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Back on basic necessities. the latest aaa survey, americans are paying almost $4 on average for a gallon of gasoline, right now at 3.98. we are 2 cents away from $4 gasoline across the country. stu varney, fox business network, good morning to you. >> bill. bill: i find it fascinating, when you send out a note to viewers and say tell us how much you're paying for gasoline, it's extraordinary, in places like indiana, 4.35 a gallon. >> i could top that, bill. in chicago, it's 4.44 a gallon. and in parts of hawaii, just a couple of gas stations, it's six bucks! but my point, bill, is that because...

Used in march. and mastercard has just reported a big drop in gas sales last week. we're using less. demand is down. that will affect the price. >> my thing is if you saw $3.98, tell me where that is. i'll find it. i haven't seen $3.98 a while. >> i thought it was going to peak after memorial day and you're saying, your hunch is it's going to peak before. >> i think so. if you look at the supply, demand equation, it looks like it might be topping out. look it's $4.44 for regular in chicago right now. and in parts of hawaii, they've hit $6 a gallon. but i'm saying that spike that we've seen for...

Released than they had originally calculated and i think that does -- i think there is a little bit of blame here that they were slow to get out into the field. tension at nato over libya now. the foreign ministers of britain and france publicly complain today that nato is not doing enough to protect civilians in libya. witnesses say that five civilians died in the latest fighting in misrata including two toddlers. rebels have rejected an african cease-fire plan because moammar gadhafi would remain in power. more now on the story hitting us hard, rising gas prices, the average price is $3....

Problems. >> reporter: no news is not good news. and on the economy, the cbo says the large number of vacant houses and underused factories will be a continuing drag on construction, slow income growth and lost wealth will also hold down consumer spending. jenna? jenna: how come you always get those fun, happy stories from d.c.? [laughter] >> reporter: hey, i don't know. i keep wanting to cover somebody rescuing a little dog somewhere. [laughter] jenna: yeah. we're going to look for that story for you. thank you so much. by the way, we have to mention again, 12:15, we expect comments from the ...

The whistleblower website wikileaks is ready to release anothert 15,000 documents about the war in afghanistan and the pentagon is urging against it. it says that too many lyes aret a risk after the site published more than 70,000 documents last month. and mortgage rates are plunging to new lows. the rate has fallen to 4.44% according to freddie mac which is the lowest level since 1971 when the government-backed lender started to track the rates. and of course, flight attendant steven slater who had the infamous meltdown on a jetblue flight monday does not want to leave the airline industr...