nbc's carey sanders hit the road and had the report tonight. >> if you were in traffic this labor day weekend, then you already know, gas prices have not been this low since 2004. >> it makes it a whole lot better for everybody when the gas price is cheap. >> the national average is now $2.41 per gallon with the lowest prices in south carolina. averaging $1.99. aaa estimates more than 35 million motorist driving this weekend will save more than $1 billion when compared to last year when on average gas cost $1 more gallon. why the price drop? thank china's slowing economy. >> it is old-fashioned supply and demand. there is ample oil supply. >> to give context on how cheap a gallon of gas is today, in the early 1970s, before the oil crisis, some stations sold a gallon for 33 cents. today in some parts of the country, it could be had for $1.85. if you adjust for inflation, some motorists are paying less today than they did back then. >> prices so low we found four friends on u.s. 27 in the florida everglades. they made a 16 hour spur of the moment drive from tennessee, just to pose with

carey lee peterson. to see why he fails to recognize the cease and desist order of the bernie sanders campaign. >> for drugs>> for drugs, yeah. >> we're dealing with the worst drug epidemic in united states' history. >> she said "dad, please don't leave me here". i said "honey, i don't have any choice". >> wufns the cash starts flowing there is very little overnight, over how the money is spent. in cooperation with the center for public integrity, we've been looking at a superpack called american socially united, run by carey peterson. mr. peterson called into our show at the last minute to give his side of the story. it was a hard to hear and somewhat disjointed conversation so i invited limb to appear on the show in person, he accepted my invitation and as you'll see in a moment the conversation touched on many things, marijuana, bernie sanders and act blue, a political action committee that is not in fact a superpac. since 2004 act blue claims to have raised more than 800 million for democratic candidates in america. >> carey, good to see you. you and i had a conversation on friday, i invited you to come

sanders was not looking for the football. did look like there was contact, though. referee: there is no foul for pass interference. correction. third down. jim: mike careywhat was it, uncatchable? because they threw the flashes i thought on peters. mike: it's a tight one but i think that's one of those that you want to leave that flag out. you had contact. the ball was catchable in my opinion. phil: i think you're right. jim: sure looked like it. third and 8. manning's pass. caught by the broncos. thomas. who out-battled the rookie for the football. phil: he turned just like you do a rebounder in a basketball game. jim: thomas now, eight catches, 116 yards. manning. in the direction of sanders. incomplete. phil: what keeps this drive going -- watch demaryius thomas. oh, my gosh, he's got him boxed out the whole way. you could see peters saw the football but he couldn't find a way to get around him and knock it down. jim: demaryius has 54 yards on this drive alone and again, over 100 for the night. second and 10 with 53 seconds remaining. push. and out of reach -- pressure and out of reach for jordan norwood. phil: abdullah, the safety, comes on a blitz

sanders and act blue, a political action committee that is not in fact a superpac. since 2004 act blue claims to have raised more than 800 million for democratic candidates in america. >> careygood to see you. you and i had a conversation on friday, i invited you to come here, you and i talked on the phone, i appreciate you getting to the bottom of some things. i want to start with the cease and desist letter from bernie sanders campaign. you said have heard him say he doesn't want a superpac. why set up with the superpac, what he doesn't want? >> let's talk about the man at hand, we're talking about superpacs and supporters of this candidate for presidency. now let's just cut to the chase. sanders specifically said, superpacs billionaire funds billionaire class, okay? we know what act blue is. act blue is a superpac. bernie sanders raises his funds through a superpac. how does he say he doesn't approve of superpac? superpacs he doesn't approve of that are buying elections. >> i hear you. but the point is the guy you're supporting doesn't want you to be associated, they've got a letter here saying please stop using bet on bernie 2016, bet on bernie.com, pledge sanders 2016,

sanders was not looking for the football. did look like there was contact, though. referee: there is no foul for pass interference. correction. third down. jim: mike carey, what was it, uncatchable? because they threw the flashes i thought on peters. mike: it's a tight one but i think that's one of those that out. you had contact. the ball was catchable in my opinion. jim: sure looked like it. third and 8. manning's pass. caught by the broncos. thomas. who out-battled the rookie for the football. phil: he turned just like you do a rebounder in a basketball game. jim: thomas now, eight catches, 116 yards. manning. in the direction of sanders. incomplete. phil: what keeps this drive going -- watch demaryius thomas. oh, my gosh, he's got him boxed out the whole way. you could see peters saw the football but he couldn't find a way to get around him and knock it down. jim: demaryius has 54 yards on this drive alone and again, over 100 for the night. second and 10 with 53 seconds remaining. push. and out of reach -- pressure and out of reach for jordan norwood. phil: abdullah, the safety, comes on a blitz off the slot. they see it but then they let the other