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we got ibm and american express after the bell, jim, yesterday. and we got general electric, geis morning. and, well, i'm curious as to your thoughts. >> well, i think there's kind of -- sometimes i just like to look at the drama of a particular earnings day. the best earnings report that we got is from -- this morning is from proctor & gamble. now, we got a couple sells of proctor & gamble. they were more traditional cyclical rotation, you don't want to be in proctor, you want to be in the metals and industrials. turns out proctor's got something going too. this was a terrific quarter where they raised their organic growth rate. really some extraordinary numbers out of health care. their division. extraordinary numbers out of hair care and skin care, so proctor was the star of the morning. ibm down initially because the conference call was kind of rocky. put ibm together with some of the ideas of what they're thinking going forward and it's more of a push. american express they spend a little more than we thought, but i still believe that the problem with costco dogged this qua

ge, a different story. the oil and gas business remaining challenge. american express after the closing now yesterday. americanamerican express doing , but cost cutting measures fell short. the stock off by 2%. ibm off by 1%. earnings beat, but revenue fell by 1%. systems revenue fell over 12%. in the health care sector -- merck and bristol-myers. bristol-myers off by over 8%. the company has sought approval as a first-line lung cancer treatment, but it is pulling the accelerated approval process, and it makes room for mark. -- mark. watch these stocks as we head into the open. david: thanks so much. coming up, back to capitol hill. republican senator john thune will be joining us. he led the confirmation hearing for wilbur ross and we want to ask him about the future of donald trump's cabinet. plus, donald trump says he wants to make america great again, starting with the economy, so it is a good time to look at the economic track record of his predecessors. who did the best, who did the worst, and what does it tell us about what president-elect trump has left to? tha