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[applause] what washington has done is what washington always does, it s false promises, irresponsible policy and cheap gimmicks that might get politicians through the next election but won t lead america through the next generation of renewable energy and now we are paying the price. megyn: that was then nor obama when he was running for office suggesting washington is full of false promises and gimmicks, brad. it s the boogieman principle. now there is no more bush to blame. now this guy has a record and it s under this presidency we have seen gas go up 125%. it s under this presidency he killed the keystone pipeline. and by the way, this is as much about jobs as it is energy independence. without have created 20,000 jobs. 100,000 jobs over the lifetime ....
They will explain why, top of the hour. and if you didn t see bill o reilly on saturday night live you should. the story behind this confused face, later in the show. just made me laugh out loud. plus as gas prices spike to record levels critics question why the president turned down opportunities like the keystone oil pipeline. his campaign says less is more. the president has increased our fuel efficiency and our energy efficiency standards so that we do use less energy, which will help drive down the price. ....
Prices are ticking up every single day elsewhere. fox business network s stu varney joins us with the forecast for the days and weeks ahead. stu, you ve been warning about this and boy, we ve seen such a jump just in the past days and weeks in many of our major u.s. cities. reporter: yes, there has an sudden surge in the price of gasoline and it is happening right now. give you a couple of examples: in cincinnati, the price of regular unleaded has gone up 17 cents a gallon in the past week. in los angeles, it is up 20 cents a gallon in one week. one week. that wencery are paying the highest price for gasoline ever, in the month of february. and in california, the average of all stations is now 4.03 for a gallon of regular unleaded. the moral of the story, megyn, is buy it today, because it is going to get more expensive tomorrow. look the a the price of oil, $105 a barrel today. that much higher price not yet filtering down to the front so buy it today, ....
Israeli prime minister coming to meet with our president a bit later in the hour. more on one of our top stories with new concerns over soaring gas prices. some are asking whether president obama is doing enough and has done enough to fix it. the obama campaign claims he is looking to increase domestic energy production. but wasn t the keystone xl oil pipeline just killed? this will be an issue. friday the department of interior issues permits that will expand our exploration in the arctic. the president increased our fuel efficiency and energy efficiency standards so we use less energy which will help drive down the price. our domestic oil production is at an 8-year high and our use of foreign oil is at a 16-year low. so we are make progress. megyn: when president bush was in office he opened up most ....
he now acknowledges that he is gay but denies the other allegations. we ll talk to the reporter for the phoenix new times to talk about this story. iranian officials over nuclear program, iran s foreign minister is now saying he expects relations with europe to improve one day after iran cut crude exports to the uk and france because of sanctions. the iaea wants to clear the military program. back in november, the u.n. watch dog program carried out weapons-related research. iran needs to dis-prove the allegation. a washington skier is describing her terror. she knew two of the three skiers killed yesterday. on the today show she described what it was like to see an avalanche coming towards her. there wasn t much sound and it literally is just trying to figure out within seconds what is happening and how you re going to deal with it. there s not a lot of happen. it happens really, really fast. a backpack outfitted with an air bag saved her life. and now to ....