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$4.05 for premium unleaded, unusual for this neighborhood because it is a high rent district and that is reflected in the gas rice and maryland has a high gasoline tax so it is higher than you could find in surrounding districts. however, this is the number, $405 which -- $4.05 which is expected from memorial day through labor day and it will continue beyond that. this is the kind of number that gives any president, whether past or present, the ream -- real jitters. and now a look at the chart that larry sabato put together, the correlation between president's unpopularity and high gasoline pr...

Now $3.48 a gallon. that's up 20 cents in just the past four weeks. and 30% since the beginning of 2010. experts say $4 a gallon gas is just a few months away. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: if you were driving, the predictions would make you slam on your brakes. just in time for memorial day weekend, the highest average gas prices this country has ever seen. >> for now the calm before the storm. >> reporter: prices that already seem sky-high are about to get even higher. one estimate has an average gas price of $4.05 a gallon by may. another predicts $4.15. that means by year's end a...

Sluggish. a lot of people saying we better stay home, we better save our money. but this year, i think the people are starting to break it out. and as you mentioned, 35 million, 90% of that is going to be on the highways. what better place to visit than on a day like today, alex, in chicago's fabulous north avenue beach. the rivera of the midwest. not very crowded right now, but i tell you, probably by about 11:00 this morning, this place is going to be packed because the weather forecast out here is ideal. and there's no better -- you don't even have to leave your own city. you can come down ...

35 million americans do plan to travel this year over the fourth of july weekend. that is up 17% over last year. 90% of them are going to be traveling by car. so they'll be heading over to grandma's house for the hotdogs via automobile and perhaps one of the main reasons for that is the price of gasoline is not even being factored into trip expenses according to aaa. two years ago, it was $4.05 a gallon. this year, $2.75 and aaa is essentially saying people are making their holiday and vacation planning and not even factoring in the fact that gas is at the price that it is because this is kind...

Because one of the reasons a lot of the people are giving for hitting the roads this holiday weekend is the economy. the fact that they think there may be some kind of light at the end of the tunnel or they may be so fed up with staying at home for the last couple of years riding out this recession that they've decided to fill up the car with gas, hit the highways and go visit grandma for the fourth of july. when we're talking about gasoline, one thing we should point out is the fact that two years ago gas was about $4.05 a gallon. now it's down about the $2.75 range. so that makes it a lot mo...