Gas Prices Skyrocketing

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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As the Iran war enters its second week, oil tops $100/barrel, sending gas prices soaring. One station in California is now charging more than $8 a gallon. President Trump says it’s a “little glitch.” This, as thousands of Iranians take to the streets in support of their new supreme leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now breaking news, gas prices soaring this morning.
0:05.0	One station in California charging more than $8 a gallon.
0:09.0	The president saying it's a quote, little glitch as oil tops $100 a barrel.
0:14.0	Plus Iran's new leader, the former leader son now commanding the country.
0:18.0	Shows of support, thousands taking to the streets today, a nationwide
0:22.5	pledge of allegiance to the new leader, Israel with a grave warning vowing to target any successor.
0:29.7	And strike on a girls' school, new video of the attack and new analysis into the situation
0:34.5	room, appearing to confirm the United States struck the base by the school.
0:40.0	Assaults on Tehran, oil depots targeted, refineries exploding, and just into CNN, brand new
0:46.8	video showing the destruction inside Beirut, Lebanon, entire buildings reduced to rubble.
0:53.1	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States
0:55.3	and around the world.
0:56.7	I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown,
0:58.8	and you're in the Situation Room.
1:06.5	This is CNN Breaking News.
1:10.5	We're following multiple breaking news stories this morning, global shockwaves.
1:15.0	Markets are tumbling right now, and the oil is surging.
1:18.4	Price of oil, this is now the biggest oil disruption in history.
1:22.4	Yes, in history.
1:23.9	We'll take you inside Iran as the country has a new supreme leader.
1:27.3	CNN is the first U.S. network in Iran since the start of the war. Also, the FBI is now investigating a homemade bomb thrown at the New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's home. Law enforcement sources say the two men arrested in connection admitted to being inspired by ISIS.
1:46.0	And hours-long lines at U.S. airports.
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