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Push the national average over $5 a gallon. >> everything has gone skyrocket. >> reporter: small business owner dave lemos is already paying more than $5 a gallon in los angeles. he says he drives 450 miles a week for work. >> we're hitting over $2,300 on gas, travel and couriers and stuff. >> reporter: back across the coast, retirees john and pat grasso were on their way back to the bronx from a trip in souj. >> we were just talking about it will cost us $20, $30 more than a few days ago. >> reporter: president biden is trying to offset rising prices. the world consumes 100 million barrels of...

>> watching the news from ukraine, it saddens me. compares to what those people are going through, you know, i don't mind paying more because they are suffering. my whole family, my grandparents, they going through this. >> reporter: this week, president joe biden banned the import of russian oil, gas and coal, accounting for 8% of the u.s. energy supply. some analysts estimate with inflation and now the war, it could push the national average over $5 a gallon. >> everything has just gone skyrocket. >> reporter: this small business owner is already paying more than $5 a gallon in los angeles. ...