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I would say it's a beautiful morning, but it's 8,500 degrees in central park. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm don lemon with pamela brown. >> great to be here. >> it's my time. it says you are here with everything we need to know. >> everything that matters to us. when you are driving down the street and see the gas prices? guess what? they are on their way up. aaa saying the average price of a gallon of unleaded regular at $3.64 it's up 16 cents from last week. they are the highest in march. look at the overall trend. it's just been higher. especially as we get into the heart of ...

They are going higher. the average price of a gallon of gas $3.64 a gallon, up 16 cents from a week ago. gas prices have been up and down, they were the highest in march but that trend is going higher especially as we dig in deep into the summer driving season which we're in right now. there are lots of factors. >> what is behind it? last week when i was talking to christine romans we were talking about overseas oil prices but what's pushing them up? >> there are several reasons and one of them is those tensions in egypt, the suez canal is an important shipping center for oil so it's not an is...

Derby examplchamp. he made history as the first player left out of the all star game to win this. this is only his second major league season. he beat the nationals bright harper 9-8 in the final round with five swings to spare. brian kilmeade will be covering this starting at 6:00 a.m. this morning. >> lauren simonetti with your top business news of the morning. >> if you are filling up the gas tank this is what you are likely paying $3.64 up $0.16 from a week ago. relief isn't coming. experts say gas prices are actually going to shoot up another 5-15 cents before the end of the month. severa...

Work to prevent the filibuster but as of now still no deal. price shock at gas pump. prices up 16 cent in the last week alone. the national average for regular $3.64 a gallon. why would gas go up so quickly right now? >> reporter: a big reason is the unrest in egypt. egypt controls the suez canal. when you combine the removal of their president mohammed morsi and all the uncertainty, the price of crude oil goes up according to triple aaa. gas supplies are tight and there are a lot of people on the road taking trips. so all that drives the prices up. while $3.64 for one gallon of gas is painful...

How hard you accelerate and how steady you are on the accelerator. driving around aggressively can use up fuel economy. you might want to consider changing your hours around. >> you say pay less at the pump. that was the ideal. how? >> toward the end of the week prices tend to creep up because people go away for the weekend. the lowest time to save tends to be tuesday into wednesday morning. if you find a gas station on your commute that has the lowest prices see if they have an affiliated gas card. exxon, bp, they have them. you can get a 5% rebate, something to consider since gas prices now ...