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Threatening to interrupt the oil refineries in louisiana, the futures soaring to the biggest jump in almost two years. this week the price of pump, regular, pump about a penny from yesterday, 3.96, so the relief we've been expecting from the dropping oil prices for crude could be washed away, literally, in this flooding. in the meantime, they're talking about money, too, in washington. the battle over the debt and spending, making its way on to the campaign ads on the air ways. how are voters reacting to that number? $14.3 trillion counting. frank luntz has voter reaction in a moment. you wi...

Killer went to great lengths to hide the identity of one of the victims, and she was dismembered and her body parts were dumped in two separate locations, and the killer also tried to scratch off her tattoo, and coming up next hour, i will speak with a former new york state detective about what he makes of the new details eking out in the last few minutes. we will talk to him next hour, don't miss that. and for weeks we are charting the steady and dare i say painful rise in gas prices. the national average close to the $4 mark. and guess what? prices may have topped out afterall. the price p...

The drop ain't going to be big. analysts are all over the map with this one, but most see a decline of 10 to 20 cents over the coming weeks, so that keeps us in the high $3 range. and for most people, to be honest with you, the difference between gas that's, let's say, $3.76 and $3.96, it really isn't huge. it's still, very high. and that's because oil prices are still up there. we've got oil prices trading at about $100 a barrel today. so the reality is, carol, a modest decline may be in the cards, but that $2 gas that you were talking about, it's long gone. >> yeah, i don't think we'll ever ...

Fall by as much as 75 cents by the summer. aaa reporting the national average is down to $3.96 a gallon. the dallas mavericks complete the sweep. the mavs knock the lakers out of the playoffs last night ending their chances for a threepete. phil jackson announcing it's his last game. "american morning" is back in 60 seconds.

>> lisa, thanks very much. the national average of price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the united states is $3.96. and that's just 15 cents below the all time high. our new cnn opinion research corporation poll shows most americans blame oil companies and speculators for the soaring prices. only a fourth blame the obama administration or the congress. that's not deterring washington officials, though, from trying to do something about the high gas prices or at least look like they're trying to do something. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is here with a reality check for...