nuclear environments. they're bringing equipment for agent detection, identification, casualty search, rescue and personnel decontamination and emergency medical care to stabilize contaminated personnel. tens of thousands of people who have evacuated the 12-mile zone surrounding the plant are being told it will not be days or weeks, but months before they can return to their homes. new this morning, gas prices up by more than a penny. the average for a gallon of regular gasoline now $3.62. can't talk gas without talking oil, of course. and this morning, oil prices are at a 2 1/2 year high. carmen wong ulrich is here. >> $107 a barrel today. let's look at how this uptick happened for this quarter. oil most recently passed $100 a barrel in february with protests and unrest in egypt, tunisia, and libya, of course. then it dipped mid-march after the earthquake and tsunami in