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Nobody knows what's next, what he's going to tweet in the middle of the night. right now it's pulled back. but it could be brutal. everyone is holding back. they're not investing. the u.s. uncertainty over the trade policy is hitting the whole world and us also. >> the cardinal sin is to blindside the markets and consistently the markets have been blind sided by people like peter navarro. >> recent studies, though, show half of americans don't own any stocks. so, ken, who is most at risk beyond investors here? >> the stock market has not gone down that much. it's really the risk of jobs. the e...

Anything else. that farmer we just heard from, people who run businesses who need components of china face a lot of uncertainty. it looks like it's not going to go away any time soon. >> ken, what's your take? >> businesses aren't investing here at home either. it's toxic for the economy. it could come home to roost in the united states. >> a source close to the president told the washington post this, how the president is seeing the headlines. he speaks publicly and it's all honky dory. apparently he's telling his aides, or this is their perception, he's rattled, that all these people who do ...

Re-election bid. the economy is the most important thing and it's going south a little bit. >> over/under, both of you, that we'll be in a recession during the 2020 election. greg? >> slightly over but it's not imminent. >> and you, ken? >> i think it's slightly less likely than not. it's more likely not to happen but who knows? >> goes to show, you can't predict. different opinions from two very smart men. ken rogoth and gregory valleir, thank you for being here. in the key primary state of south carolina this weekend, democratic candidates trying shore up their base, african-american voter...

But whether we'll keep even the tepid 2% growth, is questionable if he keeps this up. either he backs way off the trade war or pushes the economy into recession. >> what do you think the best and worst thing the administration could be doing right now when it comes to the economy? >> any overt claim that he would try to fire or demote the fed chairman would be a disaster for the markets. great irony is that donald trump had the most dovish fed chair in our lifetime and he fired her. he fired janet yellin. if he makes the fed a big issue this winter, it could backfire on him. >> ken, what do yo...

An uphill climb, but speaker boehner warned his caucus. and it game clear what was going to happen. he did say we could lose the house over this. it doesn't come as a surprise to republicans, but it certainly is, when you put numbers to it, it's a huge slapdown. >> you saw the poll numbers falling. ken rogoth, registers the sharpest drop. can this recovery right now withstand a government shutdown, a sequester, and then assuming you get over this debt ceiling drama and you go into a budgetary process, maybe sharp budget cuts and entitlement reform, is this the time for austerity in america? >>...