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For context, a year ago it was $3.06 a gallon and just $2.29 a gallon back in january of 2017. but while americans wallets are thinning out, the president is hoping to beef up green energy, calling for the use of the defense production act to boost u.s. manufacturing of solar and other so-called clean energy. the administration claiming that will lower energy costs for average americans. >> what's the emergency in the solar district? >> this is just a step to get to a place where we do have clean energy arsenal. it's about the reliability of our power, of our power grid, it's about reducing co...

Resources back up. fox news contributor, brian brenberg joins us now. we called the senators pushing for the tax holiday and they're all welcome to join us any time. brian, first off, what would be the real impact on the american consumer struggling from not just high gas prices but from inflation? what would the real world impact be of a gas tax holiday? would it help? >> look, i'd love to have 18 cents a gallon back in my gas, but the fact is it's going to make almost no difference at the end of the day. just like the strategic petroleum reserve release. we were told that that would make a d...

Prices go up. >> the pump prices, but well below the all-time high of $4.11 a gallon back in 2008. >> tom costello, our thanks for that report on this thanksgiving eve. coming up, president carter delivered a nationwide address wearing a sweater back in 1977. and we learn this past week, at least one republican officeholder has never gotten over that. over that. just one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. because life starts when heartburn stops. take the challenge at prilosecotc dot com.

Rebook myself? >> if there's a disruption in flight, we're going tyke care of you and rebook you. >> reporter: 48 million americans are on the roads this week, pay $3.40 for unleaded, $1.30 more than a year ago. >> what's the alternative? everyone has to rework it. prices go up. >> reporter: steep pump prices but well below the all time high of $4.11 a gallon back in 2008. >> tom costello our thanks for that report on this thanksgiving eve. coming up, president carter delivered a nationwide address wearing a sweater back in 1977, and we learned this past week at least one republican office h...

The potential for much worse. >> reporter: if anyone was thinking they would have a reprieve this summer, think again. the potential for significant disruption in oil's production, that potential could push gas prices here in the united states, tamron, much higher. whether or not they would match or even exceed that record that we saw of $4.34 a gallon back in july of 20008 remains to be seen. remember back then crude prices briefly touched $140 a barrel so we're not there yet. but a regular oil guest on cnbc says that if we do see a significant disruption of iraqi oil exports, you could see c...