joined by none other than brian taylor -- bryan taylor.on: it's great to be with you and with bryan. big day, obviously. this is a standalone company again, a peer play. why does that make sense right now? bryan: cybersecurity is one of these existential threats to our lives, our companies, our institutions. mcafee is one of those businesses that is there to protect us. it's the mission of the company -- we think it's a really important mission and we are thrilled to be part of it. jason: it was part of intel. there were sort of big hopes and dreams for it. now it's a standalone company. what gives it an advantage there? bryan: i think somebody at intel figured they were not the natural owner for a $2 billion cybersecurity software company. we caught them at a moment when they were reflecting. do they want to double down and reinvest in the business, or do they want to sell? we gave them an alternative, a partnership. intel still owns 49% of the company. we get to refocus and reinvest in the business. jason: what does the private equity pl

jason kelly set down with brian taylor, partner at ppg.rity is one of : these existential threats to our digital lives. it threatens our families, it threatens our companies, it threatens our institutions. mcafee is one of those businesses that is there to protect us. the mission of the company, we feel it is important, and we are glad to be a part of it. reporter: so there were big dreams for it. now it is a standalone company. what gives it the advantage there? bryan: i think somebody at intel figured out the 6000 billion dollars government -- guerrilla, they were not the owner for the cybersecurity company. we caught them in a moment where they were reflecting whether they want to double down and reinvest in this business, or do we want to sell? we gave them an alternative, a partnership. they are so committed to it, but we refocused on the core business and reinvest in the business. reporter: what does the private equity playbook look like here? once you get into the guts on your already in. what are the levers you can pull? bryan: wel

jason kelly set down with brian taylor.rity is one of these existential threats to our digital lives. it threatens our institutions. mcafee is one of those businesses that is there to protect us. it is the mission of the company. we think it is an important mission. we are thrilled to be part of it. tel.t was part of in now it is a standalone company. what gives it the advantage there? were not the natural honor for a $2 billion cyber software company. in a moment where they were reflecting whether they want to double down and reinvest or sell. we gave them an alternative, a partnership, but we refocused on the core business. >> what does the private equity playbook look like here? what are the levers you can pull? when wed 16 months from started this deal to win a close a strategyand we had that is our strategy, keep pushing forward the product set. ,t is a great set of products and there making it better every day. second, we have deep relationships with great customers, but it is broadening that with our customers. of cy

in scotland, we've got brian taylor, in wales, tomos morgan and nina warhurst is in the north west ofhemselves, 1200 councillors in all 32 scottish local authorities, they run the schools, the social work, they take when the bin —— take away they take when the bin —— take away the bins and salt the roads. they are significant themselves but com pletely are significant themselves but completely subsumed within the uk general election. they will be looking for pointers from the scottish local elections as to how things might be at the uk general election in scotland. 2001, last time these councils were contested and the snp were narrowly in the lead both in terms of voting share and in councillors. labour actually ended up, because of the proportional voting system, you have to haggle as to who runs the councils, labour actually ended up in sole control of more councils than the snp. will that be repeated now? since then, the snp have surged in the uk general election and hollywood elections and there has now been a sign of a revival of the tories. the tories are keen to supplant labour

>> joining us now to talk about president trump's first 100 days are political analyst brian soble, and james taylor. let's start with both of you here. >> i think if you are in support of donald trump, he's doing great. 98% of those who voted for him, say they would vote for him again. they think he's the best thing since fdr, maybe abraham lincoln. if you're on the opposite side, you see complete incompetence and failure. >> my own view is that we're seeing a presidency in fits and starts. i think he's had his successes. i think he's had his marked failures. i think it's an administration learning how to administer the country. so the first 100 days, probably maybe give him a c or something like that. but he's learning how to be president now, frank, and this is the education of a president. >> the president has shown a willingness to use the military in syria, and in afghanistan, but what about north korea. the president has focused a lot on the threat there, to brief him on the situation there. your thoughts as to how the situation in north korea is unfolding. >> pretty much as i think expected

and i think it is going to take a long time to -- [indiscernible] taylor: that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: thank you. brian james sweeney with us. i want to do something i have not done in ages talk about the said. -- the fed. i never do this. i did not do this with ruskin's chart. this is the function and the bet for september. this gradual roll over and change is a big, big deal. game.rlor we are stretching things out, aren't we? >> yes. i think the fed surprised the market with the march hike, that was not expected until six before. there was upside noise in inflation earlier in the year. tom: right now, we are doing this. >> in the last few weeks, we got a significant downside and we'll of seeing global growth start to slow a little bit. now, the mood is switching in the opposite direction. we think the fed will wait until september. june is a close call. a very close call. the fed seem so confident in their view, they are talking about three more actions for yellen leaves. tom: i do not see that on the bloomberg. >> bloomberg has not expected it. tom: was your head is spinning on the data? it sounds l

>>> later former threshry secretary john taylor has been mentioned as a possible candidate for fed chair. you're watching "squawk box" right here on cnbc. brianeed to know if the customer app will be live monday. can we at least analyze customer traffic? can we push the offer online? brian, i just had a quick question. brian? brian... legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. you're saying the new app will go live monday?! yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. . >>> welcome back to "squawk box." time for the executive edge. president trump is not giving up on healthcare reform pushing for a vote next week. kim munk joins us now. what are the chances that we get a new bill on the table that actually passes in the house? >> good morning, thanks for having me. yes. there's an effort underway to try to revive the repeal and replace effort when speaker paul ryan pulled the bill from the floor of the hca. restarted referring it as dead alive in reference to a zombie film. but they're trying to get something to the floor. congressman mcarthur and m

taylor. congressman, this must really make you laugh. what audience are they playing to because secretary of defense mattis spelled out the evidence the day before. >> well, good morning, brianhonestly, russia is increasingly isolated on this, of course. you saw china abstained as well. if russia wants more evidence we m. are supposed to have any time inspections under the chemical weapons. if they didn't like the one haley put forth put your own forth get consensus from the world and get in there and get inspections and get information. you are right secretary mattis gave clear evidence it was there. middle east was looking for leadership. the world was leadershi lookingr leadership and our president acted. brian: just insurgents, rebels who did that and want to blame assad. look who is standing with russia, iran, an outlaw nation, hezbollah, a terrorist group, and syria, why that guy is alive is because of iran, hezbollah, and russia. that's it. >> there is no doubt about it. again, russia is increasingly isolated, but, to be fair, they got boots on the ground. they filled the influence vacuum in syria. and now the world needs to have continuous pressure on russia to try t