joining us now is john cranley, the mayor of cincinnati.y >> it's great to be with you >> thank you for coming on to talk about this. so tell us a little bit about what you're working on, as far as a pitch i don't think a lot of people know that cincinnati and the surrounding areas with northern kentucky has, what, more than 2 million people now >> absolutely. and first of all, we've already won one of the pitches from amazon.com they recently announced 2,700 new jobs in northern kentucky right across the river, part of our region, our economic region. our region has led economic growth three years in a row in the midwest. we have 1.3 million people talented workers, and our cost of living is 50% of the east and the west coast so people can have a good wage and a great lifestyle, if they move here. and amazon has already picked the cincinnati area for 2,700 distribution jobs. >> so what are you thinking in terms of how you're crafting this package is entice amazon for headquarters they're talking about as many as 50,000 people at their head

>>> guys, in case you're wondering what the last thing mayor cranley of cincinnati wanted to tell us was to vote for p&g in their proxy battle. >> got to cheer the home team. >> that's it for "squawk alley." thank you to both of you and "the half" starts now at headquarters with scott wapner >>> all right, guys. thanks so much welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner our top trade this hour is a big call on how far the s&p 500 could fall over the next 30 days a decline that would surely rattle investors but first, the storm that is rattling residents of florida. irma heading for what looks like a direct hit on that state wmaq meteorologist in the house with us today. >> as of 12:00, category 4 hurricane, but still only a few miles away in terms of wind speeds from a category 5 still very strong and very dangerous storm. you can see it spinning here right off to the right the path it's going to take is west-northwest and go right in between the bahamas and cuba in very warm water. so i do not see this losing much intensity. i even think we could see it intensify a little bit