that is why you saw such a pop in shares of pulte t todayay, up 5.4040%. ba to you. >> thank you very much, lori. phil, oil is lower. what is driving it lower, today? >> traders want helicopter money, come on! oil prices looked like they were boeing higher. we had a risk-on trade, stocks moving higher. then the headlines about governor karrada came out, don't get money in the system, prices go down, demand goes down. we're concerned about a glut of gasoline supplies even though gasoline demand in june hit the highest record on record. but even so, supplies are at highest level since 1984 according to the american petroleum institute. if you don't get a lost stimulus, you will not use a lot of gas. that will drive us a bit lower. that is the mood right now. we've seen the mood move to the downside. other thing we had was natural gas report today. it came in lighter than expectations about the injection, around 34. hot temperatures keep pressure on that market. it will be interesting to see how much energy demand we're going to use in next couple weeks due t

. >>> and the latest on pulte and elliott. >>> coming up. >>> thanks. we appreciate it. to get down to d.c. and bertha coombs speaking of antitrust issues and healthcare mergers. joined by a special guest in d.c. over to you. >> reporter: thanks very much. i'm joined by bill baer, the number three at the department of justice. you're moving to block both the aetna and humana acquisition and aetna sigma acquisition. are you going to try these both together? >> no. we actually filed two separate lawsuits this morning, challe e challenging these transactions separately. they involve different products, different markets. while we are filing both cases in the district court here in d.c. we will be preparing to go to trial and s-- separately the two cases. >> you are talking about the big five become the big three and the issue you continually bring up is the issue of innovation. why do you think that letting these companies come been in their innovative strategies would actually reduce innovation. >> right now, we only have five national providers of health insurance. these

. >> tomorrow end on pulte, elliott and pulte settled, three directors, although they still have thegoing on with the family. >> that feud is very -- >> about a new ceo and when that will happen. >> williams. have you seen the pipeline companies come back. kendrick morgan did not report a good number and indicated the dividend is not going up. stock is barely down. the area -- >> very good performer this year. yeah. >> people love the oils. chevron and exxon report next week in the mid teens. mid teens. >> great years. >> yes. >> unbelievable. core labs on last night the scientist for oil, saying it's a v-shaped recovery, oil will be at 60 bucks. i bet limb a steak dinner, he bet me a steak dinner. i don't know. i don't know, what he thinks. >> where would you go? sparks? >> for steak. i thought you were asking me my view on oil. i have no idea. >> the steak. >> that's my job. >> i don't know if i would go to sparks. >> i'm going to sparks. >> really? the old standby still in brooklyn there. >> really? >> don't you think? still got to -- that's still the best. >> i love brooklyn. >>

this pults it right back in your candidates' camp that says, i've been telling you this all along. >>elped and hasn't happened and is not is going to happen, where's the outrage bernie sanders himself? >> well, he's given up. >> he spent his entire performance on "meet the press" trashing trump. he was on the hillary team. he wasn't as outraged over this wikileaks stuff as i think he should be. we've gotten away from something that pat and doug and i used to talk about the weak after the iowa caucus, which is that we've never gotten a final total of who really won the iowa caucus, because -- >> oh, wow. >> the chair of the party has hrc as her license plate. she's worked in the hillary campaign in 2008. >> and they don't show because bernie sanders won iowa. the question is, what did hillary know and when did she know it? that's the question that's going to get asked. and he has taken a dive. like in boxing, he has taken the powder. >> why has he done that? why has he done that? he had a whole movement, pat. >> harris, what's his title? senator bernie sanders. and he's angling for a c

i know we've talked with bill pulte and others here about it. it's not fire sale. you're paying up. and that's generally not a good prescription for these guys when they pay up for land if indeed they do. that's why they don't have the inventory. >> i totally agree on the land side of things as well. so i actually added to lowe's last week when it fell. not much, but i like that it's u.s. predominantly north america, right? i like the fact they have some margin upside and i think trends are going to continue. >> i like lowe's better too. >> it's a little bit cheaper, but i think you have better margin upside. and also their comps are at a discount to home depot. i'm not saying they're going to be able to get to home depot's rate, but i think they can make progress especially as they build out the pro part of their business. i've owned it and added to it. >>> coming up, as we head into the long fourth of july weekend, we are getting the desk's most patriotic trades. "halftime report" back after this. proud of you, son. ge! a manufacturer. well that's why i dug this out for you. it's

building here that is vacant for 10 years, it does take a special owner operator to invest financially to pult into the space. i was thrill today watch the presentation baz as the speaker was speaking he talked about a lot of community based things we represent in the city and being born and raised here, these guys get it. maybe chicago is showning us on knowing how. i think by supporting them, we will fix the building up, bring energy to it and vibeeracy to the area. it is just what we need. i wish them the best of luck in the process because it does take time, but the lights will go on. >> great, any other public comment? going once, going twice. public comment is closed. actually, i don't know if the please had comments on this? we see there is no objection based on the permit inspection. there is only one condition that they submit a security plan and adheres to the good neighbor policy. are you familiar with our good neighbor and received the document? >> [inaudible] >> there is i believe 12 conditions that all apply to your permit so make sure to see that. alright commissioners, would so

pulte announced in the boost stock buy back program to $1.5 billion, kelly. >>> all right.ungry for earnings after the bell, we have more your way on chipotle and starbucks, in fact. kate rogers at global headquarters has a preview of chipotle for us. dedra is outside the original store in starbucks with a look at the coffee king. kate? >> we know it's been a rough few months for chipotle and trying to recover from outbreaks across the country and analysts looking for 93 cents on revenues of $1.05 billion to counter the rough patch and added chiroza and a loyalty program of free food in the summer. the stock is raised on that program on tuesday saying the move to quote reenergize the loyal companies. comp store sales expected to fall over 20% and this earnings report. down 13% year to date and stock lower for much of the day. back over to you. >> been to that starbucks in -- howard schultz is known to show up there once in a while. do what do you expect from the company today? >> reporter: no sign from him today and they're expecting 49 cents a share on revenue of $5.3 bill

. >> pulte with an upgrade but whirlpool with a downgrade. >> i think whirlpool is fine.ey works is better than i thought. i think home depot is hanging in there. the housing thesis is strong. that one still makes it for me. but the other -- the other stocks, i mean i see a lot of enough. i see a lot of fluff and i'm concerned about it because we need to see it backed up by some numbers. this was a very confusing week for people last week. because it just seemed better and that's why tom is right. we have to have some fluff taken out of the market and i'm afraid it's going to happen this week and we can look at it when we get the employment number, the market is too frothy. >> you mentioned some of these names that have gone way up. dana her today, 125 beats 122. >> a restructuring where they're giving you another company and dana herd delivered once again. great thing about dana her they're becoming a life sciences company, excuse my looking at it, but that's a great quarter. life sciences was a standout on the ge call. in a call where i felt aerospace, which has been a

building here that is vacant for 10 years, it does take a special owner operator to invest financially to pult into the space. i was thrill today watch the presentation baz as the speaker was speaking he talked about a lot of community based things we represent in the city and being born and raised here, these guys get it. maybe chicago is showning us on knowing how. i think by supporting them, we will fix the building up, bring energy to it and vibeeracy to the area. it is just what we need. i wish them the best of luck in the process because it does take time, but the lights will go on. >> great, any other public comment? going once, going twice. public comment is closed. actually, i don't know if the please had comments on this? we see there is no objection based on the permit inspection. there is only one condition that they submit a security plan and adheres to the good neighbor policy. are you familiar with our good neighbor and received the document? >> [inaudible] >> there is i believe 12 conditions that all apply to your permit so make sure to see that. alright commissioners, would so