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Reach record profit amounts. >> i'm joined by chrissie houlahan, whom the campaign committee says holds one of the most kmettive seats in the state. it's good to see you. thank you for spending a a few minutes with with me. >> it's nice to be with you. thanks for joining us in pennsylvania. >> so, look. $6.50 diesel. you see it. it really stings. $4.50 is bad enough for regular gas. so you see this everyday reminder of this inflation hit. you heard the president's remarks. what more do you want from him? what more do you want from the administration ragt now? >> sure, thank you for having me. ...

Russia, they spiked to $125 a barrel. we're back down to $100 a barrel, but all of it is attributable to the russian invasion. if that hadn't happened, we would be paying maybe $3.25, $3.50 per gallon of gasoline, not $4.25, $4.50. it's about russiana's invasion of ukraine. >> mark zandi, thank you so much. >> sure thing. >> up next, they're software engineers, published authors and now tank operators. meet the young professionals among the ranks of fighters in ukraine. and the power and influence of donald trump is being tested again tonight. stay with us. raise ththe jar to all five layers...

Raise interest rates. this means that gasoline prices are up about 25% since just before russia's invasion of ukraine. now, we did see a dip, if you recall, in april. prices did come down. they actually got to as low as $4.07 a gallon, nationally. that came as oil prices had cooled off. and also as the biden administration released record amounts of emergency oil. but that relief proved to be pretty muted and temporary. because as we see, prices have actually gone back higher. and some of the oil analysts that i talked to, they don't think this is done. they actually think they'll see the nati...

Aaa which says $4.50 gas not completely out of the question. >> it's entirely possible that the upward pressure on gasoline prices are going to continue because the war certainly doesn't look like it's going anywhere, but summer driving season is just kicking in. wrmer warmer weather, longer days. people are going to be out on the roads, more demand for gas gasoline. >> reporter: i said the gas was $4.37 on the way in, it's actually $4.39, it's easy to get the numbers mixed up when it's going up so quickly. a lot of people here in cincinnati are just going across the river into kentucky, just ...

Across the country. p patrick dehan is the head of petroleum analysis at gas buddy, and he joins us now. thank you so much for being here. what should americans mentally prepare for as we head towards the memorial day weekend? >> well, i think to start, a lot of the nincrease that we've see in the last couple of weeks is due to the eu talking about sanctioning russian oil. now, we have seen oil prices pull back to start the week. yesterday and today, at one point today, back under $100 a barrel. that may give us a little bit of short-term relief, but keep in mind, a lot of things can escalate ...