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Was so different from what we heard from senator chuck schumer last night, which was railing against republicans for the way they had handled the deal. to your point president biden really wanted to make sure he sounded authoritative, sounded professional and presidential, which i think americans needed today hereafter weeks of these parties just railing against each other. >> i also take note the bipartisanship is not just happy talk. he ran on that in 2020, and he'd been accused of abandoning that message in favor of talking about maga republicans, so it seems to me the white house had a rea...

I mean, almost contradictory in that it might give rise to more fears on inflation. but also look at gas prices. a year ago, $4.72. today, $3.57. these are also things that the president wanted to point out. >> two points. i agree with doug that i would have like to have seen him do it a little bit earlier. but i also agree you've got to get the networks to take what they can. i think two things are important. number one, the president of the united states is saying this is an oval office address, therefore it's very important. as someone who filled up her tank for $3.43 today, the thing i'm f...

Thank you for joining us. let's get into the gas prices and where they can stand. if we pull this graphic up as it stands a gallon of gas in the u.s. $3.58 yesterday, $3.57. or we could go $3.54. obviously, not a big change, we are talking pennies but it is starting to tick up summer. where do you see these prices going in the coming months? >> i'm afraid they will be going higher. perhaps a lot higher. if we look at the job the u.s. industry has done to keep prices under wraps, it is amazing. producing gasoline at a record pace. we have added refining capacity to keep up with demand but they ...

And don't expect that to last forever. the latest right now on where that stands. >> memorial day weekend is here, neil, so is the traffic. people are slowly moving behind me. kind of been the case the last couple of hours. because 42 million americans are planning on travelling this weekend and of that group, 37 million expect today get to their destination by driving. everyone is going to be paying a pretty penny for gas. gas is currently $3.57 a gallon on average. that's up 23% compared to memorial day pre-pandemic. despite the lofty prices it's still down a dollar from last year, when gas ...

Will cost drives less to get to destinations. cnn's brian todd reports. >> reporter: at this bp station in mclean, virginia, pleasant surprises at the pump. >> i am surprised because everything else is going up a lot more. i guess gas prices have been kind of stable. >> for the past one year, i think the prices are a little bit better for the citizen. >> reporter: the cost of your holiday road trip at least behind the wheel is lower this year. gas prices steeply down from a year ago. the national average stand at $3.57 a gallon, according to aaa, down from the average at this time last year, w...