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Bill: rick santorum coming up in moments. first rising gas prices a big issue for the president. his fellow democrats reportedly said to be urging the president to tap into emergency reserves, reports suggesting that they're worried this issue could cost him a win in november and have a trickle down effect on other members of congress. current average, 3.73 a gallon. no sign of stopping there, either. california congressman kevin mccarthy, house majority whip, co-chair of the house energy action team, sir, good morning and welcome back to mek's newsroom. >> good morning, thank you for having m...

Partisanship, and we need to ban together in a bipartisan way, to support common sense proposals to strengthen this recovery and create more jobs. >> congressman, as we talk about the common sense approaches in washington, d.c. and how to make common ground, common decisions, we have to talk about what people are seeing as they are trying to get the jobs and that is the price of gas at the pumps. >> yes. >> and the numbers are not looking good and several members of congress calling on the president to release the oil from the national petroleum reserves, because just to inform, they have clim...

Mortgage on the house to pay for it, it was so high. >> way too high. way too high. $4.08 a gallon? wow. and it's not going to do anything for my tank. >> reporter: no. it's not. even when there's good news in this story there's bad news in the story. new jersey traditionally had relatively lower gas prices when there's a crisis. $3.63. today, $3.73 in new jersey, that's a 11-cent increase just in one day. don't forget, those projections are some experts saying over $6 a gallon, i was in london a couple of weeks ago where it's $8 a gallon. we're in that range and it was unthinkable in the unit...

Can see the numbers behind you. almost as high here in washington, d.c. we're pushing five bucks. >> reporter: yeah, it's amazing. nothing to write home about unless you're writing a satire. in illinois, this is one of the six states plus the district of columbia where gas prices passed on average. and that's not unusual. even in the states where there's good news in this story, there's bad news. new jersey had tr additionally been a state with the lowest gas prices. this is a particularly big one. yesterday, gas in new jersey along the turnpike was $3.62. pretty good by chicago standards. tod...

>> 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...