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I'm lynn berry. here's what's happening. the white house isn't commenting on wikileaks founder julian assange. he is trying to avoid extradition to sweden. gas prices in the u.s. are up five cents in the past week to a national average of $3.72 for a gallon of regular. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera," i'm contessa brewer. thrillseekers seem to be wired differently than the rest of us. it's almost as though they court danger. it takes a special kind of person to want to jump out of a plane, launch off a cliff, or the guy in our next story, dive with one of...

Listen to this. they are reaching a record high this year and, in fact, this week and this month. things have really gone up since july. the national average right now as of yesterday was $3.72 a gallon. >> that's up almost 30 cents from last month. now word that president obama is tapping strategic oil reserves. the reason they do that they don't want iran to suddenly make a ton of money because of the sanctions that have been applied to iran that are many say beginning to take hold and starting to work. many on the other side say pretty convenient that you would tap the oil reserves 80 days ...

Republican congressman jeff denyham doesn't think the oil reserve should ever be released unless the united states is under attack. >> i fought for my country. i served in desert storm and i believe the strategic oil reserve is there in case we have some catastrophic incident where we get attacked or the oil supply gets shut down. not just because the president doesn't want to make choices on gas prices. >> those gas prices are still high at the moment, 3.72 on average for a gallon of regular, according to triple a. patty ann? >> patti ann: peter tuesdayy in washington. thank you. >> rick: new...

>> heather: one person was killed and two critically injured in a car pileup in indiana this morning. roughly 12 vehicles were involved in this wreck. >> gregg: gasoline prices rocketing once again. take a look at today's national average. 3.72 a gallon. where does each presidential candidate stand on how to keep those gas prices down? john roberts takes a look. >> let's produce more oil and gas, but let's also produce more biofuels. let's produce more fuel efficient cars. >> awful of the above is the president's energy mantra, developing new sources is the key to america's security, he believ...

I believe the strategic oil reserve is there in case we have some catastrophic incident where we get attacked or the oil supply gets shut down. not just because the president doesn't want to make choices on gas prices. >> those gas prices are still high at the moment. 3.72 on average for a gallon of regular, according to triple a. heather? >> heather: thank you, peter. the obama and romney campaigns offering differing views on how to combat high gas prices in the future. we will break down both of their plans for you straight ahead. gregg? >> gregg: extreme weather for hundreds of firefighters...