narrowly negative. 50% disapprove to 48% approve. half a million ads have been run. florida faced $117 million in ads. ohio is second with $112 million. virginia, $85.7 million. north carolina and colorado about $55 million each. iowa, $47 million. in the last four months on average of $4 million a day has been spent, in # 3 battleground states. in the final eight weeks those numbers are likely to double. bret? bret: carl cameron live in the battleground. we look at the 9/11 memorials when we come back from, ground zero to the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. remembering those who died. [ mother ] you can t leave the table
december that more people would be traveling this year. they would be traveling farther than last yea and also spending more money. here are the numbers. 92.3 million people traveling. that s up a little over 3% from 2009. by car, 85.7 million. that s up a little over 3% from last year too. and 2.75 million are flying. and that s up almost 3%. so we do see an uptick here in the travel for americans over these year end holidays. we re talking about christmas and also new year s. and they re also spending more money, on average about $670. and susan, i heard you mention gas prices. yeah, they are up. in fact, at this rest stop right over my shoulder, $3.09 for a gallon of gas. so that s going to hit you hard if you re traveling for a this holiday season. and a lot of estimates, you ve probably seen them, are saying, look, by spring, it could be $4 or more. so while this may seem high,
the american automobile association says that i m sharg with road with 85.7 million people who are traveling by car this holiday, and that is up 3.2% from last year. grin and bear it and worry about it later. reporter: and if you are stuck on a last-minute gift for somebody, here is an idea buy stock in oil companies. reporter: that would be a wise choice investors say. if you are wondering who is paying the highest for gas, it is the usual suspects the people in hawaii and alaska and who has the cheapest prices at the pump? turns out for today, denver, colorado, coming in $2.71 for regular unlaelded. wolf. thank you, maer ti. you are in the situation room, and happening now, a major slip and now major concerns about u.s. anti-terror intelligence as millions of people are traveling for the holidays. is the bureaucracy too big to be effective. also, a new military drill in south korea, and new threat of