Welcome to the beat, everyone. I'm Eman Mohedin in for Ari Melbourne, and we start today with Trump

in trouble as the ongoing war in Iran impacts everyday Americans. Of course, you already know this.

Oil prices are now at the highest level since the war started, something that will keep U.S.

gas prices rising, brand crude oil surging past $120 this morning before pulling back.

Just to remind everyone, before the war began, oil was $70 a barrel.

Now, the average gas price this morning hit $4.30 a gallon, a jump of more than $7 from

just yesterday and more than a dollar above the

average a year ago. But new Commerce Department data shows that the U.S. economy actually grew

2% in the first three months of this year. The Washington Post reporting, quote,

tax refunds and AI boom have offset some U.S. economic pain from Iran and the high gas prices

that we're seeing from that war. But that's not enough for Americans. There's also new reporting

showing a key inflation gauge jumping to the highest level in three years, driven by those rising

gas prices that we were just talking about, which shot up 21% in March

from February. Data showing that in March, prices outgrew American incomes for the second

straight month. GOP lawmakers are trying to spin this, but voters' wallets don't lie.

In the end, people vote their wallets, and I don't really trust surveys. You've got an average for regular now of $4.30 a gallon. It was up seven cents

overnight. And diesel's gone to, what, $5.50,, $560? That hits voters hard.

Gas prices continue to come down, which means that your groceries will come down.

People that will remember, you go back two years ago, we were paying almost $6 a gallon for gasoline.

Right now it's in the threes.

And we were paying six?

50.

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