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Thing, they look at the stock market. they look at even household income wages. they look at even home prices. and they do all of that about a month ago. and so according to their projections, that's where we're getting the numbers. one of the facts is gas prices. right now, we're looking at $2.13 on average in the country. here in texas, it's even below $2. we've seen gas as low as $1.66. also airline gas prices, all of that is look the at. all of that before the election. will be interesting to see how that is affected and what the numbers actually become. stephanie. >> we have to take you n...

In dallas we've seen as low as $1.66. just a month ago it was higher than that, $2.23 though it is a bit higher than a year ago at $2.08 according to aaa. now, again, with the busiest times to travel, today 3:00 and then the busiest time to come back, saturday at 4:00. stephanie? >> all right. thanks, jacob. let's go from the roads to the skies. heading now to the nation's second busiest airport and if you've been there, it can be a natur gnarly one when it's crowded. blake mccoy is there. talk us through all of this. how crowded is it? >> reporter: well, look at the line behind me right now...

There's concern about the econo stocks vulnerable. >> you say what is bad for wall street is not necessarily bad for all of us. >> well, you know, you talk about oil plummeting, taking a big hit town 30% over the last few months, we're enjoying low gas prices. aaa saying gas prices $1.99 a gallon, national average. >> i paid $1.66 in oxford. >> amazing. >> sugar bowl champions. >> did you have a good time? >> had a great time. >> gas fares and airfares also down. they were down last year, 8%. so that's good. expect to be down again. >> don't get me started on airlines. oh, my god. >> there is ...

19-2 record this season, leading the league with a 1.66 e.r.a. greinke leaves more than $70 million on the table opting out. >> i think he'll be all right. >> you're just lik tt guy, too, the $70 milli in. >> greinke. he's going to be a $100 million man soon. >> very good for him. and finally, remember royals' shortstop alcides he says escobar's inside-the-park home run ime one of the world ries? the memorabilia sold for more than $19,000. it's the highest price paid for a game-used ball purchased on mlb.com -- or rather the highest price was nearly 29 grand. and that was for the ball used i...

Wages in general have not been rising and so even if the economy has recovered, randi, wages have not been raising. in washington they haven't been able to raise the federal minimum wage so states are doing it instead. >> so you look at the minimum wage going up in states, how does it compare with the rest of the world? >> the federal minimum wage is $7.25. denmark -- much higher taxes -- but in denmark $20 an hour. germany $10, france $11.66. all industrializations with a lot higher minimum wages than the united states. and when you adjust the united states minimum wage in the u.s. for inflat...