hour, while we are on the air kathie lee and hoda will be live online hosting the today.com show showing you what goes on behind the scenes during "today." they are upstairs in hair and makeup or as they call it, the sober valley spa. we are going to be checking in with them. they will take us inside the control room. we'll check in on guests in the green room as well. for the first time this morning, history-making. meredith is going to be tweeting. >> between now and then i have to figure out what that is. >> is this a long-term plan or a one day and out? >> this is a one day, maybe long term. >> okay. good. thanks for that. let us begin on this tuesday morning with soaring gas prices. according to aaa, the national average is $3.52, up 40 cents in a month. in california, where prices are highest in the country, the average is a staggering $3.96. that coming from san francisco. miguel almaguer is there.