maybe glass from courtney's car window.here courtney parked when he went to visit alma. >> there was also a woman who lived on the corner at the time who spoke to one of courtney's friends and she reported that she heard gunshots. so we do have several data points telling us where this likely occurred. >> a few hundred feet from alma 's apartment, so who would've wanted him dead? could courtenay possibly have been involved in something illegal? >> no. >> he was straight. >> not at all. >> he was too scared for that. the only trouble that he would get in was with women. that is all. >> women were his weak spot? >> yes. >> so he was going through chicago like the fire? >> i would say more than chicago, yes. >> it was kind of international. >> chicago was his headquarter. >> because courtney an all no work together they kept their romance under wraps, jessica knew about it and worried. alma had confided in her that her ex boyfriend was possessive and jealous. and on courtney's phone, alison read something about another of almo

bottom line is this, courtney.me news, because people wanted to see these prices come down, but i'm not sure we're going to see big declines like this as we go into the rest of the summer, in fact, the folks at cox think we're likely to see a more normal market when it comes to used vehicle pricings, so, it's going to stabilize here over the next several months, but certainly, for the month of june, it was welcome news >> and what's going on with profit margins for a used carver us a new car >> well, i mean, it comes down to how good you are in terms of what -- is selections you're making the profit margins are always going to be much better for the dealers on used cars that's just the way it is. they don't make much money on new vehicles the profit margins are clearly on the used side if you are as smart as some of the folks like at carmax the reason they had a great quarter is because they were really stocking up on those vehicles under $20,000 and those are hot right now. people are looking for that, especially

so i would stay out of the name now. >> courtney? >> i would trade this. people have been a little pessimistic here on the pharmaceuticals. i think it is facing issues. they are looking at expanding use of the drug. i think when you look at the foreign -- how the they see it abroad is going to help them >> caterpillar the industrial giant going to post results on tuesday. >> enthusiastically, i'm trading this one listen if, i want to express an economic view of a bullish view, i want to do it more on the corporate side than the consumer side then take a look at the share between caterpillar and deere. that spread comes in >> tim >> i'm going to fade the five year highs on the stock are not the reason to sell it. the fact that they blew the doors off of their first quarter numbers, they beat eps by 28%. the sales are up 17% this is a problem. how long does this up cycle go hardly expensive at 15 times forward. even relative to peers but i think we price in an enormous first quarter >> tuesday after the bell, where wr do you stand, courtney? >> i trade this.

in for melissa lee on the desk, bonawyn eison, courtney, steve grasso, and guy adami. all popping at the start of trade after each posted revenue and earnings beats for second quarter, but the gains didn't last long. jpm landed in the green, but off the day's highs. citi dropping 40%, its worst day since march. the dow managed to eke out a fifth straight day of gains. s&p and nasdaq closed in the red. overall, very solid week for stocks, all the major averages posting strong gains since monday the nasdaq got over 3% what message does all this action send as we head into the start of earnings season guy, what did you make of the reversal >> hi, sarah great to see you sorry i'm not there. i don't want to make a huge deal out of one day i'll say this. last friday you saw a similar reversal in the market the market was on cruise control every friday last friday it changed, and today it was interesting i think a couple things stick out to me. you mentioned j.p. morgan. the reversal in the kre today i think is something to watch for sure that touched up to the early june hig

courtney, what do you say? >> i'm with karen. think people have been overly pessimistic in the energy space. they can provide for current cap exand detective ends as long as oil stays under $45 a barrel. >> julie, what would you do there, trade or fade >> i think i'm trading it here i think this is one of the new companies that can benefit from a.i. in the near term. i'm mostly going to be listening on this conference call because i haven't heard a ceo give me a real understanding of what generative a.i. are going to do. the writer on strike are doing a better job explaining what a.i. can do, so i'd like to hear more. >> karen, your thoughts here >> it's a hard one speaking from my book, sold half, so that would be a fade it huge run up. obviously the pick si dust is there. we don't know huh it's going to work we know the compute power is good for its cloud business, but this run, this multiple for microsoft is pretty high. >> last but not least we've got procter & gamble reporting friday morning courtney, the biggest consumer pr

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courtney, thanks for mentioning caps. i have 2 the and emphasis is sometimes on dogs, but i would think it's just about any animal. i mean, caps or even. >> little most animals. >> yeah. even wild animals wild animals, become terrified. at the sound loud fireworks and can even run out into the road like deer where they can get hit by cars are killed in traffic a lot of animals will abandon their habitats and fireworks can also cause wildfires. wildfires result in killing small animals like beatles and rabbits squirrels that can't escape flames as they're rushing through the forest. and so it's just a terrible thing. overall. i love light shows that if possible, we love for communities to consider doing alternatives like again. laser light shows. >> you know, you're going to get these folks who are going to say, look, it's a 4th of july. it's all about freedom. it's about, you know, celebrating america and the part of american tradition is blasting and blowing things up and putting smoke in the sky and what he's saying tha

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courtney kube joins us from the pentagon. courtney, what do we know >> reporter: yeah, that's right, lester two iranian navy ships attempted to stop, board, and seize two commercial oil tankers in international waters in the middle east today according to the u.s. military in the first case around 1:00 a.m., the iranian ship left the area after the u.s. navy destroyer, the "uss mcfaul" and two surveillance aircraft arrived on scene, but in the other, more daring incident about three hours later, another iranian ship fired multiple rounds on a separate oil tanker the ricochet of those rounds seen in this u.s. navy video. no one was injured or killed the navy saying the ship did sustain minor damage the tanker issued a distress call, and the "uss mcfaul" sped to the scene chasing away the iranian ship according to the u.s. navy, in the last two years, iranian ships have attacked or seized commercial ships nearly 20 times leading the u.s. to step up its patrols with additional ships and aircraft in the region today, iran denied

courtney is the president.ning us now from the country's capital where she's been doing amazing reporting. courtney, we've seen niger's president now for the first time since the attempted coup. what else do we know? >> reporter: that's right. as you mentioned, he met with the president of chad. the president of chad was actually dispatched here as a result of the emergency summit in nigeria. that was a meeting of the regional leaders in west africa to discuss the security atio an military coup in niger. the hope was they would come out of the meeting with a peaceful solution to move forward. instead, as you mentioned, they had a pretty stark warning for the military coup lueders saying if they don't release the president in the next week, they could take military action. for the first time since last wednesday, when he was taken into detention by his own security forces, we saw him on camera with the president of chad. he also went to meet with the military junta leaders, the military coup leaders. the questio

. >>> we will toss it over to courtney reagan in for scott wapner >> welcome to "halftime report." front and center this hour, the critical week ahead as the fed makes another key decision on rates. our investment community is standing by. joe terranova, jenning harrington and steve weiss let's get a check on the markets here at noon eastern we are seeing the markets higher by half a percent, and the same thing for the s&p 500. the yield on the 10-year sitting at 3.8 we are seeing the sectors higher for the day led by energy here at the midway point of the day a big week ahead for earnings. it's amazing what we have loaded here 42 s&p 500 companies, and 12 dow components it will be a lot of heavy lifting for our investors watching the traders will help us get started. guys, what are we watching joe, what do you make of what is to come for this name here >> it's interesting to lead into technology earnings, which is fantastic. for cadence, you will probably see a revenue decline of around 3 to 5% year on year, and eps will grow somewhere around 25% over the last three months there h

what are your thoughts >> hi, courtney. i am pretty happy. was going to make that same reference joking during commercial break yesterday this is usually when boeing gives some ridiculous huge charge, some write-off, but they didn't. hallelujah instead they gave us an enormous free cash flow beat. that's what the most important thing for this stock is. cash flow generation that they can use to pay down debt, and they are delivering on that. they are delivering planes they're increasing their production of 737 maxs and 787s. production equals deliveries equals free cash flow equals better profits and pay down of debt this is a multiyear turnaround story that is very well on track. nothing to complain out here >> obviously having a nice move here today i'm not sure if today is the time to add to a position, of course you want to buy when it's a little bit on sale, perhaps. what do you make of the size of your position in light of these results? are you adding to it or happy where you are? >> i'm doing this by phone so i can't see if my frenemy

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i'm courtney reagan in for scott wapner front and center this hour, a moment of truth for the rally as big tech earnings get under way. microsoft and alphabet kick things off a few hours from now. the investment committee is standing by to break down what is at stake for these critical reports. joining sus josh brown, jim lebenthal, stephanie link and jason snipe. a quick check on the market to see where things are as we await the key results after the bell we are in positive territory, although marginally so the nasdaq leading the way higher by 0.6% the dow jones industrial average on both sides right now but holding positive above that marker by 0.2% the yield on the ten year sitting below 4% at 3.89%. we are leading the way with materials and information technology for the sectors, financials and industrials are lagging. the vix, though, is still pretty quiet, below 14. and wti is higher today but still sitting just slightly under $80 a barrel we have a lot going on here. we have a fed decision tomorrow, big tech decisions alphabet is coming up here after the bell there are so many

courtney, where do you stand on amazon here? >> i do think they're going to continue to be under pressure here my biggest problem with them is, they are extremely expensive they trade at, what, 72 times next year's earnings they've done fantastic this year you are starting to see, like, even in aws, you're starting to see, people are really trying to optimize their spending, they are bulling back there, consumers are trading down and even on the whole foods side, people are wanting to get cheaper groceries. they're trading down to a trader joe's or a walmart for groceries so, they are going to continue to be under pressure here. they've done fantastic i wouldn't be jumping in here with two feet. >> that's the problem. every segment of their business, people are trading down, grasso. >> true. but when you look at that multiple that they've been paid, it was always the aws kicker that everyone -- and jon fortt asked him repeatedly, over how many years, when they're going to spin off aws -- >> since the first interview >> that's th

courtney kube, kelly cobiella, thank you as well. a programming note, tonight, richard engel takes an inside look into the russian rebellion and the man behind it, yevgeny prigozhin. he explores how putin's former protege turned on his boss and threatened the kremlin's power. watch "on assignment: revolt from within." fascinating stuff. don't miss that. >>> coming up next, monday was the average hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. on planet earth. then it was tuesday. then it was wednesday. and then again yesterday. we're going to ask a climate scientist about what's happening when we come back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." we'll be right back ching os"je diaz-balart reports. we'll be right bac to severe plaque psoriasis symptoms define me... emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your do

i want to thank the labors courtney and david (clapping.) without this is done many years ago and opened that up thank you to them was a great idea and spread the water of all the workers so thank you, guys. (clapping.) um, on a lighter note i know on a sad note combeebs for years and beforehand the labor movement and in the district two awesome gentlemen gave a lot to the park i wish they were be here we love you guys phil and enjoy our everything and congratulations to everybody else. >> all right. time to get the park. >> i think i'll introduce the commissioners get up there and present this award and if i can figure out the order vice president anderson it first so vice president and present the first awards. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) i want to say hello, everybody how are you?? >> (yelling) i know you're more than all right. you guys are the real daily wouldn't have done it without you guys some of you like to play in the dirt i like that i like playing in the dirt a lot of fun you, you guys get paid not fair not doing this for free

i want to thank the labors courtney and david (clapping.) without this is done many years ago and opened that up thank you to them was a great idea and spread the water of all the workers so thank you, guys. (clapping.) um, on a lighter note i know on a sad note combeebs for years and beforehand the labor movement and in the district two awesome gentlemen gave a lot to the park i wish they were be here we love you guys phil and enjoy our everything and congratulations to everybody else. >> all right. time to get the park. >> i think i'll introduce the commissioners get up there and present this award and if i can figure out the order vice president anderson it first so vice president and present the first awards. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) i want to say hello, everybody how are you?? >> (yelling) i know you're more than all right. you guys are the real daily wouldn't have done it without you guys some of you like to play in the dirt i like that i like playing in the dirt a lot of fun you, you guys get paid not fair not doing this for free

our courtney kube with a rare look at how the u.s. is preparing for a possible conflict with china she talks with the general who recently warned of a war with china in just two years. so, does he still stand by that? here's courtney. >> reporter: tonight, amid growing tensions with china, we're with american forces in the pacific where general mike minihan is preparing his airmen for a mission he's warned could come soon do you think the u.s. could be at war with china in the next few years? >> it's not me to say whether we could be at war with china in the next few years. >> reporter: earlier this year, minihan, the head of air mobility command, wrote a controversial memo to his commanders warning the u.s. could be at war with china in two years, and they need to be prepared. do you still believe that >> i don't believe conflict is inevitable i don't believe it's unavoidable, but i also believe that ready now is what matters most >> reporter: there have already been flash points this chinese fighter jet recently buzzing an american

courtney, thanks so much _ are closed and delayed.h for— are closed and delayed. courtney, thanks so much for that. - let's go to spain now where votes are being counted in the snap general election called by prime minister pedro sanchez. 0pinion polls had suggested that mr sanchez was trailing his rival, from the centre—right popular party, though its not clear whether the actual results will be bear that out. these are the latest officially projected results. 53% in. the party of the socialist prime minister pedro sanchez has 129 seats. the rival centre—right popular party has 130 seats so it's looking close. but remember the winner is likely to have to form a coalition government. those numbers can go up and down when the event depending on when you look at it. live now to madrid. serjee forcada freixas. it is close. yes, it's really, really close. _ it is close. yes, it's really, really close. very - it is close. yes, it's really, really close. very tight - it is close. yes, it's really, l really close. very tight race. it is clos

courtney kube has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: today the biden administration announcing it willrovide a controversial new weapon to ukraine, cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking the u.s. for the cluster bombs since last year. president biden today explaining why now >> the ukrainians are running out of ammunition. >> reporter: specifically artillery rounds, allies struggling to keep them supplied as they fight through a tough counteroffensive >> and so we want to make sure ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the context of the current counteroffensive and because things are going a little slower than some had hoped. >> reporter: when cluster munitions explode, they scatter dozens of small bombs unleashing more widespread destruction than single rounds, controversial because some of the small bombs may not explode embedding in the ground becoming a threat to civilians, these duds can prove deadly weeks, months or even years later. >> it's a difficult decision it's a decision we deferred. it's a decision that required a real, hard look at the po

i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. >>> it's friday, july 14th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." new powerful storms bearing down on the northeast. vermont already hit hard by deadly flash floods. this as the south and west remain in the tight grip of an intense heatwave. we are tracking the latest. >>> hollywood halted. actors now joining writers on the picket line. both unions striking for the first time in more than 60 years. what this means for your favorite tv shows and movies. >>> and the powerball jackpot grows. the big prize in tomorrow night's drawing. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning tens of thousands of actors are joining writers in a strike against studios and streaming services. the union representing actors voted to strike after contract talks collapsed. it's the first time actors and writers have been on strike together in more than 60 years. it halts production across the entertainment industry that will delay tv shows and work on new movies. jarred hill is here in new york with the lates

on online retail's big week so far, courtney, what's been moving >> mike, a lot going on.mazon's prime day event, but really, that wasn't all that was happening. the higher income shopper is buying burberry but overseas because they're comparable sales in total grew 14% in the quarter, but china's sales up 46%, and tourists were spending in europe. but sales here in the americas, falling 8% for the quarter meantime, the i buy etf is made up of global companies with at least 70% of revenues coming from e-commerce. it's having its best week since january. compared to the broader etf, that's up 2.5% for the week. only three names in the i buy etf are negative for the week and all of them are international online players this week's top performers in that ibuy etf, carvana, affirm, short interest, of course, very high for carvana that's probably playing a big part there buy now, pay later player affirm up 22% on the week it is a payment option on amazon, and adobe says that overall, buy now pay later usage during the 48 hours of prime day grew 20% across u.s. online retail com

i'm courtney kealy in new york.ent search for a murder suspect in pennsylvania is entering day eight. police shared a photo thursday of a stockpile of survival material found in the woods in northwestern pennsylvania that they believe belonged to 34-year-old michael burham. >>> governor kim reynolds of iowa says she will sign the state's new ban on most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy today, immediately putting the bill into effect. a legal challenge to the bill is currently before an iowa district court. >>> and it looks like a former olympic champ is attempting a comeback. three-time gold medalist gabby douglas teased a return to competitive gymnastics on social media. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> we begin with a major expansion of women's health care in the united states. federal health officials today approved the first ever over the counter birth control pill.

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claims false. >> courtney kube, thank you very much. retired admiral james stavridis, an msnbc chief international analyst. this is something you know about. you wrote an op-ed in the "washington post" last month or two months ago in may about what iran is doing. as we were talking about courtney, 15, 17 attempts in the last two years. what is the goal here for iran? >> there's a tactical and a strategic goal in play here, courtney. the tactical goal is to inflict harm on the united states, which iran feels is unfairly, unjustly seizing iranian oil in other instances. that's the short-term. but longer term, katie, the strategic goal is for iran to dominate what they call the persian gulf. this is the arabian gulf, and they are sending a signal to the international community that they have the opportunity to control. >> they're attempting this. so far, at least in these two incidents, it has not been successful. for them to take the escalating stance of firing on a ship. what does that indicate to you? >> it indicates extreme displeasure

lester >> courtney kube, thank you. >>> still ahead, can artificial intelligence help one major city back on its feet >>> we're back now with our series, "a.i. revolution," and how the industry around artificial intelligence could be a lifeline for a struggling american city cnbc's deirdre bosa reports. >> reporter: while the golden gate bridge may be the most recognizable image of the city by the bay, san francisco today struggles with scenes of empty storefronts, homelessness, and theft. perceptions of a city spiraling into what headlines are calling a doom loop. >> our customers are really concerned about the state of the city. >> reporter: this man runs retail at gump's, a 150-year-old san francisco brick and mortar business dating back to the gold rush. he says foot traffic here is down upwards of 40% due to the lack of downtown activity >> when you walk into our financial district, and it's still pretty much a ghost town, that has a huge effect on our business >> reporter: gump's is now trying to avoid the fate of numerous retail businesses that have given up on san francisco's

joining me now is courtney kube in the capital. the only u.s.n the ground in the country. the state department is saying this is a fluid situation and they are not calling it a coup. they say he is still the president. the u.n. ambassador spoke with him thursday. tell us what you know. >> reporter: that's right. if the u.s. were to declare this a military coup, as you well know, there would be a -- an immediate legal determination that would trigger a law that would make a lot of the aid that we are here to cover, that we were initially here to cover before the coup happened, it would make a lot of that have to cease and almost immediately. that's military support and training. that's critical right now for this area. niger is the last man standing in this region, in the fight against what is a growing threat from terror groups, that including affiliates of al qaeda and of the islamic state or i.s.i.s., who have been able to gain territory in and around west africa and coastal west africa. if the u.s. were to declare this a coup, that would have

courtney, thank you. >>> up next, with brutal heat and fires leaving americans on nightmare vacations, we look at what you can do to minimize the imimpact, nextxt >>> as much of the world suffers through extreme heat and fire, many americans are being forced to abandon their summer vacations. as top tourist destinations confront the affects of climate change here's tom costello. >> reporter: from the american west to southern europe, much of the world's vacation destinations are unbearably hot, even on fire the airport in palermo, italy, shut down this morning. in greece, a water drop plane crashed, killing two pilots, as firefighters battled wind-driven flames across the islands already 2,500 have fled nbc'sjosh lederman i on the island of rhodes >> tourists are fleeing by the thousands here holiday companies canceling trips, while airlines bring in more airplanes to ferry people home. >> reporter: jim arrived friday from michigan, then escaped on saturday. >> we were able to evacuate by car, rather than head down to the beach like a lot of the tourists, and be evacuated via boat >>

i'm carl quintanilla with courtney reagan. setting at again da today, chicago fed president austan goolsbee live at 11:30 we'll talk about today's jobs number. >>> group one automotive ceo darrell cunningham is also with us he'll talk about u.s. auto sales as they surge in the first half on strong demand. >>> and torsten slok is here. >>> let's get a check on stocks, mix with the dow jones industrial down 0.1% the s&p 500 marginally positive, similarly for the nasdaq. >>> meantime, the jobs number, of course, story number one. definitely in focus, coming in lighter than expected. our next guest says while economic data and inflation are slowing down, still not there yet and the fed will continue to step on the brakes until they get what they want joining us at post 9 is apollo chief economist torsten slok great to have you back. >> thanks. >> some slowdown but not happening quick enough, is that the view >> i think this was a report that basically -- sounds like a soft landing but with high inflation. the consequences the fed

courtney kube joins us now courtney, this is a big deal can you explain for viewers how cluster bombse a while even though they have them in their possession remind us when they were last used >> that's right. that was actually one of the questions we just put to the head of the policy director here at the pentagon, and he didn't have an answer for that. he wasn't sure he said he does believe they've been used in the recent past, like in the last 20 or 30 years but he didn't have an answer for us as for how these things work, think of it as a warhead that when it explodes it releases a whole bunch of additional sort of smaller munitions or bomblets they have two main -- they have two main missions. one is what the military calls anti-armor in those cases the little bomblets, they fly really fast, and they're really hot it is called sort of a shaping munition it has the ability to pierce through an up armored vehicle. the next one is anti-personnel you often here about the military talking about frag rounds or fragmentation rounds these ones as they land or as they explode they fragmen

we're asking that question hear too, lindsey. >> courtney kube, thank you. joel, you're back with me later in the show. >>> next, new implications of a federal judge's ruling adding restrictions on the biden administration's ability to talk with social media companies. we'll explain when we're back in 60 seconds. we'll explain when we're back in 60 seconds power e*trade's easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley. >>> we have breaking news on the mar-a-lago classified documents case involving former president trump. a judge has now ruled that more information from the search warrant affidavit should be made public. nbc news investigative correspondent tom winters is reporting on this story. as i understand it, this would contain more information about what probable cause investigators had to go in there, right? >> exactly right, that's the homework essentially the fbi has

with niger, the concern is this nation could pivot toward russia for security assistance kate >> courtney kube, thank you. >>> to moscow now, where ukraine appears to be taking the fight inside russia after explosions from drone strikes rocked russia's capital matt bradley has the latest >> reporter: tonight the war is once again hitting the heart of moscow drones damaging buildings in the central business district [ speaking in a non-english language ] we heard an explosion and it was like a wave, everyone jumped, said this eyewitness russia's military said it shot down all the drones, though authorities briefly suspended flights at a nearby airport. only one person was injured in the attacks, according to russian state news agency but this was the fourth time the capital has come under fire in recent weeks, explaining how russia remains vulnerable even far behind its front lines in ukraine. ukrainian officials did not take direct responsibility for the attack ukraine is getting stronger, ukraine's president zelenskyy said, gradually the war is returning to the territory of russia russia

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our courtney kube got a rare inside look at how the u.s. is preparing for a possible conflict with china. she talks with a general who recently warned of a war with china in two years she asked him if he stands by those comments >> reporter: amid grow wiing tensions with china, we're with forces in the pacific where the general is preparing his airmen for a mission he warned could come soon. do you think the u.s. could be at war with china in the next few years? >> it's not for me to say whether we could be at war with china in the next few years. >> reporter: earlier this year, he wrote a controversial memo to his commanders, s commanders, we uwarning the u.s. could be at war with china in two years. >> i don't believe it's unavoidable. but i also believe ready now is what matters m matters most p. >> repormost >> reporter: there have already been flash points. he's now preparing for exercise mobility guardians, 70 aircraft and more than 3,000 airmen from various countries. the largest exercise in history. including this british cargo plan

i'm joined by pentagon correspondent, courtney kube, and niara hawk former senior adviser in the obama white house. courtney, explain these cluster munitions, how they work and is this something you expect the pentagon to confirm in the briefing that's schedule about four minutes from now which you may have to rush off to. >> we expect the pentagon to confirm it now that the white house has said it, and we expect to hear more detail about it. officials are telling me there's upwards of 10,000 munitions. what these are is essentially a warhead or large shell. when it explodes they release bomblets. they can be a shape charge, it's something that can pierce armor, so an up armored vehicle, they could blast right through it. another option is an anti-personnel option, and it's when the bomblet fragments into pieces and as it hits an individual, a body, it does more damage, frankly to the individual. it has a higher potential to wound or kill an individual. it is an anti-armor, and antipersonnel capability over a large area. ukraine has continued to have a difficult time maintaining its st

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our courtney kube the only reporter on the ground in niger. >> reporter: tonight a strorong warnener from antony blinken to the nigerian military leaders behind a coup to oust the democratically elected president. >> our economic partnership which is significant, hundreds of millions of dollars depends on the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order that has been disrupted. >> reporter: the head of niger's elite presidential national guard declared himself the country's new leader two days after his forces detained president mohamed balzun who remains alive inside his residence. the u.s. government has not designated this a coup, a label that would halt more than $400 million of u.s. aid along with some u.s. military support at a time when niger is the strongest international partner in the fight against a growing threat from terror groups in west africa >> that assistance, that support is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions. >> rter: this we african natione of the world's orest, it boasts uranium mines valuable for energy and nuclear produc, maki

bombs behind for years that could potentially kill civilians long after the war is ended here is courtney kube. >> reporter: the biden administration announcing it will provide a controversial new weapon to ukraine, cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking the u.s. for the cluster bombs since last year president biden explaining why now. >> the ukrainians are running out of ammunition. >> reporter: specifically, artillery rounds allies struggling to keep them supplied as they fight through a tough counteroffensive >> so we want to make sure that ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the context of the current counteroffensive and because things are going a little slower than some had hoped. >> reporter: when cluster munitions explode, they scatter dozens of small bombs over a wide area, unleashing more widespread destruction than single rounds. controversial because some of the small bombs may not explode, embedding in the ground, becoming a threat to civilians, these duds can prove deadly week, months, or even years later. >> it's a difficult decision it's a

courtney >> oh. contessa, thank you very much. >>> inflation starting to cool, restaurants face a host of challenges not just related to boost costs. high construction costs impacting the business jim wade ceo of union hospitality group, guest host is still with us as well. chip, thank you so much for joining us speaking earlier on the show about the state of the consumer, and where exactly consumers are right now when it comes to being able to still do things like eating out, even in the face of still high inflation albeit rate of inflation came back what's your viewpoint what consumers are willing to pay for right now? >> well, first of all, thanks. delighted to be here right? consumers are, i think, encouraging for us we see demand very strong. traffic is up. so we're excited about the trends that are happening here in new york. new yorkers are remarkably resilient, and so while they are certainly sensitive to inflationary increases in commodity costs as low as labor costs, that has not slowed the