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Size. he has more than 12 million views on tube. what a talent. that is your 5@5:30. >> paying at the pump. gasoline is urging by 55 percent. the average cost per gallon of regular unleaded 3.75 cents. that is up 17 krens ras week and up $0.45 since mid january. >> rising gas prices are hitting hard. you take a look at the prices over the course of the last month going from 3.30 a gallon to north of 3.70 a gallon. that's well over $0.40 a gallon in just over 30-days. in some parts of the country a gallon of premium gas will go for well over $5 a gallon. the timing isn't necessarily the pride i...

Barrel this year or from late last year, ten a barrel higher. there is also this ongoing turmoil in the middle east. it never seems to settle down right in the middle of the oil patch. so oil prices stay, 95, 96, $97 a barrel. up goes the price of gas, martha. that's what's happening. martha: once we get through the blend period which you're pointing out is always a little upward pressure on prices and even more so in this case because of all the underlying factors that you mentioned what does it mean as we get closer to the summer season? higher i imagine. >> that is it when gas prices tradit...

California's previous record was 4.61 in 2008. just yesterday, the governor there, jerry brown, took action, clearing the way for gas stations to start selling sellit they call winter grade gasoline a few weeks early that. could make california's smog problem worse, but it's cheaper than the summer blends and they are desperate. adam housley is live in los angeles. why is this california? is it your weird this kind of gas, that kind of gas way? >> that's one of the three reasons. it's all demand being one as well. the third reason is the refineries that make that weird gas, you talk about, are...

veteran's memorial. rene is standing by. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. it's a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to a couple of people today where they were headed from here and headed over to the cemetery for tod...

Trying to do in the summer blends and all that kind of thing. and the oil refineries shutting down -- how much does that factor into the price of gas as well? >> summer is always a difficult time for gas. some of the reports that i've seen say the prices might have already peaked. so that's really promising. >> good. there was talk it was going to go through summer up till labor day? >> i saw wild expectations of $5 a gallon or even more. they're starting to back off those a little bit which is great. we're thinking maybe $3.95 a gallon on average for the rest of the summer. >> is that going t...