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The average is $3.34 a gallon. 25% lower than a year ago. patricia, it seems like we don't have to worry about higher gas prices on our economy. do the experts here, do they expect that prices, that they will continue to drop in the coming months? >> well, i don't think they see them really going up anywhere for now, at least. if you look at the energy information agency expecting output to increase by about 7% this year, economic development in the u.s. not doing that great. i think demaned in general will be not going up this year. that's what analysts expect. we have had a glut in gas and t...

Chicago. forecasting 101, you can count on that humid tie making that heat index that feels push way above that. raleigh, d.c., looking very close to the record high, 100 degrees on this july 4. the dominant pressure holding in place, that's not going anywhere, so the heat is not going anywhere. it's going to be an issue for thursday and friday. chicago likely getting above 100 as well. the problem is, if you're not on that northern fringe of that high pressure, that heat is going to linger. places like chicago, though, you are going to break the 90s by the weekend. that's good news. >> maria,...

Appropriate policy. look at a couple of facts. the price of gasoline at the pump has nearly doubled since the president got into office from 1.68 a gallon to $3.34 a gallon. the unemployment has been over 8% for 4 straight months. we have thousands and thousands of jobs up to 200,000 jobs and decrease our reliance on foreign oil and the president turns his back on it for purely political reasons. bill: here are specs own the pipeline. cost of $13 million. we've gone over time. talk about jobs that would move crude oil about 1600 miles and create 20,000 jobs many predict in the united states ac...

Brooke? >> alison, thanks for that. also, gas prices. chicago of all places, the most expensive place to buy gas. how much? >> the next time you're grum belg, think of this. you can blame taxes for it, federal, state, and local taxes. the average price in chicago for a gallon of gas, $4.34. and in honolulu, keep in mind it's $4.46. in illinois, it's one of the few states where you're going to pay sales tax and then on the local level, there is a tax on gas and then the tax from cook county. you add it all up, brooke, and one analyst says the privilege of living in chicago costs you 50 to 60 ce...

Higher increase in the medicare part b. bill: you say the question is whether or not the money comes out of the right or left pocket. >> absolutely correct and perfect analogy. here's the problem, the cost of living adjustment is so small the reason for that, reason is, they say the government tells us, costs aren't going up. prices aren't going up but what they do is tie it to inflation and the problem is, when they go ahead and assess inflation tay leave out two important things: food and energy. they are skyrocketing and are leaving that out so they don't have to make those adjustments. pri...