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Families are saying paying the same families by allowing medicare to negotiate with companies and bring down those prices. and i think the president has made very clear that he is willing to look at other measures related more direct i wil directly to gas prices. but listen, this is a global phenomenon. there is not a silver bullet to this russian aggression at the moment. the fact the president is being straight about that but also making clear we're willing to do every single thing we can to help bring down gas prices -- and look, you do see that forecasters predict the prices will moderate ...

Administration says this -- >> we are open to ideas. >> well, let's discuss those ideas that you are open to. now, with the senior adviser to the president, jean spurling. jean, thank you for joining me tonight. what are these ideas? because as president biden spoke about, as your colleague spoke about, you are open to ideas. what are the ideas that you have for the table and for the american people? >> you know, look, laura, i think the president is leveling with people, and letting them know that these gas prices are global phenomenon. that they are very much caused by the un -- unthinkable ...

Thank you for joining me tonight. what are these ideas, because as president biden spoke about, as your colleagues spoke about, you're open to ideas. what are the ideas you have for the table and for the american people? >> you know, look, laura, i think the president is leveling with people and letting them know that these gas prices are global phenomenon, that they are very much caused by the unthinkable war of aggression in ukraine. you know, that's not a shift of blame. that's just a description. prices were $3.31 on january 17th when putin started doing military exercises in belarus. they...

Exorbitant profits and the exorbitant price hikes of shipping companies bringing products into the u.s. is being passed on directly to consumers. we can stop that. we can at least reduce the pressure of prescription drug price by letting prices that families are say -- paying the same families -- by allowing medicare to negotiate with companies and bring down those prices. and i think the president is made very clear that he is willing to look at other measures related more directly to gas prices but -- but listen. this is a global phenomenon. there is not a silver bullet to this russian' aggr...

This morning just one penny away, the national price -- the national average for a gallon of gas $4.99 a gallon. alexandra field live in new jersey. very close to $5 which is a serious mental barrier. >> reporter: we will be talk about this all summer long because all the predictions are it is just going to get worse. the average price crept up a penny overnight nearly two pennies but those pennies are adding up so quickly. consider the fact that a week ago we were at an average of i-4.76 a month ago it was $4.37 and a year ago $3.07 in knowledge they're selling gas for $5.09, ten cents over t...