at 8:30, we ll get u.s. housing starts and building permits for the month of july. then talks begin between the united states, canada and mexico, get underway in washington with the first round of negotiations beginning at 9:30 this morning. and later in the day, the fomc will release minutes from its july 20 to 26 policy meeting at 2:00 eastern time this afternoon. but in the meantime, the fallout continues from the remarkable news conference president trump had here in new york yesterday, where he once again appeared to change his view on who was really to blame for the riots in charlottesville. and this as part of an attempt to refocus on infrastructure. joining us from washington, bloomberg s senior executive editor for international economics and government. so marty, welcome back. i think it s fair to say this was an extraordinary news conference. i really want to focus on the fact that this was all to really focus on infrastructure. that was why he was there, we though