mr. lighthizer wants to work out a temporary deal immediately to reduce tariffs of importing u.s. agriculture that goes to japan. we will keep you posted on that. >>> to the dow jones industrials. i just mentioned it's erased about 200 points of its earlier losses, making quite a comeback in this final hour. currently we are down about 85 points, had been down more than 286 points. this is the second day in a row that the dow jones industrials in the red and it is currently on track to close lower for the whole week. but the perpetrator behind the dow's declines today and it started in stuart varney's hour, and he talked a lot about it, is 3m. minnesota mining and manufacturing. you know, we don't just assume you know about these companies. this is a company founded in 1901. it is behind post-it notes, command hooks, scotch tape, scotch-brite cleaning products. it accounts for all of the dow's losses after reporting lower than expected earnings and slashing full year forecasts due to sales slumping in several categories. 3m did announce a restructuring initiative and that will cut 2,000 jobs worldwide. we should also tell you, this is a company that gives us a bett