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Everybody cares about family and their ability to make it for their kids and i think that's a good thing. and they have handled it beautifully and it is -- it is not anything that should be really public because it is not public. it is private. >> well, maria shriver said in a statement just a short time ago, this is a painful and heart breaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy. schwarzenegger and shriver announced last week they were splitting up after 25 years of marriage. little bit of good news today on the gasoline front. the c...

Military trials for the nearly 200 people arrested in connection with the clashes. in yemen, the death toll rose to 240 after security forces opened fire on crowds yesterday. demonstrations in that country have entered their third month despite a violent military crackdown. in syria, activists say forces went into two cities killing 14 people and arresting hundreds of others. the human rights groups say communications, electricity and water all have been cut in various towns. back here at home, gas prices have surged 12 cents a gallon in just the last two weeks. that's just shy of the al...

Weak it was, and that was making it more expensive for us. >> that's true. that's one of the problems we'll continue to have. if you compare the all time high for gasoline was $4.11, when the price of oil was at $147 a barrel. right now it is $100 a barrel, but we're still at the $4 mark. a lot of the reason for the disparity is the fact that the dollar has gotten so much weaker. we're not as competitive at buying oil around the world as when we're competing with china and japan and everywhere else and india as they gobble up more oil. higher prices are here to stay. they may fall a little bit...

That be the time where there might be a fundamental change in the way the consumers perhaps deal with buying cars? >> it is interesting, people used to think that tipping point was at $4. we're there and we don't see huge change in behavior. last time we got to $4.11, over $4, we did see a big change in behavior. most economists and analysts think that's really the only thing that is going to cure our oil consumption, when it gets so expensive, it just becomes truly cheaper and a better decision to do something else, whether it is ride the train, car pool more, buy more efficient cars, whateve...

Finally, we usually see a spring run up in prices as demand increases from the low demand winter months. >> listen to this, analysts say that the spike is forcing an average american to spend an additional $700 on their fuel budget this year for just one vehicle. so of course, a lot of motorists are either cutting things out or driving less all together. >> i can't even go nowhere because my car uses so much gas. and it breaks the budget at home. we don't go to too many places. we stay home. >> believe it or not, we have not set any records. remember back in 2008? that is when we saw the natio...