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Ig report had been leaked through the press. it is unclear if they will resign in the irs in the days to come. but they will be keeping an eye on the hearing today. >> thanks, patti ann? >> thanks, heather. now to stories you can bank on this morning. a roller-coaster for gas prices. joining us from fox business network is lauren simonetti. >> gas prices started the year at 3.29 a gallon. today your national average is $3.61 a gallon. this past month it's up $0.08 alone. one of the reasons we see the spike it has nothing to do with supply. four different refineries in illinois, tulsa, oklaho...

Is showing americans are now cushing spending a bit to compensate perhaps for higher gas prices that they're experiencing. in fact 2012 will likely be the most expensive year ever for drivers. this year-to-date the average price across the country for a gallon of gas has been $3.61. more than 10 cents above the previous record average that was set last year. so let's bring in our good friend, stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. good morning and what do you think about this? >> this one crept on us, didn't it? unlike previous gas spikes were all over the hea...

Fluctuations. >> we have the highest price ever in the history in this country for gasoline and right now the average roughly 3.61 gallon and that's higher on average than we've ever paid before. so if that alone is not a wakeup call then you are taking oxycontin and you are out of your mind. >> do you know that the only regressive tax that the liberals like is higher gas prices and that's a-- >> cigarette taxes are regressive and-- >> and a couple of them, but they love this one and they don't mind that the poor and working class of this country gets hosed because-- >> and what you're saying,...

Verdict. gas prices fell by a nickel. the price for a gallon of regular is now $3.61. now back to "confessions of a serial killer." there were times during the years jeffrey dahmer was killing young men and boys when he came close to being caught, stopped from taking more lives. one of those crucial moments still haunted dahmer's father, lionel, during my 1994 interview with him. in march of 1989, you were helping him gather up his belongings, going through his room, and you came across a box. tell me about that incident. >> it was about a one-foot-square box, metal and wood box, that i thou...

>> that's right. falling oil and gas prices are like a big tax cut. one research firm estimates that for every dollar drop in the price of a barrel of crude consumers save $3 billion a year on fuel costs. oil closed down another $3 and change today and has dropped $26 a barrel from its peak in february. gasoline prices are going down as well, down to $3.61 for a gallon of regular. that's down more than 30 cents from the peak earlier this year. john? >> john: we will take the drop, but it sure would be good to create some new jobs. peter barnes for us in washington tonight. peter, thanks so muc...