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that the cold war ended more than two decades ago. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm gloria borger and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the average price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $4. make that $3.92. our new poll shows nearly half of americans expect that price to hit $5. that's $5 this year and most blame the oil companies. president obama tried to hitch a ride on those sentiments today. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here. >> jessica, is the president going after big oil? >> again. >> believe it or not, it rea...

Too suffer from depression. not allowed to operate the controls of an aircraft. there are thousands of pilots that suffer from depression but do not dare seek help. they know their career will come to an abrupt halt. >> the internet's prozac pilot can now reveal his face. he is collin hughes, a charter pilot who two years ago grounded himself when he realized he suffered from depression. >> it is the most difficult thing i've done in my life. >> reporter: hughes made the tough decision as he says, come out of the hangar about his mental illness about the council and support of his wife jean ma...

Pilots with depression, thousands of them suffering in silence, afraid to get help out of fear they'll be fired. now their internet advocate, the prozac pilot is taking off his mask and making his case in public. it's an "a.m. original" we'll bring you just ahead. what's being called the biggest travel disruption since 9/11. the cause, a monsterous cloud of volcanic ash under a glacier in iceland. look at the pictures, they are incredible. sending ice chunks as big as houses into the ocean and a plume of smoke and ash up floating miles above the clouds. >> that cloud is traveling eastward an...

>> reporter: hughes says he would be a better pilot now that he's gotten treatment and encourages others to take off the mask. >> i am the prozac pilot. >> reporter: but a pilot who does come forward could be grounded for months and there's no guarantee the faa will ever certify them to fly again. no one is predicting how many will follow colin hughes and acknowledge their struggle with depression. jeanne meserve, leesburg, virginia. >> the looming cloud of ash over mainland europe could ground 17,000 flights across the continent today. already some of europe's busiest airports is closed. the ...

Right to your business free of charge. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. call or go online now to get started. ♪ 28 minutes after the hour. top stories coming your way in a couple of minutes. first an "a.m. original." calls himself the prozac pilot. for two years been on a mission wearing a paper bag over his head to shed light in the thousands of pilots battling depression, including his own story. jeanne meserve on why colin hughes is taking his story public. >> i am the prozac pilot. i am hiding my face in shame, i