of pec is it, what are the plans in the kremlin for this, the so-called pec, of ​​course, this is notrivate military campaign, and that's exactly what i want today. ours will tell about it colleagues, but nevertheless, is this some special group of redoubts, or are they ordinary mercenaries , well, as far as i’ve heard about it, they have existed for a long time, and when wagner started, the redoubt started somewhere right away, well, wagner started right away, that’s what that putin called them not there, they are not there, it was wagner, but somewhere around the same time , such a group of redoubts appeared, as i understand it, it is more. much older in the sense of personnel, that is, they are mercenaries, but more, well, at that time they were so elitist that now, well, now in general there are a lot of such in russia companies and all of them do not exist, as putin himself said, because there in russia, just like in our country, such private companies are prohibited , so how do they exist, well, as informal associations, as divisions, sections of military intelligence with a spe

according to the sbu, one of these pecs - st.rew's cross operates on the basis of the kronstadt maritime cathedral in st. petersburg. in this church, clerics recruit believers, giving preference to men with combat experience. which are then taught by instructors from the special services. the pmc is financed by financial and industrial groups close to the kremlin. money comes to the accounts of the russian orthodox church in the form of contributions and donations for the construction of churches. a ukrainian woman was killed in a gas attack that night, the ambassador of ukraine in israel said evgeny korniychuk. in general, 18 of our compatriots have already died from the attack by hamas terrorists. the diplomat also reported that 308 of our people want to leave the gaza strip, and the number of those willing is constantly growing. he expressed hope that the hamasites will fulfill their promise and release the foreigners. he also added that the first cars with humanitarian cargo went there. a better place could not be found, in r

he can pec expectations are coming up for them.the geopolitical shifts or market disruption, they are well positioned taking advantage of the prices. we love buying a bit on the dip of pioneer. that was oversold. that happens. the a they take a dip. >> and rising rates in the valuation with amazon. give us the elevator pitch for amazon. >> that is a little odd for me. the consumer has held up well. this is a play on consumer spending. maybe not the hermes market. we have seen numbers stronger than anticipated. it is a combination of thosetwo things. they get a nice lift at year end with the year end spending and we will see how prime day. the company has been fairly impressive. i look at them and think aws may come in stronger than anticipation. the strength of the consumer cannot be denied. >> we have to leave it there. amazon shares at 1%. great to see you. thank you. "squk x"awbo is coming up next. thanks for watching. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who ar

. >> yes, i think a meeting is very likely to happen on the side lines of a pec in san francisco in aks. this would as you noted be their first meeting since last year in bali and indonesia. and i think a topic of conversation will be the bilateral relationship itself and in particular how to maintain stability in that relationship even as both sides take actions the other might not like. so, for example, the united states really recently updated its restrictions on china's access to semiconductors and the equipment used to manufacture them but has been emphasizing the importance of continuing to have dialogue even if beijing doesn't like those steps. wang yi was just in town, china's foreign minister, to discuss setting up that meeting. and on the agenda will be the middle east and how both parties can work together to prevent the conflict from spilling over. >> all right, thank you so much this morning for the insight. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," a look at this morning's business headlines with our friends at cnbc. we'll get the latest on the markets a

. >> i was like, good, i guess lenny must be working on his pecs, you know?ter ] >> jimmy: i know you are very interested in politics. have you been following what's been going on this week? >> oh, lord. jimmy, it's -- you know -- i want to enjoy my summer and enjoy -- i had to turn it off. >> jimmy: you did? >> it's so crazy. it's beyond crazy. so i'm a little behind. >> jimmy: you are? how behind are you? >> i'm behind on the craziness. oh, did you hear that johnny depp and amber heard are having marital issues? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that right? oh my gosh. i hope they're able to -- i'm sure they'll come to a normal resolution. >> i hope so. yeah. >> jimmy: you and your wife are celebrating a 15th wedding anniversary this month. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes. >> jimmy: that's a big deal. >> thank you. >> jimmy: did you do something for 15? >> we'll probably just, you know, have some good old-fashioned hotel sex. [ laughter ] you know. that sounds about right. >> jimmy: locally? you'll go somewhere local? >> i'll take her somewhere. it will be a trip in

you know we had to fight to get, pec here when the president selected us it came with a financial responsibility. we needed a lot of heff lift nothing fund raising. i appreciate my team and chief of protocol for all their great w and i want it also at this time, introduce the chair of the finance chair for ap ec lieutenant governor and acting governor. >> thank you, thank you so much madam mayor and thank you for inviting mow to be here talking about the summit. this is so exciting. and the city of san francisco has stepped up to produce had i think will be the great summit in the history of organization. and incredible privilege to be part of it. going back now over a year ago, the state of california urged the biden administration and the state department to choose a location in california to host the apec summit. san francisco and other california cities put package in and cities across the united states. san francisco was selected. because it was clear that with the conference centers the hotel recommends and the ability to show case one of the great cities of the united states this was the

you know we had to fight to get, pec here when the president selected us it came with a financial responsibility needed a lot of heff lift nothing fund raising. i appreciate my team and chief of protocol for all their great w and i want it also at this time, introduce the chair of the finance chair for ap ec lieutenant governor and acting governor. >> thank you, thank you so much madam mayor and thank you for inviting mow to be here talking about the summit. this is so exciting. and the city of san francisco has stepped up to produce had i think will be the great summit in the history of organization. and incredible privilege to be part of it. going back now over a year ago, the state of california urged the biden administration and the state department to choose a location in california to host the apec summit. san francisco and other california cities put package in and cities across the united states. san francisco was selected. because it was clear that with the conference centers the hotel recommends and the ability to show case one of the great cities of the united states this was the righ