Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 12/12/2018, including: Gas prices hit a low for the year on Monday as oil's plunge led to relief at the pump for American motorists. The average national price of gas was $2.42 on Monday, according to AAA. That was 4 cents lower than a week ago, 28 cents lower than a month ago and 4 cents lower than a year ago. But that’s not necessarily good news for Texans; Midterm election polling analysis reveals deep divides between Democrat and Republican voters on the growing multicultural populations in the United States. Polling analysis from the Pew Research Center reveals that the overwhelming majority of Republican voters in the recent midterm elections, 85 percent, say the U.S. today favors minorities over white Americans. Only 11 percent of GOP voters said white Americans are favored over minority groups; Children who use screens for seven hours or more a day are showing signs that their brain cortex is thinning prematurely. The findings show that children are at risk of deteriorating memory function, perception skills and cognitive abilities, according to new major US study.