delta surpassed united, continental for the first time since united and continental merged back in 2012. the industry experts say delta's aggressively expanded flight operations here and abroad have helped delta gain ground. american airlines, however, remains the nation's largest carrier. >>> all right. time now to toss things over to madison corney. it was gorgeous day outside, blue skies. still some snow on the ground, but, boy, things are going to change tonight. >>> that's right, shelby. we have quite a system making its way in late tonight, early tomorrow morning. we're still seeing that sunshine out there and no winds to speak of, but that is definitely going to change. we're going to see cloud cover and winds definitely picking up tomorrow as well. around the area we're still sitting in the upper 30s to the mid 40s. carson city at 39 degrees. the same for fallin. and something else we're talking about tonight is reduced air quality. we do have a moderate rating. the good news is it is okay to burn for the reno-sparks and washoe area tonight. we do have strong valley inversion wh

alaska, southwest and united continental, all out with results.au, all the details in chicago, and the stock reaction, phil. >> let's start with a mixed bag of earnings reports for the airlines starting with united which missed on both the top and bottom line in terms of earnings. the company falling 4 krencents. revenue at just over $9 billion. that was shy of the estimate for $9.08 billion. take a look at shares of united. down about 18% in the last three months. one interesting note. it did notice a drop in the number of epgy-related customers because that sec ter has been under so much pressure. keep in mind, houston is one of its hubs. so, naturally, you are going to see lower passenger levels going into that market from the energy industry. southwest came in line with expectations earnings 90 cents a share in the urth fo quarter. one-way fairs were down 5%. having said that, southwest has said, we are going to be increasing our share of buy backs. take a look at shares of southwest. up slightly today. alaska airlines, 6 cents above estimates

united airlines. five years after merging with continental, united airlines is a disaster. we will look at what happened. carol: can high-tech influence be gun-control safe? smart weapons that can be a game changer. >> the challenges women directors based in hollywood. all that and more to go behind-the-scenes of the latest issue of bloomberg businessweek. right here on bloomberg television. ♪ carol: one of the things that struck me this week was an interesting article. it talks about davos, at the world economic forum, looking at the fourth industrial revolution. how technology, artificial intelligence, drones, whether it's going to improve our lives and increase productivity. dave: you have all these great minds gathered in switzerland. i was struck reading the article about the divide among people that think technology will change productivity and those that think the opposite. it's such a great piece. carol: the other timely thing is what's going on in china. we've been focused on the volatility with the chinese market. we have been pointing a finger-- dave: these circu

delta airlines is now the second largest airline in the u-s..surpassing united-continental for the first time since the 2 merged a few years back. experts say delta's aggressively expanded flight operations here and abroad helped the airline grow. american airlines is still the nation's largest carrier. if you've ever felt guilty for sharing a friend or family member's netflix account.....don't! the company's ceo says it doesn't bother him....saying that sharing accounts is quote "a positive thing for the company." he added that many people that share...eventually go on to purchase and an important recall... check your medicine cabinet... nine retailers including c-v-s, kroger, and dollar general have recalled two flavors of the store branded children's liquid cold medicine. that's because the dosage cup has wrong markings that could lead to an overdose. the recall affects the grape and cherry flavor sold in four ounce bottles. rob 2shot bam center now here's a look at the three things you need to know before heading out kara 2shot bam center the u-s is now confirming that 10 navy sailor

united continental is trading at 5.5 times earnings. you would think these stocks would be bargains, especially since jet fuel is in free fall. but it may not be the case. why don't people believe that united and american can make those numbers? right now the airlines are caught in many different markets with a vicious price war, reminiscent of how this industry used to be for decades before the new-found era of good feelings a few years ago. after unfortunate terrorism fears, a global economic slowdown, and it's easy to see how the real earnings may be a lot lower than the estimates, which means the stocks could have a downside, although i'm more inclined to be positive on southwest and delta. scx has an ultralow pe multiple, plummeting from $60 in 2010 down to $4 as of today. of course that low multiple made investments think they were unattainable, and they were right with the commodity collapse. analysts thought u.s. steel investors could hearn $3.70 a share. instead they lost $3.49 in the first three months of 2015. turns out the m

it joins a string of airlines including united continental among others that offered refunds.'s economic minister re-signing amid a political funding scandal. he had taken bribes from a construction company. he admitted to taking the money but did nothing illegal. it was 30 years ago today the space shuttle challenger was destroyed in an explosion less than two minutes after takeoff. all 7 crew members were killed. nasa will pay tribute later today. that is the news update at this hour. let's get back to squawk alley. i can't believe it's 30 years already. >> a lot of people remembering that day today sue. unbelievable. let's count you down to the close here in the u.k. in a few seconds. stocks lower in reaction to the fed statement. released just hours after yesterday's close there. also euro zone economic sentiment fell to five month lows. german inflation was in line but still below the targets. growth slowing to the weakest in about three years and with all of that, the banks among the biggest losers. a 7 year low after posting it's first physical year loss since the finan

unit united continental says they're hoping to engage on capital structure. united is down more than 30% in the past year amid sinking revenue and its new ceo suffering a heart attack in october. the shares up half a percent today. >> some other movers for you. carnage in the commodity market and the companies affected. continental resources slashing its capital budget by two-thirds this year as it tries to preserve cash amid plunging oil prices. continental says it won't become profitable until oil prices can get back to $37 a barrel. u.s. steel swinging to a fourth quarter loss as revenue falls 37%. that was more than expected. the company saying it's facing significant head winds and uncertainty this year. u.s. steel and other domestic rivals have been hurt by that global glut in supply competition from less expensive imports. shares falling 8% in the after hours after a strong rally on the commodity bounceback yesterday. and capital one's fourth quarter profits fell 8%, hurt by higher marketing costs and operating costs. earnings missing forecasts, while r

. >> we don't have outbreaks of local transmission in the united states, the continental united states at this time. >> the cdc has issued a travel alert to pregnant women warning them not to go to countries local official now urging residents to heed that warning and promising to work with aiines and resorts to make sure a ruined vacation doesn't become a financial hardship. >> they along with their travel companions should get a full refund and we are going to submit legislation to make that a law here. >> reporter: the cdc says there are two potential candidates for a zika vaccine and they are hoping to start clinical trials soon. the vaccine won't be widely available for several years. in new york, laura ingle, fox news. >>> cancer centers want to increase the use of the human papilloma virus in preteen boys and girls. the hpv can lead to cervical cancer and other diseases. a three high pressure dose vaccine is recommendeled for girls. but the american cancer society says it is underutilized and priority. >>> certain fruits may help keep your weight in check apples, berries and oni

so liberty newark here in new jersey and also dulles and surrounding airports that united continentale shut down, ty, later this afternoon. >> all right, sue. here it comes. batten them down. if you know football you likely know footbaldan marino. the former miami dolphins quarterback making a name for himself in the business world and dan marino joins us live from ft. lauderdale. good to have you with us. >> hey, guys. how are you doing? >> i want to get to how you jive your investment with anthony coal fired pizzas with your endorsement for nutrisystem. we'll get back to that. one works one way, the other works the other way. >> i get it. >> let's talk about the game this weekend and particularly about the duel or the rivalry between tom brady and peyton manning. this will be the, what, 17th time they have met, many of them in the playoffs. who do you think is going to come out the winner today and why do you think brady has had the better of manning in so many of those contests? >> well, i tell what you, i think it is going to be a great football game obviously with two great teams

schuchat says: "we don't have outbreaks of local transmission in the united states, the continental united states, at this time ." the c-d-c has issued a travel alert to pregnant women - warning them not to go to countries where the outbreak is occurring. local officials now urging residents to heed that warning... and promising to work with airlines and resorts to make sure a ruined vacation doesn't become a financial hardship. mangano says: "they along with their travel companion should get a full refund, and we're gonna submit legislation to make that a law here." potential candidates for a zika vaccine, and they're hoping to start clinical trials soon... but the vaccine won't be widely available for several years. in new york, laura ingle, fox news today marks thirty years since one of the worst disasters in space history: the explosion of the space shuttle challenger....which killed everyone aboard. phil keating tells us how they're being honored in cape canaveral, florida. it's a haunting image seared americans: the moment the space shuttle challenger blew up...killing all seven fail

among the big names, caterpillar, united continental, navient and carmax trading down 3% to 5%.hese are just a few of the 100-plus names hitting new lows on this very rough trading day. mandy? >> it sure is rough out there. thank you for that. i have here the ten sectors in the s&p right now, not a single bit of green among them. the s&p itself is off by 2.5% at 1872. we've got here telecom is the best performing sector. that's not really saying very much because it's still off by 1.7% but nonetheless the more defensive sectors like utilities and telecom are holding up a little better than the others and then, of course, there is the other. energy will be a huge theme in the second hour of "power" with crude below $30 a barrel. the energy sector is off by 3.5% which cues mr. oil himself, brian sullivan. >> turning into that, mandy. thank you very much. coming up in the next hour, we are going to show you a small list of oil companies that maybe can weather the storm. we ran a screener for companies with low to no debt and good cash positions. we're going to show you that list ex

so far, we don't have outbreaks of local transmission in the united states the continental united states at this time. >> the cdc has issued a travel alert to pregnant women warning them to not go to countries where the outbreaks are occurring. and officials are urging people to heed the warning and work with airlines and resorts to make sure a ruined vacation does not become a financial hardship. >> they along with the travel we'll commit legislation to make that a low here. and there are two candidates for a zika vaccine and they are hoping to start trials soon but the vaccine will not be widely available for several years. >>> when we come back, bad news stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stre-eam stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stream when i want you in my arms when i want you and all your charms whenever i want you (kelly tonight at ten: she's a bay ar >>> tonight at 10, she is a bay area butte beauty with an incredible voice. american idol alum has a lot of fans what she is up to now and how idol has paved her road to success. that's tonight ons 10:00 news. >>> stocks are closing higher

. >>> now we head to the continental united states for a shark attack so brutal, their roads. >> was that an orca? >> what did i tell you? >> get outta here. i didn't see that at first. land. >> the criminal irony is you guys saying you didn't see it. it was build in 1908 in oklahoma. every year, four, five, six, ten trucks crash into it. they decided, let's make it so everybody will see it, and if they don't, they'll get a great video like this. >> it's pretty delicious. >> that's right. >>> with even more commentary on things, she's seen this latest one. >> i read they were talking about -- >> kind of a big deal. >> -- this 14-year-old who got a flu shot and it got her pregnant. >> i'm so glad she's taking this on. >> listen, sugar. >> the article she's talking about is a fake article that was written. have you ever seen those hoax this one claims a 14-year-old girl in texas got pregnant after she got the flu shot. >> and you need some -- >> no she didn't. >> to have a baby. >> she wants to clarify how it is that you do in fact get pregnant. >> awesome. >> don't let nobody fool you

. >> we don't have outbreaks of local transmission in the united states, the continental item al united states at this time. >> there are two potential candidates for the zika vaccine and they are hoping to do trials but it won't be widely available for several years. >>> and katie kourick is doing a segment on why oakland was her number one destination. >> we are doing a serious called cities rising, so we were looking for places around the united states that were really having a renaissance and oakland was at the top of our list. so many exciting things were happening here. the city is thriving, you are talking about the warriors, companies coming in, tech companies, talking about the music industry and we just thought it was a very vibrant place to focus on and that's why we're here. >> reporter: and the focus of the serious is? >> i've always been interested in urban cities. so as long as young people flock to cities and they become really the center pieces of communities all across the united states, i was curious to know how cities were handling this influx of new talent and young

wider view of our temperatures across the continental united states, minnesota in the single this is what we have going on. we're watching two systems, this system hear producing a little bit of mixed precipitation mainly in arkansas. that will be the system that had swing through the area tomorrow. and this system up here near idaho, that will produce rain by friday. we'll zoom in a little bit closer and can you see the clouds building into the upstate and as that system, that first system approaches, you may see snow in the upstate of south carolina. i think our forecast model does a good job of showing exactly what we expect. the clouds increase tomorrow. a little bit of snow in the upstate. not a big deal for us here in the midlands, maybe a rinkle, maybe a light shower, but not expecting much in the ray of rainfall. clouds build into thursday. an opportunity for some showers. but right now our best chance for rain comes in on friday. the rain moves in on friday and you can look towards our north, above the south carolina/north carolina line and parts of charleston and raleigh, t

. >> we're going to head over to the continental united states for a shark attack. a shark attack so brutal that the insides of the victim were left strewn all over the road! >> true story. >> oh, my gosh! are you sure that's not an orca? >> what did i tell you? >> get out of here. >> me either. i was, like, where's the shark? disneyland. >> the criminal irony is you this is a pretty famous railway bridge. since 1908 this happen here in oklahoma, and since then, especially in the last few years, even with the sign, even with the lights, every year, four, five, six, ten trucks crash into it. so they decided let's paint giant sharks on it, maybe everyone will see it. and if they don't, we'll get a great video like this. >> 11'4", that's pretty low. >> also pretty delicious. >>> i think we're all going to agree at the end of this that it was not the best day for any of the animals in this video. we start on the west coast of india. that right there is a lion jumping into the sea. nearby forest area. it wandered into this port city. a minute. there's a lion sitting on t

just puyoshing towards the northwest coastline and that is going to make a journey across the continental united states and it uld be the'sir major winter storm and could be a significant storm at that. a lot of variables to talk about. we're tracking it and we will thhave t details in a while. i in the meantime, rob, sibila, back to both of you at the desk. >> can't wait to hear about that. >>> talk of a snowstorm has some excited and others anxious. live team coverage in yonkers. >> reporter: you can say the proverbial honeymoon w have had with winter is over. one of the photographers went to get is windshield scraper after he found his car covered in ice. he's not the only one. managers here at the homen.epot wouldn't let us shoot video until they rearranged their shelves because they say people have b n coming in droves to get winter supplies, many for the first time this season. we all knew te day would come, the rush to the hardware store to grab one or two shovels and plenty of rock salt. chri made the decision. >> about 25 mines ago. >> reporter: after hearing the first major stormnnf th

. >> we're going to head over to the continental united states for a shark attack. a shark attack so brutal that the insides of the victim were left strewn all over the road! >> oh, my gosh! are you sure that's not an orca? >> what did i tell you? >> get out of here. i didn't see that at first. >> me either. i was, like, where's the shark? they reminded me of the ride at disneyland. >> the criminal irony is you guys say you didn't see it. this is a pretty famous railway bridge. since 1908 this happen here in oklahoma, and since then, especially in the last few years, even with the sign, even with the lights, every year, four, five, six, ten trucks crash into it. so they decided let's paint giant sharks on it, maybe everyone will see it. and if they don't, we'll get a great video like this. >> 11'4", that's pretty low. >> also pretty delicious. >>> i think we're all going to agree at the end of this that it was not the best day for any of the animals in this video. we start on the west coast of india. jumping into the sea. the lion apparently was in a nearby forest a

pushing on to the western shores of the continental united states. two scenarios. one is a close to the coast call. that could bring major snow. major snow. friday, saturday, timing not specific yet. track 2 takes it out to sea. in the event it goes out to sea, we're not left with much. so, it's too early to call. we'll define the parameters. we'll let you know as we get these updates and continue to synchronize the models. allright, partlyloudy tonight, northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. over the next seven days, it is going to be eventful, everybody. get a little bit of a relief on wednesday when we climb up to 36 degrees. we stay there on thursday. it's quiet. but we are watching what could we head into the weekend. we'll keep our eyes on it and continue to track it. everybody in the storm team center. in the meantime, send it it back to both of you at the desk and rafael will yoin you at 5:30 with aunidate. looking at. a new jersey business where hundreds of birds were being horded in the back room. >> you can imagine the conditions in that room. he has m

united continental missing on the top and bottom lines. results impacted by a strong dollar, lower surcharges, and a decline in travel from customers whose businesses, says united, are being impacted by plunging oil prices. >> so we have a rally in the stock market. usually leads to selling in the bond market. just the opposite of what we had yesterday. rick santelli is tracking the action at the cme. rickster? >> michelle, you're exactly right. an intraday of 10s shows you what you need to know. that sub 2% close didn't last long. if you open the chart up to the last time we did close under 2%, a couple interesting facts. it was october 14th. of course, we had the 26, 27 fed meeting, so we're really right back in the same place. however, if you look at the s&p 500, which didn't make quite a big adjustment looking forward to that rate hike, you can see it hasn't been an equitable trade-off in terms of lower stocks versus lower yields, and mario draghi today really wasn't a pessimist. he really wasn't an optimist. he remained an al chemist a

carriers have been suffering since the start of the year, united continental down about 12%. us with his views on what's happening here is mike boyd from boyd international group. hi, to you, mike. this seems to be demand concerns on the part of the airlines. what's happening? where is it weakening? >> i don't know. right now fuel prices are dropping, there aren't any squirrels running around the airline industry right now to cause disruption. i don't quite understand this. i think a lot of it is emotional because the airline industry has never been stronger in the united states. >> if we look at united it seems like they had some softness because of the strong dollar in their overseas operations, maybe some lightness in volumes because of people's concerns about terrorism and those threats and back home even at its houston hub perhaps some softness there, right? >> there could be some softness, united has been the most aggressive in controlling capacity. they are not adding any capacity. the industry itself this coming year will have less than 2% more flights. a little bit m

united states? they don't have the ability to >> as we've spoken, any time they start rattling their sabers like this we have to be concerned. not so much the threat to the continue -- continental united states, guam, japan, south korea. and we have to be concerned when their leader starts rattling their sabers like this to get attention. >> we have in treaty said we would defend them. would we step in and defend them or let events play out? >> i think we need to be proactive within the international community. with eneed to work with our allies. china's come out and condemned it. russia's come out and condemned it. everybody we're friends with continue to condemn it. we have to figure out what happened here, what the weapon potentially is through our special capabilities, and then develop a strategy to ensure we on where they could put it on an intercontinental missile and deploy it in potentially drastic circumstances. >> the only countries that have that capability to fire a hydrogen bomb on a missile is united states and russia, correct? >> there are other nation that is have the capability. a hydrogen bomb is 1,000 times more effective than the atomic bomb that we drop ins

neville only a few months ago completed her record-setting run around the perimeter of the continental united states. this strip run will represent one mile for each day she was on the road running from canada/eastern maine to washington state last summer on the final leg of her record setting transcontinental run. > thanks, helene!/// demetria, what's driving people demetria obilor deer springs rd. is a mess. demetria obilor deer springs rd. is a mess. it goes from two lanes to one between durango dr. and campbell rd. it's an accident waiting to happen. what's going on with this street? debbie there's been a lot of construction happening near deer springs, west of durango. there are several undeveloped lots on the south side of this one to two lanes because several lots remain undeveloped. developers are responsible for putting in the sidewalks, curbs, gutters and sewers as a condition of their building agreement with the city. while there's been significant development to the north and west, the south side is still untouched. recently, the city of las vegas streets and sanitation team went

why not united and continental? >> it did result in cost cuts. much focus on the cutting of costs. you lost certain amenities. you end up alienating a lot of there was less focus on customer service as well as the basic blocking and in planeshat results showing up on time and bags showing up on time, the things that are important to customers. what is the worst story you dug up over the last few years? >> there was an unaccompanied minor. no one showed up to meet her arrived.plane it took customer service forever to find the child. alix: and no one met her at the gate. >> it was a big deal. there is another more recent one, where a disabled gentleman arrived in d.c. and there was no wheelchair to bring him off the jetway. he waited for half an hour and ended up crawling off the plane. did anybody see him? >> nobody helped him, but a flight attendant did apparently notice and feel bad about it, so they alerted customer service and apologized. a heart the ceo had attack and has not yet returned. what is the state of management? -- oscar meanceo eur

on fox business charles: take a look at united continental and southwest. both shares up right now.o. look at them. both stocks are moving a little bit higher. of course the big deal here 37, 40% cheaper overhead because of oil. also check the price of oil. major bill. oil is starting to rock it higher. ashley, you know, what do you make of this? >> the snow storm is going to be massive, north carolina, virginia, dc declaring states of emergency. we had an inch of snow in dc overnight. last night complete chaos. look at this and of course an apology from the -- charles: that was called rain, though. i mean come on. give me a break. that wasn't snow. >> they are expecting up to two feet of snow. people being encouraged all the way up to new york city the mayor here bill de blasio said don't travel, we've got winds up to 50 miles per hour on the coast. we could have power outages, you name it's a mess. the airlines are saying call ahead. please call ahead and they'll give vouchers maybe even refunds because of the affected cities. so many affected by these storms. maybe. i say big. ma

. >> we don't have outbreaks of local transmission in the continental united states at this time. reporter: the cdc issued a travel alert to pregnant women, warning them not to go to country where the outbreak is occurring. local officials are now urge miches residents to heed that warning and promising to work make sure a ruined vacation doesn't become a financial hardship. >> they along with their travel companions should get a full refund. reporter: the cdc says there are two potential candidates for the vaccine and they are hoping to start clinical trials soon, but the vaccine won't be widely available for several years. bob: it's not a ring from tiffany, one mom's jewelry designs are really taking off. andrea: and also raising a few eyebrows. >> i know what's it's like to breastfeed and i know what an been u necklace ands more made introducing longhorn' s steaks that sizzle for $12.99. like the new smoky bacon sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. only at longhorn steakhouse. short on cash for their new downtown campus. bob: a mother in texas has an unusual business crea

public health officials say the likelihood of a massive zika outbreak in the continental united states, similar to what's happening in brazil is low. still the cdc says its staying on top of this and working closely with world health authorities. craig. >> rehema ellis for us in brazil. thank you. >> dr. natalie azar is here to answer some of our questions. this is keeping you busy, i know, this week. >> is this zika carrying mosquito here in the united states? >> we have the zika carrying mosquito in the united states in the gulf coast and southern united states and southern california. we have yet to have a domestically or locally to our knowledge, these here are not infected with zika. >> if you are exposed to the zika virus, not pregnant, but would like to try to conceive, how long do you have to wait? >> we believe the virus stays in the body for a few days to up to a week. intuitively, if you have been exposed or travel to an area you return, you want to w'40s, i believe. why has there not been a vaccine created in 70 years? >> the first documented outbreak in 2007. the thing wit

. >>> now we head to the continental united states for a shark attack so brutal, their inside were left strewn over the roads. >> was that an orca? >> what did i tell you? >> get outta here. i didn't see that at first. >> they were on a ride at disney land. >> the criminal irony is you guys saying you didn't see it. this is a railway bridge. it was build in 1908 in oklahoma. every year, four, five, six, ten trucks crash into it. they decided, let's make it so everybody will see it, and if they don't, they'll get a great >> it's pretty delicious. >> that's right. >>> with even more commentary on things, she's seen this latest one. >> i read they were talking about -- >> kind of a big deal. >> -- this 14-year-old who got a flu shot and it got her pregnant. >> i'm so glad she's taking this on. >> listen, sugar. >> the article she's talking about is a fake article that was written. have you ever seen those hoax articles circulating all the time? this one claims a 14-year-old girl in texas got pregnant after she got the flu shot. >> and you need some -- >> no she didn't. >> to have a baby. i

another issue on the agenda is the five-year plan of the outer continental shelf in the united states. we're hopeful the administration will provide many opportunities, including the atlantic coast, in this new proposal that should be coming out here soon. when we look at the western hemisphere, there's many opportunities. canada has been our number one energy partner for many, many years. the united states continues to emerge as a major player now leading the world and combined with mexico you see a three nation opportunity here that's really a chance in a lifetime to see a lot of that energy focus shift back to this hemisphere. other opportunities, i mean you're all well aware of them. there's opportunities all around the globe. the difference is the united states is really emerging as the key player in the world. >> hi, jenny with energy wire. >> yes. >> looking at the crude export ban, which was such a major accomplishment, can you reflect a little bit on how that is going to shape the u.s. oil and gas industries in the near term and in a decade or two? >> i think it is a good exa

unite around a common policy. here's what we should be able to get an agreement on capitol hill among both parties. missile defense. to create strong missile defenses to protect the continental united states, to protect our territories overseas and certainly our allies. that ought to be imperative. second much stronger sanctions against north korea and the key country there will be china. china has routinely blocked in the past the strongest possible sanctions against, for instance, the deportation of north korea of essential manufactured goods because china fears that the collapse of north korea -- it fears that scenario more than it fears north korea with nuclear weapons. so i do think that getting to the chinese leadership and making this issue a test of the u.s. -china relationship is something that president obama and his success are going to have to undertake. deirdre: anybody else, thank you. nicholas burns, thank you. former general under george bush. kt mcfarland has said bad actors will push against the obama administration in the last year. north korea testing the community obviously, iran as well. the u.s. state department said yesterday it may impose sanctions a

one is that this mosquito will spread and the infection will spread to the continental united states as the warmer months come into play. open the other happened it's in the same family as dengue fever and that has not spread to the u.s. >> in the meantime, expectant moms are exercising caution. >> i had somebody call about a trip to cancun. my advice was if she could postpone it that would be the safest way. >> that patient did call off her trip, dr. shah says if you can't postpone travel, preventing mosquito exposure and bites are key. >> so first and foremost i would like pregnant team with know using deet is safe as long as they use it according to the label. >> he says if you are not pregnant or planning on it you shouldn't change your travel plans. >> i don't think it will stop me from traveling but it would make me more cautious about my environment. >> if you are pregnant and recently returned to the states from a zika-affected area and didn't know about this risk, shaw says call your doctor. symptoms include fever, red eyes, a rash or joint pain and to detect it blood work a

so far no cases of local transmission of zika virus in the continental united states. but there have been some cases among returning travelers. kind of a concern here. south carolina does have the mosquito that carries the virus, but there are no known cases of it here. >> does that have traveled abroad in the countries affected by the virus, doctors say there are some symptoms you should be on the lookout for. first, fever, then a rash, joint pain and red eyes. although doctor say about 80% of those infected show no symptoms. doctors are also saying zika virus may be extra dangerous for pregnant women, because that could cause birth effects on their babies. we are on your side this morning getting your questions answered. about his fax, not fear. we like to give you the facts before cause also -- causes all of this panic. we have doctor samantha morton with the carolina women's physicians at lexington medical center. we are hoping you can help us shed some light on this, what exactly is the zika virus? >> like you said before, zika virus is transmitted by a mosquito t

because people, travel to that region and come back to the united states and we have already seen about 50 cases that have come back into the continentald states or territorial united states. that is not surprising. we will see even more of that. the critical question is, will there be local transmission within the united states? by local transition what we mean is that if i'm in south america or the caribbean and i get been by mosquito and go back let's say to the southeastern part of the country, florida or texas or what have you, and a mosquito bites me and them by somebody else, and then you get a chain of transmission, that is called "local transmission" of the virus. that is the thing we are concerned about, but we feel, given the history of what we have seen with other, similar viruses like chikungunya, that although it is likely that we will see these many, little outbreaks, we feel that it is unlikely, and i'm possible, but unlikely that we will see an extensive, explosive outbreak in the united states the way we are seeing it in south america. again, you do not want to be cavalier about it. it is not a guarantee, but history