you heard mnuchin soft pedaling saying it will reduce the trade deficit. the president has a dollar target. the question remains to be resolved. the adjustment in agriculture barriers seems to me is minor. what we need to get at. anyone would agree, get some of the practices that china engages in where they steal our technology. that's a huge obstacle. >> eric: that intellectual property. man, oh man. it helped the stock market this morning. the big story in washington the president demanding an investigation of what he calls a spy in his campaign. it is an f.b.i. informant reports of. you've been around, britt, covering politics and you know the dirty tricks and things that have happened in washington what do you think about this? >> a couple of things. there is a lot of criticism of the informant being called a spy. remember when he was doing whatever he did, at least the