be aware of your surroundings and your karr around you and drive defensively. >> heather hunter, have merry christmas and a safe one. thank you. you, too. >> today's weather isn't stopping santa from making his rounds. no, we checked santa's website at far adthe command. check out this map. it shows old st. nick has delivered 3 billion gifts and it's still very young. it started in 1955. a typo was printed and instead reaching an advertiser's number for santa, children dialed the air defense command by accident. in the holiday spirit, the people who answered the phone played along and they gave santa's progress and that has turned into what has now become the santa tracker at norad and it is all about social media, these days, of course and it uses facebook and twit tore help little ones track santa on all of their devices. >> we hear about the fbi to keep thufy meters safe. they will show the controversial film, the interview. details not far from ferguson, missouri, and the surveillance show and doesn't show ahead. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? an apron is hard w

aaa's heather hunter joins us.$2 in some spaces. >> gas prices are definitely helping. right now we're at a national average of $3.22 -- i'm sorry, $2.32 a gallon. that's almost $1 cheaper per gallon. that's putting extra money in americans' pocket, more disposable income and more money to travel. >> talk about the relationship between holiday travel and the economy. if it's looking good right now, what does this say about q12015 and the rest of 2015? >> the economy is a big driver for aaa's forecast for the year-end holidays. what it's showing is people are feeling more confident about their economic future. that was causing more americans to plan a trip this year. it is a good sign as we're heading into the new year that americans will continue to travel. >> what can travelers expect then this weekend as they make their way home from what you've seen? >> well, this weekend we do expect it to be very busy. many people are putting their presents back in their car, packing them to head home and others are heading ou