Farmer, but one man joins us exclusively to tell us about a unique new challenge that could hurt his new mexico farm. Plus 2020 candidates zero in on nevada, president s day, car sales, and Mark Zuckerbergs latest push for tech regulation. Were less than an hour to the closing bell. Im Kristina Partsinevelos in for liz claman. Lets start the claman countdown. I got a little excited there. Actually 25 hours away from closing bell because everyone else is on vacation. Were here working for you all. The competition is closed. The u. S. Markets ma i be closed but let the u. S. Markets may be closed lets take a look at the global markets. Nikkei slipping after japans government reporting the economy contracted 6. 4 annually last quarter. That means that japan could be heading for a technical recession. The hang sang climbed slightly. The central bank announced measures to help support the economy during the coronavirus crisis. Equities edging slightly higher today in europe. Analysts are also expecting European Companies to deliver positive earnings for share growth for the Fourth Quarter for the first time in a year. You can see them all in the green across the board, but german firms, thats what we will focus on now, coming out swinging against 265 Million Dollars fine they received over the weekend. A court awarding the huge fine to a u. S. Peach farmer who said the weed killer drifted into his orchids from a nearby farm and destroyed his entire crop. This is the first of 140 cases against bayer. In a statement bayer said it disagrees with the verdict and plans to swiftly appeal the decision. Weve got another troubled retailer. It seems i guess the retail apocalypse is true. Pier one imports has filed for chapter 11. The Home Furnishing and decor chain says it plans to sell the company through the bankruptcy process and is already in talks with potential acquirers. Shares are down more than 80 over the last year. And place your bets, the macau casinos are preparing to reopen this coming thursday, after being closed for 15 days over fears of the spread of the coronavirus. While the casinos can reopen on february 20th, there will be some caveats that havent been specified just yet. Theres an estimate that the crisis could wipe out 3. 3 billion dollars in cash flow for the six major macau casinos. We do have some more breaking news that the state department is revealing over the last hour or so, that 14 american citizens tested positive for the coronavirus, and theyre being moved to omaha, nebraska. They arrived on american soil early this morning along with more than 300 others after being quarantined for weeks on a cruise ship in japan. Youve got state Department Officials also confirming they are tracking the condition of 60 u. S. Citizens in japan and 200 more in cambodia, including 92 who are already quarantined on a cruise ship there. Lets go to fox news channels Claudia Cowan who is on the ground at the Travis Air Force base in fairfield, california. Claudia, can you give us just whats the latest right now . Well, as you mentioned, the numbers are growing, and its a fluid situation. Youre right, we are at Travis Air Force base, about an hour and a half north of san francisco. This is where the first of these two overnight charter flights landed right around midnight. The second one landed a short time later, a few hours later in san antonio, texas. But this rescue mission did not exactly go according to plan. And both of these flights ended up then going on to as you mentioned omaha, nebraska, because that is where some of these high risk patients, we understand 14 of these passengers have tested positive for the coronavirus are now getting special treatment at the university of nebraska medical center. Now, it wasnt discovered that these people even had the virus until the whole group, about 340 people were already headed to the airport in japan. According to the state department, the newly infected were kept isolated on the aircraft and to make sure the virus doesnt spread anymore, everyone else will begin a new 14day quarantine period on the base here and in texas. Now, it is still unclear why the diamond princess became a socalled hot spot for this coronavirus. At least 44 americans have tested positive and are being treated at hospitals in japan. Several others have chosen to stay on board that ship and finish out the original quarantine there, which is set to end in a matter of days. But it is unclear when those folks will get the allclear to return home. It may not be until early march. And now we have another cruise ship to worry about. After an 83yearold woman tested positive for the virus, after getting off a Holland America ship in cambodia and flying on to malaysia, officials in cambodia had welcomed the ship after five other asian nations had turned it away after fears that the coronavirus could spread. Passengers and crew from this other cruise ship are being tested and carefully monitored. More than 2200 people, kristina. We understand this elderly american woman, again, 83 years old is listed in stable condition at a hospital in malaysia. Back to you. Claudia, i have a quick question regarding those 14 americans that came home early. They were supposed to stay on that japanese cruise ship until february 19th. Was there a reason why they were brought back early and then the fact they have to be quarantined again . Do you know anything about that . Well, from what we understand, these 14 people were not identified as being positive for the virus. Okay. Until after they had boarded the buses, and the whole group of more than 300 people was headed to the airport. Why at that point they were allowed to continue on with the evacuation remains unknown at this time, a big question for the cdc and the state department, though. Great reporting, thank you, claudia. We got to move on to our next guest, just returned from a cruise vacation yesterday and was aboard the re gal princess cruise celebrating valentines day week with a ship full of well, you know, joyous, happy, go lucky passengers all with the knowledge of the coronavirus. A travel expert known as the cruise guy is joining us live exclusively from miami, florida. Thank you. You made it out i shouldnt joke about that. You made it out. You are in good health. What was the sentiment on the ship given that so many people knew that this was going on and yet you guys all went for this valentines day love fest . I would tell you that there was a lot of people there were a lot of conversations. People are very confident about cruising, and they understand that these events happen, although in southeast asia, are very different than what is going on here on cruises, lets say, into the caribbean or planning to go to alaska or europe or even hawaii, that you know, the cruise lines are very confident that the cruise lines are doing Everything Possible to protect the ships, protect the passengers, and ensuring our safety. I had a lot of people before i got on saying are you going on the cruise still going on the cruise knowing what youre knowing . And i said absolutely. Look, ive been on plenty of cruises where there may have been noro virus. I wash my hands with soap and water and limit your persontoperson contact. Im going on my vacation. Was there anything specific that the cruise did . You said they took different measures. Did you notice anything . I know our viewers are watching and maybe some of them have some cruises booked in the near future. They reassured that the cruises are doing Something Different to protect . Well, right now there are elevated security measures. The cruise lines are not allowing passengers with china, macau or hong kong passengers who have been there within the last 14 days to board any of their ships. Theres medical screenings that are going on. They are checking peoples temperatures. If youre sweating or you look ill, you may be selected for secondary medical checking. Theyre doing everything that they can before you get on the ship to ensure that youre protected and that they are not going to want to obviously affect the ship. Medical teams on board the ships are, you know, readily available, and as, you know, there could be different protocols enacted, where the crew may not allow you to touch the buffets. There may not be bread bowls, so crewmembers may be the ones assisting you with these things, but what they do is they limit the people to people contact. Your livelihood you focus on the cruises. You patent the cruise guy; right . Yeah. You have a website too. You have these weekly deals. Have you noticed just a change in bookings, like a dropoff maybe because people are scared . I mean there contends to be some hiccups, what it does is creates pent up demand. So people are watching the news, learning whats going on, and then they will turn around and make their bookings because right now it is not impacting bookings that are non i mean, they are not impacting anything thats nonsoutheast asia related. So those sailings in fact, you know, you have Royal Caribbean repositioning ships away from china, they are going to go to australia and over to california to begin certain sailings earlier than planned. So theres different measures and different plans that are being enacted to get the ships out of those regions, but i can only tell you having just been on a ship, there was nobody worried. Nobody cancelled. The ship was full. When we were in port, we were in ochos rios, grand cayman and cozumel, mexico. I see you are optimistic about this. This could really destroy the brand of cruise ships going forward. You are on the same ship for a short amount of time. You are in close vicinity of each other. You can spread germs very quickly. Is there not a fear that this could hurt cruise bookings in the near to medium term future . Well, it certainly could. But i can only tell you that, you know, the cruise lines have con ten gin se plans. Contingency plans. First of all, some of these ships are huge. They can they are big. People need to wash their hands frequently, limit their persontoperson action, but the fear that these events could metastasize, and thats why these measures are being enacted now to protect the passengers. Can i just get you to tell us why you were on this love boat and what happened . Because theres a Guinness World record. Tell us real quickly. Sure, real quick. This is the love beat. So the captain was on board to officiate. Princess is known for love, and because this was valentines day week, they were going after the Guinness World record for most wedding vow renewals which i think it was 1443 couples were certified by guinness to be participating. It was actually on three ships, the re gal, the crown, and royal princess, and it was a lot of fun, and a lot of people participated. Again, in very good spirits, knowing full well that, you know, the coronavirus was out there on another ship, on the other side of the world. Uhhuh. You know, all i can tell you is it was really nice to see the actress who played vicki on the love boat were there. It was quite a festive experience. I can only imagine. The picture did show a lot of people there. Thank you very much for joining us. My pleasure. Shifting now to General Motors operations, the american automaker sending its australia and new Zealand Business to the junkyard. It will take a 1. 1 billion dollars charge as its right hand drive australian brand is scrapped. Also part of gms restructuring of its International Operations to exit unprofitable markets. It will also sell a thai plant to chinas great wall. We have gm at the close on friday, 1 1 2 percentage point lower. Here in the United States, it is a great time to buy a car, as president s day brings big sales. We take you straight to the lots when the claman countdown comes right back. Stay tuned. Tude of countries, where we get to know the people that drive a companys growth and gain new perspectives. 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I will show you some other toyota deals offered at deep discounts including the avalon, corona and sienna. Some deals outside of toyota, the gladiator, ford expedition, ram 1500 pickup, offered with 0 apr or rebates. In terms of the biggest sales month for dealerships in the holiday times, december is the biggest, of course with christmas and those old model years they are trying to sell. Then july, november. February doesnt even crack the top five, but the dealer here says incentives are just as good or better this month. A lot of people wait for the summer because it is Better Weather and they dont want to come out. If somebody needs a car, they will come out in february. They will get a better deal . They will get a better deal. Auto sales are down compared to say five years ago. Cars are getting more expensive, but as a result of that, dealers are offering more incentives than they ever have, like you mentioned, more than 4,000 in incentives last month. More than 4500 in december, according to jd power. Kristina . Grady, since you are there, i know the car dealership probably doesnt want you to admit this, but these deals are going to last throughout the month. It is not just this weekend; right . Yes, and they were happy to tell me that. Oh, okay. Were working today. A lot of people are working today. They said we have these deals going on all month. I think the bottom line is, as long as you buy a car sometime in the next couple of weeks, you will be happy and still get that deal. It looks pretty quiet behind you right now, but maybe it is just where you are standing. It is rainy and snowy outside, so im glad to be inside. Okay, grady, thank you very much, grady trimble, for your reporting, it was great. Lets move on. Up next, 2020 candidates making their pitches to the voters in nevada today ahead of this weeks vote. Election officials there trying to avoid of course the repeat of the tech breakdown that caused chaos in iowa. 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He is releasing a pair of new ads in the state as the state looks to avoid the technical problems that caused the chaos in iowa. Nevada wont be using the same voting app as iowa, but another state is embracing a new form of technology. Thats why we turn to brett larson in the fox business newsroom to tell