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the current price, $4.98. last week that was $5.13. last month, $5.36. one year ail eighth it was $3.61. they expect prices to drop in the next few weeks. thank you very much. appreciate that. now to some big news out of capitol hill. this morning arizona senator krysten sinema announced she s changing her party afill kwags kwags from democrat to independent. with don t spend a lot of time thinking about is this a republican idea or this z this a democratic idea. is this a liberal or conservative. that s not how arizonans think. a senior white house official tells nbc news sinema will continue to caucus with the democrats. the party just secured a 51-49 senate majority in the midterms. this shakeup comes at a busy time for lawmakers racing to get things done before the end of
busiest travel days of the year. cnn s pete muntean is live in washington. ooh, could be some gridlock today out there. the good news, pete, if you re stuck in traffic, my friend, gas prices actually falling a bit. reporter: it s so true, erica. that is a bit of good news, though you have to consider the fact this is the highest gas has been for thanksgiving rush, ever. $3.61 is the national average cob to aaa, but we re hearing from drivers, they re not actually undaunted. this is i-95 near woodbridge, virginia. you know this spot if you ve been driving here. this is the linchpin where everything comes to a grinding halt. weather kind up in the worst time right now to travel for the
been for a thanksgiving rush. $3.61 is the national average according to aaa. up from $3.40 not all that long ago, about a year ago. so you know, down from the highs of $5 which we saw on june 14th. but it s going down, just not really keeping folks off the roads. they can t really be daunted, especially when you look at traffic like this on i-95. it is not holding people back. yeah. pete, wonderful report. i got everything i needed. what s with these house phones hanging up next to you? from family ties ? you have a cell phone anywhere? reporter: it s a little old school. this is what we call the rcv, the roaming coverage vehicle. and yeah, we got land lines in here. it s so we can talk to you guys actually, although it s kind of outdated now. i m able to hear the earpiece on my phone in 2022. like a 1982 batmobile you re in right now.
virginia if kwouyou ve driven bd richmond and d.c., this is where it starts to back up. aaa says the worst of the traffic, the biggest driving day of the year would be between 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. we re kind of in the sunset phase of that on the east coast. still more to come on the west coast. we will see, though, if we reach the forecasted number that aaa put out, 47 million people driving 50 miles or more over the next five days, really not that far off from what we saw back in 2019 before the pandemic. what is so interesting here is that the price of gas does not seem to be impacting folks really all that much even though the price of gas is the highest it has been for thanksgiving rush ever. $3.61 is the national average for a gallon of regular. it was $3.45 a year ago. down from the highs in june but folks still out in force. look at this on i-95. we re in bumper to bumper traffic stop and go here. north and south.