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Embassy and the bombing of the "uss cole" in 2000. leaders in hong kong all locked in a battle over where this very richeter toir should have its first-ever minimum wage. lawmakers are debating the bill. a vote could come sometime this week. activists fighting for a minimum wage of $4.25. the average wage now is pbt $2.75 an hour. most business owners opposed. many politicians are on the fence. they favor paying workers a fair wage but not at the expense of the economy. now a celebration of independence. france is observing basteel day. it didn't go off without a bit of a flap. afternoon a...

35 million americans do plan to travel this year over the fourth of july weekend. that is up 17% over last year. 90% of them are going to be traveling by car. so they'll be heading over to grandma's house for the hotdogs via automobile and perhaps one of the main reasons for that is the price of gasoline is not even being factored into trip expenses according to aaa. two years ago, it was $4.05 a gallon. this year, $2.75 and aaa is essentially saying people are making their holiday and vacation planning and not even factoring in the fact that gas is at the price that it is because this is kind...

And that's a real sticker shock at the pump. this year, it's about $2.75. it's quite stable. and aaa says, you know, for people, $2.75 doesn't even factor into their plans. if you're thinking of taking a trip, you know, the price of gas doesn't even come into the equation or the conversation. and it looks like people are just going to go. and when there isn't a cloud in the sky and it's going to be 90 degrees, you might as well hop in the car and take advantage of it, especially in the midwest because who knows how many weeks of good weather we're going to get. >> certainly looks like a beauti...

The studio watching you do this. i have to say, kevin, it's clear you're enjoying this. how about people taking to the skies? how about the airlines? are they seeing a bump up in travel as well? >> reporter: well, they have. realistically, there is an 18% bum notary public travel all around. but only 4% of americans have taken to the skies this weekend. 90% of the people are traveling on the roads heading over to grandma's house or where have you for the hotdogs tomorrow. so that is really the significant change this weekend. and one of the reasons for that is, alex, the price of gasoline is a...

Because one of the reasons a lot of the people are giving for hitting the roads this holiday weekend is the economy. the fact that they think there may be some kind of light at the end of the tunnel or they may be so fed up with staying at home for the last couple of years riding out this recession that they've decided to fill up the car with gas, hit the highways and go visit grandma for the fourth of july. when we're talking about gasoline, one thing we should point out is the fact that two years ago gas was about $4.05 a gallon. now it's down about the $2.75 range. so that makes it a lot mo...