immigrants are hoodwinked, promised shelter and jobs, only to end up at martha s vineyard because of a republican governor s immigration protest stunt. how volunteers have come to the migrant s rescue. and the ceo of fedex delivering a dire warning about the economy with his company on the front line of the supply chain crisis. welcome to the lead. we ll start with that ceo s gut punch. the head of fedex warning that not only does he think that the united states is headed for a recession, but business is starting to slow around the world. that message created a lot of anxiety on wall street today. fedex stock tumbled, the dow is closing this hour after spending a day in the red. let s bring in cnn s alison kosik. we often come to you at the top of the show when the markets are either substantially up or massively down, but this time, it s this comment from fedex that is getting the world s attention. and fedex s ceo was pretty direct about where he thinks the economy
this is in the country. there isn t a lot of data. there was one study published in the journal of pediatrics, recently, where they studied ninth and tenth graders in southern california and about 10% reported use of eg-ci e-cigarettes, about 3% reported use of these products. so the product was on the shelf for months before the fda took action. why did it take so long? that s a great question that a lot of parents are asking. last night, when i was discussing this with my 6-year-old, she said, mommy, isn t there a mayor that s supposed to watch over kids and protect them? well, that mayor is the fda. and a lot of people are saying it seems like the fda is behind the eight ball consistently, very slow to take action, sporadic when they do, and with a very light hand. the fda was given authority to regular utility synthetic nicotine back in april and over 200 companies submitted about a million applications by may, which was the deadline. if those applications did not receive aut