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Some more in the immediate future. martha: the president will address this and talk to the nation a little bit later this morning. stuart, thank you very much. stuart varney, fox business network. bill: he will be in orlando later today. here impact on people living in the city. current average price of gasoline in orlando, people drive suv about $30 a day, spend $24.99 on gas a week. seems cheap, doesn't it. 3.61 from what they paid to fill up last year. if prices stay this way, people will pay $187.72 more over the next year to fill up. so that is where you see the context for the increase. ...

White house. according to aaa, drivers are paying a average of $3.61 for a lal lon of unleaded fuel. three cents pop overnight than it was wednesday. stuart varney joins me. the anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. stuart, this was not a part of the huge discussion last night interestingly enough, but continues to be a big story. >> not a single question on the gas price run-up, in fact we're in middle of rapid surge phase at the gas price run-up. huge detail there, 3.61 is the national average up just three cents overnight. look at california for a second. here is what a ...

Pretty much dropped, but that is something the president is expected to address today during a trip to florida. he will speak from miami. he is pushing energy policy that he says will reduce our dependence on foreign oil in the long term. and as of this morning, the national average for a gallon of gas, 3.61, it popped 3 cents just overnight. joining me now, illinois congressman, chief deputy whip and co-chair of the house energy action keep. congressman roth, good to have you with us, thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. martha: a lot of people talking about this out there, we've...

Something like i've been advocating for a long time, the flat tax. instead of picking winners and losers and you can get the corporate rate down to 15%, 17%, and collecting more money because if you make it, you pay it. and that's the way to do it. do a thorough cleaning instead of picking and choosing, which at the end of the day, politically, is not going to get you far. >> at the end of the day, there's something having a big impact on people's pocketbooks, that is gas prices. the average for unleaded jumped 3 cents overnight, it's now $3.61 a gallon. is there something in the short-term th...

And -- wished for x he wasn't ready for the heat. megyn: why? what about his answers? >> i don't think he was prepared to take on all of the scrutiny. megyn: well, later in our hour what kind of impact will arizona's debate that we saw last night have on this race? we'll show you the focus group with an inside look at what republican voters are really thinking. that's coming up right here. fox news alert now, air force one set to touch down in miami minutes from right now. that's where president obama will address the surge in gas prices which are already putting a strain on family budgets. ...