that's where ashley webster is standing by live to give us the real story on the ground and at sea., hi, liz. here we are at the port. i was near three and a half months ago, and things have changed, i have to say. there were 30 some ships three and a half months ago trying to get into the port of savannah. today, zero. they have just brought in the last one, this huge ship here. it says brussels on it. it's not from belgium, it's actually chinese. it is actually being unloaded and load as it turns around to head back to asia. but i can tell you the port of savannah just last year brought in 5.6 million containers. that was up 20% from 2020 and a million more containers than the year before. and, remarkably, they're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, liz. they expanded the rail lines, they're still suffering with the lack of truck drivers, but they are able to start moving the goods. but it's a bit of an outlier. as you say, the west coast, los angeles, long beach still have over a hundred ships stuck anchored at sea. and because of that, this whole supply chain is

ashley webster has the story. ashley.eporter: there is no doubt the supply chain is still broken but there are signs of progress here at the port of savannah. i was here 3 1/2 months ago and there were 30 ships out at sea waiting to come in but now there are exactly zero. so encouraging signs but make no mistake about it, on the west coast things have not gotten better. more than 100 ships are still stuck out at sea. the white house says things will get better in the second half of this year but even the fed chair says no, i don't agree. take a listen. >> i would not say that i would expect the supply chain issues to be completely worked out by the end of this year. i do not expect them and i have not expected them. what i would say and i have been saying i expect progress to be made in the second half ofnly, e we're not making much progress. reporter: meantime the cost to ship goods continues to skyrocket. global rates of freight up 140% year-over-year. asia, to the u.s. west coast, up 250%. asia to the u.s. east coast u

ashley webster is on top of this impactful story reporting live from port canaveral florida. cruise ships are scheduled to set sail this month. the month of january. which by the way is the highest since the pandemic first began in early 2020. certainly cause for optimism including the boat behind me. this the norwegian gem. it will leave later to the caribbean. i can't go though. the cdc putting out a public warning to people, don't get on cruise ships. you can imagine what the cruise industry felt about that. they bent backwards to make sure all safety protocols are in place. we had this statement from the cruise line industry association in response to the cdc saying a cruise ship provides one of the highest levels of demonstrated mitigation against the virus. we are disappointed and disagree with the cdc's decision to single out the cruise industry. i spoke today with the ceo of the port here, port canaveral. i said compare the safety of being on board a ship like that with perhaps another location. listen to what he said. >> they say you're probably more risked in a super

liz: but there is more, to ashley webster on what that spell off has prompted spotify to do. hley? ashley: you know, talking about the stock, liz, after hitting a 52-week low last week on the rogan backlash spotify stock has seen that amazing rebound and to your point the upgrade from citi also given the shares a boost to a buy up nearly 13%. now joe rogan to himself as you pointed out is speaking out. he's saying in that video on instagram that he's not trying to promote misinformation about covid, only to talk to people who have differing opinions. take another listen to that. >> i'm interested in telling the truth. i'm interested in finding out what the truth is. i'm not interested in only talking to people that have one perspective. ashley: so over the weekend spotify ceo daniel eck announced an advisory will be added to any podcast episode discussing covid-19 saying "this new effort to combat misinformation will rollout to countries around the world in the coming days, to our knowledge, this content advisor say the first of its kind by a major podcast platfor" but as you

ashley webster in for neil cavuto. how are you doing, lad? ashley: i wonder if a meal yu erhardt had to go into quarantine from hawaii to california. that is story another day. welcome to cavuto "coast to coast." i'm ashley webster in for neil. ashley: our top story, consumer prices higher in four decades. john catsimatidis is here. white house health officials grilled on capitol hill whether federal funding for covid test something being used for other purposes? former hhs secretary tom price will be here to tackle that issue. he will be up right ahead. also cashing in the on the crypto craze. the ceo of binance is now the world's richest cryptocurrency billionaire, worth a mere $96 billion. we'll be talking to him coming up. meantime first, let's get to the inflation story, hitting fastest pace in nearly 40 years as consumer prices soared 7% over just the past 12 months. this as farmers warn of more price hikes to come. grady trimble is in princeton, illinois, with more on those details, grady. reporter: hey, ashe, america's farms are the fi

ashley webster at port canaveral in florida has this put a dent in cruise bookings?242 cruise ships such to set sail this month alone around the world. that is changing daily. we just found out norwegian cruise lines actually canceled a cruise today that was supposed to leave today for the caribbean, a 9-day cruise and it was canceled with less than 24 hours notice. a lot of disappointing cruises there but they say it is because of covid and they are playing it safe. gives an indication out things change day-to-day. you mention the cdc, the cruise line industry very unhappy with the cdc saying they are being unfairly singled out, they point to other industries. we spoke with the ceo of port canaveral captain john murray and i said will you get on a cruise ship? is it safe compared to other things? he said absolutely. listen to this. your poor more risk at a supermarket a cruise ship. >> that is not an exaggeration. everyone in that ship is vaccinated, crew and passengers and that population doesn't exist in the grocery store. ashley: somebody pointed out you can leav

i'm ashley webster in for neil cavuto. some of the top headlines we're watching this hour, to test or not to test. america's top doctors are split whether a covid test is needed after infection. the cdc is reducing isolation guidelines. we'll get reaction from one of the country's top infectious disease experts. a lot of questions for that person. senator joe manchin getting ready to face the senate colleagues first time in person, since the pushback against the "build back better." chad pergram, who else, will join us what lies on capitol hill what lays ahead for the president's agenda as politics get back to work. chaotic start to the new year for air travel, what is new? could get more hectic with winter storms. we're live at philadelphia airport for the latest on the travel mess and what passengers can expect next. >>> good afternoon, everybody. it is just after noon. the president biden is facing a series of covid challenges as the country is trying to get back to work and school. jacqui heinrich at the white house wi

you this morning thank you, liz peek and nancy tengler, "varney" & company begins right now, ashley webster is in for stu this morning, ashley take it away. ashley: thank you, good morning, maria and good morning, everyone indeed i'm ashley webster in for stuary varney on this monday and let's get right to it. is the media starting to turn on president biden? the associated press is calling him out, and called him for a lack of transparency they say he avoided news conferences during his first year. you think? and a panelists on cnn of all places blasting him for a " policy problem and messaging problem", a scientist meanwhile in cypress says he's found a new variant that combines delta and omicron. is this a big deal? i'm going to ask dr. marc siegel when he's on the show in just a little bit. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez has tested positive for covid. this comes after she was seen partying mask less in miami we'll talk about that. it is a big week for the markets , fed chair jerome powell will be testifying tomorrow. inflation concerns are an all-time high and guess what? fourth

ashley webster has more on the changes the company is now making. hi, ashley. >> hi, sandra.g out saying in a video posted on instagram that he's not trying to promote misinformation about covid but only to talk to people that have differing opinions. take a listen. >> i'm interested in telling the truth and finding out what the truth is. i'm not interesting only talking to people that have one perspective. >> over the weekend, spotify's ceo announced an advisory will be added to any podcast episode covering covid-19. to our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform. high profile musicians including neil young and joni mitchell may have ditched spotify or claims of misinformation, but the streaming platform is holding firm, refusing to remove or even censor rogan's podcast. why? one big reason for that, in 2020, spotify reportedly paid more than $100 million for the exclusive rights to the podcast. so they don't want to budge. another reason, spotify is a tech company trying to maximize profits and spotify's popular music service is

i'm ashley webster in for neil cavuto. the producer price index soaring to a record 9.7%. the dow is up 200 points. it comes on heels of alarming consumer inflation figure. you're talking to former walmart u.s. ceo bill simon how these price hikes impact your wallet. bottom line, it hurts. pennsylvania republican congressman mike kelly will join me on concerns that china could be spying on athletes at the upcoming beijing olympics. former nypd commissioner howard safe irwill join me how businesses can protect themselves against this disturbing surge in crime. the top story of the day. inflation hits new highs. president biden's poll numbers are seeing new lows. edward lawrence at the white house. good afternoon to you. take it away. reporter: think they're coordinated there? numbers coming from a president who as he was a campaigning for to be president ran on message of unifying the country. think about this, president joe biden approval rating is 33% in the latest "quinnepiac poll." that is a historic low for this president in this poll. at the same time the same poll a

much ashley webster is live at the port of savannah live and he is with us with more. ashley.hree months ago and there were 30 ships waiting out at sea trying to get to the port. here we are now, and there are zero ships out there. excuse me, i'm losing my voice. a little light at the end of the tunnel. that doesn't mean the supply chain crisis is not anywhere near fixed. look at west coast, l.a., long beach, more than 100 ships waiting to get in, charles. we have been told, charles, some of those ships are coming from china, to go as low as they can. if they get here in regular time it will be added to the backlog. what does it mean for you and i and the american consumer? well, prices will remain high despite the fact the white house says the second hatch of this year is going to get better. look at the container freight rates from the baltic index. globally they're up 140% year-over-year from asia to the u.s. west coast, up 250%. asia to the u.s. east coast up 184%. charles, you know what happens? where are those higher cost going to go? they will go, hit us in the pocketbo

ashley webster has more. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, trace.king out himself saying in a video posted on instagram that he's not trying to promote misinformation about covid. only to talk to people that have differing opinions. take a listen. >> i'm interesting in telling the truth and finding out the truth. i'm not interesting in only talking to people that have one perspective. >> differing opinions. over the weekend, spot phi's ceo announced an advisory will be added to any podcast episode discussing covid-19 saying this new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days. this content advisory is the first of its kind in a podcast platform. high profile musicians like neil young, joni mitchell may have ditched spotify or claims of misinformation but the streaming platform holding firm, refusing to remove or censor rogan's podcast. why? one big reason, back in 2020, spotify reportedly paid more than 100 million for the exclusive rights to the podcast. so they're not going to ditch it. another re

ashley webster, thank you so much for that. good to see you. well our next guest says president biden's failure to lead is actually what resulted in skyrocketing inflation and a crippled supply chain. republican new jersey congressman jeff van drew. congressman, good to see you. >> good to see you. jackie: supply chain problems continue to plague the country. as ashley points out the fed addressing it yesterday, at least for now we're not making progress here but the administration wants to say it will all get cleaned up soon. your thoughts? >> well the fed is telling it how it is. you know, my thought are, in all honesty, this administration, this majority congress is just a cascading failure. it just gets worse in so many ways. for example, i mean we should be doing a lot more at the ports. and i want to see our stuff getting shipped out, not only bringing other stuff in. and that is one of the problems we have. real leadership from the president. he would be creating a policy in which we were starting to begin at least to manufacture more of

i'm ashley webster in for neil. ashley: our top sto

ashley webster in for neil. neil: ashley: no iphones on kilimanjaro. welcome to "cavuto".

fox news ashley webster has the details. we're not making much progress.pite white house claims the head of the federal reserve jerome powell, says little progress is being made in freeing up the supply chain to share of goods. in stock at stores 89% now which is barely changed from the 91% before the pandemic. i often see empty shelves being shown on television. 89% are full. which is only a few points below what it was before the pandemic, but our work is not done. inflation rates are hitting their highest level since the eighties, leaving businesses struggling with higher operating costs and americans frustrated with the impact on their wallets. the biden administration, saying that it believes the supply chain crisis will resolve itself in the second half of this year . but pal has a different opinion. i would not say that i would expect the supply chain issues to be completely worked out by the end of this year or what i would say, and i have been saying is that i expect progress to be made. in the second half of this year, mainly until then, the cost

charles: thank you so much, ashley webster. good afternoon, everyone, i'm charles payne.his is "making money." breaking right now, there is tension in the area, you can feel it. wall street is trying to digest the possibility of four rate hikes, balance sheet runoff but the near calm today belies the biggest names in the market. the question for you, should you be a buyer or a seller? earnings season has begun, folks. what you should expect, what you should own, what you should avoid. money fleeing the u.s. dollar. the question where is it going? how you cash in. meanwhile members of the fed talking woke, but will they let the market stumble in order to crush inflation? tension turning stomachs into knots in washington, d.c., after using covid-19 to push his agenda, president biden trying to catch up as he strong arms democrats to get rid of the filibuster. his poll numbers are dropping. subsidized pet care, all kinds out of this world, out of the box benefits, i can't wait to tell you some of them. the question how will this be able to work long term? is it sustainable?

foxes ashley webster has more from the port of savannah, georgia. we're not making much progress.ite white house claims the head of the federal reserve jerome powell, says little progress is being made in freeing up the supply chain the share of goods in stock at stores 89% now, which is barely changed from the 91% before the pandemic. i often see empty shelves being shown on television. 89% are full. which is only a few points below what it was before the pandemic, but our work is not done. inflation rates are hitting their highest level since the eighties, leaving businesses struggling with higher operating costs and americans frustrated with the impact on their wallets. the biden administration, saying that it believes the supply chain crisis will resolve itself in the second half of this year . but pal has a different opinion. i would not say that i would expect the supply chain issues to be completely worked out by the end of this year or what i would say, and i have been saying is that i expect progress to be made. in the second half of this year, mainly until then, the cost

you this morning thank you, liz peek and nancy tengler, "varney" & company begins right now, ashley webster, good morning, maria and good morning, everyone indeed i'm ashley webster in for stuary varney on this monday and let's get right to it. is the media starting to turn on president biden? the associated press is calling him out, and called him for a lack of transparency they say he avoided news conferences during his first year. you think? and a panelists on cnn of all places blasting him for a " policy problem and messaging

ashley webster is live from the port of savannah this morning with more. ashley, what a story.e are in the port of savannah. if you remember, we were here about three and-a-hal months ago and this place was completely packed with containers, with more than close to 40 ships offshore. things have improved here. there's just one cargo ship waiting to come in. there's a 150-foot crane, giving you a bird's eye view. this cargo ship has been unloaded, has been reloaded with exports and will soon be headed out of port. as for the port itself, the numbers have been remarkable, 5.6 million containers in 2021. that is up 20% from 2020. in fact, that's more than 1 million containers year over year. but what's happened here is they've been able to expand the rail lines to get more containers out and this whole process is going on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. but the cost of shipping freight continues to rise which spells bad news for consumer as we know. we're paying higher prices for everything. look at the container freight rates for this year. globally, they're up 140% year over

ashley webster has details on this story. hi, ash. ashley: hey there, david.ld provide major pitfalls for u.s. olympic sponsors who have remained mostly quiet about china's human rights record including the abuse of uighurs and suppression of pro-democracy protests in hong kong. the biden administration, along with other countries such as canada, australia, the u.k. and new zealand, have joined a diplomatic boycott that bars senior officials from attending the games. critics call that a toothless response. but corporate giants like procter & gamble, coca-cola, intel, visa and airbnb to name just a few are gambling, basically, that americans won't care and that brands will suffer no reputational damage. but human rights groups accuse those olympic sponsors of prioritizing profits and access to the chinese market over principles. take a listen. >> these companies are in the spotlight in exactly the way they didn't want to be. but they've really got nobody to blame for that but themselves, you know? they bought into this exercise. they didn't have to. and they do

ashley webster is on this for us. hi, ashley. >> yeah, hey, sandra. joe rogan is speaking out after the backlash saying in a video posted on instagram he's not trying to promote misinformation about covid, only to talk to people he says who have differing opinions, take a listen. >> i'm interested in telling the truth, i'm interested in finding out what the truth is. i'm not interested in only talking to people that have one perspective. >> meantime the spotify c.e.o. they will add content advisory to any podcast dealing with covid-19. in a blog, he said "this new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries and the world in the coming days. to our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform." well, to be honest, despite some high profile defectors, including neil young and joni mitchell who claim the joe rogan experience podcast is disseminating what they call dangerous and erroneous information about the virus, the streaming platform is refusing to remove or even censor his podcast. and one big

ashley webster has the latest on this. hey, ash? we know that the "view" is the last word on every issue. david: of course. of course. reporter: already, listen, joe joe rogan speaking out in a video on instagram he is not trying to put out misinformation on covid. just giving people with differing opinions. >> i'm interested in telling the truth. i'm interested in finding out what the truth is. i'm not interested in only talking to people that have one perspective. reporter: differing opinions, free speech. meantime spotify ceo daniel eck announced this weekend the streaming service will add a content advisory to any podcast episode that includes discussion about the covid-19. makes "the view" happy, right? in a blog he said, look, this new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in coming days. to our knowledge this content advisory is the very first of its kind by a major podcast platform. now despite some high-profile defectors including yes, neil young and joni mitchell who came the joe rogan

i want to thank my colleagues, david asman, jackie deangelis, ashley webster for filling in my absence. job security required me coming in. look at corner of wall and broad, the dow jones industrials, we have record number of covid cases, better than a mill in the daily count here. obviously this is something that is very, very contagious. this is playing out across the globe. it does not require at least nearly the icu care and extreme potential severe adverse reaction or death than anything we've seen up to date. that is at least the endoublinging part ever this but across the globe you're seeing moves right now to maybe get a boost in booster shots but at least in this country they're not changing the definition of what is to be called fully vaccinated. that is a moving target for some but so far it remain what is it is. with more on that let's go to lydia hu with an update where things stand with omicron. lydia. reporter: neil, we're following that breaking and developing news we're learning about in the past 30 minutes or so where the white house is saying there are no plans to ch

good morning, ashley webster, what's this about? ashley: good morning.spotify in profest for what he -- protest for what he he says is vaccine misinformation being spread by joe rogan's podcast. young writes: i am doing was spotify -- because spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines, potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them. by the way, "the joe rogan experience" podcast has an estimated 11 million listeners per episode. young says spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation and gave this ultimatum: they can have rogan or young but not both. at last check, neil young's music, though, still available on spotify. stu. stuart: i'll go with row began. i think they will -- rogan. i think they will. aaron. ashley: yeah. oh, it's a cash cow for them. stuart: 11 million a day? good lord. >>> a judge has struck down new york's indoor mask mandate. governor hoe cull, however, is not giving up. we've got the details in our next hour. she wants masks. >>> retired teachers, parents an

ashley webster joins us now. do we know what in new jersey, what are they doing there about this?s to make sense. based on a bill that's been debated in the new jersey legislature, the retirees, by the way, would be able to collect pensions and salis -- salaries simultaneously. schools would have to prove the need to hire former teachers who have been retired for at least 180 days for this school year and next school year because of the staffing shortages. the bill, by the way, scheduled to be voted on next monday with the new jersey school board calling the staffing shortage a crisis. stu. stuart: means it is. ash, thanks very much. see you again shortly. >>> now, more than 1500 flights have been canceled already today. winter storm could make travel a whole lot worse. airlines struggling with staffing shortages. we've got the full report from dallas/fort worth international airport next hour. >>> the manhattan d.a. making it easier for criminals to just get off the hook. one new york city restaurant says the policy ignored -- the police, i should say, ignored their calls after s

i'm ashley webster in for neil cavuto. the producer price index soaring to a record 9.7%.

good morning, ashley webster. i would say i approve of this lawsuit. what do you say? eapolis suing jacob fry. on january 12th, they announced any establishment that serves food indoors will need to economic for proof that the customers received a vaccine or procured a negative test in the last 72 hours. the suit says the mayor overstepped his authority. he is forcing restaurants and bars to lose additional customers and business already have been reduced over the past two years and also to include costs and new burden es. the restaurants want the vaccine order to be declared null and void ordering it restricts rights as restaurant orders. the mare something scheduled for today. stuart: it doesn't stop the spread. ruins business. please bring that to new york. ashley. i will get to you shortly. our next guest has more than 550 dickey's barbecue restaurants across the names. laura ray dickey joins us now. in all the places you do business, where is the worst labor shortage? >> we're seeing labor shortage every place, but the worst is california. the northeast, northwest

ashley webster with us.er system has been infected. is that true? reporter: well, not all of it. microsoft believes as many as dozen computers within ukrainian government agencies have been infected with a destructive malware disguised as ransomware. the malware was detected when a cyberattack took some 70 ukrainian government websites temporarily off-line. ukraine says russia is engaging in a hybrid war as it amasses troops along the border. when questioned u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan says u.s. and private companies also investigating the source of this cyberattack but also added, oh, yeah, it is right out of the russian playbook. stu? stuart: ash, we'll get back to you shortly. personally i think this is a particularly dangerous time in the world. we have the russians challenging ukraine, the iranians are attacking our embassy in baghdad, the chinese, well, they're threatening and pressuring everybody. kt mcfarland joins me. one slip, kt, and we've got a global problem. i think it's a dang

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. >> ainsley: ashley webster from our sister network fox business is live from canaveral, florida with i put in for that assignment. let's get back to the cdc. six days ago that agency warned people to avoid all cruise ship travel. even if you are fully vaccinated. in fact, they raised their level alert to level 4 which is actually the highest level of safety threat for the agency can give. giving that to the cruise industry. more than 90 ships now under investigation all as they say observation. as you can imagine the cruise line is not happy with that recommendation from the cdc. let me give you the official response from the industry group. this is the cruise line industry association in response to that statement, they say, quote: a views ship provides one of the highest levels of demonstrated mitigation against the virus. we are disappointed and disagree with the cdc's decision to single out the cruz industry. joining me now is captain john, the head honcho ceo here at port canaveral. captain, what was your first response when the cdc said avoid crews travel. acruise travel. >> i'

it is ashley webster. did you get the answer to alaska statehood? ashe i'm glad you asked.