passing the president who said he could get more building blocks and he could dream of. rob: and he didn t ask for an iphone. rob: americans are traveling in record numbers this holiday season. aaa reported millions packing a bag. there are some roadblocks in the way like snow, bad weather, traffic, and tight security. let s see how it is going out there. david joins me from new york. this holiday season is expected to be a record breaker. an estimated 107.3 million travelers will be heading to grandmother s house. most on the roads despite the fact that gas prices are 20% higher than year ago. traffic is starting to return to normal out west after parts of the highway were shut down.
pope francis offered his prayers just hours before he will celebrate the christmas eve vigil mass in st. peter s square. gillian: a record number of americans hitting the road, the rails on the airwaves this christmas. heightened security concerns across the country could make it pretty difficult. joining us in new york with more on this. jillian, as you mentioned, this holiday season to break all records. according to aaa, an unprecedented 107.3 million people will be going to grandma s house. out west, there are some tough highway conditions. heavy snow in colorado combined with so many people in many people on the roads is many people on the roads is forced to shut down parts of i. 70. officials opened shelters, blowing snow and icy conditions and stranded travelers for hours. more people will be flying this
steve harrigan, thank you americans missed you. you, to. mike: more than 100 million americans are traveling this christmas holiday. according to aaa. it reports that the majority of americans are taking road trips to reach their destinations. david lee is live in new york city with more. reporter: mike, aaa is expect this to be a record-breaking year end travel season. 107.3 million travelers will be headed somewhere if they haven t done so already. most will be doing so on the road despite the fact that gasoline prices are on average about 28 cents higher than a year ago at $2.47 a gallon. out west travel is attorney normal after a blizzard hit the region in colorado and other snowstorms will be making a driving hazardous in the midwest and in new england and more people are flying compared to a year ago. an airline tree group credits the improving economy and today
traveling. getting to final destinations, 91% drive, 6% fly and 3% taking trains, buses or another form of transportation. crowds not only on the roads, they re in stores. courtney reagan is at the mall in new york city with more on the last-minute rush to get the gifts under the tree. courtney, super saturday. tomorrow, a big one. calm it the second busiest shopping day of the year. i suspect i ll be involve ared in this, because we ve missed the deadline generally speaking for shipping. right? that s the issue. yes. exactly right. the last saturday before christmas is always a really big one. this year, it might be even more important because of christmas deadlines with christmas falling on a monday. u.p.s. and fedex ending arrival before christmas, stopped about ten days ago. you want to hit the stores. 126 million americans, in fact,
rob: we hope this can continue before a correction. the prices are through the roof. 107.3 million people will be traveling from december 23rd through january 1st according to aaa, up 3% from last year. a lot of those people will be traveling by car, 97 million people driving so a lot of this is fueled by a strong economy, cheaper gas, lots of people traveling. rob: i totally disagree with you at least not next week. if you are lucky you can get a pair of sweatpants to take with you on your trip. there it is on your screen. put out by arby s, that is what they say, you can t buy this,