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Emerging after last week's tornadoes in the midwest. an update on the recovery efforts. chris? >> they are amazing stories. thank you, thomas. in just moments, president obama is going to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the oval office. topping the agenda is what to do with a nuclear iran. sanctions are front and center. they could choke off the oil industry. the national average now stands at $3.77. that's up 29 cents from a month ago. we have seen 27 straight days of gas price hikes. richard lui is here. is iran the wild card into whether we'll be seeing $5 a gallon ...

Megyn: the farther you drive the deeper you'll have to dig into your wallet to get there. gas prices continuing their rapid climb nationwide and some economists fear they could slam the brakes on any economic recovery. nationwide, the average now up to 3.77 a gallon, according to aaa, up 7 cents in one week. we've been following prices closely in cincinnati, ohio, just as one bellwether, right now drivers in that city paying 3.72 a gallon. that's an increase of 8 cents per gallon over the last week when that same gas cost you 3.64. new questions today about the man just tapped to help shape ...

Nation, reverend al sharpton. my conversation with him is coming up at the bottom of the hour. now number three on our first five web stories. scarlett johansson. set to take on the role of janet leigh in the new pick "making of psycho." it shows what happened behind the scenes of the iconic film. anthony hopkins with play director alfred hitchcock. energy crisis hitting americans in the wallet with the rising gas prices. prices have gone up for the 26th straight day. according to aaa, the national average price of a gallon of gas regular is $3.77. a month ago $3.47. a year ago $3.49. too high...

>>shepard: show me. >> we went to columbia university, our intern went katherine, went shopping. eggs in new york city, $2.39 for a carton. in des moines $1.19. what do you think of that? >>shepard: i am surprised eggs are $2.39. and a gallon of milk? >>reporter: we wanted to make it simple $4.29 in new york city. and now in des moines, what do you think? >>shepard: i guess lower. >> yes, $3.77. >>shepard: on juice is expensive here in new york. >>guest: you will pay $5.39.

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 ...