gas prices are up in a lot of areas. take a look at this map from aaa. you ll see the dark red. it indicates states where the gas prices are the highest. the dark blue, that s where they re the lowest for regular unleaded. the cheapest gas has been found in the south with mississippi clocking in at $3.32. aaa finding the highest prices in the western states. in california, $5.13, and you ll pay a full $1.81 more than you would in mississippi. we ll talk now with patrick dohan, the head of petrolium analysis at gas buddy. we know that gas buddy is ing a rise in prices in some states this month compared to august of last year. we ve got this drop in other states. what do you make of that? is there a reason for this? as you look at it, some of these states are now starting to get back beyond where they were a year ago, and unfortunately with gas prices likely to see
low-dollar gift cards, as an example, that is part of a philosophy to do the outreach and develop the relationships so people realize they don t change their way, they will die. ashley: you heard that right, new seattle pilot program give gift cards to addicts who receive treatment as an insensitive. jonathan cho shot the disturbing video we just showed you, he joins you gos now. jonathan, i want to set this up. seattle has a really bad drug problem. fentanyl and meth to be more specific. as of march 15ths, little over month ago, 172 people in the county died of overdose, average of 3.32 per day and now the mayor wants to give prizes out to people to get them to stop
the nasdaq up more than 1%. the s&p rose 3/4 of a point. the new trading day gets underway in about five hours. here s where u.s. futures stand. all up. meanwhile, the european markets are up. here is a look at how markets across asia fared today. all of them up as well ending positive. vice president joe biden has labored under low approval ratings for months. new poll to be released in 90 minutes from now will show if the president got a balanced score after democrats did much better in the mid-term elections. some welcome news for drivers here in the u.s. gasoline prices are now cheaper than they were one year ago. the motor club aaa says the average cost per gallon of regular is now $3.32.
millions of drivers as gas prices fall. take a look. the average price of a regular began is $3.32. cheaper than it was this time last year. and it could fall below $3 a gallon by christmas. the average price had reached a record $5.01 per gallon in june and stayed high through the summerer and the tall. aaa says gas prices are falling like snow flakes because demand remains low we re watching a major oil spill. the keystone pipeline now shut down after more than 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a kansas creek making it one of the largest spills in the u.s. in nearly a decade. i want to bring in perry at a gas station in chicago. good morning. just how low could we see gas prices fall? reporter: good morning to you. let s start with gas prices. we re speaking with gad gas
quarter if they put their money in the five highest yielding savings accounts instead of the five biggest banks. bank of america, citigroup, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo only paid 0.4% interest during the quarter but the five highest yielding savings accounts paid an average of 2.41%. looking at markets around the world. asian markets higher. hang seng up 2.4%. ment inflation cooling. stock index futures leaning up a little bit here this morning after stocks surged thursday. the s&p 500 snapped a five-day losing streak pushing aside for now worry that the federal reserve will hold interest rates higher for longer. mortgage rates fell again. the lowest in september. the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage declined to 6.33%. gas prices falling. average price of regular 3.32 a gallon. another inflation gauge, november s producer price index is due out later this morning. 85% of americans are worried