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Any relief anytime soon. >> reporter: add gas prices to the list of surging costs weighing on americans' wallets. >> the price has been a little bit more each time. >> reporter: the national average now around $3.44 a gallon, up more than a dollar from a year ago and the highest since 2014. and it's only getting worse roaching the record national average of $4.11. >> do you think we could hit that record in the months ahead? >> i think we have a very good chance. >> reporter: an issue of supply and demand dating back to the start of covid, the roller coaster chart of u.s. gas prices over time....

And the president and his team don't have any answers to this problem. they're still talking about spending. nonsensically in a world where spending is driving inflation. that's the only answer that they have. as edward said, they have no new ideas on energy. that's a huge driver here, sandra. if all we're getting is no answers on energy, no answers on spending and in fact, more spending and people not trusting this government to get it under control, we're going to see prices continue to rise. >> sandra: in the answer is to tap the strategic petroleum reserve, that's not a good one. we've don...

Helped matters. if that is something that we -- >> sandra: how did it help? oil and gasoline prices have only gone up since then. >> no prices fell 10% a gallon around that period. they're above that level. >> sandra: your pain at the pump is a real pain for this white house. the administration is still scrambling to get a grip on lowering prices. fbn's edward lawrence with the latest. so what is the plan, edward? >> no new ideas from president joe biden about how to reduce oil and gas prices. as you know, oil prices directly relate to the price of gas. right now an average gallon of unleaded ...

The pain at the pump is getting worse, you probably noticed, as rising gas prices are affecting drivers across the country. at the pace that oil demand is outpacing supply, the predictions are not at all reassuring. cnn's gabe cohen is live in alexandria, virginia with more. tell us this story. >> reporter: well, brianna, we are watching gas prices climb week after week. it hasn't been this expensive to fill your tank in nearly eight years. as you mentioned, the oil industry has been struggling to keep up with the massive demand for fuel. now the situation on the ukrainian border could make th...

>> bill: gas prices going nowhere but up. national average hovering $3.44. seven year high up from 8 cents a week ago. number of states with gas under $3 a gallon is zero. here to talk about it patrick, head of the petroleum analysis. you predicted six weeks ago we were headed this way. be the prognosticator now. where are we going next? >> i think we continue to go up from here. the national average last week at $3.45. we're back at the level this morning. oil prices giving up a little ground. there is a lot of moving parts but i still think by memorial day americans will dig deeper with pote...