florida. algae blooms threatening the east and west coasts and what they are doing to prepare. and taking to the streets protests and clashes with police in france as the president moves to raise the retirement age. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan and a milestone and potential troubling statement on a developing partnership of russia and china. xi jinping is traveling to moscow to meet with putin, and this is first trip since the launch of the war in ukraine. this is coming after cnn has learned that u.s. has intelligence that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia, and the u.n. has said that would kcross a red line. and turkey has said that their country would start the process to ratify finland s nato membership, and that is a significant move. nato requires the unanimous approval of its 30 members to start this move. let s start with will ripley on this trip that xi is planning for his trip to russia?
the investors not so much. a new snapshot of the economy out, and new consumer sentiment report. it fell for the first time in four months, and what is interesting to me is that the survey was mostly taken before the bank drama, and so this is inflation, and the consumers are a little bit concerned over the inflation, and americans are a little bit less confident than they were in the month before, and maybe angst about inflation is the little bit thing there, and rear-view mirror look, and the banking issues, the fire has been put out for now, and the embers are maybe burning, but the volatility in the stocks is one thing, but americans can be resting assured on this. i am having a hard time watching stock on this just forget it. and that is the long has been
big reason. it really is. his signature legislation. lack of leadership in washington at a time when you need to be we are doing everything we growing jobs. very concerning. can possibly do to get the this is a rear view mirror look, delayed report because of the websites working better, faster shutdown, carol. christine romans, reporting live from new york. sooner. we ve got people working let s turn to another financial expert for realities behind this overtime, 24/7, to boost capacity and address the morning s numbers. problems. monica mehta, frequent columnist experts from some of america s and the author of top private sector tech companies who, by the way, have entrepreneurial instinct. good morning, monica. seen things like this happen good morning, carol. can we find any comfort at before r they want it to work. all in these numbers? well, i think you re seeing they re reaching out. more of the same with these they re offering to send help. gary lauer is the ceo of