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The way of ourselves. i'm concerned about that with the trade situation and maybe interest rates rising. generally we're set up for a good run here. >> shepard: good seeing you, bill johnson. the former heinz ceo. again, that moon analogy is there just for all of you that want to put a time frame on this. nan heyworth is joining us, robin byro and heather zimeraga. heather, let's begin with you. a fear that bill johnson of the heinz fame ended with. concern about a trade war that could escalate, the settlement with europeans, that could wipe out a lot of benefits that we're seeing via tax cuts...

Running heinz. how does that change the average american and their spending, confidence, et cetera? >> we're going back to school system. we have christmas holidays coming up. what will happen, consumer confidence will continue to remain relatively high, recognizing it's out of touch but relatively high. so i think consumers will feel encouraged to spend money, there's opportunities now in the employment area to change jobs, improve wages, improve your compensation. the other thing we can't deny, we've increased the labor pool and that brings more money into the economy. so i think this all fe...

Be that as it may, we haven't seen a number like this in many a year. to deidra bolton on how big a deal this was, even though the market didn't think it was a big of deal as it could have been. >> maybe other pressures as well, neil. for the 4.1% headline figure, listen, it was a stand-out and even president trump saying after that report, you know what? we can probably hit 3% the rest of the year. by the way, we haven't seen that sustained growth since 2005. so the two strongest parts of the report came from net exports. u.s. trade was strong in the quarter. recent trade actions by the trump...

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