would be the sign that we are at some sort of bottom, directltheoretically? he radically. -- theoretically. joe: tomorrow is the big day for apple, when the earnings come out. this is where the key things coming, year-over-year change in iphone shipment, iphone volume. it has decelerated all year. analysts are looking for tiny growth, year-over-year growth. there is a lot of anxiety that in q1, this will be q4's earning. that it could actually go negative in q1. negativeever seen volume growth in this product. scarlet: there are red flags. we have heard from suppliers that orders are down. handset sales are as well. joe: it is the end of an era. alix: it is a matter of how fast the slowdown will be. that seems to be the huge? over apple in tomorrow's-- the huge question mark hanging over apple's earnings. scarlet: coming up, a strategist at things the u.s. economy is not as bad as you think. coming up next. ♪ scarlet: i am scarlet fu. let's get to mark crumpton. mark: the u.s. supreme court says people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenager