steven kornacki tracking public opinion at the big board. gary, you ve been talking to people about whether the high prices are making them think twice about how much they drive, where they drive. are you hearing they re adjusting their travel habits? reporter: hey, chris. just file this under can t catch a break. just as coronavirus cases are decreasing nationwide and people are getting to take trips, it is getting a lot more expensive to do so. we re at a rest stop on i 95 in maryland. i want to show you what the gas prices look like. $4.53 a gallon for regular, $4.99 for plus, and $5.37 for premium. for diesel it s $5.49 a gallon. this map shows where some of the most expensive gas is in the u.s. right now. it s on the coast, in california, looking at $5.72 a gallon in california. if you re trying to get cheaper gas, missouri is your best bet
missouri, one of 35 seats at steak in the midterms. mark preston joins us now live. mark, missouri key for republicans maintaining control of the senate, and also a place where president trump can make a positive difference? it certainly is a place where he can make a difference. that s why we re going to see him there tonight as well as see sean hannity from fox news as well as rush limbaugh, the very famous, the very boisterous talk radio show host. as we re talking about missouri, let s talk about the whole race as a whole as we re looking at it. right now, this is where we stand. we re at 49/51 right now, but this is the real number we re going to start the number on. 45/49. six seats are going to determine whether or not democrats take back control of the senate or republicans hold on to it. first, we go to missouri. we have claire mccaskill and josh hawley. this is a neck and neck race right now. what s interesting about this is when we talk about donald trump and his influence
practices. you think okay, if i pick this order, i save money versus paying for each item separately. what consumer goes and does the math? no one does. a two cheese burger deal for $5.90 orรง purchased separately $5.49. in illinois, it says, there needs to be a deceptive practice, and they need to have suffered actual harm as a result of whatever the deacceceptive
in. they want your money. they do. and i love the fries, so whatever. well, a guy is suing a mcdonald s franchise in illinois. he s doing a class-action lawsuit for consumer fraud. the issue is he ordered this extra value meal, two cheeseburgers, medium fri and drink and the price was 5.90 but he found out that two cheeseburgers are 2.50 and it cost $5.49 which is 41 cents less than the value meal. he thinks he s on to something. yes. wee it s a good reminder to do the math if you re waiting in line. i might be willing to pay for them. i don t know. i m not finding these as appetizing. you like the ones in the paper? i had to go through these to
full-time worker. under obama care it s 30 hours a week. they say it should be 40 or business owners will be forced to cut hours and split workers between different franchises. i have seen them start to prepare for job sharing and job share something bad. managing around a 30-hour workweek is ridiculous. we will end up cutting back hours, increasing prices. $5.49 now for a full stack of pancakes and probably look at $7. reporter: only 3% of america s small businesses are affected by this part of obama care. the other 97% have fewer than 50 workers, but with 150 employees, george says the costs for him are steep. i don t believe i would be able to get away with less than $200,000 in health care costs. reporter: what would that mean for your profits? there wouldn t be profits. reporter: he said the health care law delayed or not has put his expansion plans on hold and