fox news. christmas comes early at the pump with gas stations across two dozen states now charging as little as $2 a gallon. the state of missouri seeing some even lower than that with prices in springfield falling to 1.96. and according to analysts, this oil surplus will be the gift that keeps on giving with gas expected to fall another 7 cents by christmas day. december 25. the death toll is climbing in a horrific accident after this car slamd into a crowd that was leaving a church christmas concert. the driver is now saying about that tragedy and the serious charges she s facing. and the republican sweep of congress is not stopping president obama. he is throwing the weight of the white house behind issues he thinks need action. our political panel will be here on how that might play out come the new year [ female announcer ] hands were made for talking.
the former united nations general secretary kofi annan proposed the plane that includes a government ceasefire, freedom for the opposition to demonstrate and guarantee humanitarian assistance. a spokesman said that syria has agreed to the plan. but, activist groups report the fighting did not slow down. we have the former ambassador to nato during the clinton administration here, robert hunter, who has plaid a natural policy war in eight presidential election campaigns good to see you. a syrian plan to stop if a ceasefire plus $1.96 gets you starbucks. guest: i don t think $1.96 will do it at this point. you have assad, after a year, killing 9,000 of his people, is no closer to restoring order than he was before. he is under a lot of pressure
secretary of state colin powell and condoleeza rice and now director of washington institute. the u.n. security council has a peace plan, that and $1.96 will get you starbucks. guest: what the united states was trying to do in getting the presidential statement out from the u.n., essentially to get russia and china on board. to show that what we have here is assad and iran against the world and not the united states against russia. but the united states had to make concessions to get here and there are questions how effective it will be. shepard: going forward what else can the security council do? guest: if you look at this statement it is weak and it will not accomplish anything. i don t think many think this will solve it. it will disappoint the opposition even though 8,000
little. if you have a declaration we will refine more and produce more oil domestically that in the intermediate term, a month or so could start to offer some relief at the pump. maybe. heather: could being the big word there. could. heather: thank you very much, stuart varney, thank you. bill: how does this rather impact you? about a year ago your typical american family spent an estimated $4150 on gas. that is up $800 from the year prior. families spent about 7% of their income on gas in 2011. in 2009 the average price of a gasoline was a buck 9 of. 1.96. today, $3.52 a gallon. that is an increase of 80%. heather: let s just add to the good news the united states hitting a disappointing record on the job front. according to a new report we ve seen the longest period of high unemployment since the great depression. unemployment steadily rising since 2007. the high point?
beans here and 12 ounces here and these are $1.96 and these are $4.99. that s the limitation for a lot of people to buy organic. reporter: we went with a licensed diet igs to a local supermarket. there isn t a significant difference between the nutrients of nonorganic and organic, but these are saufr because they don t have the pesticides. reporter: if you want organic, but budget is a limiting factor, by spinach, blueberries and freets and venlgables you don t have to peel. you don t have to worry about the pesticides because you re peeling them. if you re wondering about flavor, we had bill mitchell