i m not sure how he thinks he s going to get the goal of getting them to spend more money by picking on merkel and making it harder for her to go to the legislature and get that money. th which raises the question, does the president want the goal, the policy progress, or does he just want the fight? we ll come back to this on trade in a few minutes. but the president has a point. the nato allies have committed to spend more. this goes back several presidencies. under obama, it started to go up. that s the percentage of the gdp of these countries spent on the military. united states is 3.57. all these other countries well blow 2%. their commitment to nato is 2%. the president is trying to get them there. the question is, do you do it quietly, privately, or when he s so unpopular in europe, if you do it publicly, don t you make it harder for merkel, macron, may, and others to go to their legislatures, their parliaments and say, need the money? two things on this. the first one is
oil, i don t know if you ve noticed. oil is way up. settling today at $63.57 if you want to pick up a barrel and take it home. that is the highest price since december of 2014. we re now within a few bucks of the highs from 2014. that s a big deal. the bannon era is over at breitbart because steve bannon wants to stay in politics, not in media. bannon was told to choose politics or breitbart. his ouster comes a week since the salacious fire and fury dropped and we learned bannon s true views of trump. it does not seem to be the biggest concern for the breitbart faithful. they are more worried about the bipartisan meeting yesterday on immigration. listen to these callers on breitbart news daily this morning. first impression of that meeting yesterday is flat out betrayal for the voters that put him in office. i think of it as a swamp fest at the white house yesterday.
and there s not many times in history that all f us get to experience what it s like to batter the eyeball and into the eye. when it comes to the storm surge within yes, it s been 7 feet. but you ve got to start at where the level of normalcy is. so the water level is up 4.1 feet above normalcy. the forecast is actually 5 to 8. it s reasonable to assume that you re getting that wrap around wind. you can actually see another 3.57 to 4 feet with the forecast. in marco island, the water is now overlapping the seawall. that s not what you want to hear. water rides farther and faster over water than just land. we re hoping that this has made landfall, that irma is going to start to choke and sputter. it still has energy until the pressure starts to rise, we are
dozens more. tornadoes damaged businesses and knocked down power lines, and all power is now restored. good news for those of you that hit the roads this christmas. prices at the pump, the average price was $2.35. that is down 46 cents from this time last month. the most expensive gas continues to be in hawaii, where it s $3.57, and the cheapest price is in missouri, where it s just under 2 bucks. and then a church service in england. queen elizabeth ii and prince william and princess kate attended church. camellia was also a no show because of a back injury from earlier this month. we now go back to a life
we are told all power has will has been restored. you may want to stay away from pre packaged caramel apples. the apples could be contaminated with listeria. there have been three deaths and dozens of illnesses in 10 states that have been linked to an outbreak of the dead lea bacteria. the cdc said to throw out any packs until investigators figure out which brands are connected to the outbreak. and good news for those who had to drive this christmas. prices at the pump is still under $3 a gallon. that s according to gas buddy.com. the average price for gas christmas morning was down 46 cents from this time last month. the most expensive gas continues to be in hawaii where it is $3.57. the cheapest price is in missouri where it is over $2. now back to a life that matters. for all of your headlines, log on to fox news.com.