Good morning. The S&P 500 rose to new heights just as corporate earnings season kicks into high gear. Tesla's Optimus robots were actually operated by humans. And a pair of pandas are heading to Washington from China. Listen to the day's top stories.

Stocks jumped to a fresh peak, with the S&P 500 notching its 46th record close of the year, as investors look ahead to earnings for vindication of their bets that the US will avoid a recession. In the CEO versus analyst showdown, one appears optimistic while the other (you guessed it: analysts) are not so upbeat. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has his own thoughts on analysts who he said spend too much time on the minutiae of their earnings models.