here to weigh in on all of that plus a new "wall street journal" nbc news poll is stephanie miller, withmarkets and robert costa, national political reporter if the "washington post." howard schultz running, everybody in the democratic party said would be a terrible thing and basically mean the reelection of president trump. are you surprised the response hasn't been more positive? >> no. i wish i had something super differentiated to tell you but just really clear that an incumbent party really can't have all that attention and oxygen sucked out of it. in this case, the democrats, that's who schultz would be fighting with and they would really lose a lot of momentum and potential voters if he were to run but i don't see any chance he could actually win. >> i hear that and like the point last hour that ultimately, you need to get through the process one way or the other but robert costa, why wouldn't he be stealing votes from the republicans? i guess greg's point is the people to vote for vults on tsc not people to vote for trump anyway it wouldn't be they left trump but just showed up a

economy to be strong >> our next guest says don't expect a trade deal any time soon joining us is stephanie miller, the senior vice president of height capital markets why are you so cautious about this. >> i think the big question is who has been designated to negotiate? it's robert lighthizer who is a very protectionist person in the united states. it's hard to see how someone with that level of protectionism can reach an agreement with china. >> it was perceived as a sign of progress and the market is rallying that the talks have been stemmeded a day. >> i think that's all positive our view was are these going to be a bellwether that shows a positive sign or negative sign lighthizer is not there. he's the one who needs to be in the room or president trump himself. his deputy is there, who has similar views as lighthizer but not necessarily the person who can make a decision. >> isn't this the way trade deals are built ultimately you start with the number twos and number threes and they set some groundwork and present progress and then the number ones come in and then the ultimate leaders show u