search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
well, the earnings signs are not that positive. stock futures are trading slightly in negative territory. of course, the focus will be on retail earnings today. we get results out of home depot and walmart, as it is built on some gains yesterday, and we had strong results of this, three major indices, the dow actually breaking through the 200 day moving average to the upside, the high test has been since april. the highest it has been since april. a big result there. it was propelled by some of the stronger performance in consumer discretionary and consumer staples and communications space. walmart has reached an exclusive deal to offer its members the streaming app paramount plus for free. tell us what s behind this. that is right, so walmart has reached an agreement with paper, to start offering paramount plus, the streaming service, on its own membership site, walmart plus. now, walmart plus was launched two years ago, and it is in