christine, boris? issa there. let s get a check on business news this morning. global markets, trade talks this week center stage. wall street reopens today. it was closed yesterday for the president s day holiday. so take a look at wall street futures. they re up just a little bit. i would call that undecisive actually. all eyes will be of course on wal-mart s earning report this morning. it s a barometer of consumer spending because it s just so big. and we re looking to see if there are any cracks in the paycheck to paycheck consumer. remember we saw retail sales down 1.2%. that was the biggest drop since 20 2009. will we see that decline elsewhere? that raised concerns about a strong u.s. economy and again consumers who are pulling back. the clock ticking between the march deadline between the u.s. and china. the white house said deputy level trade talks will begin today.
bill: 9:30 in new york. markets were closed yesterday for the three-day weekend. we ll open up here in about four seconds. oh, sorry, missed it by three. sandra: there you have it. bill: president s day holiday. traders waiting for news out of the china trade talks. rob portman was with us about 15 minutes ago and he used to be the trade representative for the united states government. he knows this stuff. he kind of knows this stuff. he believes that china is going to buy more of our products, which would be a win. he thinks there will be some headway in intellectual property. i don t know if you get all of what you re looking for on behalf of the administration and probably as we mentioned last night get another summit with president xi in mar-a-lago sometime soon. sandra: the talks concluded over there and now they are going to have these talks here.
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