ground have reason to believe they may be close to a verdict of some kind. we are on stand by for that and will be throughout the evening as long as the jury is deliberating, we will bring you live coverage whenever it happens during this program or later programs throughout the evening. better news here. if you're planning on doing any driving this weekend, you can plan to pay less for your gas. drivers in every one of the lower 48 states are now paying less than $4 on average per gallon. the current national average $3.45 according to the reporting of triple a. that's down 49 cents from the peak in april. and take a look at how they have fallen over the past few months. all the more startling when you consider that not that long aall many analysts were forecasting $5 a gallon by now. instead we are hearing predictions of $3 or lower by autumn. of course gas prices are falling because oil prices have dropped and sharply it. it actually went up a bit today but closed less than $80 a barrel. which means it's down more than 5% for the week. but lower oil prices are not necessarily good news.