that s my line. we have got some headlines for you. let s begin here. big news this morning. ukraine s president volodymr zelenskyy heading in person the g7 summit in japan to meet face to face with president biden and other world leaders. also, that accused pentagon leaker is going appear in court in a few hours and former and current defense officials are expressing alarm that the young airman kept his job even after he was reported multiple times to commanders for mishandling class fight intelligence. disney delivered a huge $1 billion employee to ron desantis florida right before he is expected to announce a run for president. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we have been tracking developments really all morning out of japan this morning where white house now says president biden left dinner early with world leaders at the g7 summit to get an update on what is happening back in washington on the debt limit talks. the crisis in d.c. oversh
do you have any good news for us this morning? i think i do have good news. all right. this morning s number is 1.7% because existing home sale prices in april dropped 1.7% from april of 2022. that s the largest yearly drop since 2012. it s not the only place where we re seeing prices drop over the last year. look at the average nationwide gas price, a year ago it was $4.57 it s down to $3.54. remember egg prices were really, really high. the wholesale midwest egg cost, a large dozen, look at that, it was $5.46 in december, now it s 94 cents. we re seeing prices drop in a lot of places. if you are inside the white house their frustration is that they see something like this, but it s not showing up in poll numbers, it s not showing up in how americans view the economy. has that changed at all? i think it has changed. americans still view the economy negatively but when you ask them is the economy the nation s top