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It's earth day. when it comes to being green, three states in new england topped the list according to the "wall street journal." so which states could use a refresher course on how to reduce, reuse, recycle? ohio, indiana, and west virginia. well, we're all feeling it, right? gas prices skyrocketing, pushing up the cost of almost everything that we buy now. right now the average price of regular is $3.85 a gallon. drivers in several states already paying more than four bucks a gallon. our business news correspondent stephanie elam joins us from new york. and stephanie, we know that presiden...

>> reporter: i tell you, thomas, $3.85 here, lines here from lake shoredrive to here. the price is north of $4. in illinois, one of the six states and the district of columbia where gas prices are over $4 a gallon. here it's a whopping $4.49 a gallon for regular unless you want to get a car wash which is not going to happen on a day like this in chicago. it's been an essxtraordinarily fast increase in the price per gallon all across the country and even in states where there's good news, bad news, too. in new jersey, for example, traditionally one out lowest prices for gas with one of these kr...

Something he can play politics with this. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it's not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with it and start to bring down the long-term deficits. and of ...

Steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it's not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, democrats, understand that we need to get on with it and start to bring down the long-term deficits. and of course, as we do that, as we work that out...

>> you heard him say this week that was a mistake. he recognizes that's a mistake and he recognizes that's not something he can play politics with. steny hoyer said something similar on the floor earlier this year. he said i thought this was something you could demagogue. i was wrong. it's not something you can play politics with. again, this is absolutely a critical thing for people to understand. this is about the trust and confidence in the american people and the world is watching us. markets around the world are watching washington to see whether this political leadership, republicans, de...