that. so many big job losses. u.s. prosecutors in new york are investigating the stunning implosion of the cryptocurrency ftx. once valued at $30 billion, they are now looking at an $8 billion short fall. claiming it had been hacked, they moved into offline storage and out of the reach of customers and many legal experts say it s quite likely customers will never get that money back. china has reported the biggest spike in covid infections since april of last year. more than 17,000 were confirmed on monday with over 5,000 coming from the city of huang jiao. some people have broken through the barricades and taken to the streets. kristie lu stout joins us with