governor intensifying and apparently costing the state thousands of jobs just days af before the republican is ex expecting to announce his campaign. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new u.s. message about the war in ukraine. a significant development as president biden is out there on the world stage right now and in a potentially very pivotal moment in the conflict. phil mattingly is with the president at the summit in japan. kn nic robertson is in eastern ukraine. phil, as the president prepares for this summit, the biden administration is signaling a major shift on ukraine. what can you tell us? yeah, wolf, it would be a significant development. the president is just a few hours away from starting the first day at the g-7 summit here meeting with leaders. leaders that have been integral to the steadfast support of ukraine since russia s invasion oaf the course f the year
133 points from its all-time high. how about that? the markets continue their march. meanwhile, disney refusing to pay ransom after hackers get ahold of the new pirates of the caribbean movie. the pirates aimed at his daughter sarah on saturday night live. we cover it all on varney and pane for you varney & company for yous which is about to given. ashley: and a quick look at the dow futures for you with. how about that? more green arrows. the dow showing it will be up 42 points or thereabouts at the opening, the s&p and nasdaq also up again after record closing highs yesterday. it just goes on and on. higher profit, by the way, in sales at home depot helped by a strong housing market. premarket up over 1%. nice quarter for home depot. a few more retailers reporting this morning, tjx and marshalls and home goods, weak sales and guidance. weak sales also at dick s sporting goods but encouraging sales at staples. up nearly 2%. all right, let s stay on the economy and
government would not be involved. washington would not know about it at all. but it is required that the state department pursue it not any statutory framework, but a series of order starting with presidents, starting in the 1950 s. most recently executive order 10 42 three was amended by the executive order reference in the first hour, executive order 113 -37. those orders designate the secretary of state to receive all applications for presidential permits for the construction, operation, or maintenance at the borders of the united states for facilitating transportation of petroleum products to or from a foreign country. just athe review is border crossing, the fact that the state department involved, allows the state department to review the environmental policy. a key to understanding the legal framework is to note that these are standing executive orders and they were not issued pursuant to a statutory grant and authority. congress did not legislate to create this pe
they aren t even located in all the locations they want to be. we just want to overwhelm them, and thrust things in their that they can t absorb. the airfields the same way. fairfield is the same way. us how thetell decision was made to not have treatedical personnel ebola directly, and do you have concerns about manning these ebola treatment units on the ground? there have been calls from doctors without borders that more people are needed, not just more facilities. i m not sure how the decision was made. the bottom line is, that is the position of the leadership area. it is the international community s role right now, that is where everyone is encouraging people to come forward to do that. that is where we stay to where adapt to whatally is going on on the ground. we are filling in demands that the international community needs us to do. that is for command and control. it is for engineering support. it is for logistics. that is where we are focusing our efforts. that
finally, jihadi john is revealed. he s the front man for unspeakably horrific isis beheading videos face covered, dressed in black. he holds a knife next to kneeling hostages taunting the entire world in perfect english with a british accent. now, u.s. officials confirmed that jihadi john is a kuwaiti born londoner named mohammad emwazi. we are learning more about his background and why the white house now sees him as a top target. that comes as shocking new video shows isis thugs ransacking an iraqi museum taking sledge hammers and jackhammers to priceless antiquities they called false idols and gods. our correspondents and analysts are all standing by. let s begin with our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, who has the very latest. we are learning now that u.s. lawmakers have been briefed on suspected americans in isis. this has been a long term concern and this is also happening as u.s. intelligence officials have increased their estimate of the number o