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Going south. and, you know, previously people thought the recovery is coming and things are getting better and a lot of that confidence has been drained and specifically when it comes to president obama, you are at 57%, of americans, saying, they disapprove of his handling of the economy, and much of that is based on the discontent over rising gas prices. >> chris: you have taken me exactly to where i am headed next, brit. let's look at numbers, first of all, the sharp rise in gas prices. when the president was sworn in a gallon of gas cost $1.84. now, it costs $3.85. over 108% increase. and, ...

You know, previously people thought the recoveries is coming, things are getting better. a lot of that confidence has been drained and specifically when it comes to president obama you are now you at 57% of americans saying they disapprove of his handling of the economy. much of that is based on the discontent over rising gas prices. >> chris: you have taken me exactly to where i'm heading next, brit. let's take a look at numbers. first of all, the sharp rise in gas prices. when president obama was sworn in, a gallon of cost cost $1.84. now, it cost $3.85. over 108% increase and as juan just m...

Half a penny to $3.80 which is up more than 8% from last month when the price was $3.56. checking out this time last year, a gallon cost just $2.85. the cost is certainly weighing on drivers with prices topping $4 across six states. they have just been going up, and it's been crazy. >> shop around a lot to find the best prices. >> it it goes to above $5 a gallon, i'm definitely changing to something like a mini or some type of car like this. >> reporter: meanwhile, analysts are saying prices still have a higher ways to go, and here to discuss why the fuel prices are soaring, chief business cor...

To ask you, dana mentioned something earlier it may be too early to find out the impact or fallout for president obama with the gas prices, can the g.o.p. jump on board and use it to their political advantage, what's your take? >> i don't think it's too early to say it's an impact now. what the impact a year from now you certainly can't say, but you know, let's put this in context and we will on fox news sunday. gas prices are literally more than double what they were when president obama took office, they were $1.85 a gallon then on average, they're 3.85 a gallon now. that's 108% increase. an...

Great ride down. if you have high cholesterol, you may be at increased risk of heart attack and stroke. don't kid yourself. talk to your doctor about your risk and about lipitor. >> juan: in the impact segment tonight, the average price of a gallon of gas is $3.85. americans are frustrated and president obama wants an investigation. >> the attorney general is putting together a team whose job it is to root out any cases of fraud and manipulation in the oil markets that might effect gas prices that includes the role of traders and speculators. we're going to make sure that nobody is taking adva...