involving the doj s investigation of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the trump team has one more hour now to officially weigh in on unsealing the documents before a judge hears the case this afternoon. the doj is opposing their release. various media organizations including cnn are requesting that they be unsealed. also happening this morning, the trump organization s former chief financial officer allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the new york times reports that justice department has subpoenaed white house records in its investigation into january 6th. that s separate from the mar-a-lago search. and in georgia, rudy giuliani appeared before an atlanta-area grand jury for roughly six hours as the target, a target of the probe into efforts to subvert the election there. we want to circle back, though, to the case of the documents obtained at mar-a-lago. short time ago i spoke with donald trump s former impeachment lawyer davi
after months of sky high inflation, record gas prices and a looming recession, the economy is actually looking less lousy every day. cnn s chief business correspondent christine romans is here to explain. you sort of coined that phrase less lousy. let s start with the lousy. it is not very technical, less lousy. but people have been saying they feel so bad about the economy. where are we? a big problem here is inflation is still running too hot. we have seen some signs of peaking, we want to see that continue. year over year consumer prices, people when filling up their car, going out to eat, paying their rent, they re seeing these higher costs than last year and that s got them feeling pretty lousy. there is also signs, recent signs that the housing market, which has been very strong, is starting to cool off and headed for signs of trouble. these are home construction numbers down 10% in june. that is a big decline from june to year over year as well. i want to look at interest ra
time now for an early start on your money. alison kosik is with us. taking a look at stocks. we are seeing records for stocks. yesterday, the dow climbed 26 points to top the previous close are in march. s&p hitting a record for the third day in a row. it is looking like that momentum could continue today. stock futures are pointing higher. walmart and tjmaxx and home depot reporting before the bell. we will get a look at home construction numbers as well. the best city in the country for jobs is raleigh, north carolina. that s according to glass door. raleigh has almost 25,000 job openings for 1.2 million people. the median salary is $50,000. plus employees report high job satisfaction. also in the top five kansas
month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
profits for companies and they ll pass the savings on to us but the caveat here is that the numbers are merely an average so not necessarily every insurance company had lower costs. what about those markets? we are hearing about more mergers taking place. what s the response on wall street? yeah, we have more merger mania happening here on wall street, something wall street loves because it shows confidence in corporate america. the dow is up 64 points. yesterday we found out that duch cha boris is buying the new york stock exchange. we have a big farm merger in the works and strong reports from dell. we also have strong home construction numbers, so a lot to focus on for wall street and a lot of it is good today. good news, we appreciate that. now it is time to go cross country for stories cnn affiliates are covering. first stop, phoenix, this 84-year-old is in good shape,