tom: gary langer, senior vice president good news a we look at the consumer comfort index. ke f.x. stronger u.s. dollar how do you link stronger dollar to the pulse of america? gary: what it does to our imports is a question, consumer sentiment is driven to a large extent by what people are experiencing in the marketplace. right now one of the drivers of improved consumer sent sment this notion it's a good time to buy things. inflation has been low and wages hasn't been great but if inflation is low people have been ok with it and employment is back up but if we have the strong dollar and impacts the price of our imports, what will that do? it's a good time to spend money. tom: we'll talk to mr. langer about this throughout the hour. here's olivia stearns. olivia: hillary clinton is off and running and beginning her second campaign to the white house with a trip to iowa that started today. mrs. clinton ended the suspense whether she would try to become the first female president. the former secretary of state used a web video to announce she's running and will campaign tomor