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That led to a good day on wall street. the dow gained 99, s&p 500 up 16. the price of gasoline increased overnight. the national average is now $3.53 a gallon up 17 cents from last week. the justice department accuses s&p's debt rating agency of down playing mortgage bonds that created the financial crisis. the civil complaint is the first enforcement action the government it is a taken against a agency regulated to the meltdown. >> we're now getting a peek behind the curtain into the obama administration justification for targeting an killing american citizens that it suspects of terrorism....

Morning. the average price for regular across the country is now $3.53. you're up close to 20 cents since monday of last year. that is a spike. >>steve: why is that? >> trot out the usual suspects. the refiners, the oil companies, conspiracy theories or supply and demand. i think it's because ben bernanke is printing dollars up like a storm and that is lowering the value of the u.s. dollar. that means that oil goes up. that's what happens. when you print money, dollar down, oil up, gas up. i think that's what's happening. >>brian: a lot of people use this opportunity to start ripping oil compa...

Wrongdoing. so we're just going to have to see how this story unfolds from here, chris. >> and what is going on with gas prices? i was in california overing the weekend, a little sticker shock there. but it's certainly not just there. most expensive ever for this time of year. >> ever, ever. the current average is $3.53 a gallon. that is, of course, the average nationwide. that is up 23 cents from a month ago, and this time last year, prices were $3.48 a gallon. how much do you spend on gas? well, the average household, apparently, spent about $2,900 to fill up their tank last year participate...

Formally resigned. gregg: a nasty surprise for drivers. gasoline prices taking a huge jump up 18 cents in the last week alone. the national average $3.53 for a gallon of regular. what's the deal? >> reporter: i think this is the direct result of ben bernanke promising to keep printing money. as he makes the promises the dollar goes down and the price of oil and gas goes up. the usual suspects are supply and demand or refiners of the oil companies or manipulation of the numbers. this time it seems to be a function of the sharply lower dollar because ben is printing so much money. it looks like ...

Investigating and may decide to limit the amount of caffeine allowed in these energy drinks. right now soda does are a cap, energy drinks do not. back to you. jenna: that's an interesting fact, i didn't know that, rick. watch out. all right, thank you. jon: let's take you inside america's election headquarters once again and talk a little politics. you know, over the next two weeks the swing states can expect all kinds of attention a barrage of campaign ads and cam pawn visits are coming -- campaign visits are coming their way. tomorrow both president obama and governor romney will be making s...