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Americans are projected by aaa to hit the road driving 50 miles or more during the five-day memorial day travel period. we will see how much people actually drive, gas buddy thinks that so many people are driving that they just don't see demand going down and that these gas prices because of that will really stick, maybe staying above $4.50 a gallon for months. the gas price has gone up about 50% compared to last memorial day on average. 30% since the start of the russian invasion of ukraine. kate. >> pete, thank you so much for that. coming up for us, school safety, once again in the spotli...

Softish coming up, but we shall see how it plays out. let's bring the conversation back in the room with our great reporters. here's how consumers see inflation. every time they fill 7:their car. one year ago gas on average was $3.01. today it cost $4.50 a gallon. that's on average. there are parts in the country including here, but in california where the state gas tax is higher, it's more than that. that's how they see it. and we are now late may in an election year. here's the president's approval rating. 40% approve. 55% disapprove. whether you blame the president or not for the specifics,...

Barrasso joins us, the chair of the republican conference and ranking member of the energy and natural resources committee. the united states announced it is going to relax some sanctions on maduro and the venezuela government because he has pledged he will sit down with talks with the opposition, and now chevron has been given the green light to see if it can get some oil leases from venezuela. what's going on? >> joe biden is desperate, trying different gimmicks. american people today are paying the highest prices for gas at the pump ever. and in a state like wyoming, you know, the average g...

>> john: the road ahead does not look much better. supply likely to get tighter. china aims to end the covid lockdown at the beginning of next month. >> anita: dagen mcdowell is standing by, but grady is live in chicago. are drivers wanting to sell their cars? >> they would rather walk, i think, and i did a double take when i pulled up this morning and saw the price here, 5.25 for a gallon of gas in chicago. the national average today jumped above 4.50 for the first time ever, and prices could keep climbing. gas prices are up $0.15 from a week ago, up nearly $0.45 from a month ago, and a buck ...

We top out. think around memorial day, fourth of july that is around the time when it might happen. >> and do we stay there? the white house is trying to allow different kinds of blends of fuel to be sold during the summer, they have released all the oil from the reserve. are we going to stay in this $4.50 range? >> i think that things will come down obviously eventually. when the formulation switches, that is when prices tend to drop. and when it comes to krud oil, i think crude oil, i think the second half of the year might look different from where it is now. >> different meaning lower? >> ...