i'm jane king. back to thank you, jane. >> well, new this morning, meta is announcing that they are ending their fact checking program with independent 3rd parties. the company said it has decided to end that program because expert fact checkers had their own biases and too much content was being fact checked. they will now instead use a community notes program similar to the model on the platform acts ceo mark zuckerberg acknowledged that the changes are in part sparked by donald trump's presidential election victory. well, mcdonald's is rolling back their diversity goals company is citing a u.s. supreme court ruling that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions. wal-mart john deere harley davidson and others are also rolling back their diversity goals over the same ruling. mcdonald's did say that they will continue to support efforts for a diverse group of workers, but that the diversity team will now be referred to as there global inclusion team. oakland leaders have appointed councilmem

jane king is live new york stock exchange with those stories and more. hi, jane. >> darya good morning. so after a post-pandemic surge in 2021, 2022. >> natural diamond prices are down 8% and the lab created diamonds are down. 75%. this quarter diamond industry analysts. spoke to the wall street journal the time in prices are declining because the cost of making them keeps going down. and then there's weak demand for declining natural diamond prices. and that's leaving the diamond buyers to buy bigger stones. americans are tipping less than they have in years. wall street journal says frustration with rising menu prices to prom seemingly everywhere have led to a six-year low. the average tip is now 19.3% chick-fil-a choosing limon squeezing robots and they've cut 10,000 labor hours a day. the machines work at the warehouse is an ace in the lemon juice to the restaurants where the staff at sugar and water and makes their very popular lemonade. the company's been increasing investment in technology and automation. and about 45% of 30 billion of sales are no

jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with those stories and more. hi, jane. >> hi, good morning to so the stock market faces its first real test of the year this week that we get the monthly jobs report on friday. we'll get a bunch of smaller job reports leading up to that. but we expected to show a stable economy, not overheating or anything. this is something investors look at very closely in the federal reserve looks at very closely as well when they make decisions about interest rates. well, companies that make alcoholic beverages traded sharply lower after the surgeon general called for those products to carry warnings about cancer risks. shares of anheuser-busch in parent company of budweiser corona down more than 2% which produces hard liquor brands like johnnie walker and smirnoff down more than 4% and prices for breakfast foods have shot up recently and they're unlikely to cool down any time soon. recently, coffee cocoa prices have hit all-time highs, even orange juice has been hovering near record highs as well as court has been dealing wit

jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with those stories. a j. >> john. good morning to so yes, jobless claims hit 8 month low this week. so now part of it was it was the end of december. lot of people may be busy maybe didn't file for those unemployment benefits, but still it is a sign of the consistently healthy labor market relatively few layoffs. what companies are turning to new ways to dismiss a poison. the hybrid work era. the wall street journal reports some employers no longer feel obligated to deliver bad news. face-to-face zoom calls, emails, even text messages to dismiss employees are becoming more common. well, delta and united are the only 2 u.s. airlines that were in the top 10 global airlines for being on time. the international air traffic association delta at 83% of its flights on time. that was the third-best globally. united was 81% coming in 10th air travel demand continues to be very strong, especially international trips and tour operators, travel agency. cruise lines reported growing demand from solo female travelers, especially ol

i'm jane king.ack to you in all right, dave, thank you for those updates. >> time now 7.20, and the federal authorities are investigating a deadly new year's day attack in new orleans. a driver drove into a crowd of people killing 15 and hurting dozens. president joe biden called it an act of terror. washington correspondent vinay simlot has the latest on the investigation. president joe biden says investigators found an isis flag and an explosive device. >> inside the attackers struck if confirmed, this could be the deadliest isis inspired attack on u.s. soil in the fbi says it's investigating a terror attack on the iconic bourbon street in new orleans. people gathered to ring in the new year when police say a 42 year-old trump sued didn't jabar. an army veteran drove a white pickup truck into a crowd. >> killing 15 and wounding dozens more. they say he got out and fired at officers. i stand or video shows the aftermath. the killer was an american citizen. born in texas. he posted videos on social

jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with those stories and has his story. a goodemorning. so the chinese owned social media site wants to delay a law. >> that would see it removed from app stores on january. 19th. the u.s. claims of poses a national security risks. now there's no word on when a decision will come down. but the justices have agreed to rule quickly earlier this week, meta ceo mark zuckerberg announced it is ending the third-party fact-checking system. techcrunch reports there's an explosive rising google searches on how to cancel and delete facebook, instagram and threads. according to the bog users think the updated policies will lead to more misinformation on social media. and bird flu is hurting local restaurant owners, especially where grocery stores in the bay area are opposing purchase limits on eggs. the usda says some places are charging as much as $9 a dozen in some restaurants that serve on you're struggling to survive. the san francisco gate reports the bakeries are especially struggling as they can only raise prices so much since

i'm jane king. back to you. >> all right, jane, thank you very much. >> time now, 7.18. and if you want to hang out at starbucks, you're going to have to buy something. you the coffee chain announcing they're going to reverse their open door policy at their stores and kron four's will tran on the story for us live in walnut creek. well. >> so pretty much affective moving forward. if you want to go to the bathroom in starbucks, no problem. >> but you have to pay that open door policy. allow the bathrooms. you don't need a code. you can go in without buying a cup of coffee and that's been in place pretty much since 2018 with a controversy. they came out a philadelphia involving 2 african-american men. there are waiting for a business partner. they did not order anything while they were waiting and then it got so out of hand were police officers were called to the scene since that time, they had an open door policy where you can stay at starbucks, not be harassed. you can go to the bathroom and not be harassed but they are changing that saying you can be there. you have to

jane king live, the new york stock exchange with more. hi, jane. >> hi to all right. good morning.ation came in as expected. that was a relief to the markets. the dow is up 700, something points on this. and we did see some inflation end somethings, housing in particular. those games are starting to slow down a little bit. used cars also went up in insurance and some food items, particularly eggs last month. well, the fda proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products. the move is aimed at changing eating habits associated with soaring rates of obesity and other related illnesses. the proposals to signs of people can easily read the contents of the food item. capital one is under scrutiny by the feds. the consumer financial protection bureau is suing the bank for allegedly misleading consumers about its offerings for high interest savings account. the bureau alleges the capital one a legally avoided paying billions in interest to millions of consumers. they're looking at imposing some penalties and providing financial relief to those that were im