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Gas prices are putting the pedal to the metal. quickly closing in on the all-time high set three years ago. aaa says the national average has climbed to $3.82 a gallon, 27 cents higher than a month ago and nearly a dollar higher than a year ago. mandy is here with what's moving your money. so i guess hawaii, mandy, has the most expensive gas, 4.46 a gallon? >> yeah, that's right, chris. i guess the extra shipping time to get over there just ups the ante a little bit. at 4.46, that is 28 cents higher than second place california and a whooping 12 cents higher than just a week ago. by the way, w...

Tank. >> i know. it's crazy. we're going to hit $4 a gallon all over the country. >> i want to know who to blame. >> politicians blaming politicians for high prices. instead of doing somebody it, everyone is pointing fingers. in the meantime you're paying more for gas again. on facebook ex-~ governor and ex-vice-presidential candidate sarah palin blasted it saying his war on oil and gas exploration and production has caused us pain at the pump, endangered our already sluggish ek knowledgic recovery and the threatened our national security. she called the president the $4-per-gallon president. ...

As we approach $4 a gallon at the national average a lot of folks are not happy. take a listen. >> $4.19 a gallon, that's ridiculous. absolutely absurd. >> i have to drive and they don't pay mileage. it's really, really sticking me. >> getting all the bailouts and the brakes and we're getting squeezed. >> it's l.a., so it's even worse than most places. >> how high can it go? oil analyst tom clausea places his bets of going over $4.11, at around 40%. those would be good odds there. what happens beyond $4 a gallon? he says $4 a gallon for an extended period of time, dire consequences for the con...

It averages $3.79 a gallon. four states have average gas prices above $4 a gallon. the nags tional record set in 2 was $4.11 a gallon. now back to our top story. japan's nuclear crisis. now raised to a level 7. now that is the highest severity rating for nuclear accidents. we're getting reaction. >> reporter: the crisis of the fukushima nuclear plant no among the worst in the history. the government raising the crisis from a 5 level on par with the three mile island accident to a 7. a major accident declaration. the same as a chernobyl nuclear disaster. the change in the level reminds us thi...

Back on gas prices. no matter where you live, you've seen them go up. carol costello here with today's "talk back" question, you know, i mean, you and i both were lamenting over the fact that it's out of control. >> it is. a lot of people feel it's out of control and there's a lot of fingers being pointed in different directions because, you know, here we go again. politicians blaming other politicians for high gas prices instead of doing something about it, everybody is pointing fingers. in the meantime, you are paying more for gas, again. an average of $3.79 a gallon. on facebook exgovernor ...