next, a ten cent drop, aaa says the average price of gas is down to $2.20 per gallon. we re saving a dollar per gallon at the pump compared to last year. and $23,000, that s how much a cracker that survived the titanic sold for at auction. a cracker. there s part of survival kit in one of the ocean liner s lifeboats. it must have been fancy. maybe it was a ritz cracker. parents, imagine hearing this, a young girl desperately trying to fight off a kidnapper on her way to school. [ screaming ] well, this halloween only a few days away, some parents want to know how to prepare their kids if they are approached the same way while trick or treating. where they want them to be safe. here to give parents and kids
legend. american pharaoh was eased up all the way through the stretch. look at that. triple crown winner won by 2 1/4 lengths, returning $2.20 for a $2 bet. that s not much. but it was a $1.1 million payday for american pharoah. his career earnings have soared to over a 5ds$5.5 million. at pocono did you see that? brad keselowski missed his mark hitting two of his crew members. tires went flying causing him to serve a penalty. no one was injured despite how bad it looked. keselowski went on to finish in second despite that penalty. a heated skirmish during training camp. look at him go. what is going on? it happened during a drill. words were exchanged and punches were thrown. tony romo and others stepped in to calm the star receiver.
you are used to over the years. oil prices are sliding. crude oil sitting at $52 a barrel. prices have been cut in half since the summer. they are likely to stay low through the years. drivers can expect gas prices to stay low. the average price of a gallon of regular, $2.20. we will look at auto sales later this morning. we are expecting strongest sales in six years. suv sales up. beware. short memories. some day it will be expensive. 39 minutes after the hour. somber ceremony for a new york police officer killed in the line of duty but it is what hundreds of officers did to protest the new york city mayor that is causing controversy this morning.
year. not much movement of stocks. the experts polled by cnn money expect solid, but smaller gains this year. it has been three fantastic years. oil prices still having trouble finding a floor. crude oil hit a new five-low this morning. $52 a barrel. that price has been that chart right there is unbelievable. gas prices sliding and with it the average price of a gallon of regular, $2.20. one of the reasons you are seeing the european currency fall so much against the u.s. currency. they are worried about negative inflation in europe. the plunging oil prices destabilizing to the european economy. nine minutes past the hour. happening now, an investigation into what caused the deadly plane crash that killed everyone on board except for one brave 7-year-old girl. you will never believe how she
reporter: the good news is oil analysts who i talked to said what you see on the street in the gas stations is a tape delay of what you re seeing in the markets. that means expect gas prices to go even lower. here s an example. the average price right now, $2.20 a gallon he said he expects by friday to see that average price drop to $2.10 a gallon. keep in mind that s down from that $3.68 from the summer peak. he predicts we ll see the oil bottom out by the end of january. what winds up happening is refineries start to produce this spring sort of formula of gas. then you wind up seeing oil prices go higher. but he does say expect to see gas prices stay in the 2s instead of the 3s for the rest of the year. alison kosik, thank you so much. turning to the world lead the shock of the air disaster that claimed the lives of 162 people including 18 children that shock is now giving way to disturbing questions about