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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 ...

At $3.25 a gallon. one problem, the number of u.s. refineries has shrunk from 158 to 124 over the last decade. but those remaining have upped their production. pumping out 1.5 million barrels a day more. so each one that goes down, packs a much bigger punch to the nation's fuel supply. neal karlinsky, abc news, los angeles. >> so the gas prices have you down, keep an eye on ernesto? >> ernesto. >> how do you say it? >> ernesto. >> i love the way she says that. >> apparently, ernesto is heading right towards mexican oil operations. we already know -- gas is on the rise. the price. now this is h...

Ready to open your wallet wider. felicia taylor looks at one of new york's famous chocolateiers. rivers of pure chocolate are being molded into towering three-foot bunnies and massive chocolate eggs. >> we make a wreath here, all of the beautiful chocolate. >> for passover, even chocolate. >> he's a jovial ruler. >> of course you make eggs. >> for easter, we have babiebab >> what he can see is the price of ingredients. >> going up slowly. the last three years, completely up. so i wish my saving went like that. >> over the past year, the price of wheat used in cookies and pastries surged more t...