seven-point lead over former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. and among tea party supporters in the hawkeye state, gingrich is now the runaway favorite. now the question did gingrich put all of that at risk last night when he walked into the wiquick sand of republican politics. how to treat millions of illegal immigrants. i m prepared to take the heat for saying, let s be humane and enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their families. not a new position. here s gingrich this week in new hampshire explaining his position in more detail. if you ve been here 20 or 30 years, you ve been paying your taxes, you ve been obeying the law, belong to a local church, you re married, three kids, two grandkids, a program which would allow you to pay penalty, allow you to be legal but not a citizen. to become a citizen you have to join at the end of the line the people who are not currently
gallon. by air will be 20% more to get to grandma s. even thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, turkey day is more expensive, up 13%. live in los angeles, high there, jane. hey, craig. fas price tag for a fat meal. it s going up 13% which is the highest jump in over 20 years. $49.20 to feed ten people. the biggest jump is in the bird. 22% for a 16-pound bird. it will cost about $21.57. yams are a lot higher. what do i have here? the pumpkin price is 16% higher. 53s 17% higher and milk prices are going up. i do this every year. i go out and compare it to the national average. last year it was $43 and change. i bought the same fixings with
not just the retail employees. we re also finding folks tethered to blackberries and their smartphones are checking their work e-mail on thanksgiving day. people are working from home. nothing ever sort of shuts off these days. some folks are saying enough is enough. we need to take back thanksgiving and respect the bird. totally. it seems wrong, frankly. how about if we look at the cost of a turkey dinner with the trimmings. it s about $49.20 a person. 13% higher than in previous years. how is asking more people to shop helping that situation? even if you do want to celebrate thanksgiving and sort of take that time out with your family, it will cost you more than it has before. one of the things that s driving up the cost of a thanksgiving meal is the cost of the bird itself. turkey prices are nearing the record high of $1.67 per pound for a frozen turkey. that s something that will be hitting people right inside their wallets during a time when we re all trying to save money and
keep it going. keep it going. now to some news that might make you feel look a turkey this thanksgiving. the cost of serving a holiday meal is going up. the pain, not going to stop at the dinner table. in fact it will follow you to the mall on that black friday. i know. how expensive is the holiday going to get? here s abc s cecilia vega. reporter: pass the turkey. pass the stuffing. a bigger helping at the thanksgiving dinner table will mean a bigger bill at the grocery store this year. cooking for ten? the turkey day meal will average $49.20. that s $5.73 more than last year. 13% more. this thanksgiving, a 16-pound turkey will cost $21.57. almost $4 more.
straight months. but how much more is thanksgiving go to hurt our wall let s this year? this is interesting. the overall meal will be up 13% lead by the lead attraction, turkey, up 22%. to put that in perspective, turkey is roughly $1.30 pound which is about $4 for a 16-pound turkey. the average thanksgiving day meal is about $5 a person. about $49.20 for ten people. pretty affordable. that doesn t sound too bad when you think about it. we re going to talk about online shopping tips when you come back. thank you. you got it. movie about the career of jay edgar who have ver. is it a must see?