linda tripp, remember her? a thorn in bill clinton's side. and her claim once again, bill had affairs with thousands of women while in the white house. and remember cnbc's failure of a debate, more fallout from it even months later. oh, yeah, we're not above a little bragging here on "varney & company" which starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ well i've been running down the road trying to loosen my load ♪ >> that was one of countless hits by the eagles, of course, "take it easy". we are remembering glenn frey throughout the morning, the founding member died at age 67. don henley calling frey a brother and quote, the man with the plan" and he will be grateful every day for having frey in his life. more in the show. take it easy. and the market not taking it easy. stocks up, and china reported its slowest economic growth in 25 years, but they are injecting a boatload of cash into their economy and that is sending the markets higher. let's bring in former reagan economic advisor, my good friend art laffer all the way from music city. i guess, art. bad news