around 11:45 a.m. easrn time, eamon javers reported that a senior white house official told him that the key march 1stli de on trade could very well be moved. that lifted stocks off they' lows but there wasn't a lot of buying volume behind the move. finally another big red flag has been earnings. earnings growth has turned negative for the first quarter. that's the first time we've seen growth estimates dip below zero. it's still positive but even that is trending towards zeroo thanks slower global growth and rising raw material costs. for "nigh t'm bob pisani at th >>> m malee joins us to talk more about the ma he's equity strategist at miller taback. thanks for joining us. >> great to be here, bill. >> when we started this day we ought we were three wee away from the deadline to get a trade agreement with china but now we hear tin deamay move. what does that do to the markets