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Going through dallas and three hours there. we won't get to cabo for 12 hours. so a 12-hour day for us. >> and while we hear so much about air travel this time of year consider 90% of all travelers are actually going to be on the roadways, and they also have some pretty good news. the national average price for gasoline is about $3.24 a gallon. the experts say it is not expected to significantly impact travel on the roads. a storm is forecast after christmas. right now, jaime, it looks like for the most part travelers in the air and on the roads are going to be able to get to where they have t...

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Close to the tennessee line but what we need the most right now is federal assistance, our local law enforcement and firefighters and emergency personnel are expending their resources as is the state of georgia itself. and we need to have some additional revenue to assist in this recovery effort. we hope long term that, also, our people will qualify for federal assistance for low interest loans to restore their homes and rebuild their business. >> i read yesterday that it was 52,000 people were without power are you making any progress in terms of getting electricity turned back on at this poi...

Are you getting what you need? >>guest: we hope the president will sign off on the emergency decollarration. i submitted that to him. we have 16 counties i declared emergency areas and with the president's signature it will allow federal money to come in to our local communities to have the funds necessary for recovery. >> we saw the devastation in alabama and as the reporter said and president obama said i have never seen anything like it before, describe what is happening in georgia. and the biggest hurdles for you. >>guest: well, first of all, we think there were, perhaps, up to 11 tornadoe...

This -- in the state of alabama. when you have aless of life, we have had 15 confirmed fatalities, a very sad and serious situation. >> we look at a place like we looked at in tuscaloosa and you must be thinking, boy, if something like this tore through atlanta, say, for example, the devastation would have been indescribable. >>guest: yes, it would have when. we put in place in our state after the 1998 tornadoes that hit the atlanta area and the north georgia area, we put in alarm systems and sirens, and phone call systems and purchasing the radios that were radios to alarm and notify our peop...