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According to aaa prices today hit 4.17 a gallon exceeding the previous record of 4.11 set in 2008 in california. more than 5.34 a gallon. the website gas buddy crashed overwhelmed by users trying to save a nickel or dime on a gallon of gas. >> i never seen before, never seen before. this is the first time in my life i see like 6.95 regular price. >> normally come here it's $4.30 now $1 up. i might not eat lunch for the rest of the week. >> when you need gas, you need gas. that's just how it goes. you have to get to work, you have to get to work. >> so how did we get here? the war in ukraine is...

Week. what's really going on here is the price is going up since the russian invasion of ukraine, about 50 cents since it started 11 days ago. also, the u.s. gets about 2% of its oil imports from russia but because of the war, it's causing a strain on european and asian markets. oil traded globally, so that's causing the price to go up even here. we are really close to the record for the national average. $4.11 set back in july 17th, 2008. experts say this bubble might not burst until $4.25, maybe $4.50 a gallon, gabe. >> no signs it turns around anytime soon, thank you for that. at this hou...

Record high price for gas very soon. take a listen. >> with the current average at $4.06 and the all time high at 4.11, it's a conclusion that we will set a high price for national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline perhaps tomorrow, definitely this week. >> you know, part of the reason why he says that it's a foregone conclusion because of how quickly we've seen prices jump and the differences from day to day. normally we see a penny here a penny there. not the case in recent weeks. today's average is $4.06. that's up from 5 cents yesterday. up from over 40 cents just last week. so we'...

Pump as the price of crude oil goes higher. >> it's hard to imagine because we are looking at today a national average price for 4.06. that is up $0.05 from yesterday and up over $0.40 from just a week ago. today 20 states and d.c. are paying over the $4 a gallon threshold. here is the thing. the high prices are not slowing down people yet. according to gas buddy, demand is up over 6% from last week. and demand is expected to go up as we near summer travel season. now, this could change if we see these high record prices go up like i said, we are expecting to hit the record high of 4.11, maybe...

Crunch. >> it's hurting them, right? consumers are having to reassess their day-to-day. can they work out remote work with their employers, save on the commute, can they stack up their errands of the weekend. when we're talking about the real impacts here, it's to rideshare drivers, these uber drivers and cab drivers. they're really feeling the pain he here. one driver i spoke with only got $10 in one day waiting hours there, $10 is what he got there for his fare. this is the national average, $4.26. wow, look at that. a week ago, we actually hit the highest of all time at $4.33. the closest w...