again hinted at a 2024 presidential campaign. and on capitol hill, congress is up against the clock. lawmakers have a lot they want to get done before their summer break. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the latest in the justice department s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter tell the washington post that federal prosecutors have now turned their attention to donald trump. two sources tell the paper that in recent days two top aides to vice president mike pence were asked before a grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who took part in the scheme to replace certified biden electors with a slate of the former president s allies. according to the post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december, 2020, and janua
two stocks at the open today. microsoft and alphabet. microsoft in afterhours trade yesterday saw its shares rise almost 4%. the company issued up beat revenue outlook for the year. revenue and earnings did miss for the fourth quarter. but that was because of a strong dollar. and also they reported that microsoft s cloud unit, which includes azure, saw revenue rise about 20%. pretty up beat there. alphabet missed on both the top and bottom lines but investors seem to take comfort in the strong performance from google search. shares in alphabet also rose after hours. so i don t think you can play from over there in the uk, but your family back here in massachusetts will want to hear about this, just the third time ever the mega millions jackpot crossed the $1 billion threshold. the grand prize in friday night s drawing will be an estimated $1.02 billion after no one won last night s drawing.