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Deadline. in a new segment, we're examining the changing prices of important goods and services. today, the rising price of oil and gas. oil hit $97.28 a barrel yesterday and prices went as high of $103 earlier in the day. wednesday was the first time in more than two years prices went above $100 a barrel. yikes. christine romans joinses us to help break it down. why are we seeing oil and gas prices rising and what does it mean for our wallets? >> it means fill her up today, top off the tank because probably gas prices are going to keep moving higher because gas is made out of crude oil. rig...

People flowing out as much as in the last couple of days? >> we crossed the border this morning and there was not that much traffic heading to egypt. that's the hours that we were on the road. people are fleeing in significant numbers. worth noting is the fact that when we cross the border this morning, there were no border patrol guards on the syrian side. we were able to cross over without anyone asking for passport. >> bret: david lee miller in libya. thank you. oil prices droped for the first time in nine days. april futures hit $103 a barrel before tumbling down to $97.28. president obama...

Ferry awaiting departure from the country due to rough seas. and despite the ongoing unrest in libya, sky rocketing oil prices dropped yesterday for the first time in nine days. for more on how that's affecting global markets, we get all up in your business this morning. carolyn is live in zurich for us. carolyn? >> good morning to you, mike. actually markets were pretty mixed yesterday. the dow was off by 37 points, but the nasdaq was the big winner of the day, up by roughly .5%. as you pointed out, oil prices eased for the first time in many, many days. at one point u.s. crude hit a high o...