don t start humira if you have an infection. talk to your doctor and visit humira.com this is humira at work. dagen: this holiday weekend has been a busy one for drivers and it could be getting more expensive. we are in atlanta with the latest. the summer travel season begins with the highest memorial day gas prices since 2015. the long holiday weekend began with people paying an average of $2.37 a gallon nationally. that s $0.05 more than last year. aaa says the slight increase was not enough to deter americans from the highways. aaa estimates 34.6 million americans will have traveled by auto since the course the course of the weekend. that s an increase over last year and the largest number in 12 years.
the s&p and nasdaq down 2%. triple digit swings 13 of the last 15 trading days. one thing weighing down stocks, tumbling oil. a barrel is now below $45 because of the global supply glut. low oil prices are a good thing. $2.03 gas by december. the new forecast by the government. the energy information administration. $2.03 by december. the average is $2.37 this morning. more than $1 cheaper than a year ago. details emerging about the flight of the center of the investigation which cost the ceo of united his job. lots of empty seats on the so-called chairman s flight we reported yesterday. investigators looking into where united agreed to a nonstop flight with new jersey and columbia, south carolina where
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eve we expect to be kind of between and 5 inches of snow here in chicago. that s going to have a ripple effect across the country. if you re going somewhere, even under clear skies, check ahead. maybe those road trippers in their cars are onto something now. unledded gas averaging $ 2.37 a gallon. in 27 states in the union you can get gas for under $2 a gallon, the lowest prices, depending where are you, in five or six years. that s really good news for people driving but they also have to contend with the weather. let s now head to a packed hartsfield-jackson airport in
affected and travelers could be delayed. you know how that causes a ripple effect all across the country when a hub like that is affected, especially on a travel rush day. they say there is a 3% increase of travelers expected at o hare tomorrow as people head to the airport for the holiday season. and we can tell you that 98.6 million americans plan to travel over the next few days. the airports are socked in with that low ceiling. we have delays, we can report to you, an hour and a half at newark, laguardia. two hours in philadelphia. that one storm is the problem we re having today and tomorrow the midwest will be effected. gas prices at four, five, six-year lows depending on where you live. maybe the road trippers is onto something. unleaded is averaging $2.37 a gallon today. in 27 states can you actually