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The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. There is nothing at the Department Of Justice that indicates that they didnt do overt acts and these investigation investigations 60 days before elections. Its customary, usually around the time of an election they wont do what is called overt acts, that i wont bring indictments or subpoena people or do anything publicly as to try to not sway the election. The idea that we here in that time frame or approaching it is simply not true. I think what we know, poppy is that we expect mueller will continue in september an...

Thought? >> i think the secret, neil, lies in the job market. it pans itself out in wage inflation. milton freedman, who i read about, didn't get a chance to meet him, which was the old talk of saying, you know, inflation is a monetary phenomenon. it's too much money chasing too few of goods. we have too few of goods. that's evident. the wage thing, the too much money chasing those goods may or may not be the case here. so until that pans out to where we have both sides of those things fighting it out, that's why i think jay powell has it right. a lot of this stuff is transitory. lasting longe...

Agencies don't love this but the city wants to look at congestion and wages. >> and the $17 an hour wage is much more a livable wage. still not enough for a lot of people to get by. >> look, the wage thing is importa important. you've seen this move for a $15 wage for restaurant workers in new york city and new york state. so there's been a trend and now they're talking about it for drivers. quick check of the markets because we're close to an all time high for the s&p but i don't know if you'll get it today. the trading ranges have been tight so it doesn't look like a gang buster of a day. st...

Employees' salary. >> so let's talk then about employees' salary. we know that wages are stagnant. we know in the last few years companies have had to find ways to do more with less either by cutting pay rolls or going back and telling employees, look, we want to keep you on but in order to stay on, you have to take a pay cut. a recent survey showed family of four with two working parents needs $67,900 to meet expenses but the median income is well short of $50,000. >> i think it's a huge problem. if you look at the ceo pay as well it is down. even though it's astronomical. you're right, they ...