we'll talk with doug parker and robert isom here at the american airlines operations center on a big airline as they announce a transition to a new leader starting in late march next year. guys, back to you. >> phil, question for you. doug's only 59 why walk away now? >> reporter: he's 60 >> oh, 06. >> reporter: he's been doing this for 20 years, becky he's made it clear for some time there's a natural point you say, okay, i have done what i wanted to do. think about his career when he was at america west, he became ceo ten days before the 9/11 attacks he guided them through 9/11 -- post-9/11, even though america west were not involved the industry was rocked. there was the recession, he got them through that. america west then merged with a bankrupt us airways and who was the person who put that together, doug parker. they became the fifth largest airline and us airways was successful, they never went into bankruptcy but when american airlines went into bankruptcy doug parker saw an opportunity to get the size and scale he was not going to get at us airways and in 2013 he put togethe

most of the airlines now in the red for the day what's your take on the sector and american and the ceothem with a high cost fix base and just capital expenditures are just -- they make them rentals not ownership. in terms of the pullback, the market's driven by the variant that's thought to be benign. and that's not known i think it's premature to go back to the airlines and apparently the market thinks the same i would like to be on the sidelines for those. there are better areas of the market to play. >> yes airlines, hotels and casinos lower right now with the omicron rebound yesterday. restaurant stocks getting a boost. jack in the box taken to buy after acquiring dell taco. mkm upgrading starbucks to buy and then advises vef investors to buy weakness in the stock and tim horton's and justin bieber collaboration with limited edition flavors of donut holes and merchandise like tote bags and fanny packs. pulling a page out of the mcdonald's travisscott seen the restaurant brands partner with celebrities bieber had successful ones like croc. >> $17 million in market cap today? not sur

into the cabin creating a protective environment prior to the added layer of wearing a mask and american airlines spokesperson clarified the ceos statements were not intended to cast doubt on the necessity of face masks on planes and says the airline also supports the federal mask mandate. >> the federal mask mandate has been extended until march 18th, but health experts project that will be extended again due to rising omicron cases. in the meantime, local infectious disease experts suggest wearing an n 95 or surgical mask. if you're flying this holiday season reporting in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> stanford university announced it's moving classes online for the first 2 weeks of the winter quarter and requiring all eligible students to get a booster shot by the end of january online classes are going to start january 3rd during that time. all parties and gatherings are going to be banned at the university in person. instruction will resume january 18th students are being asked to get tested for the virus before traveling back to campus. bay area. health officials are reporting ear

airline employees get through the toughest months and years in history. as americans choose to return to normal life and travel for business and personal reasons they are going to find u.s. airlines and airline employees to of them get from point a to be. -- a to b. can each of you discuss how the overall industry would be different today if this program and not been established? >> sure, senator. thank you for your support, your help in creating bipartisan support was integral to getting it done. without it i do not know what would've happened. it would have been cataclysmic, and we know not -- and we would not be flying nearly what we are flying. you saved a business industry, and i think it made an enormous impact on their ability to keep this economy moving. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> senator, i added my thanks as well. the psp did what it was designed to do. it preserved jobs, and those jobs enabled us to continue serving our customers and our communities. demand is back, and we are in a position where we can take people where they want to go. it has been a

. >> aquÍ estÁn las primeras imÁgenes del aviÓn de american airlines accidentado anoche a las 9:30 enucha alegrÍa, muy excited. calderÓn: gonzalo dussan, su esposa nancy y sus hijos gonzalo junior y michelle, ademÁs de otros familiares, abordaron el vuelo nÚmero 965. ¿quÉ recuerdas de cuando se suben al aviÓn? bussan: me acuerdo que peleÉ con mi hermano en una ocasiÓn porque me querÍa sentar en la ventana. gonzalo: hubo una pequeÑa discusiÓn entre mi hija y mi hijo por ocupar esa silla del aviÓn, porque yo decÍa que el valle se veÍa como un pesebre de noche con las lucecitas prendidas. entonces por eso argumentaron un poco. pero ya mi hijo se fue con el primito, hacia la silla de adelante porque habÍan unas sillas desocupadas. calderÓn: mercedes ramÍrez johnson y sus padres habÍan llegado a miami desde kansas city con la esperanza de encontrar un vuelo hacia cali. ramÍrez: estÁbamos preparados a esperar porque mi papÁ trabajaba para twa y siempre podÍamos volar gratis. hubo bastante retraso de los vuelos porque habÍa una tormenta de nieve. calderÓn: ¿es asÍ como ustedes terminan en un

the likes of american airlines rallying as well.hree dose rating can neutralize the omicron variant. tom: not back to pre-omicron 2020. jonathan: lisa, rallied off this news and rolled over, all over again. lisa: it comes down to the threshold. the u.k. put restrictions in place, even if there is some sort of positive news on the booster shot. there is a different threshold. i think you are seeing that play out in the markets. tom: is that the plane where you fly standing up? jonathan: i think you are thinking about what people thought about ryanair. they talked about it but they never did it. remember when you could not book your seat and you had to run across the tarmac to get your seat on a ryanair flight? you had to line up hours before the flight took off. i used to play that game. i was before take off and the first person that lined up, they started. they would get in the line and it would be 100 people long. it was always rowdy. it was terrible. i got a little bit better. tom: i'm going to stay 18 years ago at heathrow, i sa

american airlines and southwest ceo's questioned the need foremask on airplanes.ry powerful to limit to the exposure to covid. listen to the sound bite. watch. >> the statistics i recall is 99.97% of airborne pathogens are captured by the hepa filtering system and turned over every two or three minutes. yeah i think the case is very strong that masks don't add much if anything in the air cabin environment. it is very safe, very high quality compared to any other indoor setting. elizabeth: but instead of listening to him, right, instead of hearing out the facts they're getting blowback on that. your response? >> i was surprised that they came forward and said what many of us know is factual, the ventlation systems in the airplane is very highly effective. that there have not been cases with contact tracing that were, that came back to exposure or contagion from air travel. and so i was surprised when they continued the mask mandate on airlines. i think it is time to revisit. that if individuals want to wear a mask on an, you know, on a plane, they should feel free

i wrote an article about american airlines in their equity buybacks in 2021. and you saw that what happened was, i've never seen this in my career where the ceo of american airlines went out. and he spent about $15000000000.00 a share buyback. and he paid himself, he was paid entirely in equity, and i've never seen that happen. so if the stock price went up, he got paid, he banked over $100000000.00. and then he had to, since the balance sheet was so weak. when the c word happened in march and they didn't build the balance sheet, said they were speculating on share buybacks, they had to go hand to the government and get what a $20000000000.00 bill out from the government contract to sac most of the employees. so he and he still the senior, so there's no penalty for taking massive amounts of risk. this is a problem. and now they're allowing them back banks to do buybacks again, it started in, they had a bumper buyback your $2.21 because the fence that you could buy a limited amount. yeah. well, i don't know what limited means, but bank of america, they're buyin

after american airlines trimmed some of its international flights.y are not doing great things for american airlines now. those stocks are selling off the market. boeing way and lower. rh one of the soul performers in the green today. the earnings surprise to the upside, saying that supply chain issues are not hitting the bottom line is aggressively as we thought they would. rent the runway also down quite a bit. another earnings story that isn't looking good. i want to end with a look ahead to tomorrow, which is the cpi data. we are going to get the inflation numbers, and 10-year gilts have been higher a little bit, but taking a bit of a breather lately when you start to see the expedition of growth concerns over in europe. a lot of that has to do with those covid lockdowns. it's see if that inflation report tomorrow changes the picture for the 10 year yield. dani: thanks so much. the team just told me what an rh cloud couch is. alix: it is apparently like you are sitting on a cloud, which feels nice, although my daughter would jump on it and break

. >> as millions of americans head to the airports for the holidays. the ceos of 2 major airlines made some controversial comments about the need for masks inside an airplane. kron four's. gayle ong has more on what the ceos of american and southwest airlines said also got some reaction from doctors. >> no, we're not ready to go on airplanes. i think it's a horrible idea. uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg weighing in on remarks made by executives for american airlines and southwest airlines before the senate wednesday. i think the is very strong that mask don't add much. if in the air cabin. i concur the air aircraft safe place. you can gary kelly. the ceo of southwest airlines telling a senate panel that the air and passenger jets is cabins are clean. statistics are recalls. 99.9 7% of airborne pathogens are captured by the up a filtering system and has turned over every 2 or 3 minutes. but health experts caution yes, airplanes have very good ventilation. and yes, most people are wearing a mask and being respectful of that. not all. >> but when the

back to you. >>> american airlines said it's on a hiring spree to keep flights operating on schedule.submitted testimony that said the airline can trying to prevent a repeat of fall flight cancellations. executives american, southwest, delta and united are set to address a senate transportation committee wednesday. >>> there was a time not long ago when plenty of good jobs were available for americans without acollege degree. things have changed in recent years. >> with we visit a kellogg plant to find out why some good jobs are disappearing. >> we are working side by side. >> side by side. >> side by side. >> are you making $14. >> $15 less. >> yes. >> there's two classes of workers. >> vanishing pensions, and pay that hasn't kept up. why good jobs have gotten worse for many americans. cbs morning starts at seven. >>> it's 54:52. next,. >> the record breaking sum for some of the most iconic guitars in music. >> and drew chats to kristin davis and gayle king. that's today at two. >>> i'm still tracking showers on high definition doppler. still lit up. getting the wet start to the day.

american airlines -- because of delays and delivery of the dreamliner's.airlines will not be getting as many of the 13 chads ed counted on. flights to hong kong, edinburgh and prague. entering a debt restructuring program after a -- accepted a position to extend debt repayments. shery: heading for the open in seoul and tokyo. some of the stocks we are watching right now, asian energy stocks after oil dropped on the risk off sentiment. we continue to cwt a move toward $70 a barrel. watching asian stocks tied to crypto. they could be following u.s. tears lower. bitcoin at the moment headed toward the 47,800 level. the market opens in seoul and tokyo are next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: welcome to daybreak: asia. haidi: ages major market opens -- major markets have just open for trade. asian stocks at the follow the u.s. peers lower. traders are waiting the virus curves against vaccine efficacy. evergrande in default. the pboc says the crisis will be dealt with in a market oriented way. we hear from bank of america ceo brian moynihan pugh he says the -- sher

>> hey, tyler, this announcement from american airlines came out after a report in the "wall street journalcture of the dreamliner that were scheduled will be affecting flights in 2022 americans will be dropping service to edinburgh, scottnd la, reducing schedules maybe to beijing, sidney, those destinations in asia the american airlines shares are trading lower. for boeing, it has been since the ends of may they have not been able to deliver the dreamliners because the faa hasn't signed off on the inspection process for dreamliners before they can be delivered. that's the impact for boeing and american today mean meanwhile, all the airline stocks are lower now, when you look at this list of airline stocks, keep in mind southwest is specific to southwest. they had an investor day negative comments from a couple of analysts, in fact a downgrade from i believe jefferies saying we are not crazy about outlook that southwest presented to us so all around not a great day for the airline stocks though you do see alaska in the green. >> i he in we didn't send you to anchorage to report about americ

infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg weighing in on remarks made by executives for american airlines and southwest airlines before the senate wednesday. i think the is very strong that mask don't add much if in the air cabin. i concur the air aircraft safe place. you can gary kelly. the ceo of southwest airlines telling a senate panel that the air and passenger jets is cabins are clean. statistics are recalls. 99.9 7% of airborne pathogens are captured by the up a filtering system and has turned over every 2 or 3 minutes. but health experts caution yes, airplanes have very good ventilation. and yes, most people are wearing a mask and being respectful of that. not all. >> but when the airplanes on the tarmac, there is not very good ventilation. i would encourage people to. >> if they fly and the airlines with ceos think they don't need to wear a mask to please wear masks when they're on the it's a they're crowded environments. it's far and away the better part of valor. and we have omicron coming. >> also at the hearing, sara nelson association of flight attendants. president adds it'

este viernes vísperas de noche buena muchas aerolíneas cancelaron sus vuelos en todo el país american airlinesarte jet también canceló. >>el presidente joe biden quiere ver las reducciones de viajes por la variante omicron. >> en parte porque los expertos en salud han determinado que las vacunas de covid 19 las restricciones serían el 31 de diciembre después de la medianoche. >> de regreso acá en la bahía se anunció que se le va a pedir a las personas de alto riesgo que se haga la prueba de coronavirus dos veces y queaplique al personal de este la medida exige la dosis de refuerzo nacional. >> van a revisar el espectáculo de fin de año aquí en tampa la bahía representa una gran noche para los restaurantes muchos de estos lugares las observaciones son para el show de pirotecnia que están agotadas. >> eso si recuerdan utilizar el cubrebocas. >> hay un alarmante situación en california por los casos de coronavirus gabriel huerta habló con unos expertos la mejor solución es vacunarse no son para prevenir el virus los contagios por covid 19 hay un incremento. >> cuesta mucho esto es un poquito alar

into the cabin creating a protective environment prior to the added layer of wearing a mask and american airlines spokesperson clarified the ceos statements were not intended to cast doubt on the necessity of face masks on planes and says the airline also supports the federal mask mandate. >> the federal mask mandate has been extended until march 18th, but health experts project that will be extended again due to rising omicron cases. in the meantime, local infectious disease experts suggest wearing an n 95 or surgical mask. if you're flying this holiday season reporting in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> a vaccine clinic. in downtown oakland closed abruptly last week. 12 this week. it was able to be re opened up, got the details coming up in a live report. >> 8.29, and don't let this shot full. look so warm and sunny and it is gorgeous it it is sunny yeah, it's pretty chilly still on this friday morning. got john with your weather forecast starting off the half hour. good morning, guys. good morning. we are looking at some changes out there today involving that sunny dry sky that you're

still moving higher because it was a rough holiday weekend for them and the best performers american airline, up 2.1%, omicron hit the airline crews we saw hundreds of flight, thousands of flight cancellations if you're adding up the entire christmas weekend and now, we're headed into the new years eve weekend and jeff flock is at philadelphia international airport at the american airlines terminal. jeff, you know, i feel so bad for those people who spent christmas eve in the airport or the airport hotel. are things looking better today? reporter: you know, depends on where you are. the folks that invested in american must have been watching the cancellations today. actually american had very few today i think they've got like 19, among the big three, united had over 100, so did delta, but american did really well today in terms of cancellations, just one out of philadelphia here at the moment. total cancellations were over 1,000 though if you look nationwide and more than 3,000 delays, and that's a problem too my daughter, she had a delayed flight, she was connecting through chicago, to go

coming up on the "today" show, we're going behind the scenes with american airlines. how do they move so many people through the system? what does it mean for this busy holiday season, as this airport and others set all-time records. what should you do to make sure you get to your destination on time. that story coming up on "today." >>> wizards -- i am not one, so i can't say that, so wizards and witches everywhere, break out your wands and broomsticks. >> suffice it to say, things get emotional. >> when things get dark, there's something about harry potter that makes life richer. >> we're family. we will always be part of each other's life. >> they grew up together, really. the film features cast members. noticeably absent from the trailer, a.j. rolling, who wrote the harry potter books. >> that is nice to see them all get back together. >> somebody is getting a whole collection of books for christmas. >> really? >> it's not you. but, yeah. >> i'll come over and read them. >> we are in the last two hours and 40 minutes of fall left, so winter begins later this morni

but i fly out to mauer on american airlines. i expect great service by great people.i will be enjoying a few libations while listening to my favorite music and everything is going to be great. flying in america. >> jesse, your name was in both. hattie reg reacted this? >> ivan sat in the 40s since my 20s. get a ride, gutfeld. but you can't take away alcohol on a plane. you have your shower beer, you have your ski lift chair beer, you have your yacht cocktail, and you have your airline drink. and plus, it is medically necessary for a lot of people to drink alcohol on a flight to relax their nerves. so don't mess with medicine, i would say. the other thing is, people would stop balling if they dress better. remember how people used to dressed on the airlines? like threes piece suits and dresses pre and everyone is suits. yeah, you're going to rumble in a sweat suit but if you look really symbolize you're not going to -- so just dress nicely and just keep calm. >> dana, you strike me as someone who does a lot of what jesse was saying there. do you think that banning booz

into the cabin creating a protective environment prior to the added layer of wearing a mask and american airlines spokesperson clarified the ceos statements were not intended to cast doubt on the necessity of face masks on planes and says the airline also supports the federal mask mandate. and a federal mask mandate expires, march 18th but health experts predict that will be extended again due to rising omicron cases. >> in the meantime, our local health experts also recommend that you should wear an n 95 or surgical mask. if you plan to fly reporting live in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news. gayle, thank you. >> our coronavirus coverage will continue throughout tonight's broadcast. coming up at 1030. we'll take a look at which bay area counties reporting a significant rise in covid cases this month and whether that surge is fueled by the omicron variant. >> new tonight at 10, the fda has ended a longstanding obstacle for women who are seeking medication, which is used to terminate early stage pregnancies as of today, the fda will no longer require women to pick up the 2 dose medication in pe

into the cabin creating a protective environment prior to the added layer of wearing a mask and american airlines spokesperson clarified the ceos statements were not intended to cast doubt on the necessity of face masks on planes and says the airline also supports the federal mask mandate. >> and the federal mask mandate has been extended through march 18th, but experts they believe that that may be extended again. in the meantime, local health, a local infectious disease experts. rather, they are recommending the n 95 or surgical mask. if you're boarding a plane reporting live in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> gayle, thank you. public health officials in contra, costa reporting early signs of a winter covid-19 surge. doctors say thanksgiving gatherings are likely to blame sharpest rise in covid-19 cases has been in the eastern part of the county and that's where vaccination rates are lower than the rest of the population richmond conquered and antioch of all reported the highest number of cases the past 2 weeks and overall, local doctors say the virus appears to be spreading. most amon

understand why those pilots could not recover control of the plane, we asked two experienced american airlines the displays are very similar. but what's unique about the max, in this case, is the mcas. >> i'll be kind of simulating the mcas with my electric trim sitch to show what the mcas would be doing. >> so now we're going to take off on the capital of ethiopia, addis ababa, heading to kenya. >> yup. >> shortly after the takeoff, faulty data from the plane's angle of attack sensor triggers a myriad of false alerts in that cockpit. seconds after you take off. >> altitude disagree, airspeed disagree. >> the stick shaker is shaking continuously, very loud. this will not stop throughout the entire flight. >> in the middle of all these distractions, mcas suddenly activates. >> mcas is firing. it starts to push the nose down. i'm pulling back. >> caution. terrain. >> and i trim up. get a little bit of trim up on it. and the mcas kicks in again. the mcas is more powerful and fast than what the pilot can do. so it'll always win more. >> it was at this point that the ethiopian airlines pilots follo

carolina couple traveling with an infant claims that they were unjustly kicked off of a recent american airlines asked to get out of their seats to let another passenger sit down. >> can you give us some space. >> the move into out. >> she, i guess you like the way she said it may be or whatever it was. she says they're going to be a problem. and my girlfriend like, no, it's not going to be a problem. >> so alan steel dads. he says about 5 minutes after that exchange, the couple was told they were being removed from the plane. american first try to get them on the next flight. but that was full. so they ended up waiting in the charlotte airport. for more than 7 hours. >> it is that we she said that you were being aggressive. >> this no, i wasn't. i wasn't being aggressive never in a million years that i made some something so small and micro inter would result in. hair that maybe whole baby and her mother should be put off the plane. >> the couple says they're planning now to hire an attorney and take action against american airlines. the airlines issued a statement which reads in part our value

american airlines is getting a new chief. wwe wwe wwe of issues to solve, but he is bowing to improve -- vowing to improve profitability. shares in american airlines have gone up more than 15% this year. there are recent concerns about the new omicron variant. now let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. can see we are up right now by about 75 points. jobina: there is a new wearable trying to break into the fitness marketplace, and it is a ring -- more precisely, a smart ring. movado says says says says says blood oxygen, steps, and calories. it even can tell you why you slipped the way you did, and alert you when your body temperature goes up, for those trying to conceive. more details will be announced next week at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. movado says it will be among the most affordable health devices. bring a slice of new york city into your home. papa john's is expanding their menu, adding a new york style pie. it will be available for pizza lovers at papa john's restaurant starting now t

y la aerolÍnea principal es american airlines.es lo cual es una buena noticia para nosotros. ahora mismo estamos sugiriendo, para evitar cualquier inconveniente, que por favor los pasajeros confirmen el estado de su vuelo de 24 a 48 horas antes con la aerolÍnea y que por favor lleguen con tiempo al aeropuerto. las lÍneas de seguridad son bastante largas. estamos tratando de hacer todo el proceso lo mÁs rÁpido posible, hasta que el pasajero se monta en el aviÓn. pero es importante que llegue con tiempo al aeropuerto y que si pueden, tengan algÚn familiar... que los deje en el aeropuerto porque la capacidad de parqueo es muy limitada. carolina: armarse de paciencia, lo mÁs importante. gracias por estar aquÍ. mÁs adelante el gobernador de colorado le da una gran noticia el conductor cubano que recibiÓ una larga sentencia por un mortal accidente. tenemos detalles. y nos cuenta quÉ nos dijo su madre. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ carolina: y seguimos en vivo con ustedes en su ediciÓn digital. hay reacciones a esta hora ante el cambio de sentencia que emit

i was hearing for a long time -- i had an american airlines flight that was full. the u.k.as about to increase some of those restrictions further. now they need to have a pcr test before you fly as well as on arrival and isolation until you get that result on arrival. so many people rushed to get the flight and you have passenger forms to fill out and the lines are longer with people missing their flights because of it. many people taking different means of restricting and you just know that the u.s. is doing the same in return. when i fly back to the united states, this trip i had to take on personal visa issues, i have to take a test 24 hours for my flight. there are more and more restrictions coming in. sonali: the rules keep on being written differently and that kind of confusion, how much does that create an overhang for any travelers into the holiday time and in new -- into the new year? caroline: you don't have to come. many people are going to be putting off travel because there are so many hoops to run and you can't often postpone your flight. so why would you be t

and north american airlines it is pretty much back to prepandemic levels unlike europe that is down aboutso the exposure to this is what i think is the important part of this and that 20% decline is the confusing. they are limbing losses to 20% of the value you're catching a falling life here and protection, i think, is more important than anything else if you get that bounce, i think it is just the cherry on top this trade in plaintiff really feels hike you have to do it. >> that is exactly right and that is why we're using a structure like that one. there is still a lot of unknowns if we get a bounce it would take a decent bounce to get there it was just over $20 i think at the close. the lower strike may not feel just a dollar away, but of course you know we are still talking about a material percentage if you get a good size pounce this is one where you want to take some profits and this is a trading strategy, not an investment strategy. >> we're going to go back, and we'll have more options actions after this what does it feel like to sell your car to carvana? it feels amazing. when

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kumasi: the ceos of southwest and american airlines question the need for a mask mandates for air travelers. >> i think the case is very strong that masks do not add much, if anything, in the air cabin environment. it is very safe and high-quality compared to any other indoor setting. >> i concur. the aircraft is the safest place you can be. that is true of all of aircraft with air filters. kumasi: both ceos spoke during a senate hearing on the airline industry yesterday, saying the air filters on planes capture virtually all airborne contamination. after the hearing, american airlines their ceo agreed about the quality of the air and not the mask mandates. the president of the association of flight attendants responded in favor of the mandate, saying older planes do not have those high-quality air filtration systems. reggie: developing news and minnesota, at least one tornado was confirmed to have torn through the southeastern part of the state last night, the first ever tornado recorded in minnesota during december. officials are reporting extensive damage and power outages. we do not kno

number two, american airlines and then clorox and then kroger, make it make sense it doesn't so this idea that from one day to the next, today is a virus on day. oh, look, the next day the staples are selling off and it's a virus off day. nobody who is playing that game is wing. nobody what i want people to think about right now is you've got ample opportunities for these unwinds of bearishness where people put on big hedges and not without reason i get it i get it people put on these big hedges and they start pressing on stocks like trip adviser and these types of stocks that all of a sudden are going back to march of 2020, and steve weiss is right. >> right >> that's not what's happening politicians don't have the will to do it, and the people won't listen anyway, so what we're left with is an economy that's growing and emergency policy coming up and rates not going up and i think exactly where stocks are trading is where they belong >> i think that became clear yesterday, josh -- and i miss you. >> oh, i do miss you and i do miss those rant, those josh brownian rants santa claus r

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and then carnival cruise lines and american airlines up by a pretty good margin that's the everything is fine camp nobody agrees on much these days the market seems not to agree either if you full it back to sector level, i think things -- so what worked today, it was stables, utilities, health care, and i do think that covid cases are going to start to look scary over the next couple of weeks i don't know that cases are the right metric now, but i think that the market could react to that in a meaningful way given the fact we have a few other names propping up in the market now. watch the 50 day i am looking to 4300, the delta low. that's also now the rising 200-day moving average keep an eye on that level. >> dan at richard bern steenl advisors put this out, a note. it's called defensive bubbles. defensive bubble stocks are like umbrellas in hurricanes. so basically the notion that even in defense of sengters, they will go down if the entire market is going to go down guy, would you agree with that take >> steve russell talks about that all the time, the number of stocks whose corre

american airlines ceo set to retire at what point does this start to drag investors back in >> i think at the top of the -- i think this caught a lot of people by surprise, if you go back -- rewind the tape to eight sessions ago, you thought that omicron was basically going to spread the same way that delta did. delta did set back our economy so far that's not been the case. instead what's happened is that the overreaction was so severe, both in oil and common stocks, that you have this moment where people realize, wow, we got really oversold. what can i get in? did i miss the dip i want to call out apple apple got hit by omicron and got hit by the incredible story about how the suppliers were calling tim cook and saying, listen, what's going on? >> you were outspoken last week in combating that story, or at least questioning the validity an and/or veracity. >> i don't like supplier stories. it's like fight club >> and also just -- >> very hard to gauge you pointed out. they could be ordering more than is typical because of the current situation. it's very hard to know really what it m

the rush behind the scenes at american airlines as the busiest travel day since the pandemic began. >>> president biden touting his response to the supply chain crisis, saying gifts are being delivered and shelves are not empty before christmas. how the gridlock is helping some smaller businesses thrive. >>> the truck driver who killed four people in a fiery crash and the backlash over his sentence more than 100 years in prison growing pressure on colorado's governor to take action. >>> the american state department staffer suffering from the mysterious havana syndrome speaking out for the first time. her fight to be believed >>> and the holiday mystery. the heartfelt thank you card inspiring america. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening it was just a month ago a covid variant of concern was reported out of south africa. days later, it got a name, omicron. and tonight it's now spreading in all 50 u.s. states, driving a wave of new infections the cdc reports the seven-day average has climbed by 25% over the prior week while authorities are urging americans

. >> i'm teddy andrews, i'm an american airlines flight attendant.e been flying with american for ten years. i start in the aviation industry in 1981. >> reporter: teddy andrews testified before congress about his own personal experience with a belligerent passenger earlier this year. >> he said, "n" word, i don't have to listen to a damn thing you say. this is a free country. i was completely taken aback, i didn't know what to say. but he continued. you heard me, n-word boy. >> what am i going to do to keep it calm, to make sure it doesn't escalate in a direction we didn't want it to go, 30,000 feet in the air? no police. no air marshal. just four flight attendants and this passenger. >> reporter: because of the increased tensions in the skies, some flight attendants are preparing for the worst, training with self-defense classes provided by tsa, taught by air marshals. usually occurring every three months with eight students, now in high demand. >> now you're basically doing three or four times of classes with double the amount of people? >> yes. >

concerns are low, the airline, industrials, trading down as well as some of the casino players american airlinesown about 5%. other reopening trades, the cruise lines which tend to be most reactive to covid headlines you will see down about 5% with today's losses, i would point out carnival, the biggest cruise operator, is off as much as 40% from the 52-week high meme stocks, take a look amc, gamestop are getting wrapped in today's sell-off. for the month gamestop and amc are down about 30% so far in the month of december. among the best performing stocks on the s&p 500 at this hour, well, i guess it kind of makes sense, it is the vaccine manufacturers. we have moderna up about 6% or more, and pfizer up nearly 5%. kelly, back to you >> seema, thank you. >>> now, the big event this week is, of course, the fed meeting not just because it is the fed meeting but because this time they're possibly expected to announce a faster taper. it starts tomorrow with. the big decision is out on wednesday. the key question is whether they will speed that up, hint at any more rate hikes. markets are starting to

american airlines, winning a passenger for life for allegedly attacking a flight attendant in october, breaking bones in her face. heading into christmas weekend, the faa bring more than 57 hundred incidents involving unruly passengers. where than 4100 involving masks, this year alone. dan: getting tense in the skies, not so friendly they say. she is charged with assault and faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 fine. also has placed her on its no-fly list. in the north bay, a pedestrian is dead and a driver on the loose after hit-and-run in vallejo. police released pictures of the suspects vehicles. this happened last night. the victim is a 29-year-old man. the search continues in the north bay for a man who strived a ride-share driver in santa rosa on christmas day. sonoma county sheriff's office says the driver took a passenger to the entrance of shiloh range regional park, where the driver was attacked. he drove himself to a local hospital and is expected to be ok. investigators say they are looking for 19-year-old santa rosa resident tristan hardin. details tonight are poli

shares of american airlines are trading up with this news, up better than 3% on amr, american airlinesinst federal spending for electric vehicles. watch this. >> honestly, i would just can the whole bill. don't pass it. that's my recommendation. >> what about the support, though, for the charging network. there are parts of the -- >> unnecessary. >> no? >> no. i mean, you know, do we need support for gas stations? we don't. maria: the reconciliation bill gives a tax credit to people buying electric vehicles that are manufactured by unions. meaning that the rebate is not as attractive with tesla's nonunion employees. the infrastructure bill did include 7 and-a-half billion dollars to expand the number of electric vehicle charging stations across the country. joining us now, tech analyst, pete pashal. great to see you. thank you for being here. your thoughts on what you're hearing from elon musk? >> yeah, i'll say this for elon musk. he is extremely confident in his vision of the future. he talks about things like self-driving cars with absolute certainty, like he is seeing the future an

or north american airlines and if you look at travel here in north america, it's pretty much back to with, unlike europe, down 20% and asia which is down about 40%. so the exposures to this north american market with this etf, i think is the important part of this and that's why i think the 20% decline we've seen over the last month or so is the opportunity and the call vertical spread mike is using, where he's limiting his losses to just 3% of the total etf's value, i think, is really smart. you are catching a falling knife here it's a speculative play and protection is more important than anything else and the fact that he's able to get a 2 to is 1 slightly ly more than that, i think is the cherry on top >> this one in particular feels like you really got to do it, considering we get more and more information on a daily basis about the spread of omicron. >> that's exactly right. and that is why we use a structure like this one. there are still quite a lot of unknowns if we get a bounce and it would actually take a decent bounce to get there. trading just over $20, i think, as of cl