between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
well, this is a process. we have been through this with trevor reed recently. we will have to continue to work through it. we are dealing with basically a rogue state in russia that as we all know is prosecuting an illegal and unjustified war in ukraine and that we are actively opposing them in. so we are basically in hostilities with this country. that s why we are seeing her arrested and paraded in front of the cameras. we will see. i worked with the state department. i know what the process is in terms of how they are trying to manage her release and her return home. a lot of it will depend on the russians. griner s wife says the rhetoric from the biden administration doesn t match their actions. here is part of what she said to my colleague. what i believe that the biden
reporter: small local trips. one family going from new hampshire down to north carolina so they had a ten or 12-hour drive. nationally $4.84 i believe. down a few cents and down a penny overnight. if you get out there the old cliche and warning, pack the patience. it will be a slog. ron allen, thank you. it is going to be a slog. we are following eat deadly human smuggling tragedy in texas. we ll show you the aftermath of the case of smuggling. texas department of public safe said a driver specked of human smuggling crashed into a truck in texas 40 miles north of