countries to initiate a travel ban followed quickly by the 27 nation european union moving to contain the variant. taking no chances before it spreads around the world. the ripple effect has been swift with emergency meetings of health officials and the stock market plunging. the dow down 8 00 points at the open. 900 now. the world health organization meanwhile is urging caution on travel bans and u.s. health officials say while a ban is possible, it is too soon to know. well, i mean, obviously as soon as we find out more information, we ll make a decision as quickly as we can. you always put these things on the table, but you don t want to say you re going to do it until you have scientific reason to do it. that s the reason why we re rushing now to get that scientific data to try and make an informed decision about something like that. you re prepared to do everything you need to do to protect the american public, but you want to make sure there s a basis for doing that
an apology, in just the last couple hours, why congresswoman laura boebetter is saying sorry, the uncovered takeover plot staged for next week. big changes for businesses, companies are trying to stock up in the supply chain crisis. almost two-thirds of americans have started shopping already. i m hallie jackson in washington. it s good to be with you. it s a busy one, we got breaking news, those new travel restrictions that will go into effect in just a few days from now, just put in place by if white house. we have a new statement from president biden. we got our teams all over it. nbc news foreign correspondent is with us and dr. susannah hills and pediatric surge surgery at colombia university. tell us about the plans coming from folks overseas. reporter: hey, holly, the u.s. has become the latest company to have imposed travel restrictions on south africa and seven other african countries. why? because this new variant just named today omni chrome, the who ray signs
worried about their finances. a new gallup poll finding 40% are concerned about how they re going to pay their bills. more than half now worried about how they will maintain their standard of living. welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we have fox team coverage, susan li on the market and its fall out and madison alworth on consumers that just want out. susan? charles, almost $10 trillion in stock market losses this year. that s half the u.s. economy wiped out in five months. we re looking at the lowest levels in a year on wall street. investors selling a again today on fresh concerns that china s covid look downing will meet supply disruptions and keep inflation elevated for some time that will force the federal reserve to raise rates quickly and sharply in the short term. possibly the most aggressive pace of rate increases since the 1980s. that means investors are selling off heavyweight technology shares again, which have outperformed the
the fire a chilling message sprayed on the side of the building. if abortions aren t safe, then you aren t, either. bill: churches brace for a threatened mother s day protest. pro-choice protestors gathered in cities nationwide and outside the homes of supreme court justices saturday night. dagen: in a statement yesterday a white house officials defended the fundamental right to protest but said the president condemns violence and vandalism after criticism like this from senator ted cruz. it was shameful the white house refused to condemn violent protestors threatening the families of the supreme court. it is disgraceful and joe biden used to be chairman of the judiciary committee. joe biden knows it is disgraceful and literally threatening the lives of these justices by the mob they are unleashing. mark thiessen. the white house doubled down on peaceful protests and warning protestors not to intimidate. things did get ugly over the weekend. take a look in madison
first here on a friday morning, todd piro. carley: secretary general describing ukraine as epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain. matt finn has the breaking news, matt. good morning, carley, todd, ukraine with a widespread missile attacks across the country late wednesday night, explosions heard around key event to the west. also on the border of belarus in the south. here in lviv an air raid alert for at least one hour last night as well. it is worth noting that earlier this week on monday ukraine s national railway with five missile strikes near train tracks shortly after u.s. secretary of state and secretary of defense visited ukraine in a visit. the missile attacks after the u.n. secretary general antonio with the destruction around kyiv yesterday. this is observed at the end the 26 entry. there is no way it can be acceptable in the 21st century. look at that. spoke with president lou jasinski dome accident next to linsky with an endless war which he calls a gr