seconds away now. Uh, in fact, about 5 seconds from housing data and Rick Santelli standing by at the CME in Chicago. Rick, are the numbers, please.>> Good morning, Joe. Yes, we're looking for housing starts for the month of July. Permits, just a preliminary first of two we'll get for July.Starts expected just a whisker under 1.3% million come in significantly stronger. 1,428,000. That is a nice jump uh from 1,321,000 which was last month and that well that was the lowest since the previous month which was ...

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>> The white House says it's working to schedule a meeting between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky. Joining us right now is the former NATO supreme allied commander, Wesley Clark. He's a retired four star army general and now chairman and CEO of consulting firm Wesley Clark and Associates and general.Let me just ask what you thought. I don't want to be leading the witness. What was your takeaway from what you've seen over the last 3 or 4 days.>> Well, I think it's a good thing that ...

We are working 24/7 and we are ready any time to push whatever aid that we have and we are trying our best to overcome any challenges. However, some challenges are not in our hands. Even the quantity allowed is not enough for the suffering that we have um in the strip.What we have uh introduced um in the time between the 27th of uh July till now are mainly food. So it's very hard to really find um um a reason why they are rejected. It's very hard when you know that you have the medicine and you can see the ...

An explosion rocked the cargo ship in Baltimore last night and it was near the sight of last year's key bridge collapsed. You can actually see a massive ball of flame there rising from the ship followed by a huge plume of thick black smoke. Thankfully, no one was hurt there.Coast Guard crews and Baltimore firefighters responded. They were able to put out those flames. The ship was carrying coal.The cause of that blast is still under investigation. ...

We got a broadcast deal to tell you about and a possible spoiler as well to talk about this morning. A short while ago, NextStar Media Group said that it's going to buy rival Tegna in a cash deal valued at $6.2% billion. The transaction still subject to regulatory approval and Tegna shareholder approval.Meanwhile, late yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reporting that Sinclair, one of the nation's largest owners of local TV stations, wants to merge its TV business with Tegna. So there's a lot going on here ...

The US Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against a ticket reselling operation for allegedly using illegal tactics to bypass security protocols and purchasing limits. The government says that violates the Better Online Ticket Sales Act. The agency filed the lawsuit yesterday against the company Key Investment Group, which operates sites like Epic Seats and Total Ticket.com. The FTC alleges that the company used fake accounts to buy more than 379,000 tickets from Ticket Master for mega popular e ...

Good to have you with us this morning. I'm Joe Frier >> and I'm Savannah Sers. Thanks for starting your Tuesday with us. We are going to begin our show in Washington where President Trump is taking steps to arrange a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine in an effort to end the three and a halfyear war between the two countries. >> Several top European leaders joined Ukraine's President Zalinski at the White House yesterday. It was a show of unity aimed at urging President Trump to push ...

>> To be more than just sleep. Trapeze. I mean, I'm going to get a anyway.Joining us now, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. You never know what you're going to hear before you come on. Mr.. Treasury Secretary, it's always a pleasure to have you on. Good morning. >> Morning, Joe.>> We have talked in the past about whether you wear different hats. And you have always said, I wear the Treasury secretary hat, but can we talk about the meeting yesterday, the with the European leaders and with President Zelensky. ...