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Makings of a deal. so we get that, then what? >> hey, if we get something like that, even if it's rumored right now, that's why the markets are up today, too, that's awesome. the investors really want that. that means, you know, yeah again like your guest said if we continue with the shutdown that's an issue. but we have head winds that keep coming into the play for uncertainty with the clients. but the bottom line is, our earnings are so near and dear to us, we can actually have great earnings, that actually will propel the markets further. i think we still have room to grow in this market. w...

The reason i say it's not that trivial, if you take a look at federal government spending, just broadly speaking, federal government spending is a percentage of our economy. it's 7%. now, 7% doesn't sound like a big number. but it is a big number. and if this drags on, we're talking about taking of the, or shaving off, some of the growth which is going to slow in 2019, we expect. that it's going to take that away. instead of talking about, say, 2.5, 2.4% growth, we're glowing to, over time, are the -- going to be talking about 2.2% growth in the economy and the growth rate of earnings, so dear...

The emergency but wants to take funds marked within the defense budget for other purposes and realign them to this. can't do it. the constitution is very clear. no money can be spent from the federal treasury. but that which has been expressly authorized by the congress. can he take money from column a, approved by congress, and put it into column b and issue that just arose, congress didn't think of when it approved column a, no. would a court enjoin that, probably yes. he has a tough road, has to make a difficult case. he has to justify why he's willing to keep half the government shut down ...

In the 40s. so, really, we have a lot nor stability here in america than other parts of the world. >> neil: they don't know how to interpret is, i guess. kristin, i think in the end people forget that the longer this drags on doesn't matter which party is in power or whoo's to blame, people have a hell with both of you attitude. is there a chance that democrats overplay their arrow gants on this -- arrogance, they are convinced they have the upper hand and before they know it, they're getting clobbered in the polls? >> yeah, there's always that chance. i would agree 100% that everybody has a r...

Addresses will correct anything that's going on. what the problem is, really, at the heart of this is that we are all americans. this isn't a republican or democrat shutdown. but the language we keep hearing on both sides is it's the other party, this party. the problem is, people want to get back to work, we want the government to be working, and we want things to move along. we elect people to congress to get a job done. and sometimes that means compromise, sometimes that means by part tan subpena. ship. at -- by part tanship. the lawmakers need to come together and i'm not seeing it happen....