the most and that would be energy. that would mean putting sanctions on natural gas. the other risk here though is that vladimir putin could weaponize energy by cutting off supply of natural gas. this is not just a european store because americans would actually feel the ripple effects as well. one of the issues here is that if natural gas prices in europe really skyrocket, that s going to drive up demand for oil as factories and power plants in europe switch away from gas to oil, and that, of course, would lift prices at the pump here in the united states and those prices have already been rising. remember, americans are also dealing with home heating sticker shock. if you use natural gas to heat your home, prices are supposed to be up about 32% from last winter. i know i ve noticed a difference in my bills. heating, oil and propane up more. we know inflation is a major problem for the u.s. economy. it s a big reason why the stock market is down sharply this morning. jim, biana, the r
we ll take the watch from here. i invite all members of the service biana, i haven t heard anything that heartbreaking in a long time. slain nypd officer jason rivera there, dominique, just the details, biana, of texting him when she heard officers shot and not hearing back and then checking his location, seeing he s in harlem hospital. she s so young.
reporter: jim, let s start with what he didn t say. he didn t address in detail the two accusations against him that he mishandled cases of sexual abuse. instead, jim, he spoke very generally about taking responsibility about asking for forgiveness. let s listen to a little bit of what he has to say. translator: after having read the report, i am repeatedly shocked about the harm and suffering of the affected persons and also what the perpetrators have done and how those responsible have behaved. what s clear in the report is that there s a dark side and this will continue to be visible in the future history of our church. reporter: and he was asked, also, at the press conference about pope benedict 16, biana and he said the pope will be responding. he said he will be responding on monday but asked for understanding that the document is 1900 pages long and his old age, it will take time for him to respond.
watching the dow closely this morning. you can see there down more than 600 points. at this hour, investors worried about inflation, possible interest rate hikes. this comes after yesterday dropped more than a thousand but then had recovered all that. a little bit more by the end of the day. the word is volatility, biana. quite a wild swing on wall street yesterday. let s bring in cnn chief business correspondent khchriste romans. it s an obstacle course. downhill skiing, now all of these different obstacles to
are ordering all the families who work at the embassy to leave the country and a number of americans who are in ukraine either visiting or living there and what the state department is telling them is that they should be looking now for commercial options to get out of the country because they said the state department will not be in a position to evacuate them if russia does invade ukraine and of course, we have heard repeated times over the last week or so from biden administration officials that could happen at any point so that s why these preparations are under way right now. we ll see what more happens with regard to the status of the embassy and how many people they keep. it s still up and running but folks are leaving. biana, i ve got to tell you. u.s. officials in the military do not want to get flat flute fo footed like they were in afghanistan. taking an abundance of caution and saying don t come out too