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>>> i'm dorsey spencer, a father of four was shot ask killed while driving his car on the beltway late saturday night. the family is searching for answers. >>> president trump picks a new fight with the media wrestling video that shows him taking down cnn. see how the administration is defending the tweet and how local lawmakers are reacting. >>> he lost his brother in a motorcycle crash. tonight he hopes his message to the public will help save lives. >>> a father of four shot and killed on the beltway, and police say he was an innocent victim. good evening, i'm kristen wright in for erika gonzalez. new tonight one talks to dorsey spencer about the moment she realized her dad was gone. >> just a family oriented person. >> reporter: christina lombre describes the moment when she learned her father age rono lombre, a father of four had a party at his home saturday night. they were playing cards and having a good time. his daughter tells me he had dropped a friend off in d.c. and was on his way back home. in fact he told someone i'll be there in 15 minutes. he never returned. he was shot

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two people were killed, dorsey spencer is live. dorsey. >>. >> reporter: we are right here. if you tab a look behind me x you can see that's where the crime happened up there in that parking lot. you can see district height police cruiser still there. a joint investigation between prince georges county. now, the county police chief said earlier today it's unusual to have so many homicide happen so close to together. he says this is all a result of people using guns to settle their disagreements. seven deadly shootings in the past several days. the latest, a double murder here he woodland springs apartments in district heights. residents arrived to crime scene tape here on at wood street, two men in their 20s died. they called the fatal shooting atypical for the county. >> these are interpersonal shootings, long-standing, known parties that have evolved tragically into solving a problem with a gun. >> he said some of the shooting stems from petty disputes, suspects using weapons to settle their differences. there have been 42 homicides so far this year, compared to 48 this ti

we take action on ten times abusive accounts daily compared to this time last year >> dorsey stressed that advertisers spend based on daily engagement not monthly numbers dorsey also saying response to the video ad inventory has been strong back over to you >> amazon shares dipped in after-hours trading following an earnings number well short of analyst expectations quarterly income dropped by 77%. revenue jumped this comes as amazon is investing to expand into new shopping you know the story i'm told in the states, it accounts for about 1$150 billion worth of the retail market, which is $5 trillion market as of yet, no regulatory issues on this one. i brought arjun around hello. just to lock atlook at a couple companies. come over here i think the wall behind you looks ugly you must be magnetic or something. let's look at amazon forget about valuations. that's what i put in there do we need to forget about valuations quite frankly it's an extraordinary valuation. i have the forward pe as 109 times, trailing bigger than that >> it's a theme throughout the week the guests we had here t

dorsey spencer, news 4. >> we now know the name of the man shot last night by dc police. officers say they came across kenneth early on georgia avenue northwest. they told him to drop his gun. 28-year-old ignored that order. one of the officers fired hitting him. he's expected to survive, charges against him include assault on a police officer. the officer was fired his gun is on leave while detectives investigate. >> overseas now, we've seen major clashes all day long between police and protesters at the start of g 20 summit in germany. officers earlier used teier gas and fire hoses. today's protest come on the eve of the highly anticipated meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. here is the latest. >> thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of hamburger. tense show down with police using tier gas at times to control the angry crowds. >> reporter: more than demonstrators joined more than two dozen world leaders here. >> we are here to tell him to leave and that he's not welcome. >> president trump was welcome for a one on one meeting this afternoon w

. >>> i'm dorsey spencer, where there's been a spike in shootings over the last several days. coming up what the police chief says is a spike in violence. >>> airline outrage. the mix up that caused united to give away a toddler seat forcing >>> new concerns about crime, seven deadly shootings in just five days in prince georges county, the most recent early this morning. >> two men murdered in district heights, police say that's the latest in a trend of petty disputes being settled with g s guns. >> dorsey. >> reporter: doreen, prince georges county police just released the names of the victims a short time ago, they were philip micha years old, he lived in southeast dc, the second victim was kenneth, he was 31 years old anl lived right there on the street where it happened. these are stemming from petty disputes. this one happened right on the street. a man gunned down while driving on the beltway. a teen shot to death while visiting friends. two young men killed in the parking lot of a district heights apartment complex. these are just some of the crimes that have happened

tommy dorsey, the band leader -- once, when he was short on cash, she bought his sax.rooney -- she taught him dance steps. and so on. barry has one thought -- edith's a wack job. >> i was thinking "crazy old lady" for a while. >> but in the winter of 2007, edith's health suddenly declines. just as suddenly, the construction manager finds himself doing things he really never signed up for -- helping edith shower, use the bathroom, take her medicine, including insulin shots. a big question occurs to barry -- what happens when the mall is done and he moves to another job? what happens if edith lives to 100? that won't happen. in april 2008, edith is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. she declines treatment and, knowing she'll soon need someone else to make her decisions, gives barry her power of attorney. it's a big responsibility. did you really want it? >> i didn't really want it, and i didn't really understand exactly what all it meant. >> uh-oh. >> yeah, uh-oh. i said, "do you understand the power you're giving me?" and she said, "why do you think i chose you?" >> did

the chief financial officer will be effective in late august and will report to jack dorsey.olell soon -- resume the of cfo from anthony noto since adam bain any. left the company. for more reaction to the story, we are joined by dick costolo, farmers ceo of twitter -- former ceo of twitter. he's now the ceo of chorus, a new company aiming to disrupt fitness. what kind of timing? >> literally five minutes before i got out of the cab. totally unplanned. emily: so is he a good choice? >> i'm sure he's a high quality>> person. i was just riffing on the news story. that was funny to me when i heard of it. [laughter] as i said many times, i have a lot of confidence in the team over there. i'm sure he's a great addition to the team. emily: we know twitter had a strong quarter with growth, but they reported their first quarterly loss. do you expect any change in strategy with the new cfo? >> i couldn't say. but those guys are pretty focused and have been clear about what they are working on. i would expect that to continue as long as they are promoting it. emily: let the you think a

wouldn't this be a great opportunity for jack dorsey to say i've gotten twit e to the place it needs'm stepping away, then another 10 to 15% on the upside. i think the risk to twitter to the upside >> i'm lopg twitter. because i think they have to you have jack back there seems like there has been some changes at the company for the better you know, yes, you had some shake ups in the c sweet a little bit but the stock hasn't responded aingd they're changing the product around a little bit. i don't think snap and the other thing about twitter that twitter doesn't have that snap does is facebook out there trying to eat their lunch. ilt needs to be stable >> it is stable. you don't really think it has to do with -- >> that's really the -- big one right there. the second half payments don't look good. >> after 30% moves, i would. they have not be able to monotize properly. they have not been able to grow the monthly users. this is a company that's a news source they have the most important person in the country if you will, the president of the united states, using it as a platform to di

kelly, i'm here in sun valley where dorsey is not expected he probably has his hands full, but we'reony nodo who will be here and holding on to both of those positions until late august when segal takes over the cfo role. back over to you. >> there's only that report that anthony nodo was going to pandora. that's all that we've heard on that front. >> reporter: i have heard nothing official about nodo going anywhere this latest release from twitter said he'll continue in the c.o.o. role as opposed to having both roles his name has certainly been thrown out, there, but for now it sounds like he's staying at twitter? >> anything that you would add. >> not really. i don't think people looking at twitter saying what really needs to be fixed or improved, it's about financial controls maybe if there's a new way this new c.f.o. would have a better story and relationship with wall street, that could be a better factor but just filling the volwhat people should want having checked off. >> square at an all-time high today. you read anything into that? >> square is doing pretty well look what i

ceo jack dorsey on the call has been trying to shift focus to daily active usage, which grew 12% from saying that those gains indicate changes are working >> we're shipping products faster than ever and this empowers us to build features that can enable strong future growth people are reporting significantly less abuse on twitter today than they were six months ago we take action on ten times the abuse of accounts daily compared to this time last year >> on the call just now, cfo and coo anthony noto also stressed the value of video on the platform, both for twitters' users as well as its advertisers. >> by taking the video and bringing it onto the platform that people are talking about and cure 8ing below that video a timeline of the best tweets into an experience that makes the individual feel like they're at that event is an incredibly powerful differentiator for us. >> noto saying as they move toward 24/7 programming, they believe more people will watch twitter on their tv. that would give twitter a shot at more ad dollars with all those bullish comments about ads and daily i don'

when it was happening she got the attention of twitter's co- founder and ceo jack dorsey who tweeteder to direct message him to talk about the issue since then twitter has tried to combat their bullying problem by introducing new measures to prevent abuse, like stopping banned users from just creating a new account. and adding a new "safe search" feature, that keeps abusive tweets out of search results. they also introced a mute tool letting users keep certain words and phrases from entering their feeds. these are good steps but the bullying issue continues. on twitter .. sound from dan gallagher, wall street journal " they have developed a reputation, if you are on twitter, you could be bullied" dan gallagher, covers the business side of tech for wall street journal he says this trolling problem has affected twitters stock and growth as a social media platform and if they don't get it under control it could lead to their demise. twitter gets the brunt of the negative press for abuse but it's not just them. according to a new study by reportlinker teens and young adults say they get

higher, and below that ipo price -- the bothion is, the ceos for of these companies, perhaps jack dorseyround and it revenue growing. vonnie: abigail doolittle, thank you. the bloomberg business flash, look at the biggest stories right now. mastercard posted record revenues. companyic payment handles most nonmonetary payroll. they're developing a faster system for u.s. payment. barclays accidentally shared client information in february of this year. according to people familiar with the metal -- with the matter, they blamed human error. they deleted the data. surging in that turns the hamsters -- and have turned the hamptons into a seller's market. 7.4%.ty rose that was driven by sales of homes costing $5 million or more. and that is your latest bloomberg business flash. breaking news, bill ackman set to be building a stake in automatic data processing. bill ackman a pershing square, known to have 10 or 11 positions , simply building a stake in automatic data. processing. we will tell you more when we get it. a new ridesharing game in town. chariot is expanding to new york city. the com

he will report to jack dorsey. he will assume the rule -- role. he will continue to serve as the coo. for more reaction on the shakeup, we spoke to dick costolo who returned to the cofounder of as first -- personal fitness platform. deck: i have a lot of confidence in the team over there. i am sure he is a great addition to the team. emily: they reported their first quarterly loss during the we've seen a new strategy unfolding. do you expect any change in strategy with a new cfo? those guys are pretty focused and have unclear on what they are working on. that to continue if they are promoting the way they are. emily: what do you think of the new coo? dick: i think it's probably anthony taking on more of a day-to-day operating role moving fully into the coo role and they need somebody. emily: let's talk about the trump administration. there has been a lot of noise. about somebody who , whatarted many companies is it like starting a company under the trump administration? dick: this feels like one of those questions we should have when we are walkin

jack dorsey coming back at c.e.o. this is a place where president trump is getting his message out. been talking much about the business of twitter of late. last quarter looks pretty good. do you think things are getting better on term? -- long-term? david: i think twitter has stabilized and may be taking a step forward that is quite positive. if they cannot capitalize on the moment we are in where they on the mesh are on everyone's list all day long, it would be ridiculous. it seems like they have implemented around video. they have taken very seriously some of the challenges to maybe not be as ambitious about becoming a real competitor to facebook because they are never going to be that, but to say we have a reasonably good as this that has a kind of traffic. let's come up with practical, pragmatic ad formats people are not going to be annoyed by. marketers are buying them and they are selling them. i think that is really promising. i think twitter is slowly getting better. as you will recall over the years, i have been kind of negative about twitter as a company, as a stock. they

news 4 dorsey spencer was in the courtroom along with family members who lost their loved ones. this was one of the shootings that happened at montgomery mall, as well, darcy. >> >> reporter: there was a lot of emotion today as you can imagine inside the courtroom when the judge handed down those maximum sentences, some of the victim families were crying. they were hugging, as well, knowing, as you said, this man will spend the rest of his life behind bars. his defense attorney went to great lengths to describe him as a good man who did a lot of things before those two days before he committed the crimes. prosecutors took exception to that, saying these crimes took a lot of planning. a 64-year-old former federal officer with a high security clearance turned vicious killer, described as smiling as he pulled the trigger, killing malcolm at montgomery mall and wounding two others, that him from carjacking a woman. killing a 65-year-old nursing aide. she was an immigrant who worked long hours to provide for her family. he shot her at the giant in aspen hill. for these crimes, a judg

i wouldn't blame ceo jack dor y dorsey yes, i'm recommending twitter on the fundamental and a takeoverasis. with so much attention devoted to what's happening in congress or this bombshell story, we're barry noticing dynamite m&a activity this is the biggest deal in the payment space since the great recession, and i think it's terrific, particularly with the stock trading at 17 times earning. buy some vantiv. much more "mad money" ahead, including my take on one set of stocks air space has been on the run. is it your chance to hop on board? and then herman miller has been sitting pretty after last week's earnings, but can the company's rise continue? i have the exclusive with the ceo. and the call that was just made on netflix that is down right insane don't miss this. stick with cramer. >>> on a traffic day for the averages, it's worth remembering that this rally is based on very strong, very sustained bull markets in individual sectors. take aerospace it's been roaring for some time now. remember when everyone was writing off the stock of boeing in december? after then president-elec

news 4 dorsey spencer explains why it's a for summer camps and people trying to enjoy the outdoors there. >> i'm dar scy spencer. >> reporter: this is an area of people who fish. but now there's concern from the people who use this every day because of some new rules that went into effect, basically, shutting down this part of the river whenever, take a look across, the president or someone of importance is here at the golf course owned by president trump. now, this is something that very recently happened. there's a lot of concern and question about how this is being implemented. it's not just people who come out here for recreation, there are a lot of small businesses and kids are here for summer camps. many are wondering exactly how this is going to happen and how it's going to effect their businesses. >> well, one of my main concern is having a group that's on the and the end of the day comes and it's time for them to come back and get on buses and go home and they can pass through the security zone and i can get them around. coming up with a plan and being easily notified or know wh

. >> thank you, dorsey. >>> police have identified a person of interest. >> they're saying that money may be the reason behind the crime. 77-year-old was found dead in his apartment at the senior center. detectives along with the help of the homeland security, said the suspect flew to vietnam a day after the murder in april. they say the suspect was later found dead. police say they believe the two men knew each other well and they'll be releasing the suspect's identity and cause of death once all the forensic work is finished up. >> storm team 4 is tracking some showers moving into our region and they may soon start to impact the evening commute. >> wash, rinse, repeat, same amelia draper in the storm center, you got a close eye on the track of this storm. >> absolutely, my biggest concern is going to be along the corridor and parts of northern virginia further to the east, maybe even into prince williams county, the national weather service talking about a severe thunderstorm watch. they're saying, looking at the radar right now, looking outside is beautiful. take a look back to our

he will report to twitter ceo jack dorsey. segal last served as senior vice president of finance for intuit. spent nearly 17 years at gold man sax. he says he believes twitter has tremendous potential aend can't wait to work with dorsi. s t segal will have a $500,000 salary and a shares of twitter initially popped more than 3% on the news and they are up slightly this morning in early trading back over to you >>> more stocks to watch today, dow chemical agreeing to sell a portion of its business in brazil for $1.1 billion. the move comes as the company seeks regulatory approval for its merger with due pontpontdupt a u.s. court says toshiba must give its database in its bid to buy the chip unit. >>> burberry saw a jump in its revenues same store sales were up 4% doubling analyst expectations. >>> more stocks to watch this morning. shares of health care services getting a bump topping estimates with a 2% jump in revenue, and apple reportedly putting in overtime to fix softs wear bugs affecting its next generation ichlts phone th

he has been ceo of the burger chain since 2012 he will join square's chief executive jack dorsey as wells other board members including mary meeker and larry somers square originally launched with the goal of allowing credit card payments with the phone but has focused on bigger industries like retail and hospitality. for a company whose future growth aims in the hospitality space, bringing on garutti could shape those ambitions. shares of square have been on a tear and are trading a bit higher in early trading. back over to you >>> we're keeping an eye on shares of amazon reuters says the ftc is investigating allegations that the company is misleading customers about pricing discounts. this after consumer watchdog compiled sales data on some 1,000 products on amazon's site. amazon says the study is deeply flawed >>> amazon shelled out 3$3.2 million in lobbying efforts in the second quarter of this year, that's up $300,000 from q1 the big spend comes as it seeks approval for its 13$13.7 billio deal to buy whole foods. >> we forget about the role silicon valley plays in washington and the

and jack dorsey starting to look better on his buy. >> on his -- >> i'm warming up to dorsey himselff the amazing -- because square has to be bought by something >> just so easy -- the stock goes up and suddenly you warm up to -- >> is there something else involved in this business that i don't know about, other than higher and lower prices? is there some sort of -- >> up or down -- >> what jefferson? it's about stocks, suddenly, he's gone. >> so rude, so rude. >> ghandi favor. >> what's tonight? >> gandhi faivor. zpr there's a biotech stock that is going to be able to be -- >> jim, we'll see you tonight. "mad money," 6:00 p.m. we will take a break and when committwe come back, more yellen -- no, go back to the hearing. here's chair yellen at senate banking. >> your words. in addition to these few unusual reductions here, is it possible that certain easpects of foreign economy, as far as slow growth in china are artificially lowering our influence in inflation in this country? or what is it? what's going on here do you know, and if you know, what do you -- what do you believe? >> wel

department, and nick ackerman is here, former assistant special watergate prosecutor and a partner at dorseygood to have all of you. sir, you co-wrote this article about the president possibly replacing his a.g. and leaving sessions, quote, twisting in the wind. what's going on here? >> you know, it's just an extraordinary spectacle playing out in washington today. i was just over at the justice department and the spokeswoman there says it's by as usual. but it hardly feels like that. the president again tweeted out today comments ass you said disparaging his attorney general. his attorney general at least up to now has said he loves his job and wants to stay so, how long can he survive, we don't know. >> what else is the attorney general going to say publicly, though, right? i mean -- >> right. but it's so interesting because of all the cabinet heads jeff sessions is one that is moving forward the fastest and doing the most. to advance the conservative agenda and to put in place policies that undo the policies of his predecessor, eric holder. we've seen that on immigration, civil asset forf

jack dorsey, twitter's chairman at the time of its ipo, owned just under 5% at the time. not including options. twitter shares dropped 18% on the day of a lockup -- its lockup expiration on may 2014, while facebook shares jumped 13% the day of its lockup expiration in november of 201 n 2 investors are going to turn their attention to earnings coming up a week from thursday the pressure is definitely on for snap to show user and engagement growth in the face of rival, facebook's, better than expected numbers which it reported just last week. melissa? >> all right, julia, just one clarification. 50% held by snap's co-founders so 50% of the initial amount of stock that unlocks today or 50% of all the stock or 50% of what? >> reporter: so of the amount -- that would be of all of the stock. and it's worth -- i'm sorry, that would be of the amount of stock that is unlocking at the next lockup expiration so the thing is, no insiders can sell today only early investors the reason is because we have snap's earnings on the 10th. so on the 14th is when any employees or directors or

. -- will that siegel report to jack dorsey.new twitter strategy unfold over the last year or so, with a focus on live video and partnerships. see a big expect to change in strategy, but when it comes to numbers, ned siegel will have to a drought how to make money off the new strategy, how to drive -- drive advertising revenue, attract advertising revenue to these new live video partnerships that they are striking. of course, a lot remains to be seen with the next quarter of twitter earnings. will they keep up user growth? adam bain had revenue -- the teams locked up for a long time with that first quarterly loss. that was an important warning sign. born to note that twitter has 328 million users. we have talked about snap breaking its ipo price all day long traits not only has 166 million users. big growth challenges ahead, happy not toobably be in the spotlight that it once was, and snape is stealing the heat. twitter shares have been on the rise over the last year, will snap shares of come down. >> thank you for filling us in

that they would have been happy with if it had been signed into law, but you didn't really see that dorsey done successfully, so at the end of the day of we are committed to doing this, and i think we cannot vote for the senate, they have to get 50 votes, it's been a long time, as he said, seven years, and to just quit now i think would be a huge mistake. >> shannon: i am surprise that we don't have more from the present, this is what he said, what do you make of that proposal? >> well, am glad he mention those 40 democrats because they don't have journalist backing them, there is really no heat on them to do anything, even though they were responsible for enacting this law, so you look around the country, you see the markets that have imploded, premiums and deductibles that have gone up, you see some of the havoc from state budget, and it is almost like they are given a free pass and it is all in the republicans, so i appreciate the president romantic the american people that not only the democrats put us in this mess, they have offered zero solutions to get us out of the mess. >> shannon

and it is the small/medium sized business, ever since -- this is jack dorsey, sara friar does a fabuloust cfo. why has the stock been able to double payment processing is a hot area i think people have to start recognizing wherever it is, we still -- you mentioned consolidation. there aren't too many. paypal is a big company. i don't want to make -- square has good enough fundamentals someone should buy them, the problem is that well who would do that? jpmorgan want it >> no. it's too small for jpmorgan. wouldn't move the needle this is a big deal. >> fairly large deal and again, of course, crosses borders and interesting how they're trying to do it on a governance basis giving 41% ownership by worldpay shareholders in the combination, co-ceos as well. it's not an moe. it's a takeover, merger of equals but it's kind of closer to that. >> i was surprised at this very surprised well, i think -- >> by the way, a lot of people don't know who these companies are. worldpay and vantive as you say a spin from fifth third. >> i looked at vantive and said geez, that was during the bad old days the

the company's better than expected earnings and revenue and twitter ceo jack dorsey's focus on a 12% increase on failing to turn around twitter's stock. now it's a very different story for facebook shares soaring more than 5% after adding nearly as many monthly active users in the past year as twitter has in total facebook beating expectations on the top and bottom line as well as on that user growth i spoke to sheryl sandberg last night about what's driving results. >> people are using our products and services to share and community and build community on their mobile phones. we're excited to announce today that we have over 15 million businesses using business profiles on instagram and that joins our 70 million pages on facebook so for facebook and instagram are places where people are connecting with each other, but businesses are connecting with their consumer >> sandberg as well as mark zuckerberg on the commitment to be a destination for original, professional video content saying it'll be a big area of investment to engage with consumers and grow ad revenue. >> our goal is to

jack dorsey at twitter has been identified with the rand philosophy and you see twitter definitely havingins. that's why as a guru, if it would be interesting to follow how they do and whether in the end they really deliver for shareholders >> will it work better in washington than in the board room >> well, let's, you know, that's just -- again, the randians say, you know, trump has embraced it. ti ti tillerson and pompeo have embraced it. they're check cherry picking a few things the hero is an architect real estate developer they say that he is just superficially doing it to the extent they seem to be embracing it, it's not getting them anywhere with congress because randians are very averse to compromise. they stick with their vision and they want to get people on board and it's basically their way or the highway. i don't think that works very well in a representative democracy where you're negotiate with people all the time and compromise is the essence of democratic government. >> thoughts on the market, on the economy, anything as we work our way through this month and this summer?

when it was happening she got the attention of twitter's co- founder and ceo jack dorsey who tweetedlk about the issue since then twitter has tried to combat their bullying problem by introducing new measures to prevent abuse, like stopping banned users from just creating a new account. and adding a new "safe search" feature, that keeps abusive tweets out of search results. they also introced a mute tool letting users keep certain words and phrases from entering their feeds. these are good steps but the bullying issue continues. on twitter .. sound from dan gallagher, wall street journal " they have developed a reputation, if you are on twitter, you could be bullied" dan gallagher, covers the business side of tech for wall street journal he says this trolling problem has affected twitters stock and growth as a social media platform and if they don't get it under control it could lead to their demise. twitter gets the brunt of the negative press for abuse but it's not just them. according to a new study by reportlinker teens and young adults say they get harrassed most through text me

when it was happening she got the attention of twitter's co- founder and ceo jack dorsey who tweetedssage him to talk about the issue since then twitter has tried to combat their bullying problem by introducing new measures to prevent abuse, like stopping banned users from just creating a new account. and adding a new "safe search" feature, that keeps abusive tweets out of search results. they also introced a mute tool letting users keep certain words and phrases from entering their feeds. these are good steps but the bullying issue continues. on twitter .. sound from dan gallagher, wall street journal " they have developed a reputation, if you are on twitter, you could be bullied" dan gallagher, covers the business side of tech for wall street journal he says this trolling problem has affected twitters stock and growth as a social media platform and if they don't get it under control it could lead to their demise. twitter gets the brunt of the negative press for abuse but it's not just them. according to a new study by reportlinker teens and young adults say they get harrassed most

and shake shack ceo randy garutti is joining the board of square square ceo jack dorsey says that garutti'sience helping shake shack expand will be a great asset as square tries to do the same. >>> a quartet of leading conservative economists have written a paper arguing that 3% growth in the u.s. is completely plausible if the right policies are pursued. steve liesman joins us now >> interesting paper, joe. three of those economists, all of whom are well known to "squawk box" viewers, are prospects for the federal reserve under president trump. john keoghan of the governor institution, joined with kevin warsh, john taylor and glenn hubbard of colombia, penning a paper that they don't by the argument that u.s. is stuck at 3% growth. attaining 3% annual gdp growth rate is based upon enactment and implementation of a package containing significant tax reform regular tory reform they say productive goes up and down cyclically and it's linked to getting policies right. what they did is a five-year moving average, got rid of some of the ups and bounce and said it was down for awhile during the w