production is sending natural gas prices lower. now down about 40% from their october peak. at the same time, your other gas bill, the one at the pump, is also stabilizing. after a relentless crime, recent drops in crude oil prices, they re translating now at the pump. the average per gallon is at a seven-week low, 3.34 per gallon. down about a nickel in just the past few weeks. cooling energy costs if they last offer critical relief for household budgets. we re going to get another read on inflation later this week, but in terms of just that real feel indicator of driving your car or heating your home, a little bit of relief here. do we know why gas prices have dropped? is there i imagine it s not a simple answer. you re right. is there a main driver here? it s a big global oil market, and it crashed last year when we stopped driving and our factories shutdown. now as we re revving back up, those prices went up. now we re starting to adjust a little bit here. suppl
wagner mercenary troops are spotted after launching a serious challenge against russia s vladimir putin. we re live in ukraine with developments. the most important day of the classified documents case yet. and maybe the most important decision could be coming, when donald trump s trial will start, i m kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner, this is cnn news central. all right. the breaking news this morning. we learned just a short time agatha a u.s. national was detained by north korea. it is believed the man is a u.s. soldier, that is according to an american official. now according to the united nations command, the man was on a tour of a joint security when he crossed the demarcation mark. right on the border. the demilitarized zone. he crossed the border into north korean territory, it is believed, when he was taken into custody. we have team coverage. we re joined from the state department from the white house. we have our military analysts available. fir
congress meantime out for the holidays, but they left a whole lot behind, including aid for israel and ukraine, funding to keep the government open, and border security. and just in to cnn. harvard s president under scrutiny. what she is doing as congress launches an investigation. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with the supreme court facing hugely consequential decisions at the moment that could determine the fate of donald trump and the presidential election. trump using a delay tactic in one those major cases, asking the supreme court to hold off on deciding whether he has immunity from prosecution. perez special counsel jack smith is asking for an answer because trump is about to go on trial. they are urging the court, slow down, stay out of the dispute. they say the supreme court shouldn t be rushed into making one a decision so soon. going straight to the supreme court next week to appeal that historic ruling that kicked him off the bal
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committee chairman ed rois says it s not just russia that s being sent a warning. watch. here s the point, to the extent that we send the message around the world that you cannot use nerve agents, this is a very important and consistent message we have to send. it s important that we maintain this kind of pressure in order to deter any other nation that might use a nerve agent, that might use a chemical and biological weapon on u.s. soil or on our allies soil. harris: doug mcelway live in washington as we learn more about this. russia is promising retaliatory action of some kind in response to the new sanctions set to take effect later this month. connecting new sanctions to these events is unacceptable for us. these restrictions as well as
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Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has written to President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of trying to subjugate the Igbo nation as his