lincoln ellis, of the cme. thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> you bet.'s keep talking commodities here. gas prices have climbed for the last 34 straight days. i think i said this every day. ashley: 33 days yesterday. tracy: this is according to the aaa. now even the u.s. government admits that state and local taxes are to blame for driving gas prices higher. is that really all there is? liz macdonald is here. is that what we're blaming now? >> this is interesting. it is so ironic the u.s. energy administration agency sent me a note. have you noticed what is going on in texas, louisiana, the gulfport region. the amount of oil on inventory is down 12 1/2 million barrels. that is 50% more than average going back to 1981 since the government started tracking this. why did they drop the amount of oil on hold there, down there in the gulf region? look at the statement from the energy information administration. the incentive is state taxes. they're saying u.s. oil inventories basically decline in september as oil cut under the circumstances the tax they have t

lincoln will play mission in the championship. no. 3, jeffrey, in the no-kick zone. he was red-carded for that move. no. 2, monte ellis, miracle shot for the win. look at this! yes! no. 1, wizards looking for the same thing. watch closely. >> wow! wow! >> announcer steve called it a dagger, and the win, unfortunately for him, it didn't go in. we'll be right back. morning at 4-30. >>> letterman is next with tina faye. >> we'll see you tomorrow. good night! tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs and now, drummer for herman's hermits, david letterman! ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> dave: how do you do? ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) maybe you can tell, maybe you folks here in the theater can feel it, maybe you folks at home know this, i'm a little preoccupied and i'll tell you why right off the bat-- tax season. has anybody b

lincoln will play mission in the championship. no. 3, jeffrey, in the no-kick zone. he was red-carded for that move. no. 2, monte ellisshot for the win. look at this! yes! no. 1, wizards looking for the same thing. watch closely. >> wow! wow! >> announcer steve called it a dagger, and the win,