Luke Vargas

That's markets reporter Joe Wallace, who said that political uncertainty regarding Greenland and Venezuela, coupled with President Trump's latest threat of 100% tariffs on Canada, is pushing safe havens like gold and silver to new highs.

And that's it for What's News for this Monday morning.

Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

And until then, thanks for listening.

Natural gas prices soar as the U.S.

braces for an Arctic blast.

Plus, TikTok USA is here to stay.

And we'll go behind the no-buy January trend that's sweeping social media.

It's Friday, January 23rd.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

A winter storm bearing heavy snow, strong winds and bitter cold is descending upon the central U.S.

from the Dakotas to the Gulf, with its sights set on the East Coast in the coming days.

AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned drivers to take caution as ice accumulates on roads and said the storm was likely to affect a broad swath of the country from Texas to the Carolinas.

Utilities are bracing for the worst, wary of a repeat of a deadly 2021 winter storm in Texas that left millions without power for days.

And energy producers in some of America's largest oil and gas fields could see disruptions too, with traders anticipating that a large share of U.S.

production could become blocked in frozen wells precisely when heating demand is at its peak.

Energy reporter Julia Petroni said that comes as natural gas prices are already high.