thing, they look at the stock market. they look at even household income wages. they look at even home prices. and they do all of that about a month ago. and so according to their projections, that s where we re getting the numbers. one of the facts is gas prices. right now, we re looking at $2.13 on average in the country. here in texas, it s even below $2. we ve seen gas as low as $1.66. also airline gas prices, all of that is look the at. all of that before the election. will be interesting to see how that is affected and what the numbers actually become. stephanie. we have to take you now to chicago where nbc s blake mccoy is in chicago o hare international airport. this airport can get scary. when it comes to crowds and lines. what are you seeing now? that s right, stephanie. remember earlier in the summer where those lines were ridiculously long and we were out here every day pushing tsa to do something. well look at the lines now.