store. could a series of smash and dash robberies keep people away? good morning and welcome to a special thanksgiving friday edition of early start. i m christine romans. laura jarrett has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports this morning from hong kong, california, france, istanbul, capitol hill, rome and virginia as only we can. but we start with breaking news this morning from johannesburg. serious concern about a new coronavirus variant detected in south africa. scientists worried because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people. remember, lower vaccination rates allow the virus to mutate more easily. every unvaccinated person is a host for a new variant. this morning infections in south africa are dramatically up. markets ricochetting around the world. tokyo, shanghai, all down sharply. europe has opened up down sharply as well. in the u.s. stock index futures pointing to a very dim s
black friday. a new and alarming coronavirus variant has been detected in south africa. officials are praerg to brief the world health organization. scientists are correspond because it spreads rapidly and shows the ability to evade immunity. there have been a spike in cases the last several days in south africa. it is known as b 11529 has been detected in israel and hong kong. the united kingdom banned flights from six african nations starting today. and the eu is confirming it also plans to halt all air travel from southern africa. cnn correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us with this top story. we know the world health organization is planning to meet today to discuss whether they should label this a variant of concern. so what are you expecting right now? reporter: i am expecting that they likely will label it a variant of concern. but i want to make something clear. variants and mutations happen often, all the time, actually. most of them come and go and we don t take
26th. and i am brianna keilar with kaitlan collins in for john berman. i did a little bit of shopping online yesterday. i m not doing any right now during the show. don t worry. well, i did as well. so we re beginning with breaking news right now. officials in south africa are preparing to brief the world health organization about a new and alarming coronavirus variant that thief they are discovered. there s a lot of anxiety over this one because it spreads very quickly, and it is showing an ability to evade immunity. cases in south africa have been exploding the last week. it is currently known as b.1.1.529. it is being seen in israel and hong kong. the eu is confirming that it plans to halt all travel from south africa. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joining us with more on our top story. how worried, this particular one, how worried are you about it? you know, i think this is definitely one that you want to track and that you want to keep an e
But the tight end has caught seven now for the bills. the single season team record. he still has six more games to play. josh allen threw for four touchdowns. buffalo wins 34-6, new orleans s fourth straight loss. the match is back. it s the fifth generation of a charity golf event this afternoon. and this time it features one of the biggest rivalries in the game. brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau taking their long-running feud to las vegas for a 12-hole exhibition match. hall of famer phil mickelson, few-time winner, spoke to the guys ahead of the showdown. just know brooks and i have never been paired together in competition. on the pga tour or anywhere else. this is going to be the first time we re together playing against each other. you may see something pretty interesting in regards to the mental competition that we re going to play against each other. playing 12 holes is nice. it s better than playing 18 holes with bryson. anything to spend less time
Koepka and bryson dechambeau for a 12-hole exhibition match. two-time winner of the match. . just know brooks and i have never been paired together in competition on the pga tour or anywhere else. this will be the first time we re going to be together. playing 12 holes is nice. it is better than playing 18 holes with bryson. those referees were the star of that game, coy. new day is going to continue right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is black friday, november