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On average, texas at $4 and mississippi at $4.03. what's driving down the prices? experts say it's supply and demand. production has increased while inflation and economic uncertainty has led americans to fuel up less. >> we all are dependent on transportation. those gas prices are going to play a big part in getting around. >> reporter: officials at the white house insist the recent trend is not a blip. >> we think it's reasonable to expect more gas stations to lowerprices. >> reporter: it's also news. if there's an energy disruption, prices could just as quickly turn back around. >> if we do...

That crash of that miami air flight in jacksonville. the plane going off the runway earlier this month. the ntsb tonight saying the pilots were unable to stop in time, deciding just moments before to land on that wet, shorter runway in bad weather. the average cost of gas nationwide falling to $2.85 per gallon. aaa tonight saying the most expensive gas is in california at $4.03, followed by hawaii, washington state, nevada and alaska. alabama with the cheapest gas. louisiana, mississippi, south carolina and arkansas rounding out the top five. when we come back here tonight, millions watche...

Ones. one there were temporary problems at refineries and pipelines and that is causing production issues around the country. you might remember the large fire at the chevron refinery in northern california. aaa says the average price in that area in sacramento is $4.03 a gallon. that is compared to 3.76 a week ago. a report came out today saying it could be six months before the refinery is back into full operations. the other factor hear is the drought. you might not think about how the two connect but the drought causes corn prices to go up which causes the cost of ethanol to go up. because...

Last night? how would you grade him? >> i think newt did very well. i think one thing that he did very well, that people are thinking about, is working on american energy policy. and the reason that's important is because, american energy policy ties very closely to foreign policy, our security, israel's security, foreign oil supply, domestic production, what relates directly to jobs. keystone pipeline is certainly a great example of that. and more directly, you know, i was just down the street in this neighborhood in d.c., and gasoline here in d.c. is $4.03 a gallon. ironically -- not ironica...

Back for lent either. >> this is the problem. here's what happens. there's a natural national average $3.57. it's a nine month high based on all the things going on in the middle east and what not. when you see a gallon of gasoline in the bronx at -- >> $4.50. regular. >> very careful that these people on these corners aren't gouging. they hear the news story and they see what's going on and they start to jack up the price in the corner. there are anti-gouging laws. people actually see something like that send it in. >> they're not that far off. in california, the average is $4.03. >> i know. ...