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It's Monday, May 4th. I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines, and business stories moving your world today.

President Trump has said the U.S. would begin guiding commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz today in an effort to unblock the waterway. But critics point to how

the plan doesn't involve naval escorts. Instead, Project Freedom allows for countries,

insurance companies, and shippers to coordinate in a bid to get traffic flowing through the

strait. For now, though, oil traders appear unconvinced it will resolve a supply crunch that has

sent prices soaring. Features tied to Brent crude rose above $109 a barrel this morning.

And those higher oil prices have led to a surge in fuel cost for airlines,

with the sector this weekend claiming its first victim of the war.

Spirit Airlines is shut down after bailout talks with the Trump administration failed.

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