in our politics lead, right now president biden is in kansas city, missouri, pitching his domestic agenda. talking roads and bridges on the heels of some good economic news, including that forecasted plunge in november gas prices at an arge of $3.39 a gallon down to a predicted $3.01 in january. but president biden is also focusing on fears of a pending additional invasion of ukraine by russia. as jeff zeleny reports, today biden gave us firsthand insight into his crucial two-hour conversation with vladimir putin. i am absolutely confident he got the message. reporter: president biden striking a cautious yet confident tone today that russian president vladimir putin understands the grave fallout from invading ukraine. no minced words. it was polite, but i made it very clear. if, in fact, he invades ukraine, there will be severe
omicron fears according to industry experts could go up and gas prices could go down. look at the latest numbers from aaa. the price of gas has actually gone down a little bit from where we were a week ago. the national average, now $3.39. and aaa says because as the cripp omicron fears could go up, we could see five to six cents of relief. what is driving this is the cost of brent crude oil. now it was $80 a barrel just last month. we re seeing some relief there. it is all about omicron variant fears here. new lockdowns, new travel restrictions, there is in word from president biden we will not see any new travel restrictions anytime soon, at least for now. the industry analysts on the inside on this say we could only see a little bit of relief for a short period of time. come 2023, we could see $150 a barrel brent crude oil and that
passenger fitzroy graham and his wife are heading home to atlanta, and say the news about the omicron variant is an unwelcome travel companion. some people may not be aware, may not be following the news or looking at the information and there may be a higher transmissibility of this virus.e reporter: travel is now nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. a.a.a. estimates more than 53 million americans traveled for the holiday, up 13% from 2020. the vast majority hit the road but found gas prices sky high,td the national average is now $3.39 a gallon, that is up $1.27 compared it to last year. i think there is a lot of frustrated motorists out there. reporter: but gas buddy s t patrick dehaan says they could see some relief, the threat of that new covid variant is pushing oil prices back down. in fact they plummeted some $10 a barrel on friday, so motorists will likely see falling gas prices approaching christmas. reporter: and airlines are
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thanksgiving on the busiest day of the year. reporter: it s been a day of congested highways, crowded airports, and full train stations as millions make their way to thanksgiving destinations. we left early to beat the traffic. it s just a parking garage at this point. reporter: most are driving, with more than 48 million hitting the roads. and tonight, finding gas prices averaging $3.39 per gallon, the highest thanksgiving holiday price in nine years. that s too much money. that s too much. the gas is high. reporter: with covid lockdowns in the rearview mirror and the national vaccination rate nearly 60%, many feel confident about flying this thanksgiving. we decided we were going to fly. we re triple vaxxed. reporter: the t.s.a. reporting six straight days of more than two million flyers, a first since the pandemic began. kelsey shields, who hasn t seen some relatives in 20 months, told cbs news what she s looking forward to. family time and being able to see them f