figures in china. and on wall street, stock index futures are all leaning lower. markets finished mixed. microsoft, alphabet and mcdonald s all set to report today. gas prices fell a penny overnight to $3.66 a gallon. new homes and consumer confidence data due out later this morning. a change in mortgage fees became the tohot topic. before you stop paying credit card bills in hopes of getting a better deal on your mortgage, let s go over what is fact and fiction. joining us now is bill corbett from black fin group. let s set the stage. may 1, up front fees for loaned backed by fannie mae and freddie mac will change. and in some cases, borrowers with higher credit scores may pay a little bit more in fees and lower credit score people will pay less.
that s why you get an estimated 132 million americans who now live in states with sports betting is legal. so that is bound to give a whole lot of money to the sports betting front and those numbers are set to climb, could even be higher depending, of course, on how the results go within the tournament. and, of course, friday is usa/england. maybe we need to put a little wager on that. live from london, thanks so much, my friend. the thanksgiving travel rush is under way with roughly 44 million americans planning to travel by road and air this holiday. tom costello has the details. reporter: on four wheels this holiday week, nearly 49 million americans are hitting the roads. that s still below 2019 levels when we were paying $2.44 a gallon for gas. the national average $3.66, down 16 cents from a month ago.
if you do get canceled or delayed and you need to switch flights, it s a lot harder if your bags are already checked. also driving. 49 million americans will be driving at least 50 miles or more to get to their destination to see loved ones. in terms of the higher congestion periods, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on wednesday. thanksgiving, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. if there is a silver lining, it s the gas prices. the average, according to aaa, is $3.66 compared to a week ago at $3.77, compared to a month ago, closer to the range of $3.82. a year ago, $3.41. still more expensive than a year ago but a bargain compared to recent months. people are buckling up, trying to see their loved ones and trying to make sure it s as smooth as possible. fingers crossed. back to you. that s right. we re all fingers crossed. turning now to the serious murders of four university of idaho students, a memorial service will be held today for
45 past the hour. overnight gas prices soared across the country, climbing by eight currents a gallon in new york. more than 40 currents in north carolina. the national price for gas prices hit $3.66 per gallon, up 34% from a year ago. costs are only expected to go higher as the russian invasion advances in ukraine, as inflation worsens in the u.s. a new study finds that people hit hardest by surging costs are communities of color. nbc news now anchor morgan radford joining us. morgan, this is a fact that we see over and over again. over and over again, jose, and all across the country. while the cause of this inflation is certainly up for debate, there s no doubt that
no kidding. zelenskyy expressed thanks for the u.s. ban on russian oil and gas and encouraged other world leaders to follow suit. with gas prices jumping 8 cents overnight unclear if any other countries will join especially after the president noted that european countries in particular are even less energy independent than the u.s. is and might not be in a position to follow suit. overnight gas prices jumped to 4.25 a gallon just a week ago the average was 3.66. a month ago it was 3.47 and a year ago it was 2.80 for a gallon of regular and the president indicated it is going to get worse he believes there is nothing he can do about it. the president s critics are