge of a cliff. of what, chris? i think we re trying to steer clear of going off the cliff but it has been bad policy for the last year that put us in this position. we need to get back on the right track. come out of this covid rut more quickly. it requires good, thoughtful
start. u.s. national average up nearly a dollar from a year ago. 3.31 the national average, steve moore, former trump economic adviser and robert wolf, former obama economic adviser. thank you are being here. so, roll sound bite, gas buddy making this prediction about $4 starting to roll. most of the pain in march, april and may, we are already going up. sandra: more energy prices, already feeling the pain when it comes to heating our homes this winter. americans are not going to be happy if they are staring $4 as a national average again at the gas pumps. part of the problem, down about 2 million barrels a day of the oil that we have produced here at home, in texas and oklahoma, and west virginia,
it was always going to be more than a band-aid than an actual game changer. while the president did announce the release of 50 billion barrels from the strategic only reserve. keep in mind that s only 12 hours of world supplies, and so oil prices did fall around 10% leading up to the president s announcement and then they kept falling because of omicron. they have since fully recovered those losses. the hit from omicron to the oil market in terms of demand was less than expected and so we ve seen gas prices come back up. today the average is at 3.31 a gallon. only 11 cents below the peak and nearly a dollar more than a year ago. ana, the high cost of living is clearly creating a lot of anxiety among americans, and the fact that gas prices are starting to head back up is only going to make that matter worse. just a quick follow-up on gas prices specifically. you have goldman sachs now saying oil could jump to $100 a
are starting to tick higher. the that move by the president right before thanksgiving to release a record amount of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve was made with a lot of fanfare but it really hasn t lived up to the hype. the national average is standing at $3.31 a gallon. it s only down 14 cents from the peak. and it s only it s up about three pennies from late december. all of this is going to add pressure on the white house to do something here, alisyn and victor. let s turn to this squeeze pun we heard from alisyn before the break. talking about oranges. the country s orange crop is expected to be the smallest in decades. why? and what does that mean for orange juice prices? well, definitely some bad news for orange juice drinkers. the usda is calling for the smallest florida orange harvest since world war ii. experts are blaming a disease known as citrus graining which is really hurting the harvest