Together. Kwaer very excited to have them join us this morning. Tweet us with questions from them, as well. Joe, back over to you for some headlines. Okay, becky. Ill read these headlines with maybe a little bit of an echo. I mean, im its like so alone here. But, you know, its okay, i guess. Youre kind of with me, right . Hey, joe, guess who i have with me. Besides warren . Yeah. Can you take a shot, jerry . Oh, i know, i know, i already asked. Ive already asked for mac, yeah. You know how that take a shot of yep. Hi, joe. Ive told you, he completes me. Ive said that to him before. Yes, thats why i took him. Is it a leaky roof . I never know what it is. Sick dog, what is it this time . Its okay on, but i found out he was with you and at least hes doing something. Right. Usually hes just you know, let me get on to these stories here. I almost said some anyway, the major story dominating the markets are morning is coming out is ukraine. Russian forces have seized the Southern Area of cri
June 24th and then theres oil, wow, up 16 in two weeks and well talk about why you should expect sticker shock at the gas station in a few moments. First up, as we said, the dow closed yesterdays session up 118 points and thats back from may 28. Futures indicate we are likely to open above that level and charge toward the intraday high of 15. 542. This coming on the latest message of Monetary Policy delivered late yesterday. The dual mandate is to pursue maximum employment and price stability. Currently, zee an Unemployment Rate of 7. 6 which i think if anything, overstates the health of our labor markets. On price stability, inflation is 9 which is below our 2 objective and so both sides of our mandate, and both the employment side and the inflation side are saying that we need to be more accommodative. All right, jim. Lets kick this off here. A, lets just talk welcome back. Oh, thank you. Were going to talk about your vacation a little bit later. Our faces going to get ripped off tod