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Have a law of supply and demand problem. >> eric: february, $3.53. february 17, highest price in february anytime in history. we are starting here. we will do nothing but go higher in the summer. >> kimberly: can we give at it grade? can i grade the stimulus? >> dana: f-minus. >> kimberly: wasted $800 billion. sorry. >> bob: last summer was way up and then it came down. now it's gone way up again. >> dana: at least eric's point is provable. >> bob: what is that? >> dana: by the end of the summer we can look back and say he was right. when you say -- i'm not saying you but when the claim is thi...

Gas prices are putting the pedal to the metal. quickly closing in on the all-time high set three years ago. aaa says the national average has climbed to $3.82 a gallon, 27 cents higher than a month ago and nearly a dollar higher than a year ago. mandy is here with what's moving your money. so i guess hawaii, mandy, has the most expensive gas, 4.46 a gallon? >> yeah, that's right, chris. i guess the extra shipping time to get over there just ups the ante a little bit. at 4.46, that is 28 cents higher than second place california and a whooping 12 cents higher than just a week ago. by the way, w...

Plug-in automobiles, the chevy volt and others. that's largely dependent upon the generation of electricity which is going to come from nuclear power. so fingers crossed not only for the well being of the japanese, but also for the future of the nuclear alternative in the united states because if that takes a turn, that, too, is going to be a set back for us. >> yeah. michael, do you see a tipping point, a line which will be reached in terms of what people pay at the pump, at which point they say, okay, enough, let's get some help from the government? >> i hit it this morning. i filled -- i ha...

You now, things relax add bit in egypt when the army let the people do what they did. >> exactly. you know better than anybody, the former president of shell oil, saudi arabia is a police state. it's basically owned by the royal family. there is enormous disconnect from the average person and prinlzs and kings that run the place. so there is death in the streets and we see it on american television? >> then there is going to be a chill run down everybody's spine and people who need oil in the future are going to try to grab it at whatever price is available. we could see a large spies in the p...

I'm simon hobbs. we're managing to claw our way back. back above 12,000. concerns about growth, china, oil, europe, sovereign debt and shootings in saudi. the labor department reports an increase, but economists don't appear concerned saying they expect numbers to drop as the economy improves. oil prices may have dipped over recent session but was consumers are feeling the sting at the pump. the national average of retail gasoline now stands at $3.53 a gallon. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. back to you. there's an old saying in the advertising world that sex sells. and w...