liz ralph says that this reached an historic agreement with neighboring lebanon, of this shed maritime border. the deal which was mediated by the us ins, 8 years long dispute an unlocked rich gas reserves. it's hoped it could improve ties between the 2 countries, which have technically been at war for more than 70 years. ah, the caring gas field has been at the center of is ram and lebanon's border dispute for years. but soon, drilling ships like this one could move from just testing to actually pumping gas back to the israeli coast. off the 2 neighbors seem to have finally reached a deal on that shared border. in a break through the israeli prime minister yale up he'd said was historic and unprecedented. lebanon's present own has also welcomed the deal which would paved the way his cash trapped country to begin natural gas expiration. although following israel introduction would likely take years in one israeli coastal town close to the border with lebanon. some people was supportive and whichever is kimball. i think the deal between israel and lebanon is a good one that will bring pe

liz: ralph, you know, not that i want to remember this because it was a particularly painful time forbody up here, but we're coming up on close to ten year anniversary of hurricane super-storm sandy, and after sandy, which was just unbelievable. people couldn't extract gasoline out of the gas station tanks. we couldn't fill our gasoline generator. i said forget it, i'm never doing that again. no power south of new jersey and south of 43rd street in new york city and rock away was destroyed and i'm interested to you because you invested $4.6 billion in your electric inis it a structure after that, and if you could -- infrastructure after that, what would you say is the most important investment? >> we all shared lessons learned over time and what we've done after sandy, we learned from some of the devastation that took lace from florida in the past and that's to raise the substations and switching stations that we have up to a level that won't be flooded and you saw some of the damage here in the str streets and water hae not receded and safely restore power, you need the water to come

liz: oh, my gosh. did ralph giardano assign this to you? i'd check your contract. . reporter: i lived through this to tell. liz: we are very impressed. exactly. thank you, grady. grady trimble what a gutsy guy. so cool. grocery giants kroger, carting away rival albertson's for nearly $25 billion in a bid to take on walmart, but will the deal pass regulatory muster? and plus, what does the latest retail sales report say about the state of the consumer and the health, the psychology of those as we head into the holiday season? we're going to have top analysts weigh in from the grocery aisles to the frozen yogurt craze, this weeks everyone talks to liz podcast guest, so enjoyed stopping at his local froyo shop , 16 handles in manhattan, that he decided you know what? i think i could run this thing and he bought it and he decided he was going to give up his job on wall street to run this company, and guess what? after buying his first one, he bought another franchise and another and another and now he's the ceo of 16 handles, i know the west coast doesn't have it but ne

liz: that's been the issue, we need regulatory easements at least just to make happen as we head into winter. we just had ralphng pse and g ceo tell us last week that he expects people's bills to go up 20% this winter because of natural gas prices. listen, we can sit here and say, absolutely, this is horrible for the consumer, but what -- we look at the trade. we look at here on this business network how people can actually benefit by investing in certain things. as you look at, you know, your opportunity to increase shareholder value, what is the number one thing that you think is going to do that in the next six months? >> well, we focus on our higher purpose here at eqt, and that is to help bring energy security to the world while also lowering emissions. i think if we're successful in achieving our higher purpose, the shareholder success will follow naturally. now, really interesting opportunity that we have in front of us right now is if we can unleash u.s. lng on the world stage to lower the biggest source of emissions which is foreign coal, we will do two things. we will achieve the ability to sustainab

ralph machio and he'll be at the convention and showing off some famous moves we hope. down the road to jerry willis with more of the return of the colt favorite event. jerry. >> liz, welcome to comicon for some 200,000 people will be gathering over the next four days and more than last year and the crowd has more than just the audience is growing and they're promoting in 2022. it'll be a big tv production and they're coming out to engage with the fans in a way you'll make him in new york comicon. >> folks get together for the cos play. these folks all dressed and you happen fantastic stuff. we've got to love this; right? it's more than that. they'll be meeting actors, some of their favorite actors, michael j. fox, christopher loy and next gen star trek and entire group of actors right here and a lot of people very excited about that. liz. may the force be with you. back to you. liz: oh my, the hair, darling. that is just fabulous. little princess leia action. fox business alert, take a quick look at markets here and we're keeping an eye closely on this. we've had a bunch of fed heads out saying we're still going full force toward rate hikes and it does appear we'