scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion. and we were told today to fight the variant more than ever before. the best protection against this new variant or any of the variance out there the ones we have been dealing with already is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot. dana: but the doctor in south africa who discovered the variant said the world could be overacting. what we are observing is moral cases. there is nothing significant that says we are moving into a program moving forward. dana: president biden with hypocrisy over the travel ban and the candidates accuse president trump of being xenophobic with a ban on china during the pandemic. but the white house says it is not the same this time. what the president was critical of was the way the former president put outcome i believe a vehicle, a tweet on how he called the coronavirus and who he directed it at. the president has not been critical of travel restrictions.
the united states congress has begun a year long investigation into whether or not major oil companies have deceived americans about the effects that burning fossil fuels has on the environment. today, for the first time, executives from exxon mobil, shell oil, bp america and chevron answered questions about climate change under oath, the hearing was chaired and had this question. in hearing was chaired and had this cuestion. 3 hearing was chaired and had this cuestion. j~ ., ., , question. in 1982, && one exxon s most senior question. in 1982, && one exxon s most senior scientists question. in 1982, && one exxon s most senior scientists wrote - question. in 1982, && one exxon s most senior scientists wrote a - most senior scientists wrote a private letter to the s management and put in the record he said there was a scientific consensus about the impact of increased dioxide on the climate. and there was unanimous agreement in the scientific community that dumping carbo
deliveries. some cargo ships are left floating offshore for months at a time. bill: big retailers chartering their own ships. small businesses in america are forced to wait it out on their own. no bigger problem for our business than that issue right now. you can t get the product. so as you mentioned we did beyerl on into the pandemic and it proofed to be a good decision. we can t get product now. it s just sprinkling compared to what it normally would have been. it is twice as expensive because of shipping costs. we ve refunded more money than we have in the history of our company but used it as an opportunity. if people want their money back i say no problem. we re ready to give it back to them. i m call them when it comes in. if they want it i ll sell it to them and give them a discount because they waited. dana: cheryl casone is here with analysis. first let s go to long beach, california where we find william la jeunesse standing by for us this morning. it is ge