zain, thank you so much. you can go shopping right now. coming up later this hour, we are going to talk with macy's ceo, terry lundgren and walmart's ceo, bill simon. >> hold up, wait a minute. there seems to be a discount when it comes to what people may be spending versus what they feel about the economy in general. a new cnn poll that shows the majority of americans have a pretty negative view of the way things are going in the country in general. their opinions about the economy aren't much better. who better to ask about this, alison kosik. >> you are talking about a disconnect that's going on between what we are seeing in the markets and what we are seeing happening in the economy, specially when you look at this poll. really eye-opening. it showed that 59% of people say things are going badly in this country. here is the thing. that number has been steadily increasing since april. also, 41% believe things are