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it up. >> you got to do what you got to do. thank you. and thank you at home for joining us. i'm whitney wild, christine romans coming back on monday. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. it is friday, december 30th, don is off today. recovery, though is in sight. we'll see. i think a lot of people will be skeptical, but that is what southwest airlines is saying this morning as they hope to resume regular service today with, quote, minimal disruptions. and airports are still trying to figure out what to do with the piles of unclaimed luggage. we're live ...

missing alive. with each day, the death toll has also gone up. it is now at 112. moments like these are when we are supposed to see the best 0 n-our politicians, the rare moments when politics don't seem to matter and that is what we should see again today as president biden gets briefed by one of his chief critics, governor ron desantis, i don't need to tell you that the two don't see eye to eye. and for all of those dealing with the damage, having to start all over again, politics is not what is needed. relief is. >> to help, you know, and it's not one person and the other person, ...

Let's ask cnn lead business writer. why do people at home care? >> there is no doubt that the situation in venezuela is starting to have an impact on energy prices at home. u.s. oil prices hit $60 a barrel last week. crude is up 40% since christmas eve and gasoline prices are starting to creep higher. venezuela is one of the bigger reasons. venezuela has long been a major source of oil for the united states. it was the number five importer into the united states just last year. but a combination of the crisis there, the economic troubles there and now the sanctions that the trump administratio...

Welcome back. oil prices keep soaring. they topped $104 a barrel last week. today the situation is getting worse. we have details from the new york stock exchange. >> we are watching oil on the move right now. topping $105 a barrel. it hit $106 a barrel this morning, the highest price in 2 1/2 years. look at prices over the last month. they are up almost 20%. the funny thing is oil supplies are okay. the trade you are watching happened with oil is being driven by speculation. the fear of what will happen if the libyan conflict spreads to other mideast nation. we are expecting a flat open becau...

Right now we are seeing a rebound after the big drop that we saw last week because of what's going on in libya. we watched the major averages fall about 2%. oil hit about $100 a barrel, and analysts say we could see the markets keep rising only if the geopolitical sector doesn't get worse. that's a big if. >> what about oil? it hit $100 a barrel last week. we are feeling it at the gas pump. do you think wall street is as concerned about it as we are? >> i think wall street is concerned about the higher oil prices because they can eat into consumer spending. what that does is translate into hig...