hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. we are alive in ottawa. we re waiting to hear from the president himself. on this attack in syria. also just a few minutes ago. you can see him there in the back of him. that is trump attorney evan corcoran, arriving at a washington dc courthouse. he just entered the building. he is going to testify today before a grand jury in the mara lago classified documents probe and he will do so without the protection of attorney client privilege. first that we
are okay here. investors though, are a little skittish. i will say, though i m watching the interest rate gauges neck week. we re going to the pc. that s the fed s preferred. inflation gauge, and we ll see if that s cooled off a little bit. but mortgage rates have cooled off second week in a row that mortgage rates now 30 year fixed 6.42% which i think is sort of telling, and we re heading into the spring buying season. and so there is some actual optimism, maybe that mortgage rates could track with inflation expectations. and if we get inflation coming down that could put to give some relief december sleeping that optimism at the end because you don t want to be known as someone only brings back those bank stocks. i mean, it s going to be a tough day. a tough morning at least all the banks accident, even the big, well capitalized banks. it s just a confidence something you re looking for in terms of the banks. that would make people feel comfortable. is there some sign that would aler