a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> inflation fears are fueling even most of chaos on wall street. >> we need to see inflation coming down. >> we meet during what is the greatest global food security crisis of our time. >> millions are already being threatened by hunger. >> it is impossible to predict

who has the upper hand. >> we can see victory ahead and it is all because of you, so thank you, pennsylvania. >> increased forest fires in the u.s., leaving of corals in the oceans. >> time is running out. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is thursday, may 19, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in new york and washington. investors on wall street will be waking up after reporting the worst trading day in nearly two years, all eyes on the u.s. markets to see if the roller coaster ride continues as fears of a recession grows. let's take a look at how it is impacting life. gasoline prices are soaring. so are home prices. and if americans want to buy a

car, with the supply chain shortages even the price of used cars has skyrocketed. in california, gas prices have hit $6 a gallon this week and experts warn that could be the national average before the summer is out. aaa has the current gas average at just a little over $4.50 today. the cost of groceries are up as well with milk, eggs and cheese costing more, whole milk went up 15% last month compared to last year. business leaders expect things to get worse as well. 68% of ceos say the fed's quest to keep inflation at bay will eventually trigger a recession. anna is with us. that is depressing. >> all of this is rather depressing. and this is after we had a high day on wall street on tuesday, continues out that was just a bear market rally. clearly did the turndownturn ha further to go.

these big retailers are showing us the real impact of high cost for consumer, people are spending less on bigger ticket items, they are going for only essential goods, cheaper brands, the store brands. and that is costing these companies. as is higher costs for them, whether it is freight, labor costs, energy costs. and that is really fighting corporate profits. >> and this is global problem. so what happened after wall street shut in asia? >> and we can bring you the markets. all were trading down, shanghai now a bit flat. also weak results in china. so we're seeing this picture across the world. europe opened with a negative day and i think it will bleed right through to wall street as well. >> and so every day people were talking about how the costs of things are going up. you suggested that they are going for their own brands

instead of more branded goods. but isn't the essential problem here that wages are going up by not by as much as inflation, so we're all getting poorer, but the pee poorest are suffering the most. >> yes, wages are going up, hurting corporate profits, but not enough to insulate consumers. and that is impacting what they can buy and how they feel at home. in the uk, inflation hit 9% in march. sorry, in april, that was up from 7% in march. that is a huge increase. and around three quarters of that increase was actually on energy because the price cap here in the uk lifted, so that is feeding through to consumers. they will have to spend around $850 more every year and the poorest get hit the hardest and that is going to impact what they can buy and heating their homes. >> it will be a difficult year. anna, thank you. families struggling to find baby formula in the u.s. may soon

have some relief thanks to the white house. president biden announced the government will be taking more control over the production of formula ingredients and provide more ways to import formula from abroad. a pair of bills was also introduced in congress aimed at providing emergency funding for the fda and ensure families using government support programs can still buy formula. arlette saenz has more on how the u.s. is combatting the crisis. >> reporter: president biden is invoking the defense production act to try to alleviate the baby formula shortage, a major step as the white house has scrambled to try to address this issue causing so much anxiety for american families. it is a 1950s era law that allows the federal government to have more control over industrial domestic production. and what the president is doing, he is directing suppliers to provide the resources needed to manufacture formula, things like

ingredients. additionally, the administration is starting operation fly formula, the president sending a letter to the secretaries of agricultural as well as health and human services telling them to utilize commercial defense department planes to try to import formula products from overseas into the u.s. the fda earlier this week had already announced that they were making it easier for overseas companies to send their formula to the united states, but those approval processes are still under way. now, this comes as the administration over the past two weeks has really been scrambling to try to address this crunch that american families are feeling with lack of access in some areas to baby formula. on thursday, fda commissioner will be up on capitol hill testifying before a house committee, talking about the oversight of infant formula as the administration still faces so many questions about how the shortage came to be and the steps that they are taking to alleviate it.

now, officials have said that they expect the shortage to really begin to gradually improve over the course of the next few weeks, but they have yet to offer a definitive time line of when things will get back to normal. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. in the coming hours president biden leaves for his first trip to asia as sitting president. he will make stop also in south korea and japan to firm up relations and also address the war in ukraine. mr. biden is also set to unveil a new economic plan for strengthening supply chains between the u.s. and the region. white house officials say that they are preparing for the very real possibility north korea conducts nuclear or long range missile tests while the president is abroad, both short and long term contingency plans are in place for the trip. before departing the white house for asia, president biden will meet with the president of finland and the prime minister of sweden. it will be a key show of support for both countries after they

formally submitted their requests to join nato. effectively ending decades of official nonalignment. it also underscores how russia's brutal aggression against ukraine has shaken capitals across europe. nina dos santos is covering this for us. it was going to be a smooth process, this application, but now turkey has stepped in. and i know you spoke to the prime minister of sweden about that, but is there a way that president biden can help unblock this obstacle really to the membership of these two countries? >> reporter: the u.s. throwing itself into this informal role of mediating of this issue that turkey has with sweden and finland, but largely it is aimed at sweden. president erdogan of turkey says he has issues with security concerns with support, perceived support, of certain kurdish separatist groups like the pkk

and ypg. and he also wants to discuss an arms embargo sweden pushed for back in 2019. and you can imagine the bigger picture here is that turkey actually wants to also negotiate with the united states. remember it was frozen out of the fighter jet program a few years ago after turkey did a nice stmissile defense deal wit russia. and this is an opportunity for turkey to remind everybody that it has a big role in nato, the second biggest army, and it wants to air publicly its concerns. what is the position of the united states? well, antony blinken went into a meeting yesterday in new york saying that this is a process and everybody has to be heard. that is something that has been reiterated by the secretary-general of nato stolenburg himself. but as you said, all eyes on the key show of support that is set

to take place at the white house. joe biden just yesterday saying when it comes to the issue of turkey, we think that it will probably be okay. >> nina, thank you. nato official says while the war between russia and ukraine is largely at a standstill, momentum has significantly shifted in favor of ukraine. ukrainian military is touting its progress in pushing the russians back in multiple areas. and say that it is retaken another settlement in the kharkiv region. and russia released this footage of a howitzer artillery system being targeted. the u.s. has sent ukraine dozens of more witness zers in recent weeks and say they have been very effective against russian forces. in the south future remains uncertain for the last at the mariupol steel plant. russia says this shows some of the wounded soldiers being treated in hospital, but more than 900 ukrainian troops are

being housed in a pretrial detention center. ukraine has been pushing for a prisoner exchange to free them. the fiercely contested republican senate primary in the key state of pennsylvania is likely to drag on now for days while every last vote is tallied. it is a critical showdown that could affect which party controls the u.s. senate come november. tv personality dr. mehmet oz is holding on to a very narrow lead over establishment public dave mccormick. just over 1200 votes separate them. the race could go either way and a recount is looming as jeff zell z z zeleny reports. >> reporter: dave mccormick and dr. oz. >> when all the votes are tallied, i'm confident we'll

win. >> reporter: locked in an extraordinarily tight battle for the republican senate nomination with a razor thin margin from a field of 1.3 million votes cast. a day after the election, both campaigns say they see a path to victory with mccormick relying on mail-in votes and oz hoping his strength at the polls holds. election workers scrambled to sort through about 22,000 mail-in ballots which were printed with an incorrect code that could not be scanned. in delaware county, 4800 mail-in ballots were being fed one by one into a sorting campaign. >> this campaign is always about you. >> reporter: kathy barnette fell short, but her imprint on the race was clearly a factor in the bitter dual between mccormick and oz. after the counting the race could end to a recount if the margin is one-half of a percent or less. >> by next tuesday we'll have a good sense as to whether there will be an automatic recount.

are . >> reporter: donald trump weighed in today saying dr. oz should declare victory. the winning republican will face john fetterman who won the democratic senate race but is still recovering wfrom a stroke. >> john will be back on his feet in no time. >> reporter: the stage is set for a raucous general election in pennsylvania with doug mastriano winning the republican governors race, campaigning on a platform of lies about the 2020 election. >> there is this movement here that will shock the state here on november 8th. >> reporter: trump picked a winner in mastriano who many republicans believe is too extreme to win in november. he will face the democratic nominee, attorney general josh shapiro. in pennsylvania, it is the governor who ultimately selects the top election officials. a critical post with a 204 pres204 -- 2024 presidential campaign just around the corner.

and the reality is both campaign advisers say they are bracing for a recount likely next tuesday. that is just an automatic retally of the results. not counting every ballot, just simply running the tapes. but advisers also say the count going into the recount is the most critical. this race is likely to be won by hundreds and no more. jeff zeleny, cnn, chester, pennsylvania. new york's attorney general is launching an investigation into social media sites used by the suspect in saturday's racially motivated mass shooting in buffalo. that includes the communications app "discord." we learned the alleged gunman used that site to reveal his plan in a private chat room just 30 minutes before the attack. new york's governor says social media platforms have to take responsibility and says the attorney general will report back the findings of the probe to her. still to come, a new report is sounding the alarm about the state of the global climate.

details next. climate change is impacting the world's access to food and russia's war in ukraine threatens to make it even worse.

concerning news on coronavirus in the united states. centers for disease control say nearly a third of all americans live in areas are medium to high levels of covid-19. on wednesday the agency's director urged people in those communities to mask up and call for greater access for testing ap tr and treatments. new infections have tripled in just the past month. u.s. health officials are also investigating a case of monkey pox in the country. officials say the virus was confirmed in a massachusetts man who had recently traveled to canada and they are now tracing his contacts. centers for disease control is also racking multiple clusters of monkey pox reporting in portugal, spain and the uk and a spokesperson told cnn that has monitoring six more people for potential infection after they shared a flight with a british

patient who tested positive for the virus. time is running out. the world must act in this decade. good news is that the life line is right in front of us. >> that warning from the u.n. secretary-general comes as effects of climate change are fueling wildfires in the u.s. p hermits peak fire has burned through more than 300,000 acres, or 122,000 hectares. so far the fire is only a third contained. bad weather is also complicating things for firefighters in texas. officials said earlier that the mesquite heat fire was 10% contained but now back to 0% containment because of strong winds and high temperatures. a new report finds the world is

set for alarming climate records in 2021. greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise and warmer and more acidic oceans. the world meteorological organization stresses this is another clear sign that human activities are causing harmful and long lasting changes to the planet. the report follows a u.n. climate assessment which warned the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions or face catastrophic climate changes. joining us with more is derek van dam. this is all adding to this evidence that humans are of course affecting climate change. >> right, max. in fact the u.n. sect secretary-general said that it is a dismal litany of humanity's failure to address and tackle the climate disruption. what did the report actually find? these four indicators that you see behind me. for instance the greenhouse gas

levels, the carbon dioxide we emit from the vehicles. and i want you to notice the theme between the last three. ocean heat. the warmth of the oceans is penetrating deeper and deeper than ever before. ocean acidification, the objections are supposed to b absorb about 23% of the carbon dioxide that we emit, but unfortunately this is leading to acidification of the oceans and that threatens the global food supply with ecosystems just basically failing. and the rate of sea level rise has nearly doubled in the past ten years compared to the last decade that it was measured against as well, this is mainly due to the accelerating meltsing of the ice sheets on green land for instance. they are experiencing rain where they should be experiencing snowfall of course. and of course this threatens coastal communities that are vul

n vu vulnerable to tropical cyclones. just the small level of our sea levels puts the coastal communities very vulnerable. the past seven years according to the report have been the warmest seven years on record and this is coinciding with that sharp increase in the carbon dioxide that we've seen over the past several decades as well, this has led to extreme weather events across the planet to flooding and drought and wildfires. and then the current heatwave impacting india and pakistan as well. these are the extreme weather events across the world, there it is, the heatwave that is suffering across india and really this extreme weather is just our day to day face of the climate change crisis that we are seeing play out right in front of our eyes. fortunately the united nations put out five key solutions to kind of kick start and fast track this solution process, and that includes shifting energy subsidies away from fossil

fuels. >> derek van dam, thank you very much. now momentum on the side of ukraine, that is the assessment from nato military official, the latest on ukraine's efforts to push back russian forces, just ahead. plus ukraine says russians are stealing its grain by the ton, food that should have been exported to feed people around the world. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. someme people have minor joint pain, plus high blood pressure. and since pain relievers may affect blood pressure, they can't just take anything for their pain. tylenol® is the #1 dr. recommended pain rief brand for those with hig. if you have questions on whether tylenol is right for you, talk tyour doctor.

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the u.s. flag is again flying in the ukrainian capital and the u.s. embassy there has officially reopened. the diplomatic staff had left kyiv just before moscow launched its invasion. wednesday's reopening also comes as the u.s. senate confirmed bridget brink as capacity to

ukraine. the u.s. had been without a confirmed ambassador for three years, ever since president trump had recalled the ambassador. a nato official says not to expect significant gains from either side in ukraine in the coming weeks, but that ukrainian forces do have significant momentum in their favor. ukraine's military has touted progress over russian forces in multiple areas just 8 miles from the russian border, this figure shows a russian tank on fire hit by ukrainian fighters. and in the luhansk region, ukraine has destroyed a number of bridges to slow russia's advance. suzanne malveaux is joining us now. >> reporter: the new intelligence from this nato security official is very significant here. essentially this person outlines what we may anticipate seeing in the weeks and programs even moeven -- perhaps the months to come.

they believe the tide has turned here, that there is momentum on the ukrainian side, at this point significantly so in their favor, but also that there is a period here where you will not see significant wins or losses on the battlefield either way, that this is going to be a long slog. and that is something ukrainian people will have to prepare for and wrap their heads around. the report from the ukrainian military officials essentially what is happening on the ground confirms reinforces that very notion of what we're expecting to see. despite the fact that we have seen an escalation in these air attacks and artillery that you have seen an increase in the air power itself, that there has been cross-border skirmishes, that the battles have been very intense on the side of the east and south as shelling as well, dramatic escalation if you will, this official saying here in

this military court that the russians have not taken any significant new territory. we have also seen as well casualties of course, but the ukrainians being able to hold that defensive line, that they blew up this bridge in order to make sure that they were maintaining the territory that they do have control over, and in the east they have been able to get much closer to the supply line that is critical to the russians. so having said that, this is a war. there are casualties. and the military reporting just overnight more civilians, ukrainian civilians have been killed. >> suzanne malveaux, thank you very much. and one of the most gut wrenching consequences of russia's war on ukraine is the threat of a severe food crisis across the globe. ukraine is one of the world's major grain producers, but russia warships have block bloc

its ports. on wednesday the u.s. pledged an additional $250 million in emergency food aid to deal with the grain crisis. the u.n.'s top food official pleaded with russia's leader to end the blockade. >> it is absolutely essential that we allow these ports to open because this is not just about ukraine, this is about the poorest of the poor around the world who are on the brink of starvation as we speak. so i ask president putin, if you have any heart at all, please open these ports. >> russian actions to weaponize food go well beyond the blockade. russians are accused of stealing farm equipment and tons of grain from ukrainian farmers. more now from isa soares. >> reporter: before the war, most of the food produced by ukraine wasported through

ports like this, thousand they a now they are blockaded by russia and also pilfered 400,000 tons from ukrainian farmers in russian-occupied territory. footage obtained by cnn from zaporizhzhia shows trucks wearing the white z symbol, transporting grain to russian-held crimea, an act that president zelenskyy's administration is calling food terrorism. >> translator: this is not just a strike at ukraine. dozens of countries in various regions of the world have found themselves on the brink of food deficit. >> reporter: through satellite images, we were able to identify the russian merchant ship, one of three involved in the trade of stolen grain, seen here at the port in crimea on april 29. from there the vessel carrying

the grain traveled through to alexandria in egypt, then on to beirut but also turned away. finally may 8, it reached syria according to shipping sources and ukrainian officials. >> so in this situation, in the middle east and africa, they will be -- they don't have choice, okay? they will import wheat from anywhere wherever it is possible. so i think that this is really state-supported theft. >> reporter: for russia stealing wheat and other grain during the war could prove lucrative. the price of wheat has skyrocketed so far this year, more than 60% or so, spiking after the war started on february 4th, and how much of a valuable commodity is it while

the price of wheat is now trading about $400 a ton on the world market. as supplies run low and as prices continue to rise, there are fears the war was pushing the world to the brink of a food crisis. with the german foreign minister calling russia's actions a deliberate war of grains. after seeing for themselves the tons of grain, wheat and corn stockpiled at odesa, president of the european council vowed the eu with support from the u.s. will help look for ways to export grain from ukraine. some of it is already being shipped from ports in neighboring romania, but still only a fraction of ukraine's total production. more help is needed if europe's bread basket is to continue to feed the world. isa soares, cnn. let's take you live to brussels, eu lawmakers are debating how to keep energy supplies flowing as tensions

grow with rusrussia. there are signs that finland could be next possibly as soon as this weekend. and i'm joined by clare sebastian. not as clear cut as the kremlin saying that we're cutting off supplies, but that is how it is being interpreted. >> and of course we have precedent with bulgaria and now the gas company saying that they won't use the payment mechanism that moscow has set up. so they say it is now likely they think that the gas will be shut off this weekend. this is why the eu is no longer treating this as a hypothetical. they know this could happen and they just launched their new $221 billion plan to essentially redraw the energy map of europe to try to eventually do without russian energy. more lng, more renewables cutting demand by about 5%, just simple things like using less air conditioning and turning lights off.

and they have put together a plan for what they would do when it comes to russian gas and that would involve pooling their resources and shifting energy from the places that need it less to the more critical needs. >> and the other thing russians control, which is vital to the world economy, is ukrainian grain, they are effectively -- it is effectively trapped, isn't it, in the ukrainian ports and isa describing how this is being described as a grain war. >> it is a horrifying situation. you heard the head of the world food program saying people are on the brink of starvation because of this. >> in parts of africa largely. >> somalia for example get 100% of their wheat, or did, from russia and ukraine. it is faepgtaffecting the poore the poor. and the rhetoric in russia around this, this is the result of sanctions. and you have them to blame for rising inflation in europe, for the food shortages. but we heard from secretary of state antony blinken trying to

counter that argument. take a listen. >> some have tried to blame the sanctions imposed on the russian federation by the united states and many other countries for worsening this crisis. this is false. when we imposed sanctions on russia in order to end the war as quickly as possible, we delivered and carefully created exceptions for agricultural goods and periodfertilizer. we're working every day to get countries information or assistance that they need. >> the sanctions landscape is complicated. there is uncertainty, this up ended trade in many ways. shipping companies, banks have been reluctant to get grain shipments out of countries like russia. bottom line is, there are no sanctions that would prevent russia there reopening the ports. >> clare, thank you. still to come -- >> you are 17, you're never known the taliban government.

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the taliban have been chipping away at women's rights since last august, they promised that girls would be allowed to go to secondary school, a promise that remains unfulfilled. but some afghan girls are finding their own ways to assert their independence. christiane amanpour spoke to some of them. >> reporter: wednesday morning in kabul and we're going to

girlses school through these plastic curtains and past prying eyes. yes, this fashion studio has become an alternate education facility since the taliban stopped girls from attending government high schools. 17-year-old roxile wanted to be a doctor and now she's learning to be a dress maker. we're feeling very bad, she tells us, girls are not able to go to school, staying home, doing nothing. we hope that this will change our lives so we can be self-sufficient, have a profession, learn, earn money to support ourselves and our families. neta wanted to be a professional soccer player. you are 17, you've never known the taliban government. did you ever imagine that this would happen to you, that you would be prevented from going to school? no, never, we tried our best for our future, but it is a dark one now because we're kept away from our schools she says.

nagini started the fashion business four years ago and now she is running the resistance. when the taliban slammed the door in their faces, she opened herself up to high school girls aiming to have them sufficiently trained to earn a living and support themselves within six to 12 months. she does this for 120 girls and women across three locations. you are helping them, but they all want to be doctors or an athlete or, you know, professionals. they want to go on to university. how do you feel about them having to be embroiders or dress makers? this is very upsetting she says, when someone is following their own dreams, it is very good. it is different when they are forced into doing something else and it is a bad feeling because most of these girls wanted to go to university, become a doctor, a teacher, an engineer. it is very difficult for them and i know that they can't do any other work. so at least they can learn the dressmaking profession for their

future. for the record, the powerful deputy taliban leader sirajuddin haqqani told me girls public high schools would open again soon and that of course women have the right to work within the islamic framework. but 26 years ago, i had the same conversations about the same issues when the taliban ways first in charge. a lot of people want to know what you are going to do about the women issue, what about women's education, girls education, women working, widows who have no other way to support themselves. >> i know especially in western news media, it is propaganda that we are against women education, which is not right, not correct. >> but the girls can't go to school. they are all closed. >> we have just told them that for the time being, they should not come to office and school so in the time that we can come up with some sort of solution. >> reporter: even the youngest understand something is not right. this 10-year-old complains about

having to stay home all day. we just do housework, cleaning, baking bread and sweeping the floors, she says. >> it is my right to work and i need to work because i get education in the country and the government spent money to me. and even my family. and i want to express myself to my society. >> reporter: brave then, brave now. only now after more than two decades of progress for their wives, daughters and family incomes, so many more afghan men support them. we're told not even 1% of afghan people are against women working. we don't want our people to grow up as if we're in a jungle, we want people to have culture, knowledge, we need food and work. back at the design studio, these classes are not only open to high school students, but to older women who are suddenly out of work.

like this 30-year-old who is a teacher. we feel suffocated, she says, why can't we in our own country, our own place, live freely, move freely? wherever we go, whatever work we do, they put barriers in our way. we can't reach our goals in life. we're always afraid. whether the previous government or the taliban's emirate regime. this woman comes here to retrain and like many of the mothers and wives to have some kind of social life. this woman's daughter wanted to become a soccer player. when i i'm really upset, she tells me, my husband says i should come here so that at least i can meet others. my husband is so kind. we are all sisters here. christiane amanpour, cnn, kabul, afghanistan. meanwhile, warm hugs for ukraine's kalush orchestra as they return home fresh off their eurovision win. we'll tell you how the folk rap

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ukrainian folk rap group kalush orchestra has returned home after claiming victory in the eurovision contest. suzanne malveaux report, and we warn you that the images you are about to see are graphic. ♪ >> reporter: ukraine's ckalush orchestra returning as hero's welcome. the folk rap group greeted at the ukrainian border by service men and women bursting with pride. the front man and his band launched into an impromptu version of their winning song. saturday the musicians won the annual song fest in the italian city, beating out their main rivals, the uk and spain, riding

a wave of popular support by voting viewers who skyrocketed they them to the top. and the song was initially written as a tribute to the band member's mother, turned into a rallying cry and tribute to the nation as ukraine battled against the invasion of russia. when i met them here in lviv, it took little prodding for them to launch into a jam session of their popular song. but kalush is keenly aware of the impact of the band's victory and what is at stake. what does this moment mean? this is so much more than a musical competition. >> translator: we decided to take part in it because their attempts to destroy arrest kill our culture and we wanted to show that our culture is alive, it does exist and it is very beautiful. >> reporter: the group was given special per his mission to leav

ukraine and perform. the band was praised by many ukrainians for calling for the liberation of ukrainians in mariupol and insides steel plant of azovstal, besieged by the russians. soldiers sheltering in the steel plant belted out the lyrics as shelling could be heard from above. ♪ residents of kalush, the hometown of the band, gushed. >> with all my soul, all my love, i love my kalush. >> reporter: and president zelenskyy promised to bring the singing contest to a liberated ukraine next year. and now kalush is auctioning off its trophy and planning to tour europe to fund raise for the ukrainian soldiers and charitable foundations for ukraine. >> translator: people say ukraine is my mother and taking it that way.

that is why this song is now even called the anthem of war. but if it is called that, i would rather to be the anthem of our victory. >> reporter: suzanne malveaux, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> ukraine's fight to hold their ground against russia was in the spotlight during a special late night talk show experience, secretary of state antony blinken spoke about ukraine on the late show with stephen colbert. >> ukrainians are standing up for their freedom, standing up for their sovereignty, they have so much of the world with them. and here is what i can tell you. what vladimir putin was trying to do was to take away their independence, and in his mind ukraine is not an independent country. needs to be subsumed into russia. and what i think that we can see with a lot of conviction is that sovereign independent ukraine is going to be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the

scene. >> and he ended his time on the show by grabbing a guitar and playing a little with the band. the western conference finals are under way and it was a rough start for the mavericks. the well rested warriors crushed the mavs by containing luka doncic. he led dallas with 20 points but shot 6 of 18 from the field. steph curry had 21 points. game two is friday in san francisco. u.s. women's soccer has scored a major victory in its fight for equal pay. the u.s. soccer fcer federation that they would be paying the same as the men. the landmark agreement also addresses issues such as child care, parental leave, mental health and also field surfaces

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good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday. do we still say friday eve? >> that is okay. >> it is may 19, i'm laura jarrett. >> and we begin with our eyes on the markets following the roughest day on wall street in nearly two years. what happened? worries over inflation, predictions of a recession in the u.s. september stocks spiraling. the dow and s&p down about 4%, nasdaq down almost 5%. the sellofte