brian gardner, senior vice president of washington research at kdw, russ koesterich, chief investmente with donald kohn but you're still giving it a 50/50 shot, aren't you. >> always dangerous to contradict a former vice chairman of the federal reserve who knows more about the inside game than i do but i think when you look at the data and look back at fomc minutes from the last meeting where participants themselves acknowledged thaed onom forasts ha bee ovly ros ihink the fedantso se lile b mor evinceefor thoveor fwardo srt taring i'margeng mar. i ink i less than 50/50 that we see it in december. ashley: russ, same question. do you think we see tapering from the fed later on this month or much like brian, maybe in march? >> i'm more in agreement with brian. full disclosure here, i believe there is narcissism of small difference. debating whether the probability is 50, 40, or 60. would be great if we have that precision. agree with everything brian said. the fed is under no pressure. more evidence with ppi. inflation is well below the fed's target. second of all this is strange time o

brett gardner. brian mccann. beg addition to the new york yankees. strong 2nd place finish next year for you guys. >> one can only hope. >> we need to get the lab results from the physical. it will be unique. >> it was major league baseball. >> at the speed of light last night red sox nation turned on their beloved jacoby like that. awful. so the question is what happens to robbie cano? does this mean he leaves? he has come out as a major player. he reportedly is asking for more than $300 million. the yankees shying away from that number. er that not going to $200 million. they are trying to boost the slumping attendance. you go, really, you want to go play for the mariners and get lost or here? >> if you are robinson cano you don't sign with jay zee to play in seattle or beijing. >> why do you keep calling it seattle? >> it's a terrific city, but it's so difficult to get to. it's far away. >> it's one of the coolest cities. >> it is. but it's so far away. it's like a lifetime commitment going there. >> forget th. you are so east coast, it's unbeliev