down in ways that people can actually feel and see in their lives. goods, household goods, toys, things like that, prices coming down. the price of gas at the pump something you and i spent time talking about over the course of the year. down almost $1.70 since this summer, about $200 in savings a month for a typical family. so i think at the end of all of that, what we re seeing is we are making progress going in the right direction. and the economic plan, the president s put into place and worked deliberately over the last couple of years is working. now we have to stay at it. and as the president said yesterday, we still have distance to travel, there are still risks. but it s working and even as we face these near term challenges we seeing businesses invest in the united states at record rates from semiconductors to clean energy. that s the thing that can keep this momentum going even as we
very large numbers of albanians coming to the uk. it is correct that the number of albanians has shifted. two years ago, 50 albanians arrived in the uk on small boats. last year, it was 800, and this year, so far, it has been 12,000. of which about 10,000 are single adult men. which begs the question, why? albania is in southern europe, has a population of 2.8 million, the uk government describes it as safe and prosperous. but prosperity is relative. the albanian median hourly wage in 2018 was 1.70 euros, lowest in europe, and in the uk it was nine times higher. there is another reason why numbers are going up right now. we contacted an albanian journalist who has been investigating. the numbers have been increasing right now
describes it as safe and prosperous. but prosperity is relative. the albanian median hourly wage in 2018 was £1.70 lives in europe, and in the uk it was nine times higher. there is another reason why numbers are going up right now. we contacted an albanian journalist who has been investigating. the numbers have been increasing right now because it is cheaper but up before for an albanian that wanted to go to the uk illegally we had to go on the back of a lorry and this was costly and this would cost like 20 25,000 of pounds, but when now you can cross the channel just by paying for the smugglers, £3000 £4000. and to drive up demand adverts like this on tiktok are being aimed at albanians. this one offers dinghy to the uk with safe passage.
from punch bowl news, quote: while the negative ads run by republican groups touch on steep gas prices and expensive grocery bills, the spots largely avoid criticizing democrats over crime and public safety. only 6% of the ads we tracked hit democratsen on rising crime compared to 60% which focused on inflation and 53% which centered on gas prices. susan, is it wise to focus on kitchen table or pocketbook issues? well, honestly, what they re doing is just following what we see in polls. so when you look at all kinds of polls time of year, what do voters care about the most right now? very, very top, inflation. it s all about going to the grocery store the, i say, you know, or going to fill up with gas. as you were saying in an earlier segment, while the prices are going down, it s nearly $1.70 higher hand before biden took office. so people are still feeling a lot of pain at gas pump. you heard the white house promoting the reduced prices and
united states have been delayed so far. cancellations, as you can see, over 450. aaa is predicting that 3.5 million people will fly this weekend. an additional 42 million are expected to hit the road and drive to their holiday destination. the silver lining for those drivers and this is the absolute thinnest a silver lining could be. gas prices have dropp ped 8 cen over the past week. that s still 1.70 more than it was a year ago . reporter: i think it was pretty bad if you arrived at about 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. this morning but just like during the