abortions after just six weeks. cnn s diane gallagher has been following the story. this, of course, does not strike down this law for good, but it does temporarily block it. how long? and what happens from here? reporter: so, jim, we don t know for how long at this point. the judge today granting that injunction, which temporarily blocks that new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks from going into effect. i m told the state supreme court can review it or some other legal action by that state court is taken. now, this is something that to people in south carolina sounds familiar because the state supreme court actually did strike down a very similar six-week abortion ban earlier this year. in fact, that was something that was discussed many times, both the house and the senate while they were arguing and debating this particular legislation. with opponents of the legislation saying it was not different enough from that original bill, that original law to sus
there s a growing number of people on the roads. the cost of road trips, it s actually going down. the national average is now sitting at $3.57 a gallon. that s not cheap historically, right? it was lower in 2020 during covid and even 2021, but it is down by more than $1 from a year ago. this is miles away from that record high of $5.02 a gallon last june. gas buddy says drivers in all 50 states are seeing lower gas prices. in california the average is down by $1.31 over the last year. alaska, $1.30. more than $1.20 in new york, new jersey and in florida. this is all evidence of cooling inflation. the cost of living crisis isn t over, but it is getting better. so, why are gas prices down? not all of it is for good reasons. some of it is because supply has improved but also it s because