Monica Ricks

Bloomberg's Doug Krisner reports.

And a potential crack in the bottom of a compromised chemical tank may prevent a feared explosion near Los Angeles.

The Orange County Fire Authority worked to contain it over the weekend after it overheated and leaked.

It forced more than 50,000 people to evacuate their homes.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa has now killed more than 200 people and it's spreading quickly with more than a thousand cases reported in Congo alone.

It's also raising a lot of questions now about the World Cup as teams and fans start to make their way to North America from all over the world.

This is Dr. Darian Sutton.

People are typically only contagious when they're symptomatic, but the U.S.

is taking extra precautions and implemented travel restrictions for anyone coming from that region and redirecting them to airports in Virginia, Texas and Georgia for health screenings.

Millions of Americans are kicking off the unofficial start of the summer travel season this Memorial Day by hitting the road despite higher energy prices and inflation.

Jody Lurie is a senior credit analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence and says people are prioritizing vacations.

People are still traveling and people are planning already to increase their budgets should costs exceed them.

Bloomberg's Jodi Laurie tells us cruise lines aren't hurting either, even with everything happening in the Middle East and numerous health scares like the hantavirus.

And a lot of people, a lot of Star Wars fans are heading to the movies this holiday weekend.

The Mandalorian and Grogu has been the highest grossing movie in the U.S.

and Canada, raking in $102 million in ticket sales over the last four days.

Sounds like a lot, but it's actually among the lowest debuts for a Star Wars flick since Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney in 2012.

And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

I'm Monica Ricks.

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