seema moody.ring from a few of the big bank ceos, regionals across the country like keycorp and investment banks as well like barclays the idea of a soft landing, it's being debated again. inside the fed, in the marketsal , in the economy. can we get away with this tightening cycle without having a spike in unemployment or stress in the labor market? those bank ceos are saying yes. they're not seeing the full recessionary type behavior. >> we didn't mention the goldman note this morning looking at lower income consumers potentially out performing as they look at comps and the lowest income zip codes in this country. it sort of flies in the face of the entire narrative. >> job growth and still have wages rising a bit. >> leslie picker in for the judge. >> welcome to the "halftime report." i'm leslie picker in for scott wapner. front and center the next move for the market as we gear up for a critical week ahead. our investment committee is helping us to navigate it. stephanie link, anastasia amoros

. >>> let's move on and get the headlines with seema moody. >>> starting in russia where president vladimir putin announced today he plans to take $20 billion from the country's develop to develop the four ukrainian regions they have declared as part of its territory. russia does not control any of those regions and annexation has not been recognized by more than 75% of u.n. member countries. >>> dock workers have ratified a contract that covers about 22,000 union members or 29 ports from california to washington state. this ends more than a year of car go that flows through some of the busiest shipping gateways. tesla is reducing the price of its self-driving feature by $12,000 to $3,000. the rechamp of its sedan will be sold in china first. a longer range with an updated screen and lighting. >> coming up, we'll hit a few "calls of the day" and an upgrade from one stock jpmorgan thinks is too cheap to ignore. you got this. let's go. gobble gobble. i've seen bigger legs on a turkey! rude. who are you? i'm an investor in a fund that helps advance innovative sports tech like this smart fitnes