as previously mentioned trips and bookings for things like royal caribbean, right?n covid. mexico is just announced there are cruise ships with covid cases to dock. we're going once again to reopening trade, a new normal if you will. lauren: yeah. you know, let's go back to constellation brands. i think a lot of people people are drinking more at home but by your prediction when they can finally go out, feel more comfortable being out again. that stock is a winner, it's a defensive play in many senses as a consumer staple but royal caribbean, this cruise story, it is just nuts. i feel like this sector has been put through the ringer. the cruise lines have done everything they can to keep everybody on board safe. now, apparently you're under observation or investigation by the cdc if, let's say you have a cruise of 6500 passengers, seven test positive. that's it. you're under investigation. i mean, with omicron so fast spreading that is kind of hard not to do. >> that is a definite headwind, lauren, but the data doesn't lie. some of the trips even have wait lists goi

go to golo.com to get yours. >> neil: a royal pain for royal caribbean customers.ore from tampa. >> hi, neil. that boat did have 48 cases from both passengers and crew members. it's now affecting the way that royal caribbean and other cruises like norwegian are operating. if you're going on a cruise, pack your masks. masks will be required inside at all times unless eating or drinking. you're also going to need a mask outside if you can't maintain six feet of difference, a masked vacation. this is coming after the 48 cases on the cruise despite the fact that people do have to be vaccinated to get on norwegian or royal caribbean. if you're over 12, you have to be vaccinated and negative tests are required. even though covid-19 cases are being reported. of the ships that will operate in u.s. waters, 36 have coded yellow. there's enough on board for a cdc investigation. even still, agents say this set-back is not sinking the industry yet. >> we're seeing some cancellations. we're seeing postponements. people are not giving up but pushing the day out. this would not be

royal caribbean says 90% of people on board were fully vaccinated. as coveting concerns are growing, queen elizabeth the second is changing christmas plans. normally the queen traveled to her country estate in sandringham. the queen will be celebrating at crystal palace this year instead. precautions have been taken of the palace, the queen has canceled her pre-christmas lunch with her extended family. british socialite maxwell is in the hands of a jury. the 59-year-old is accused of recruiting and grooming for teenage girls to have sex with financier jeffrey epstein. the victims claim maxwell took part in the abuse, occurring between 1994 and 2004. prosecutors claim she is a willing participant in the illegal acts. maxwell's defense team challenged the credibility of her accusers. two years ago, epstein committed suicide in it jail. >>> officially closed after a 42 year run, signs across the kmart ingress allie made sure that customers know why the store is closing. everything from store closing to everything must go, left loyal customers feeling a

both the norwegian cruise lines and royal caribbean are instituting new mask rules aboard their ships. all passengers are now required to the mast unless actively eating or drinking while indoors. this comes as the royal caribbean ship symphony of the seas were charged in miami over the weekend with 48 guest and crew members testing positive for covid-19. those people were put into quarantine. many reported having no or only mild symptoms. the 2022 palm springs international film festival is one of the latest casualties of the new omicron covid surge. the festival is now cancel organizers, blame the spike in cases and they say they are taking action out of abundance of caution. the film fest. typically kicks off award season drawn hundreds stars and thousands of guests. now the scoring portion is going to still take place in january but will r quire proof of vaccination and masking as well. california is suing walmart. the companies accused of breaking the state's environmental laws over the past 6 years. >> walmart slogan might be save money. but based on the company's behavior. one

reporter: neil, royal caribbean cruise you mentioned they did have an outbreak recently, 48 passengersa new set of protocols for the company. if you're failing on royal caribbean at least through the new year, you need to bring your masks, masks are required everywhere inside unless you are actively eating or drinking or in your own room. you will also need it outside if you cannot maintain six feet of distance. they're really making that adjustment after those 48 cases that popped up on one of their cruise ships. if you're on board one of these cruises you do have to be vaccinated. everyone over 12 must be vaccinated, they are requiring negative tests. even still covid-19 cases are being reported not just on royal caribbean but across the cruise industry. of the 110 cruise ships operating or planning on operating soon in u.s. waters, 30% have been coded yellow. what that means is, they have enough covid cases on board for a cdc investigation. the investigation does not mean that the ship stops sailing, really important to note. simply means more information is gathered and the ship is

take into account we're seeing more ships with covid on board but hospitalizations still low royal caribbean yesterday in the business update said while they're seeing more covid cases on board, no one who has omicron is being hospitalized. >> seema, great stuff, thank you so much. we appreciate it >> thanks. >>> and that's a big part of the next story here. the new spike in covid cases sending children to the hospital in the u.s. in near record numbers. the week of december 21st to 27th, 334 children age 17 and under admitted to the hospital per day, a 58% increase from the week before but children still represent a small percent of those hospitalized with covid. but more help for kids could be on the way multiple reports say the fda planning to expand pfizer vaccine booster shot eligibility for 12 to 15-year-olds as soon as this coming monday. younger children, age 5 to 11 would be authorized to receive booster shots as well. regulators are also considering shortening the time required to wait between a second shot and the third shot from six months down to five months for both adults and

royal caribbean says the ship has no more scheduled ports of call and is set to return to florida sunday>>> so, how can you stay safe traveling on packed planes and in crowded terminals? we sent cnn's brian todd to find out. >> reporter: from l.a.x. to atlanta's hartsfield, america's airports are jampacked. some passengers worried about daking to the skies during the omicron variant surge. >> i don't like the fact the planes are all full. we're squashed. when i came from california squashed then, and i anticipate the same thing going home. >> reporter: with some 20 million people estimated to be flying this holiday season in the u.s., health experts are urging passengers to take new precautions to avoid contracting the omicron variant. >> it's all about staying away from people you don't know, strangers. you don't know whether they've got the virus or not. >> reporter: are surgical masks still the best ones to wear on planes? >> the entire flying experience requires protection and using k-95s and n-95s is the gold standard now people should be considering and investing in. >> reporter: e

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royal caribbean, odyssey of the seas, finding that 55 people on board, a mix of crew and passengers, testing positive for covid-19. a statement from royal caribbean international telling cnn that 95% of the people who boarded the ship when it first left ft. lauderdale were fully vaccinated. but still they wound up with at least 55 people testing positive for covid-19. here in new york as you mentioned at the top, 44,000 new cases of covid-19 reported on friday. that is a 14% jump from the previous day's 38,000. this coming as the governor of new york kathy hochul says that she will shorten the quarantine time from 10 days to 5 days saying it is causing unnecessary staff shortages and frontline workers. this shortened quarantine period is for what she calls critical -- those in the critical workforce, that includes nurses, cooks, clerks, store clerks, servers and bartenders. and that is after the cdc cut quarantines after a positive test from 10 days to 7 days. and so her quarantine period a little more aggressive than the cdc's. >> all right. alison kosik and nadia romero, thank you

this comes as the royal caribbean ship symphony of the seas return to miami over the weekend with 48 guests and crew members testing positive for covid. those people were put into quarantine. many had no symptoms or mild symptoms, right now. kron 4 dot com. you can read about the latest coronavirus headlines just scan the qr code on your screen there. >> and you'll be directed to right to our website. >> whoa, whoa. >> well. what was right dash cam video here showing the moment a 6.2 earthquake shook up the northern coast of our state. the quake shortly after noon off cape mendocino near humboldt county's summit 200, 80 miles north of san francisco right now. there's no word of any injuries or catastrophic damage. but certainly there is a bit of damage. cal. oh, yes. officials say it's unlikely the quake. will trigger a tsunami and we probably would have note about that by now. yeah. if that was a threat. so no threat there, but certainly a nice reminder of what can come indeed. all right. switching gears now talking about the weather with our 4 zone forecast meteorologists dave spah

as you might imagine shares of royal caribbean, nor weejian and carnival are down at this hour. >>> according to a new study t johnson & johnson booster shot appears to protect against omicron and will likely keep you out of the hospital if you do get covid. researchers looked at 69,000 health care workers in south africa and compared them to a similar group of unvaccinated south africans. the data shows the dose reduced hospitalizations from between 63% to 85% in areas where omicron is dominant. but the study has yet to be peer reviewed. >>> let's take you outside. this is a live look at walnut creek. the sun is shining. that's certainly different than this past week. it's been raining non-stop. let's check in with meteorologist vianey arana. >> we get more rain the first week of january. if you have plans to travel to southern california, i want to make sure you're prepared. we are sunny here, down in southern california they're still dealing with severe weather. something you should definitely know about, if you were planning on taking the gray line, it's closed because of snow. conditions

. >>> covid outbreak on cruise ship, aboard the royal caribbean ship, more than 6,000 aboard.his is video of similar ship. 98% were fully vaccinated. identified by immediate contact trac >>> a bold move by some restaurants heading into the holidays, closing because of the omicron variant. owner of eli's mile high club in oakland doing is because of abundance of caution. >> seemed prudent, so many business around me we share clientele and staffing with had incidents they had to close for, testing positive for covid. we felt we're going to send people home for the holiday season anyway. didn't want to send anyone home in danger of infecting anyone else. >> planning to reopen on the 30th, big party planned for new year's eve with live music. maybe they'll take more measures but at this point playing it by ear. >>> new at 11:00, breakthrough in fight against hiv. food and drug administration has approved first long-acting injectible medication that can prevent the disease called appritude, given every month, shown to reduce the risk by 99%. two trials found it was more likely to r

royal caribbean. >> what is this offering a 9 month crews for what is people going on. revenge vacations tough. but who does i guess people want to get but scratch their heads. we learned about revenge. but this is travel and gets captains doing a job back on the love boat. then didn't says she was and i love it. a nine-month cruising or anywhere between 65,210 1000 with royal caribbean you get free, free laundry which i love because when i drink heist in spill. it all over myself. you can get a 150 excursions from machu picchu to the great wall of china. so it's a lot going nine-month revenge travel as new thing. james get used to it. >> in credible. i don't know who's got 9 months to go on this other than retired folks. but. rob, thank you. is that yeah, right. thank you as always. we'll chat with you again. well, not we have tomorrow tomorrow okay. we'll talk to you then. let rob know what you'd like chat about facebook twitter you see is handles there. you can also e-mail him directly robin roblox do i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was w

the "miami herald" reports royal caribbean of the seas was denied entry into curacao and aruba after 55 fully vaccinated travelers and crew members were positive. >> it is the second outbreak in a week for royal caribbean. new york state broke its cases. nearly 50% of the cases are in new york city. >> it is important to say this clearly. we are not telling people to hide or hunker down or surrender to this situation. we're telling people be smart. if you're not feeling well, stay home for sure. if you might have been exposed, get a test and act accordingly depending on the result, of course. if you're a vulnerable person, older with preexisting conditions, limit the kinds of things you go to. but we're not telling vaccinated people to stop living their lives. >> we've got no room. >> broadway shows have canceled performances due to covid outbreaks. two of them, american you taupe i can't, and come from away, canceled their wednesday shows just hours before curtain. and three universities, george washington, temple and syracuse, the latest to adjust their classroom plans because of t

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this comes as the royal caribbean ship symphony of the seas return to miami over the weekend with 48rs testing positive for covid-19. those people are put into quarantine. many reported having no or only mild symptoms. >> the 2022 palm springs international film festival is one of the latest casualties of the new omicron covid surge. the festival is now canceled. organizers blame the spike in cases and say that they're taking the action out of an abundance of caution, the film festival. typically kicks off awards season drawing hundreds of stars and thousands of guests. the screening portion will still take place in january. but will require proof of vaccination and masking. right now at kron 4 dot com. you can read about the latest coronavirus headlines. all you have to do is scan the qr code on your screen and you will be directed to our website with more information that's going to birds eye view of downtown san francisco as we get our for a another check of our first. if you're 3rd check of the weather. the and a spar standing by. he tells us what we can expect the rest of this w

. >>> nearly four dozen passengers testing positive for covid during a royal caribbean cruise that ended in miami. all people were either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. the company says all of them were fully vaccinavaccinated. meanwhile, europe is taking serious steps to stop omicron. in ireland, an 8:00 p.m. curfew is being imposed. >>> coming up later this hour, we will take a closer look at the lack of testing here in the u.s., and our experts talk about who, if anyone, should consider changing their holiday plans. >>> senator joe manchin is under fire from fellow democrats after saying he cannot support the said. ing package citing concerns about inflation. the white house is accusing him of beginning back on commitments he made to the white house after talks and months of negotiations. >> i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. >> you're done? this is -- this is a no? >> this is a no. >> if he doesn't have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and ame

royal caribbean is now reporting 48 positive cases on one of its ships now docked in miami. jericka? >> marcy gonzales for us with the big picture on the covid crisis. thank you. >>> president biden will address the nation on tuesday about the threat posed by the latest covid wave. cbs's christina ruffini is at the white house where, today, though, the administration was reeling from a big hit to the president's agenda from a fellow democrat. christina? >> reporter: that's right, jericka. if you remember, back in november, progressive house democrats only agreed to support that bipartisan infrastructure bill because they were promised the white house and senator manchin from west virginia could reach a deal on a larger social spending measure. now, their leverage is gone and so, it seems, is that deal. >> this is a no on this legislation. i have tried everything i know to do. >> reporter: after months of negotiations with the white house and other democrats on the president's nearly $2 trillion build back better bill, west virginia senator joe manchin says he's out. >> if i

this week, a royal caribbean cruise ship returned to a florida ports after 48 people tested positivebreak has triggered a cdc investigation and the rapid spread of the omicron variant is also causing cruise lines to change their masking protocols. passengers on royal caribbean, norwegian and carnival cruise lines must now wear maths at all times inside unless they are eating or drinking or if they're in their rooms. they must also be worn outside when distancing is not possible. all right. you're looking at a live shot of sfo right now. arranging phone. if you have a flight out of the bay area, you've heard this. you're being encouraged to arrive earlier than usual. airports across the country have been reporting long lines. as travel ramps up for just up until just three days before christmas as david lee miller reports despite concerns surrounding the omicron variant , people are still packing up to see their loved ones this year. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas with long lines at the nation's airports and congestion on roads from coast to coast as travel ramps up days

. >> royal caribbean international's odyssey of the seas only spent one day at sea before turning back to fort lauderdale after a passenger tested positive. four days later, the same ship was turned away from curacel and aruba after more than 50 people came down with covid. these outbreaks happening despite enhanced covid safety protocols. all three cruise lines requiring adult passengers to show proof of vaccination and a negative covid test while encouraging mask use indoors. >> i had no concerns at all. the cleanliness standards were really good. i think they responded really quickly to contain everything. >> reporter: not the holiday season the cruise ship industry was hoping for as they anticipate a busy 2022. >> kerry sanders reporting there. >>> 24r you have it. the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. the s&p 500 dips from new record as traders weigh omicron. >>> get set to pay even more at the grocery store next year. many food manufacturers plan to raise prices on a range of items from coffee to condiments like mustard and mayonnaise. food prices are forecast to rise

royal caribbean had to divert a ship with planned stops in aruba after dozens of cases of covid wered a big outbreak with health ministries and aruba denying the ship entry to their port as a result. passengers will only get $100 back on refunds. imagine if you paid -- how much are these cruise, aren't they around $3,000? probably more than that during the busy holiday period and you're only getting 100 bucks back because of i guess the inconveniences. ashley: yeah, i'm sure that went down well. let's take a look at apple, susan. did they break some laws in the netherlands? >> the dutch government said they broke competition laws with their app store and they ordered apple to change their payment policies in their app store. apple of course will appeal this ruling so nothing happens for them in the meantime. you have to remember that apple won a ruling here in the u.s., until that appeal case is heard here. apple's been really facing these type of calls around the world to offer alternatives, payment systems in the app store including in korea and india but so far this has had no imp

the effected cruise lines include carnival, royal caribbean, norwegian, and disney.tional association says it's working with the cdc to improve safety, including more testing and encouraging boosters. >>> and history locked away for more than 130 years. conservators in richmond, virginia, today opening a time capsule from 1887, found where the statue of confederate general robert e. lee once stood. a 36-pound copper box containing documents, books, coins, and ammunition from the civil war. they also found a ribbon with the likeness of robert e. lee. and a pamphlet titled, "the immigrant's friend." >>> when we come back, the surprise do-over proposal. after nearly 25 years of marriage, the husband who wanted to get it right. okay, we're not gonna ask for discounts on floor models, demos or displays. shopping malls can be a big trigger for young homeowners turning into their parents. you ever think about the storage operation a place like this must rely on? -no. they just sell candles, and they're making overhead? you know what kind of fish those are? -no. -eh, don't b

royal caribbean is now reporting 48 positive cases on one of its ships, now docks in miami.ka. >> marci gonzalez with us and the big picture on covid thank you. >> president biden will address the nation on tuesday. cbs' christina ruffini is with us, where the fellow democrat, christina. >> reporter: that's right, jericka. if you remember back in november, progressive democrats only agreed to support that bipartisan infrastructure bill, because they were promised could reach a deal on the larger social spending measure. now their leverage is gone and so it seems is that deal. >> this is a no on this legislation, i have tried everything i know to do. >> reporter: after months ofat negotiations with the with white house and other democrats, on the president's nearly $2 trillion build back better bill, west virginia senator joe manchin says he's out. >> if i can't go home and explain it to the people of west virginia i can't vote for it. >> but today, white house says manchin's comments are at odds with the comments of the 2 president with the white house staff and with his own

and on a royal caribbean cruise, 55 passengers and crew tested positive. the cruise line saying they were fully vaccinated and showed mild to no symptoms. as the coronavirus hangs on, health officials say we're in a better position now to fight back. this week the fda clearing two antiviral covid pills from merck and pfizer. >> we have every tool we need to put this pandemic behind us. >> reporter: and hopeful news from a uk study. those infected with omicron were two-thirds less likely to be hospitalized compared to delta. >> kathy park reporting there. >>> coming up for you, new developments in the south bay synagogue fire including one potential motive being ruled out. >>> and one week out from new year's eve. with covid concerns running high, well, the bay area is saying, hey, we'll talk about new year's eve's big planned events. we'll tell you what their answer is coming up after the break. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little

royal caribbean says all crew members were fully vaccinated and are tested weekly. of the 48 people to get covid, 98% were fully vaccinated. so far, all the cases seem to be mild to no symptoms. as we mentioned earlier, covid cases are surging in the sports world much like the real world. nfl had to push back three games this weekend, including las vegas raiders game. more than 100 nfl players have tested positive for the virus, over the past week alone. that forced league to update protocols and among them, all players must wear masks regardless of vaccination status. meetings must be remote or outdoors. no outside visitors while teams travel. fans we spoke at today's 49ers game had different views on whether games should be played. >> i think they are doing a great job. >> i think they are doing a good job and if they find it necessary to pause, they should. >> absolutely. protect the people. protect themselves. >> game's got to be played. because you are not going to postpone or move out the sugar bowl. it's too many logistics already in place. >> the nfl says th

nearly 50 people aboard this royal caribbean cruise testing positive when it docked in miami. 98% of them were fully vaccinated. the long lines snaking around covid testing sites coast to coast. >> she's under the weather, so, got to get tested for day care and with christmas coming up and the grandparents potentially visiting, we want to make sure she isn't spreading it to them. >> reporter: and in another sign of how politicized vaccines have come. fans of president trump booing when he announced he got the booster. >> did you get the booster? >> yes. >> i got it, too. >> don't, don't, don't. no, no. >> reporter: in michigan, which has been struggling through its latest surge for nearly three months, fewer than 15% of icu beds are now available. >> we're seeing an inkres in the amount of ventilators being used and one of the scary, or probably i should say sad things, the overwhelming majority of these patients are not vaccinated. >> and of course our concern continues to be for the front line workers, as well. matt gutman with us here tonight. and matt, as i mentioned right off th

and over, over the last couple years and how that we've been dealing with this pandemic today . royal caribbean cruise line down about 3 percent united, stocked down almost 4 percent. so listen, it's no cause for panic. investors say this is definitely not that. however, it is a deep worry that this is going to go on. least this army kron variant for several more months. if not longer, may not be a reason to panic, but it seems to be a reason to start impacting some of those holiday events and on plans right. yet is the situation here in the united states is quite bad. it is around the world, of course, about 90 countries have identified american variant here in the us, $43.00 of 50 states. there's already a whole host of things that are being canceled or postponed, whether be sporting events, or even the new year's eve ball drop here in times square in new york city. it's on right now, but the mayor of new york city said they will be making a decision within the next 48 hours or so. if they are going to cancel that or not . there is calls from all sorts of different quarters that it should be

>> we'll get the report from royal caribbean and that will tell us how omicron, how that's having anent around sailing is it discouraging people from getting on or you know what, we'll ignore it. the next few weeks is when we'll get the precise number leslie knows this because she's been on a bunch of cruises as i have, so you tend to book ten months out there are real bookings they're using toindicate that the longer term story is still very much intact, mike. >> yeah. all right, couple of weeks we will certainly be combing through those numbers. thank you very much. >>> coming up, are further declines still ahead for disney after it looks poised to finish the year the biggest laggard on the dow? >>> plus, are apple's air tags being used to track people and steal cars all that startat1: a. stn mes 100.m stay with us cody! hi!! hi! how are you? i'm good! i'm crocheting. i see that. started off as a hobby. kind of snowballed from there. and alex, i don't want to stop. well, i don't see why you should have to. let's set you up with a side gig savings goal on the u.s. bank mobile app. t

affected some near terms bookings, it plans to have all ships plan cruise by spring 48 passengers on royal caribbeanve for covid. starbucks said it will bargain in good faith with the newly formed union the company would prefer a more direct partnership but will respect its decision back over the you. >>> the massachusetts attorney general just now announcing the indictment of a russian national and a multi-million dollar scheme that involves insider trade and hacking. >> this just breaking within the past couple of minutes. officials announcing the arrest and indictment of a russian nat national he was arrested in switzerland on march 22nd. extradited on december 18th and charges unsealed against him just this morning. the didn't of justice is saying he engaged in a long running scheme along with four other men who have been charged here but are at large in order to hack into computers in the united states, obtain inside information from american companies and trade on various exchanges based on that inside information before it becomes public the department of justice explaining it this way take a

in a statement royal caribbean international says 95% were fully vaccinated when it left port last week. all of this happening as case numbers spike here in new york. the state reporting that just yesterday there were 44,000 new cases. that's a jump of 14%, breaking the previous day's record of 38 thousands cases. we are seeing hospitalizations in new york rising, but they are at a lower rate. data still show people going into the hospital because of covid-19, that rose from thursday to friday. still governor hochul announcing that new york will shorten the quarantine time from ten days to five days for those in what she called the critical workforce. this includes nurses, doctors, police officers, grocery store clerks, bartenders and cooks. the move means after a positive test, fully vaccinated people that work in frontline positions can return to work five days if they are asymptomatic and they wear a mask. the governor arced that the ten-day rule caused unnecessary staff shortages in frontline jobs? >> thank you, both. >>> as experts get a better understanding of covid-19 and how it

on the upside, carnival, american airlines, united, royal caribbean, the reopening cruise liners andirliners are getting a nice boost. carnival had numbers looking at a grim first half of next year, but they see return to profit ability in the back half of 2022. is this a value rotation? is it optimism over reopening when there are some in different questions as to whether it will be about the fed, what we are seeing in d.c., or the omicron variant? at the same time, anthony fauci saying we don't need a lot down here in the u.s. whenever you hear that, i always say, ok. it is sort of like, don't do that, and my seven-year-old definitely goes and does that. guy: that is how we feel over here as well. do we need a lockdown? there's a cabinet meeting taking place this afternoon. there was an expectation that may be we get some news this evening. that does not look like it is going to be the case. case counts are obviously climbing here in the u.k., but are we at the point where boris johnson, given his troubles, is ready to pull the trigger on a christmas lockdown? he is certainly facin

seeing a similar story for cruise stocks, royal caribbean up 3.5%, carnival upnearly 4% as we're looking at new optimism or perhaps a settling in of the expectations that omicron is here in the u.s. but perhaps has milder symptoms. and hotel lagging a bit, but still in positive territory. you can see hyatt up close to 1%, marion up 1.2% let's go worldwide now, julianna tatelbaum is in our london news room with a look at the early trade in europe. what are you seeing? >> reporter: kayla good morning. you talked about the day of two halves yesterday, european markets closed up shop before the selloff on wall street so the stoxx closed up 1.67% the german market rallied about 2.5% so this morning red across the board. a catch up trade after the selloff we saw in the u.s. late yesterday. red across the board we have bounced off the lows of the morning so a little bit of positive sentiment has been building over the last couple of hours. the losses are broad based we have every sector trading lower with the exception of oil and gas which is now flat. on the down side technology underperformin

a royal caribbean ship has been hit with a covid-19 outbreak. the symphony of the seas return to miami on saturday with 48 crew members and guests on board testing positive for covid-19 the ship set sail back on the 11th with 95% of its passengers fully vaccinated. those who tested positive were put into quarantine. many were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. new york city's celebration plans for new year's eve in times square now in jeopardy tonight. the big apple's mayor now announcing this week. if the big party will indeed. in fact, take place. he says he will make a decision by christmas. the news comes as the omicron variant continues to surge prior to this mutation attendees for the celebration had to be fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption and the covid negative covid-19 test last year. people were kept socially-distant inside of carousing and largely consistent off essential workers. right now at kron 4 dot com. you can read about the very latest. covid-19 headlines just scan the qr code on your screen and you'll be directed to

>> well, so the royal caribbean cruise just came back with 48.date with an outbreak about 17 so it's a small number relative to the total that's on royal caribbean 's ship that has 6,000 passengers and crew, so it was a tiny number, and none of them showed a single symptom, so again, you have to be tested to know you're sick. yeah as you can tell i'm at the end of my rope with this , and i'm not even traveling, david. i'm not even traveling i'm staying here in florida. david: bottom line we only have 20 seconds but what do you think is going to happen? are americans going to go out despite omicron? >> yes. absolutely. the ones who have been scared and huddling in place will continue to do that. everyone else is moving on with their lives, god bless them and have a merry christmas. david: you have a merry christmas too, mark. great to see you mark murphy appreciate it. a quick market check before we go. we saw a down day much worse when we began this program. we're not claiming any credit for coming back a little bit, because it's still down 505 p

airline air, delta, royal caribbean and carnival are still all down 30% over the two years.re better ways to play sit in that's next on "power lunch. ♪ ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work. >>> twoerk plumpl. online travel stocks getting a boost in the last week despite waves of airline cancellations and rising omicron cases expedia up more than 13%, but it maybe a mixed picked for the sector with book asking trip lagging expedia. trip negative on the year after a big run in march what's in store for the travel stocks in 2022 joining me now is tom white, senior analyst at d.a. davidson. thank you for being here the picture for travel is not necessarily flattering right now. there is the risk of getting sick, the risk of getting quarantined, getting a flight or two canceled but it seems like people are still traveling. they are willing to do that. how do you trade this sector right now?

royal caribbean has turned just slightly negative, norwegian is down .8%, carnival up by 4% let's take a look at the airlines now are they 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

have to watch the cruise ship stocks royal caribbean and carnival both up more than 3% in europe as wellianna tatelbaum broke it down, green everywhere we saw. let's call it the everything rally. oil higher adding to yesterday's gains, wti up more than 3% brent crude up 2.5%. with that table let's bring in victoria green good morning, thank you for being here. >> thank you were frank, how are you? >> i know energy and oil that's your wheel house you're in texas where brian is where the world petroleum congress is. i know you went to texas a&m, you're an aggie. you have a saying woop, when something is exciting. are oil investors saying woop this morning with oil? and is it sustainable? >> absolutely. we think it is sustainable it was a knee jerk reaction. you saw us come off our highs wti trading at 85 and then slipped below in the 60s and then seen stabilization as we realized the variant may not be as bad as everyone thought it may be, and waiting on the data. we think oil in the 70s and 80s is a sweet spot, premium based and honestly everywhere in texas cheap to get it to the ground,

in the s&p, norwegian, oracle, royal caribbean and broad copy oracle having a strong performance on reallyse names hitting all-time highs today. >> the cruise lines are coming back on the hope that the omicron variant is not paralyzing in any way. a question for you are poorer neighborhoods hotter than wealthier neighborhoods a study done in new york city over the summer mapped the heat in several different areas and the findings were just released. diana olick explains why this is so important in her continuing series looking at the rising risks from climate change. >> reporter: on a searing summer day in new york city, volunteers fanned out in cars with special sensor tracking both heat and humidity from the crowded streets the south bronx to the open avenues of manhattan's upper east side by mapping so specifically, they were proving thatter patioer neighborhoods are hotter >> as community members who actually fight for justice, and social justice and environmental justice, we can now say there is actual data that says we see and feel heat differently than everywhere else. >> reporter:

carnival, norwegian, royal caribbean down about 2% this week airlines are asking the fcc for a delay in the rollout of 5g wireless service a group says the new technology can disrupt flight computers and is asking for time to study any impact the fcc had granted permission to roll out january 5th the service. >>> s&p leading the pack up more than 27%, gains broad based with 88% of the s&p showing positive returns even though the five largest companies, apple, amazon, microsoft, alphabet, tesla, make up a quarter of the s&p's market cap they did not make the list of the top 20 performers this year. the top five gainers devon energy, marathon, fortinet, moderna and signature bank up 135% let's talk about stocks in the new year bill stone, cio of glen view trust company. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> this is the time we can reflect and look at big gains we've seen on wall street. energy leading the pack. i'm wondering if that's a sector you say investors should stick by in 2022 >> i like it off the bottom, like it did, but it's hard to get too commexcited about it for me anyway.

then we come into the week, 50 cases on royal caribbean. you just don't know.here is so much uncertainty out there. if you believe this will get normalized, airlines, cruise lines, hotels, probably expedias, booking holdings i'm not there yet on it. i don't see the institutionnal buying in the stocks right now. that is what matters to me most. definitely have an eye on that going forward. charles: jamie, less than a minute to go, looking forward to where you think the ball will want to go, where will that be? >> i think that you're getting good chance to buy financials. yield curve, treasuries are dropping. banks are getting shellacked. this is a good place if you're wanting to own financials this is a good place to enter, jpmorgan is good chance at 150. i feel like that is a good place pour opportunistic buying. future stocks, health care is good place to be. charles: we're always for opportunistic buying. thank you, we'll talk to you all very soon. the number one question investors are all asking, when will it stop? like we go through the charts we have one o

ships after a small percentage ofpassengers tested positive across multiple lines, carnival, royal caribbean, and norwegian cruiseline stocks within the cruiselines are trading flat because, so far, this is different than when we saw back in 2020. those who tested positive so far are asymptomatic to mild symptoms the crew and nearly all passengers are fully vaccinated. the sailings are continuing. what could emerge from this is shortened sailings because southern ports have denied access to certain ships. with that, travel agents telling me we could see more cancellations. this has pushed feedback from the likes of senator blummen that will, saying cruise lines should dock their ships calling them petrie dishes we could see a response from health officials. >> just when it looked like that industry was getting back on its feet. >>> coming up here on "power lunch," the complicated outlook for the cannabis industry in 2022 stocks falling hard this year. can they rebound next year we will talk to the ceo of green thumb industries. >>> plus, the transportation sector, up about 30% this year a to

whipsaw trades are underperforming the overall market delta airlines up about two-thirds of 1% royal caribbean up 1%. it's a dynamic to watch there. maybe another kind of tech versus economic sensitive trade happening. the stock of the day so far today is apple not just the biggest up with out there, again, by a wide margin but a record high. we'll put the gold star up there. this has been either a safety trade or a growth trade. it didn't matter even with the market volatility, kelly, of course today's action 3.5% helped in some way by analysts at morgan stanley led by katie hubert who upped their price target to a street high $200 per share they cited optimism about their ar and vr type products in the future >> interesting just did a podcast about that this morning when it goes up, i'll let you know. thank you. we'll see you in a moment. yields are climbing with stocks today, but they've since, what do we say, pulled back a bit rick santelli can break things out for us what do you make of it, rick >> the short dated treasures like 2 year and 3 year haven't pulled back. the longer dated pull

. >> and royal caribbean confirms that 48 passengers on board sim family of the seas stopped in miami over the weekend tested positive for covid. the vast majority of them had been fully vaccinated as required by the cruise line. most of the cases appear to be mild. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. let's bring in fox news contributor dr. marc siegel. doc, thanks for being here. i have talked to a lot of people some have gotten vaccinated and booster and still worried heading into this holiday season. there is this growing frustration even if i'm vaccinated we have got to worry about this. >> well, bret, good evening. actually if you are vaccinated and boosted, you really have to worry about this a lot less as your reporters just said. listen, a new study out of the imperial college of london put it this way. if you have covid, you have about 20% protection against omicron. if you had two shots you have about 20%. if you had the booster it's between 455 and 80%. it's more than that against severe disease. so if you are boosted against this variant, you ar

carnival, mel, and i'm surprised as anybody happy, but surprised as anybody that the stocks like royal caribbeaned pretty significantly during this session, mel they were slammed on the opening, as were the airlines. airlines were down about 3% today, mel most of those are back into the black already. >> yeah. >> so, as you say, stabilization in the broad s&p but, wow, we are seeing a pretty nice bounceback in some of the travel-related names >> yeah. all right. final trade time here. liz, what do you say >> i probably spoiled this one already, but i say financials. if i get my wish that the u-curve steepens, it is a great time to get in >> steve weiss >> short the tlt, yields will go up i'm with liz >> joe t.. >> abbvie, one of my favorite health care names right now. >> dr. j >> discovery media play, over 50 companies, mel. disca. >> we leave you here with the s&p 500 down by 82 points. we, of course, will be watching the markets for you throughout the day. that does it on "the halftime report." meantime, "the exchange" with kelly evans begins right now ♪ >>> melissa, thanks. i'm kelly evans,

royal caribbean is $79 that's a big move to the upside.ng helped a lot. but this is a real example that there is a little bit of bullish control of the market right now. so the bull narrative is very, very simple right now. so far, it's holding up. omicron is contagious, but not as dangerous as prior variants there is not going to be a mass shutdown this is what the bulls want to believe. the bottlenecks and supply chains are going to ease in the first half of 2022 as a result of all this, the fed will be less aggressive on inflation. on top of that, the consumer is going to be strong and earnings are going to be pretty good. that's the bull narrative. whether it holds up or not is not clear. right now the markets moving on that narrative guys we might get a shot at a real santa claus reaally we are 4 points away from that right now. >>> now to the bond market, which is hanging in today, digesting lots of economic data, rick santelli tracking the action there rick >>. >> that, rahel yes, if you look at intraday of tens what you need the no

in miami, a royal caribbean cruise ship docking over the weekend with 48 people testing positive for covid. new york setting a record for new cases for the third day in a row on sunday. new york city, an early epicenter of the pandemic, seeing a spike in cases officials say is being driven by omicron. >> we have to move faster. that is why we're focusing even more on vaccination and we do know that vaccination helps address omicron. >> reporter: the city set to decide this week whether to go forward with its famed new year's eve celebration in times square. testing lines hours long throughout the city as officials plan to begin to distribute half a million rapid tests as early as today. and also up ending the world of sports and education and tram in the recent days, forcing "saturday night live" to cancel and the rockettes to cancel the rest of the season. after multiple broadway shows from hamilton to harry potter cancel performances due to covid cases. the nba, nhl and nfl also postponing games. and the nfl now changing its testing protocols. no longer requiring testing of asympto

good morning >> and here is what is happening at this hour shares of royal caribbean risin and bookingsre down and cancellations are up but that demand for cruise is in the second half of ynext year rebounded. jetblue shares up sand a carrie cancelled nearly 1300 flights over the next two weeks, as it attempts to stay ahead of cruise shortages due to rising covid cases. disruptions continue with nearly 1100 more flights cancelled today. weekly jobless claims have f fallen and the four-week average dropped to a low the latest data to show that the surge in omicron cases hasn't slowed the economy or eased pressure on the market and oil prices are edging higher following reports that opec and its allies unlikely to change policy sources saying that opec will probably continue to slowly increase oil production. you are now up to date ckayla, i'll send it over to yo. >>> good news for prices thank you. turning now to crypt o and plunging 30% since it peaked in november our next guest is one fof a select few to launch a bitcoin futures ets in 202 and now is predicting bitcoin hits a new all-t

restrictions are being placed on cruisings and sailings will continue and it does follow what royal caribbean has told us this morning that near-term results will be impacted by omicron and highlighting since cruising we started in june. it's carried about a million guests and of that 1750 have tested positive or .02%. 41 of those needed hospitalization, zero needed hospitalization due to omicron watching the cruise lines come off the highs of the day on this news as cdc is revising its travel guidance, again, recommending americans not to cruise carnival, you will see, royal and norwegian cruise line trading down after starting a day with gains a space we will continue to watch very closely, scott. back to you. >> all right seema, thank you very much seema modi dr. j, you do own carnival calls. however thinking about this issue right now? >> well, i think the only way you can think about it is it will soften them up a little bit, scott i'm sure on upside calls in january. i'm short the 22s and obviously that's a $3 spread and really not that much the 19s are still up 44 cents and the 22s are

not what you would think today, green for american and carnival, royal caribbean as well, until just a moment ago when it flipped lower. economic data in the coming days can help investors determine whether omicron will dent the recovery awell as rotation out of the tech stocks our analysts is watching, are value stocks good for your portfolio. stephanie link of here i know what you think about growth stocks. you said we needed this reset. has it run its course? >> i don't know. i don't think so because you don't even have a lot of people in the office this week and next week, right. it is -- maybe the vix is up, maybe volume is up today because we are down so much. but i think we are going to get slower and slower as the week progresses, into next week at the ends of the day we don't have company data now. no company is doing conference calls, conferences or earnings now we are focused on the macro. we know the macro is omicron and we know the macro is the fed. on the variant, we know it's more contagious. but we also know it has mild symptoms that's what dr. scott gottlieb has said