where you believe lundgren to be?lled the trigger. >> i think he had a desire to take human life. and he found a way to act it out. >> you sit here today and i think anyone listening to you speak would say, you know, i'm sure you're not surprised to hear this you seem bright, you seem rational. how in the world -- >> well, you can recover. >> is that how you view this? as a recovery from what? >> a recovery from -- well, i mean you could say a nightmare. but these settings can happen. people's lives can get grossly manipulated. i think the best defense we can have is to realize, realization that we have those vulnerabilities. we may not know what they are. we should at least recognize that we do have those and always question and never allow ourselves into a setting where those questions are not allowed. always keep the windows open for a little air cross flow, you know? always make sure that the exchange of ideas can be voiced. by not being able to voice it eventually you forget that it's your opinion. >> all right.

of a populist tone, go after the rich hedge fund guys, ceos are overpaid, even called out terry lundgrenmacy's, that's, i think, a personal vendetta, but that's another story. [laughter] here's the thing, you know, when he does finally come out with his tax plan, of all people donald trump might have a pretty good tax plan to offer the american people. >> look, i mean, so far almost everything in this campaign has paid to his strengths, the tv aspect of it, that he's very good and comfortable in front of the camera, the business part of it, that he's going to negotiate better deals with iran, the sense that the economy is not good, the trade issues. so the sense that ordinary americans feel left out from what happens in washington is a button that he's pushing over and over, and it's working. and, look, we have to say at this point it is legitimate. i mean, it's one thing to be doing this, i think, for a week or a month early on. this is now entering a serious part of the campaign. there have been no votes cast yet, but the polls are still improving for him. cheryl: improving for him but

terry lundgren is experimenting with low-priced outlets and wants to improve the company's online salesines. futuresata check on this morning, an extension of the rally from yesterday continuing overnight in asia. we will look at that and a moment, the 10 year yield at its highest in foreign half weeks as investors feel reassured coming back to risk with the euro falling a little bit. the surprise report will be tomorrow, not today, as it is typically. i mentioned that rally in asia, withse docs higher, along the nikkei. let's get back to tom and mike in the studio. -- michael: good morning, everyone. when it's time to change the conversation, talk to your broker dear the -- dealer that is ready to listen. no indicators at 8:30 this morning. this is the quiet week after the jobs numbers. but we do have the jolting job opening numbers coming out at 10:00. you are likely to do a spread chart. i can say that on the bloomberg at. there is a spread chart that shows you the number of job openings versus the number of people who have lost their jobs. that makes a big difference. tom: there we

. >> we had terry lundgren join us recently. macy's disappointed on their results.of the problem is the strong dollar. you have a lot of tourists who come and his flagship stores here in new york city are pretty important. they got hit pretty hard on that. i would think saks would face the same. >> mostly affects tourism. how do we grow the domestic business? what with do we do that there? we're big in canada. we're the largest department store chain in canada. they're the number one tourist spender in the u.s. normally. they're staying in canada. we're doing fantastic in canada. meanwhile we recently bought a large department store in germany. then we'll have a european leg. that will be a third of our company going forward. >> it fair to say you're doing well in spite of the flagship stores in new york city? >> it's fair to say we're seeing a drag from the international tourist and even the chinese. they're coming less than they used to. sometimes they're going right to europe where they think they can get a better deal. >> where's the higher margin? >> it's a hig

our guest will be one in the room, john lundgren joining us from washington this morning.reat to see you this morning. >> thanks, becky, good to be with you, although, remotely. >> what do you plan on asking the president today? >> normally, when they speak to the business round table, he speaks, we listen. it's always a good opportunity to hear what's on his mind. questions, dhthough, from the business leaders are first and foremost the immediacy of the government shutdown, prospects for sequester, and why that's unproductive. the other topics are likely tax reform, ability to get anything done before november of 2016, infrastructure, and then i would say an easy one is reauthorization of the xm bank. it seems to be bipartisan, doesn't cost the taxpayers any money. it's -- we think it would be a good thing, i would say, most of the folks in the business community would feel that way, and i think those three things are probably on everyone's mind. we want to know where the president stands on those issues. >> john, just think that was interesting the way you said that. was

. >> we've had other retailers come including terry lundgren of macy's who talked about how the strongeradwind. macys is has flagship stores in new york city. how has that impacted you? >> it really hasn't been a story for us. primarily for what you mentioned. we don't have a presence in new york yet. we're working on that. there's a major project starting to go up right now. yourn, we're still planning to be there by fall of '18. but it really hasn't been a kbig impact. we have two stores in canada. we open vancouver a week from today. it's relative to the scale of the company that hasn't been the story. >> what do you worry about the most? >> what do we worry about the most? well, the customer continues to be always looking for the best opportunity to get the best value. you know, if things are changing so much in our world is how do we as an organization adapt to that change. you have a large organization that's built on executing. our business is all about execution. and we rely on a lot of people to give our customers a great experience. as things change and introducing new mobile t