Page 9 - B 46 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

To be a waitress. what would you do if you won? >>dave: i would not be here. i love my job. >>alisyn: i would be. i think that part of what rue ends your life is you change your life. the minute you win you go out and buy a yacht and you forget your old life and that is what brings people down. you need consistency. >>dave: i would call in from my yacht. when you breakdown what america spent on this $1.46, almost $1.5 billion across the united states breaking down to two tickets per american across 42 states, washington, dc, and the virgin islands and the revenue goes to funding state educatio...

Passive-aggressive. now these policies are coming to fruition and looking at an election cycle. there is one thing. look, within a stone's throw of the studio on the way here, gas in chicago is $4.46 a gallon. it's in everybody's face and it's linked to all aspects of the economy, whether driving down the road. it is the oil no pun intended upon which the commerce of the country moves. >> greta: and his green energy policy with solyndra and other vastly disappointing with capital so it was hoped at least some of that renewable energy would relieve some of the other pressure so the oil would be...

Passive-aggressive. now these policies are coming to fruition and looking at an election cycle. there is one thing. look, within a stone's throw of the studio on the way here, gas in chicago is $4.46 a gallon. it's in everybody's face and it's linked to all aspects of the economy, whether driving down the road. it is the oil no pun intended upon which the commerce of the country moves. >> greta: and his green energy policy with solyndra and other vastly disappointing with capital so it was hoped at least some of that renewable energy would relieve some of the other pressure so the oil would be...

Megyn: gas prices spiking in recent weeks bringing more pain at the pump for millions of americans. according to a new survey, the average price for a gallon jumping 18 cents over the past two weeks. today's national average is $3.70 for a gallon of regular. we've been tracking prices specifically in cincinnati, just picking one city we can follow together. there it's $3.64 today. just a week ago it was at $3.46. that's an increase of 16 cents a gallon just over the past seven days. well, iran casting its shadow over hollywood's big night after winning its first foreign film oscar. the movie...

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...