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Helped matters. if that is something that we -- >> sandra: how did it help? oil and gasoline prices have only gone up since then. >> no prices fell 10% a gallon around that period. they're above that level. >> sandra: your pain at the pump is a real pain for this white house. the administration is still scrambling to get a grip on lowering prices. fbn's edward lawrence with the latest. so what is the plan, edward? >> no new ideas from president joe biden about how to reduce oil and gas prices. as you know, oil prices directly relate to the price of gas. right now an average gallon of unleaded ...

The pain at the pump is getting worse, you probably noticed, as rising gas prices are affecting drivers across the country. at the pace that oil demand is outpacing supply, the predictions are not at all reassuring. cnn's gabe cohen is live in alexandria, virginia with more. tell us this story. >> reporter: well, brianna, we are watching gas prices climb week after week. it hasn't been this expensive to fill your tank in nearly eight years. as you mentioned, the oil industry has been struggling to keep up with the massive demand for fuel. now the situation on the ukrainian border could make th...

>> bill: gas prices going nowhere but up. national average hovering $3.44. seven year high up from 8 cents a week ago. number of states with gas under $3 a gallon is zero. here to talk about it patrick, head of the petroleum analysis. you predicted six weeks ago we were headed this way. be the prognosticator now. where are we going next? >> i think we continue to go up from here. the national average last week at $3.45. we're back at the level this morning. oil prices giving up a little ground. there is a lot of moving parts but i still think by memorial day americans will dig deeper with pote...

Must amount for gas. look at what abbey hornacek has to say. i just got back from los angeles. meanwhile in los angeles one gallon of regular gas costs more than $5. $6.44 for one gallon of regular. >> ainsley: premium is 6.79. >> lawrence: this is asinine. this is the type of stuff that will change the mood of the country. you know, they are so concerned about stuff social justice and all of this identity politics. that's not impacting americans on a day-to-day basis. people of all races, when it goes to the gas pump and they see this type of stuff happening, and this -- by the way, hurts eve...

Putin, you can medoro or iran or some other regime. the only way out of this, go back to the trump policy, the oil and the industry in the u.s. is unleashed. we encourage all forms of energy, coal, oil, gas, solar, whatever. whatever makes the most economic sense. that's the only past forward here. the biden administration has resisted that. as a matter of fact, they're doing the opposite. they're trying to shut down fossil fuels. and now oil and dwas t gas especially. they're doing everything they can to get prices high. i don't believe for a second jen psaki or joe biden's claim they're work...