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The state department has called for his release. he is entitled, by the way, to appeal this. his family has said he didn't get adequate legal representation. we'll continue to follow this story. a little bit of technical difficulties getting that out of tehran there. new pain at the pump. gas prices have spiked in the past couple weeks. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. what's going on? >> we have high prices for the stuff you make gasoline out of. higher crude oil prices have brought up wholesale prices by 19 cents a gallon. retailers have passed through only 12 cent...

Lake city, utah, has the lowest price at 2.86. los angeles has the highest at 3.69. >> drivers aren't the only ones getting squeezed. wall street bonus checks are taking a big hit. >> banks gearing up to report fourth quarter results making final bonus decisions for last year. total compensation is likely to be the lowest since 2008. we all know that 2008 was the year when some wall street firms didn't even survive. according to those familiar with the situation, many of the roughly 400 goldman sachs partners expect to see 2011 pay cut in half. morgan stanley may shrink bonus by 30% to 40%. th...

Company has very little control over oil prices. those prices jumped again today for the sixth straight trading session. u.s. crude up a dime to $112.86 a barrel. that's the highest in almost three years. gas price are holding steady. national $3.88 a gallon according to aaa. about the same as yesterday but more than a dollar from this day one year ago. u.s. economy growing more than 2% over the last three months. the slowest growth rate since last spring. we got the word today most persons filing for unemployment claims last week. the largest number is the second increase in three weeks and h...

We're not sure. yet. gas prices up about 30% from a year ago. last year the national average for a gallon of unleaded self serve gasoline, $2.86. this year $3.82.

And there's plenty of pain to go around. i know. a year ago the national average was $2.86 is gallon. today, aaa says it's $3.82 a gallon on average. and the summer travel season, weeks away now. there is so much pain at pump, president obama can't ignore it. >> i understand how big of a strain this is on family budgets, and, you know, already we've got about $3.85, close to $4. that's -- that's tough. you know, if you've got to drive to work every day and you don't have an option in terms of the car that you're driving, and it's taking more and more out of your budget, that's a problem. >> ok...