martha: iraq's prime minister in the white house for a meeting with president obama today. the prime minister making his first visit to the oval office since his election last fall. he says coalition airstrikes are helping to roll back isis but he believes iraq needs more to help finally defeat them including drones and other military -- [inaudible]. bill: new concerns the economy is weakening as the deficit widens. the u.s. budget deficit $439 billion for the first half of the fiscal year. that is six months. up 6% from the year before. to explain what all that means stuart varney from the fox business network is here on all this. good morning to you sir. >> good morning, bill. bill: are you seeing numbers and indicators that suggest the economy is slowing down, yes or no? >> yes, we are. in the fall of last year, 5% growth. the winter 2% growth. in about 10 days we get the