in better than better-than-expe cted, the market good love if futures way up right now, we have the latest moments ago, us secretary of state antony blinken suggested that hamas is moving the goal posts on ceasefire and hostage hostage negotiations. >> so where do things stand now and just in italian media reporting, the pope tuesday, homophobic slur behind closed doors again, this is a second and consecutive months sara sidner is out. i'm john berman with kate baldwin in this is cnn news central all right the breaking. news that type of in-flight inflation data that a lot of people were hoping for. let's get right to cnn's rahel solomon with the very latest on this. what are the numbers show real? >> yeah, john, it may be somewhere outside, but it is cooling off in the inflation report, at least this inflation report. so this is cpi, the

consumer price index. and what it shows is a better-than-expec ted measure on really every level, john. so let's talk about headline annual inflation that came in at 3.3%. this index increasing at 3.3% that is better than we saw the month prior. that is better than economists were expecting when you look at it on a monthly basis. and we haven't seen a figure like this since july of 2022. i want to say, and so inflation did not increase on a monthly basis. you like to see that now cpi is a basket of goods and services and the government sort of measure jurors that the price difference over time. so that's what we're talking about here. but john, even if you were to remove volatile categories, categories like food categories like energy, you get what's called core inflation. and this is a better underlying indicator of inflation and what the federal reserve has control over that also came at better-than-expected, both on ahead blind annual basis and on a monthly basis, really quickly to talk about some of the sectors which we're showing you here. gas prices, energy prices, those fell, food prices

did tick up slightly ever so slightly and shelter, which has been especially stubborn has also increased in the month widget continues to do. now, let me tell you why futures are popping on this news are so happy about the zoo's investors welcoming this news with open arms because john, as you might remember earlier this year, we had a string not sure if the dow is correct because a moment ago when i saw the dow, it was actually up about 220 points, so we'll work on that for you. but the reason why futures were largely up, at least they were a few moments ago, is because we had gotten a string report after report after report, whether it was inflation, whether it was a labor market that was coming in stronger than expected? what that did those hot reports essentially through water on the idea that we might see rate cuts anytime soon. >> and so you get a report like this. >> i'll pull it up here. you get a report like this from the bls, which suggests that, okay, inflation is starting to cool again, it is starting to

accommodate, be accommodating. well, that and puts rate cuts back on the table. there are four right. meetings. the rest of this year after this meeting, we will obviously here from jay powell and about six hours. but after this meeting, there are four meetings and so do we see more than one rate cut again? and so it just makes that conversation more active again because after these really hot inflation reports, it started to feel like, well, maybe we won't get any rate cuts or maybe we will only get one. >> and so we're back in the game, john, for all of those who were hoping for a rape gut, they are back in the game after a report like this, back in the game inflation slows down more than expected. >> what people want to see were hell solomon, thanks so much for explaining it so well, thank you. >> so president biden is headed to italy today. he's about to take off. you can see air force one right there. he's headed to italy for the g7 summit. there biden will be sitting down with world leaders with huge issues on the agenda, including the israel-hamas war. and moments ago, secretary of state tony blinken made his first substantive remarks after hamas

offered its response to the us backed hostage and ceasefire deal approved by the un security council. this week. listen to tony blinken hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal that was on the table. we discussed those changes last night with depression colleagues and today with the prime minister some of the changes are workable some are not blinken, not immediately providing detail on what changes hamas once what the numerous changes are that they're proposing, seen as robertson is in italy ahead of the g7 summit. >> and nick tony blinken when out of his way to say g7 liters are among those who have all voiced their support for this hostage and ceasefire deal yeah, they have. >> so when they meet here where president biden everyone gets into town late tonight and i began meeting tomorrow perhaps this is not going to be a

central ticket item on the planned agenda. but because of the bumps and the road getting to where we're at on these talks that egypt and qatar interlocutors on. undoubtedly, there's gonna be some discussion about how the g7 nations can help me please the ball forward because the narrative has been put pressure on hamas, put pressure on hamas it doesn't matter which diplomats in which country you're talking to either in the region or in europe that's the narrative at the moment. so you will have here the leaders of the ua and turkey who are not members of the g7, but will be undoubtedly consulted in conversations about how they can use their influence over hamas luck. we know that they're hamas leaders, the political leaders who live outside of gaza so they've been to turkey, they've met with president erdogan, the uae. has, has an influence in the region as well. saudi arabia, crown prince it's mohammed bin salman's still not clear as of

yesterday because of the health of the king back in saudi arabia, whether or not he'll be here, but he's also invited and a key stakeholder and the humanitarian support and the rebuilding of gaza when there's a piece they'll, so these countries do have implements and do have a voice. so perhaps there'll be brought into the conversation, but it's not clear how they are actually going to leverage hamas who have already been under a lot of pressure already, who are clearly holding out for they think they're in a better position. we heard that indicated from the hamas leader yahya sinwar he thinks that they have israel, right where they want them according to documents seen by the wall street journal. so it's not clear what pressure can be applied, but conversations here that will be the question asked, how do we do and how do we move the ball forward? >> yeah, quite a moment in this one of many important issues that the world leaders are going to be hitting on great to have you, nick, thank you so

much, john. >> with us now, max boot, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, washington post columnist and the author of reagan, his life and legend, max, it is great to see you. i just want to read you again with the secretary just said because his words were carefully chosen and i think reflect the moment we're in the ceasefire and hostage discussions. the secretary said you get to a point where if one side continues to change its demands, including making demands on insisting on changes for things that had already accepted you have to question whether the proceeding and good faith or not. he says hamas is changing as demands. he says, the gaps he thinks are bridged able. but what do you make this? >> well, i'm doubtful that the gaps are actually bridge evolving. we've seen this going on for many months where the us has been searching for a ceasefire. it seems like there's progress being made, but at the end of the day, it falls through on in this case, it's falling through because of hamas and obviously israel it gets a lot of international criticism and understandably so because of all the civilian casualties being inflicted in gaza, but let's listen to what

secretary blinken, president biden, and other g7 liters are saying, which is that right now, the fault lies with hamas. they could stop the war tomorrow if they would just agree to these ceasefire terms. they refuse to do so because as nic robertson was pointing out there's every indication that the hamas leadership thinks that's in their interest to see more dead palestinians, because that puts more pressure on israel. >> this proposal has the weight of un approval. you also think egypt, qatar, other nations, or more invested. seems like they're more invested in at this time maybe then they had been before. does that have any soy with hamas? >> sure doesn't look like it. i mean uis sinwar, who is hiding probably in some tunnel and in gaza has just rejected these terms. and the biden administration had some hopes that they could use egypt and qatar and other arab states to pressure him clearly, it has not worked. sinwar is playing his own game and he doesn't seem to care how many palestinians pay the price for continuing this war?

>> so president biden on his way to europe right now for these g7 meetings hell of a lot is going on in europe over the last few days. these european parliament elections where the far-right parties have done very well extremely well in countries like france where emmanuel macron has called the snap elections. how do you think that will impact? the discussions over the next few days? >> well, clearly this is going to be something that all of the g7 liters can commiserate over aside, of course, from prime minister meloni, the host of italy, who is herself from the far-right. so she doesn't see this as a threat. i would just put what happened in europe and a little context, john, which has yes, the big story certainly from france in particular, is the very strong showing of the national rally, the far-right party. but keeping having it all in perspective, they're also a lot of countries where the far-right did not do so on that end of the day, the far-right is stilled, only going to be something like the fifth largest party in the european parliament. it's still the center right? in the center left, which are the largest party. so let's not exaggerate and let's keep in mind that and in a few weeks time in the uk the labour party is almost

certain to win a massive landslide election victory. so i would not say that the far-right is taking over all of europe, but clearly they are resurgent in france and germany in particular. and that is something that is of mutual concern not only to president biden, but his fellow g7 liters, in part because so many of these far-right parties are sympathetic to russia. some of them have been financed by russia. and so they are not going to continue to support ukraine if they reach power you have this book on ronald reagan, which is so interesting in such an interesting moment because president biden for the anniversary of d-day, the 80th anniversary, just spoke in places and spoke in ways very reminiscent of where and how ronald reagan spoke 40 years ago in a way. >> and i don't think it was a mistake. i think this is very much on purpose suggesting that his foreign policy binds is much more similar to ronald reagan's than donald trump's is to ronald reagan's. yeah. so and i don't think that was a coincidence. that was the message you wanted to convey without coming out what i'm saying so and it's one of

these great ironies of history. in 1984 when, when ronald reagan was in europe for the 40th anniversary of d-day and gave of course, is very famous speech about the boys upon to hawk. he was really talking about the need for transatlantic unity for strengthening nato in the face of the soviet threat. and now president biden is trying to deliver a very similar message about strengthening nato in the face of the russian threat knowing of course that ronald reagan's own party has largely abandoned the very positions that he espoused in the 19. and i think he's trying to drive home. the fact that in fact, as you say, his foreign policy has a lot more in common with ronald reagan's than it does with donald trump's next food. great to see you looking forward to reading the book, i appreciate it. >> all right a special election overnight with the republican candidate underperforms where donald trump was before. so how significant? >> is that and then a supreme court ruling, could that end up helping hunter biden after his conviction on doug charges?

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and discovery and stream on max this morning, hunter biden is a convicted felon. he is expected to appeal his conviction on these felony gun charges, and is supreme court ruling on a separate case. might be in his favor, or at least it's certainly something his lawyers are going to cite. let's get right to cnn senior supreme court analyst joan biskupic, the author of nine black robes out now in paperback so what are hunting a hunter? biden's lawyers looking at when it comes to the suffering in court sure. >> good to see you, john. it's just a coincidence that right now this case of hunter biden will be proceeding on appeals as the us supreme court is clarifying the rules for when a defendant can challenge a federal gun regulation right now, the justices are resolving just what those standards should be and the whole or deal with the court traces to a ruling two years ago that greatly expanded second amendment gun rights. the

justices world in a way that said that a gun regulation could be upheld only if it's part of america's historical tradition of firearm regulation. that is very high standard to make meat. and it's also a confusing standard for lower court judges who have tried to look at what about gun possession for someone who was a drug addict or a drug user as in hunter biden's case, or in the case the justices are deciding right now, what about someone who is is subject to a domestic violence restraining order and under federal law would be prohibited from owning a firearm that individual man by the name of rahimi has challenged the case. the justices are now deciding and john, they could even give us an answer as soon as tomorrow. and the question is, how does that standard from two years ago tied to the historical tradition of firearm regulation, play out. now for what you would think would be more modern regulations, for example, for someone subject to

a domestic violence restraining order. so we'll get more clarity from the justices. on that part of federal firearms law. but at the same time, there's also a case up there that really is similar to a hunter biden's where a defendant is challenging a part of the federal law that prohibits gun possession for someone who either was a drug user or addicted to drugs at the time. and a lower court has ruled that under the supreme court's test of two years ago, that federal law can cannot be enforced. the federal government is defending that law in the case of another defendant not at all related to the hunter biden case. but as you can see, john, however, the justices begin to clarify this will affect how hunter biden might be able to appeal his gun conviction, john? >> yeah. no question about that. the lawyers we pouring through the ruling word by word jump is keep a great to see this morning. thank you. kate. >> and joining us right now is

democratic strategists keith boykins. he's a former clinton white house aide and cnn senior political commentator, david urban, republican strategist and former trump campaign adviser, david, there is the legal reaction and the legal future when it comes to hunter biden's case. and then there's the political reaction to this case. i want to play for you how the room so get republican house speaker reactant to this verdict but mr. speaker, you've been saying two tier system of justice for some time. >> here's the president said, be convicted on three counts as that undercut your client it doesn't every case is different and clearly the evidence is overwhelming here. i don't think that's the case and the trump drop and then there's this from james comer. today's verdict is a step toward accountability, but until the department of justice investigates, everyone involved in the purported scheme, mr. comer said statement, it will be clear. >> department officials continue to cover for the president reiterating what remains baseless claim that

president biden has been involved in bribery scheme. david is, yes, but a strong strategy on the tail of this now a look, i think that is case stands by itself if republicans just can't acknowledge that the justice was served here, this case was brought. it was a strong case, a hunter biden faces yet another case coming up september 5, he's being tried just as anyone else would be tried i think that it's just it's reality. there are two things can be true here, kate donald trump was found guilty by a jury in new york, which was overwhelmingly voted against donald trump in the general election, and 100 biden was found guilty in a state where his family is love and beloved. i mean, you saw the jurors the jury pool here. lots of folks ties to the biden

family, and he was convicted. so i don't believe that the statement by the by the speakers hundred percent correct. that there are two systems of justice here. i think this case kind of illustrates that point. if the president had something to do with it, you think it let his son is lost, one son to tragic death and he's got a sudden now whose face some serious, serious substance abuse issues clearly what it put his thumb on the scale if he could've right to preclude this from happening, and it didn't happen. so i think republicans need to figure out a different talking point. for this specific case. >> yeah. qizan apply for you then reaction from democratic congressman jamie raskin on how his take on how democrats are responding. listen to this and i'm not heard a single democrat anywhere in the country cry fraud cry fixed, cry, rigged a cry. kangaroo court. you don't hear a single

peep out of any democrats saying that why we believe in the rule of law when they go low, we go high is the oldest new strategy going to work for democrats when it comes to this contrast between donald trump and his response, and the democrat response to what happened with hunter biden is stark and dramatic. >> it's a reflection of what american politics excuse to be where we believed in the rule of law and we respect to the outcomes of jury trials. that's what a president and a presidential candidate. it was supposed to do the idea that donald trump was accusing biden of weaponizing the legal system against him in a case in new york that biden had nothing to do with this is outrageous and david urban made the point, i think precisely that why would he, of all people in the hunter biden case, if why would you because some republicans, by the way, when making the argument that somehow biden is using this case to prosecute hunter biden to somehow suggested that means that he's doing hello, guys donald trump junior being one of them. yeah.

right. >> it somehow they misused. do we it because he wants to prove that the system is fair. >> it's double back yeah. and it's so complicated, it's even hard for me to explain and it just doesn't make any sense and it why would he prosecutors own sunday to prove the point? why would he make a sudden the fall guy to prove a point doesn't make any sense. the other point is just ridiculous is that they keep moving the goal post because at first they were saying that he would never be you've never been prosecuted than he was prosecuted. then they said he would never be convicted in part because they said because they were black jurors and the black jurors would never convict a biden in delaware. >> and now they're making up other conspiracy theories. >> i think david urban is right that they need to move on and start talking about things that we can actually make sense for the american people. like, what are you going to do about, about jobs they're gonna be about wages and health care and where they're going to do about housing and things that people care about. not about donald trump trials. >> david irvin making sense, not on my show. that's not allowed data urban oh, come on i was just gonna say real

quickly there were some people yesterday or the day before talking about how this case wouldn't be brought against hunter biden if he wasn't the president's son? >> hey well be true, but i think at the same time i need to acknowledge that what what your colleague fareed zakaria hit publicly stated that the case in new york city, what had been brought against donald trump, if if the defendant wasn't named donald j. trump. so i think that instance both things can be true as well. >> yeah. david, this morning, we are seeing the power of donald trump's endorsement truly, i mean, after it was put to the test and big republican primaries last night, six candidates, these six candidates all endorsed by trump, all victorious. so here you're going to do our price door number one. this is a sign that trump's endorsement carries more weight even though his rocking endorsement record has more to do with general election, not primary is carrying more weight now, nor number two, trump has gotten better at picking winners, meaning he's actually listening to his strategies and tacticians around him were

doing number three, something else altogether i like three, i like all three of them. kate there's just like do i have to pick what i think look, i think he's gotten better at picking winners. i think his endorsement matters now more than ever, his popularity is soaring is through the roof poll after poll shows that donald trump it's not just dominating in republican polling, is dominating across the nation and especially in republican primaries. and three, candidates matter when you have good candidates running in elections, they win. and so in these republican primaries, trump, donald trump has been with the help of some allies and colleagues, bint picking better candidates. it's time endorsing better candidates. they have better candidates running and his populated is an all-time high. so i think all three-year points are valid. kate door number all i didn't give you an all of the above choice, so i don't know where this ends. again, david urban not making

sense is where we're going to end this program. >> it's good to see you both biggies alleged keep it's great to see you so coming up for us secretary of state antony blinken, speaking out for the first time on the moss response to the us backseat ceasefire deal deal. blinken now questioning whether hamas is negotiating in good faith. >> his words, even as he holds out, hope that the gaps are bridge the vote next hour to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress what's at stake

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changes were put forth by hamas. some of them are workable and some of them are not clearly trying to strike a tone of hopefulness, but also frustrated with the fact that hamas has come back questioning their legitimacy, how seriously they are engaging in these talks, because some of the things that they have put forth in this counterproposal here. the changes they are proposing are positions that they have previously taken and effectively the united states believed that they had moved on from that point, but the secretary of state made it clear that they are determined to try and bridge the gaps here, the secretary said in his view, they are bridged able, but he's just not sure if there'll be able to get there, but made the case that a deal here is in the benefit of both the palestinians and the israelis listen to what he said single most effective and most immediate way to end the suffering of people in gaza to end the suffering if palestinians and israelis like

to tackle the humanitarian assistance crisis to prevent the conflict from further escalating and spreading to other places. >> is to get a ceasefire that allows us to get to work toward a more durable end to the conflict here again, qatar has been a tireless pardon? during the prime minister personally a tireless partner in working to mediate a ceasefire now he said that in the coming days they're going to be engaged in what he called an urgent push to try and get both of these sides to bridge the gaps. >> and also in the coming weeks, he said that the united states and the there partners, it has been working with are going to roll out proposals for the day after plans in gaza with regard to governance and how gaza will look after this conflict is over. he said that will be key if they're going to be able to take a ceasefire and make it into an enduring peace. but of course, john, in order to get there, they've got to get a ceasefire agreement and they simply are not there today

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so there might be. an uneasy feeling for republican leaders in the house at this moment. do they have the votes they are due to vote on a rule to hold attorney general merrick garland a inke contempt for violating subpoenas, but the count might not be going their way or is it let's get the very latest from cnn's lauren fox. you've been assigned to go count those votes. lauren, where things stand right now? >> yeah it's been a moment to moment situation. we did hear from republican leaders as they were entering their gop conference meeting this morning, steve scalise the majority 40 liters said it's really important that republicans get this passed, get this out of their chamber today. >> he said that that is the hope that is the expectation.

meanwhile, tom emmer her would not say whether or not the votes were there. he of course, is the republican vote counter that is his gig and he made clear that they plan to vote today, but he would not let's say whether or not the votes would be there. you're going to expect that behind closed doors as we speak, republicans are wrestling with what to do. there had been some concern but there might be some moderates who were on the fence and leaning against voting for this proposal. but again, it just all matters because of such a narrow majority 40 in the house, the speaker can only afford to lose two republican votes. that means they have to count very carefully when they have these close votes coming to the floor. so we'll see whether or not they ultimately put that on the florida de the rule vote happening at 10:30 a.m. john and looking at them, i don't mean to be glib here, but counting is hard. it has been hard for this particular group of republican leadership, but that's because of the way the members have been behaving on fox. thanks so much. keep us posted. news is say, okay, this

morning there's also some welcome news on the inflation front, consumer prices rose 3.3% in may compared to a year earlier, slowing even from april's rate of cooling off and on a monthly basis, prices were flat, slower, which means better pace than april. this read on the us economy also is coming just hours before the federal reserve makes its latest interest rate announcement. meaning this is a big day on the us economy front, joining me now is one of president biden's top economic aids. well brainard. she's the director of the national economic council. little thank you for being here with the full understanding you all take a lot of qarrah, to not weigh in on the fed and respect the feds independence would you expect the data out just this morning to have a demonstrable impact on what we learn this afternoon yeah. >> so i don't speak about the fed's policymaking the president respects the independence of the federal reserve. i will say that today's report on inflation,

which showed zero inflation in the month an inflation down by two-thirds is welcome news, particularly for families that are feeling squeezed by the cost of living grocery prices down or flat for four months in a row and gas prices below $3.50 at the pump, those are prices that are very important to american families and you're talking about how families are feeling squeezed. >> and in general, when it comes to the us economy how people feel about the economy is a huge issue it, but how they feel about the overall economy, how they feel about their personal economy. the president's approval rating, and how people feel about the economy remains underwater. we've showed, we're going to show everyone a graphic kind of tracking his approval on the economy over the course of the year really, from since march of last year. >> and now it's kind of remaining in the low 30s. >> if the data is showing

improvement and that is what you see with this report today. why aren't people feeling it the. >> president knows that families have been true. a lot with the pandemic inflation went up with the pants no and he knows that the cost of living is just too high for a lot of families. and he is fighting really hard to lower those was costs and health care, of course, he secured important legislation bringing the cost of prescription drugs down like on insulin to $35 a month. those are real savings. grocery prices. he's been calling on grocery chains to bring prices down. they've kept their profit margins pretty high in now you see grocery stores answering the call price reductions on thousands of items. grocery prices flat or down from the past few months same on gas prices where we are seeing

record production and gas prices coming down, going into the summer driving season. but look, we know for that in coming months, that's the kind of choice that's going to be in front of us whether to keep fighting, to lower costs for middle-class americans, which is at the center of the president's agenda or to be fighting for tax cuts for the ultra wealthy and corporations that's really where the republicans are focusing with all the data that you all are tracking. would you say that the us economy has achieved a soft landing? >> so i would certainly say, if you look at where we are today with inflation down by two-thirds and continuing to come down unemployment below 4% for the longest period in 50 years, robust growth very high levels of investment meant factory construction. those are

all positives, but we really need to keep working on bringing costs down. that's going to be our focus in terms of grocery, housing, gas prices, health care. that's what's going to be important to american families. >> so you're saying you don't think think a soft landings yet been achieved or you're not comfortable saying, yeah so i think that we have achieved good labor market more imbalanced and inflation coming down, but we have more work to do and so we're going to keep working to keep the labor market at the good place that he is today and continue to bring costs down because we have more work to do there ai is a topic. >> biden is going to be discussing g7 liters in italy. it's also a big topic when it comes to ai's future impact on the us economy and jobs. sam altman, who is the founder of openai, he said last month later, one of the the things that annoys me most about people who work on ai is when

they stand up with a straight face and say, this will never cause any job elimination. this is just an additive thing. this is just about to be great. all been says, all been goes on to say this is going to eliminate a lot of current jobs. this is going to change the way that occur that a lot i'm current jobs function and this is going to create entirely new jobs that always happens with technology what are you planning for on this front and elimination of how many jobs on balance yes. >> so this is an area where the president was really outfront early on lead in the g7. on recognized seeing the promises of ai. but also that there are some downsides to ai and to put a framework in place where we really we grapple with those comprehensively put safeguards in place. and in particular, on workers thought it was very important to work with labor leaders business leaders, to come out with some principles

about how to make sure that ai enables workers. workers are trained aim to take advantage of ai tools to enhance their work enhance their productivity. but that there are safeguards against, for instance surveillance that would impinge on privacy and that workers are given an opportunity to use ai tools as opposed to seeing the kind of displacement impacts. so i don't have updated estimates, but i will say we put out a set of principles and we're going to want to work with labor, with business leaders to integrate ai in ways that american workers have the capability to use ai to enhance their jobs and their productivity low, brandon from the white house. >> thank you so much for coming up so far. pope francis facing new criticism today after he allegedly repeated a homophobic

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most anticipated moment of this lecture and the stakes couldn't be higher. the president and the former president one stage to vary different visions for america's future. >> this cnn presidential debate thursday, june 27th, nine live on cnn and streaming on max knew this morning the pope is drawing criticism after he allegedly used a homophobic slur again, but some italian media is reporting that he was quoting a phrase said by a monsignor. let's get right to cnn, vatican correspondent christopher lamb with the latest on this. what are you hearing well john, these remarks from the pope are causing quite as surprising as because he's a reported two views, the same anti-gay slur that the apologize for two weeks ago. >> so this is causing a lot of surprise. now there is, as you mentioned, some context to this italian newspaper corriere

della sera is saying the pope was effectively quoting back in this meeting with priests, quoting back what a monsignor, a senior member of the clergy, had told him. now, look, there are some people in the vatican and the church say francis, who's 87, is a little bit like an uncle or a grandfather who says an inappropriate remarks at the dinner table, but doesn't completely understand the offensive nature of what he's saying. that nevertheless, this is difficult for francis because he is the pope who said, when it comes to gay people, who am i to judge, he's offered blessings to same-sex couples. he's modeled are very different approach for the church when it comes to lgbtq plus catholics. and so the reports of these remarks and they are just reports because we haven't gotten an official transcript from the meetings. but the reports, these remarks are damaging to the pope's efforts, which have been very sustained over the

last few years. now, i asked the vatican for response. they put out a statement about the meeting, but the pope allegedly made these remarks and they said, and i quote, the pope spoke of the danger of ideologies in the church and return to the issue of the admission into seminaries of people with homosexual tendencies, reiterating the need to welcome and accompany them into the church and the prudential indication of the digraphs for the clergy. so the vatican saying this was about the admission of priests or men into the seminary. but of course these questions of this reported remarks are damaging for france's efforts when it comes to lgbtq plus catholics. john all right a lot going on there. christopher lamb. thank you very much for that now, a beef over imitation beef major league eating, which is a real thing and is the organization that oversees the famous july 4 nathan's hot dog eating contest and coney island. >> now says joey chestnut is out this year all over his sponsorship deal with

impossible foods, the league apparently has a long-standing rule that competitors cannot represent rival brands even if, even if it is imitation beef. joey chestnut himself, not happy posting on social media that he's disappointed to learn his band from the contest. that's what he says here. really is a phenom. >> he's won the competition 16 times. >> he also has the world record for hot dog eating 76, even in ten minutes back in 2021, the mla says they would welcome joey chestnut back once he no longer is working with a competing hotdog brand, truly is one of our country's greatest athletes and it's a shame to see him missing out on this premier competition. i somewhat famously interviewed him last year prior to the hot dog eating contest john verbit, whatever i say, this random thing happened jaume, like i did a story all right, on that one. he told me he goes into competitions, loose an empty. so we leave you with that. >> thank you so much for joining us. this has been seeing a new central see at a news room, a gym acosta is up next