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awakening. gas prices have been on the rise for months. with parts of the nation now paying more than $4 a gallon, there appears to be no end in sight. the president has launched a federal investigation aimed at finding out if oil markets are being manipulated to drive prices even higher. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: the pain at the pump is growing. >> expensive, very, very expensive. >> reporter: and the commander in chief is concerned. >> it hurts because you know every time you go to work, a big chunk of your paycheck is being eaten up. >> reporter: gas prices have ris...

for months. with parts of the nation now paying more than $4 a gallon, there appears to be no end in sight. the president has launched a federal investigation aimed at finding out if oil markets are being manipulated to drive prices even higher. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: the pain at the pump is growing. >> expensive, very, very expensive. >> reporter: and the commander in chief is concerned. >> it hurts because you know every time you go to work, a big chunk of your paycheck is being eaten up. >> reporter: gas prices have risen almost $1 per gallon over the past year. ...

more good news hopefully on this friday morning. >> a better update as we enter the 5:00 hour a lot of construction has cleared out of the way. capital beltway live to university boulevard. an example of the nice smooth commute we are seeing. that is actually 270. , 270 not doing bad either. as we take you the maps we want to look at 270 out of fburg -- or coming from clarksburg, you are doing fine. moving it out, a little volume around 121. no delays to the spur. look at the speeds in virginia. looking at the travel times, everyone is in the green from the fairfax county parkway to ...

>> you were talking about, you have to do that s been seasoning and drying for oh00 years. it burns differently. >> it burns very hot. the good news is that they are much larger than modern components so we have more time. they have more mass but they do burn very hot and they offer a lot of challenges. and we don't nessarily know what we're getting into with structures of this vintage. >> i can't see all of that building from where we are. what percentage of the building is damaged at this point? >> the entire building is damaged. there was fire from every window of the building. ou...