Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 that was the way it was. Well, they had a lot of friends and some of their friends were people like booker t. Washington, George Washington carver, af owens who was the principle of owens academy here in mobile and a. N. Johnson, an entrepreneur, and those guys would go fishing and because of that relationship, a lot of students got to go to Tuskegee University which meant when they graduated they became entrepreneurs, they became teachers, business people, doctors and very successful throughout the country. That relationship was a great bonding they had duke thring th time. The funeral home closed when the last sibling of the allen family passed, mrs. Gray, and just recently its been announced its going to reopen under the owen ford mortuary. From here were going to visit some other entrepreneurs and end the tour with a gentleman by the name of Wallace Turnage and he was a slave that ran away four times and got caught and ultimate
Those low oil prices are pressuring gas prices which today according to aaa fell below 2 a gallon nationwide on average for the First Time Since 2009. Thats the depths of the great recession. To put that into perspective, that price is cheaper than a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. And as Jackie Deangelis reports, thats saving americans a lot of money. Reporter the world is awash with oil, and prices continue to decline. The theme of lower for longer expected to last well into the new year. Its a problem for big oil, Energy Companies and the stock market. But its been a boon for consumers. As predicted by aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen under 2. More than 2 3 of u. S. Gas stations are selling gas below that price. Translation americans have saved more than 115 billion on gas this year. Roughly 550 per licensed driver. It is the holiday gift thats going to keep on giving. We could actually go about 10 to 20 cents lower from where we are right now. And i
With sevenyear lows. Those low oil prices are pressuring gas prices which today according to aaa fell below 2 a gallon nationwide on average for the First Time Since 2009. Thats the depths of the great recession. To put that into perspective, that price is cheaper than a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. And as Jackie Deangelis reports, thats saving americans a lot of money. Reporter the world is awash with oil, and prices continue to decline. The theme of lower for longer expected to last well into the new year. Its a problem for big oil, Energy Companies and the stock market. But its been a boon for consumers. As predicted by aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen under 2. More than 2 3 of u. S. Gas stations are selling gas below that price. Translation americans have saved more than 115 billion on gas this year. Roughly 550 per licensed driver. It is the holiday gift thats going to keep on giving. We could actually go about 10 to 20 cents lower from where we
With sevenyear lows. Those low oil prices are pressuring gas prices which today according to aaa fell below 2 a gallon nationwide on average for the First Time Since 2009. Thats the depths of the great recession. To put that into perspective, that price is cheaper than a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. And as Jackie Deangelis reports, thats saving americans a lot of money. Reporter the world is awash with oil, and prices continue to decline. The theme of lower for longer expected to last well into the new year. Its a problem for big oil, Energy Companies and the stock market. But its been a boon for consumers. As predicted by aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen under 2. More than 2 3 of u. S. Gas stations are selling gas below that price. Translation americans have saved more than 115 billion o gas this year. Roughly 550 per licensed driver. It is the holiday gift thats going to keep on giving. We could actually go about 10 to 20 cents lower from where we
Now to our other top story. The wet. Not white. Christmas. That means drivers who are hitting the road may find some headaches on the way. So lets check in with meteorologist Jeriann Ritter for a first look at the forecast. Jeriann. More rain is on the way. Ad lib wx quick more Holiday Travelers are predicted this year than ever more Holiday Travelers are predicted this year than ever before. We live in tennessee, his moms in stewart florida, were going home for a week, then were going to indianapolis where the grandkids are at for a week, and then were gonna go to texas. Triple a predicts nearly one in three americans are taking a trip. And more than 100 million are expected to travel 50 miles or more. Thats one point four percent higher than last year. The increase is driven by rising incomes and low gas prices. Regular unleaded is averaging under two dollars a gallon. The metros prices are hanging around there. At two oh two. Many drivers are turning to a new phone application for i