combatrentiate between veterans and pogues. you're in the navy and pulling money once, to save the defense side, you should not get the same benefits as a combat veteran in a war zone. you have to differentiate somehow to save money. this government, before they spend time on an immigrant or refugee, our refugees should get every benefit they deserve. not one bit should go to anyone else but an american citizen and veteran. guest: i don't the guy want to get in the middle of the battle versus -- of combat veterans versus other veterans. veterans want to keep their benefits and get connected to benefits. sometimes it is easier for others. sometimes it takes years for some and days for others. i don't know if that has to do with whether they are a combat veteran or not. good point. host: secretary shulkin is the first be a secretary not to be a veteran, but he enjoys the confidence of the president according to a tweet by the president. host: how is the secretary perceived within the v.a.? are the folks expressing the same confid

year so far what we know, pretty good >> all the stores i grew up with are gone mcal pipincalpine's, poguewe got saks down in cincinnati. it wasn't too long ago huge to get a saks 5th avenue store in cincinnati. it was huge, andrew, big deal. >> real quickly, let's go back to the macy's numbers. you pointed out 359 was up to 369. >> there are a lot of numbers here, 338 to 363 the updaded guidance excluding federal tax reform, 363, update including tax reform, 359 to 369 then they have this union square store gain and they have a whole other range far if you exclude that because it's a one-i'm tem. >> so the bulk is coming from better performance some additional stuff coming from federal taxes but for anybody just trying to figure out how the company is performing, they're raising their own guidance we don't know for the street estimates who hasn't, but just from their own internal guida e guidance, that's much improved largely based on their own >> it is and they point out that sales were improved at macy's, bloomingdale bloomingdale's, blue mercury they list many categories were things we