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that the cold war ended more than two decades ago. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm gloria borger and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the average price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $4. make that $3.92. our new poll shows nearly half of americans expect that price to hit $5. that's $5 this year and most blame the oil companies. president obama tried to hitch a ride on those sentiments today. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here. >> jessica, is the president going after big oil? >> again. >> believe it or not, it rea...

Predictions, it's getting stronger, weaker. it's good to talk to a guy like this who makes his life's work, in summation, can't guarantee it but it's likely, emphasized likely, the worst is over. so people particularly travelers all over the world maybe able to rejoice. >> good point you make there. people all over the world being effected. you guys are there and some of the best information and pictures you've been able to bring us. gary, we appreciate it. going to turn there to our chad myers who is there as well, keeping an eye on the skies. is there something in the skies above europe righ...

Soon. another problem is when the airspaces do open up and planes can fly again, they're still going to have to take a day or two to get their schedules back in order. you've got planes stranded at foreign ampirports that have to get back to their home countries, then start operations all over again. even if the airspace opened tomorrow or monday, it would take a few days for things to get back to normal. hundreds of thousands of passengers to be moved. alex? >> okay, nbc's tom as spell live for us at heathrow airport, thanks. still ahead for you, a live report from iceland on how the ash pl...

I can't describe how thick and powerful this ash is. >> well, you're right, monica. it's very dangerous. at the moment i must say it's clear skies over britain. you can't really tell that there's a problem. but there is a cloud of volcanic ash, and it's up to three miles high. and it is drifting slowly south and east from ireland. britain and holland, as you mentioned, have closed their airspaces to all but emergency flights after deeming that cloud a threat to aviation. and tens of thousands of passengers are stranded at airports across europe. you know, volcanic dust can melt inside aircraft...

Easing anxiety over greece's money problems recited as one of the reasons for the spike. and smoking is already banned in many workspaces, but now that mandate is extending to submarines. the u.s. navy announced today that smoking will be prohibited below deck starting in december. the navy conducted a study in 2009 which found nonsmokers were being exposed to the effects of secondhand smoke. of the 13,000 sailors currently on active duty, about 35% to 40% of them are smokers. in case you're wondering what is the pale yellow dots all over your car these days? well, it's pollen. the fine po...