$500 locally is now 700 to $1,000. david harlow is a freight consultant in los angeles, where earlier this week the transportation secretary gave port workers credit for helping save christmas. one of the reasons why christmas was not, in fact, canceled ports like l.a. and long beach moved record levels of goods. turtle bottlenecks have improved 104 container ships are waiting or en route to the l.a. ports. according to a recent study california farmers lost 2 billion in export sales in five months because of supply chain congestion. exports are down 22% statewide in this $3 billion almond crop. that s significant. that s a burden we have never had. darren is a almond farm near fresno. 8 in 10 return to china empty. shipping companies find it faster and five times more profitable than u.s. exports.
the main thing is i thought i saw rays of sunshine coming for the supply chain, but omicron just mother those. with manpower shortages, workers are demanding higher wages, especially in trucking. the average cost for a trucker moving goods used to be 3-500 and it is now 700 to $1,000. david harlow is a consultant and los angeles were earlier this week the transportation secretary secretary gave port workers credit for helping save christmas. one of the reasons why crispus was not canceled is that ports like la on long beach moved record levels of goods. terminal bottlenecks have improved but whenever for container ships are waiting for a wrote the alley points. according to a study california farmers lost 2 billion export sales in just five months because of supply chain congestion. experts are down 22% statewide and this.
home. more people are cooking meals, and so, you re right, grocery store sales are through the roof. so they re really just trying to meet that demand, and every time you see something like a massive snowstorm that throws just another wrinkle in the supply chain congestion that s causing so many problems. gabe, great report. thank you so much. gabe didn t want to take sides. gabe was going to play it straight no matter what. he wasn t going to insult me for eating anchovies. just in, the nypd investigating a tragic loss this morning after a former miss usa jumped to her death from a manhattan high-rise building. cheslie kryst named miss usa in 2019 was just 30 years old. cnn s jean casarez is joining me now. this is a very tough one because she was on social media the morning of, jean, and this is someone with so many beautiful