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though he is not saying much. >> i can confirm that i received a subpoena and i complied, but under advice of counsel, i cant really say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. >> and there are also reports that second aide greg jacobs was also subpoenaed and test filed. jennifer rogers, how significant is this that two of 9 former top aides have now appeared before a grand jury? >> well, christine, it is significant for a couple reasons. first of all, t...

New phone or a great couch for the house, im not so sure. so it is those companies in the middle i think that are going to get squeezed. that is always the case when there is hard times. >> yeah, watching walmart, a great way to look at the typical shopper, the paycheck to paycheck consumer. and you can see they are making changes and i think that that is important to watch. and well hear from a lot of other companies this week, so well see if other retailers have the same issue. we heard from l...

Christine, boris? >> issa there. lets get a check on business news this morning. global markets, trade talks this week center stage. wall street reopens today. it was closed yesterday for the presidents day holiday. so take a look at wall street futures. theyre up just a little bit. i would call that undecisive actually. all eyes will be of course on wal-marts earning report this morning. its a barometer of consumer spending because its just so big. and were looking to see if there are any crack...

In custody were not immediately available but according to the chief of haitis national police they were in possession of automatic weapons, pistols, satellite phones and drones. haitis capital has been rocked by deadly protests with demonstrators demanding haitis president resign in the face of soaring inflation and corruption. global stock markets mixed leaning lower, trade talks this week center stage. you can see global markets there, asian markets have closed, loen don has a few more hour...

Every six months you should make sure you take a look at that. >> and when you said oil prices could be down for a while, makes you wonder how low it will go. >> great news for consumers, especially for the paycheck to paycheck consumer. this feels like a tax cut for them. so you really want to focus on the good part of that. only about half of americans are invested in the stock market. almost everybody drives a car. >> christine romans thank you as always. and thank you for joining me today....