It's a very strong morning. We're only about 30 points away from going positive for the week on the S&P. Dow's up 100.

It's a big morning on Capitol Hill as well. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the hot seat for day two of his confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Health and Human Services.

This time he is before Senate Health. Senate Intel holding a confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National

Intelligence. And then Cash Patel will be before Senate Judiciary to be FBI director. We'll monitor

the hearings yesterday, of course, pretty spicy on the health front. We'll get your headlines as

they happen. Well, hearings, a lot of earnings and also some housing data that just crossed

the tape. Let's get Diana Oleg for that. Diana. Well, David, pending home sales, a huge miss in

December, down 5.5% from November and off 5% year over year. The street was looking for a small gain.

This drop after four straight months of gains pending home sales are counted by signed

contracts on existing homes, so the most current indicator of people out shopping in December,

and that's when mortgage rates shot over 7 percent again on the 30-year fix. No matter what

the realtors may say about a new normal in higher rates for consumers, that seven handle is an

emotional barrier. Sales fell in all regions

with the West and Northeast seeing the biggest drops. Those are, of course, where home prices

are highest. And a note on prices, we did see annual gains accelerate on the Case Schiller

Home Price Index released earlier this week. Back to you. Okay, thank you. Diana, let's get to that

tragic news that broke overnight.

The search and rescue mission, it's underway in the Potomac River after the collision between

an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter.

Amon Jabbers at Reagan National Airport with the latest this hour.

So what have we learned, Amen?

Well, Sarah, we're now expecting to hear from President Trump at the White House across the river

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