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Great economic potential, donald trump tweeting congratulations for brazil's new president on his inauguration. the conservative brazilian dubbed the trump of the tropics replying, quote, dear mister president, i truly appreciate your words of encouragement, together in a god's protection we shall bring prosperity and progress to our people. rob: in a few hours wall street will open for its first day of 2019 after a rough end to 2018. us stocks ending with their worst performance since the 2008 financial crisis, uncertainty with the federal reserve and interest rates between the united states ...

>> sandra: they've been coming down. the average is $2.73 at the pump and that is down from $2.91 one month ago. that's almost a 20 cent drop. >> reporter: down 20%. it always goes down slower than they go up. but it's good for the consumer. it will be range-bound there. the bigger picture is the idea we control our destiny when it comes to this and it's really important. obviously again it means jobs and economic security. it was going into the hands people we don't want it to be. >> bill: we control our own destiny. >> oil and gas extraction and unemployment is 1.2%. in june of 2000 it was 1...

Vacation, they will face hurdles. executives from facebook and twitter will face a grilling from lawmakers this week on election interference and how the companies are fighting misinformation. trade negotiations continue and a monthly jobs report on friday. millions of americans hitting the road wrapping up the summer of the highest gas prices we have seen in years. the average price was $2.73 per gallon over the past three mu . mont months. the highest since 2014. don't expect relief. drivers paying $2.84 a gallon. 20 cents higher than last year. americans spend $1 billion per day on gas th...

Everyone can spend like a drunk sailor. it's been great. now we have to start coming back to reality and this is a bit of that. >> shepard: the nasdaq off 2.24%. s&p 500, which is what we like to look at more than maybe we show it on the screen because it involved so many more stocks, it's 500 stocks. the s&p 500 down to 2.73%. big percentages. >> they are big. but if you're a technical trader, you look at certain levels. if it breaks through, you think it's growing to go to the next step down. we haven't seen that yet on the s&p. what we're trying to decide and difficult to gauge because it's...

With what we can expect this holiday weekend. >> traffic. 7 million -- 37 million of us are traveling. 9 in 10 of us are driving. that means #33 million people sitting bumper to bumper trying to hit the beach or that barbecue, ladies. >> a lot of people. a lot of demand. what about gas prices? how are they looking? >> i have good news and bad news for you. the good you are likely paying the lowest memorial day gas price in at least five years. gas prices today $2.73 a gallon. that's $0.91 cheaper than it was last year. there's bad news. gas prices are going up. they are up a nickel since last ...