let's begin with elizabeth
shultze and exclusive comments
from tim cook.
>> good morning.
that's right
apple's ceo, tim cook, speaking
to josh lipton in an interview
yesterday.
that was after the company
announced its revenue guidance,
cut for the first quarter, come
saying the new forecast is a
collection of macro economic and
apple xespecific issues.
take a listen.
>> as we look at what's going on
in china, the -- it's clear that
the economy began to slow there
for the second half.
i believe the trade tensions
between the united states and
china put additional pressure on
their economy.
we saw things like traffic in
our retail stores, traffic in
our channel partner stores,
reports of the smartphone
industry contracting,