you are used to over the years. oil prices are sliding. crude oil sitting at $52 a barrel. prices have been cut in half since the summer. they are likely to stay low through the years. drivers can expect gas prices to stay low. the average price of a gallon of regular, $2.20. we will look at auto sales later this morning. we are expecting strongest sales in six years. suv sales up. >> beware. >> short memories. >> some day it will be expensive. 39 minutes after the hour. somber ceremony for a new york police officer killed in the line of duty but it is what hundreds of officers did to protest the new york city mayor that is causing controversy this morning.