eastern factory orders at 10 jerome powell, john williams, esther george and patrick harker are all speaking today a programming note, steve liesman has an exclusive interview with patrick harker at 8:30 constellation brands reports before the opening bell. after the close we hear from costco and yum china, so a read on the consumer. >>> tax reform remains front and center on wall street and in washington a house vote on the 2018 budget will be held and a senate committee debate on the version of next year's budget. wall street following both to see how they move forward on tax reform. >>> the senate will vote on randall quarrels nomination for vice chair he was nominated to the post in july >>> to news at the intersection of tech and politics mark zuckerberg and cheryl sandberg are likely to testify before congress next month the social media giant is expected to face a grilling on how russia-based groups used the ad buying technology to influence the u.s. election. the hearing is scheduled for december 1st, that's the same day the company is expected to hold quarterly results and a confere

thanks very much i'm here in austin, texas, where kansas city fed president esther george is about to says further rate -- she says the economy is growing at an above trend rate while the same time unemployment is running below its trend rate said, we should be gradual in raising rates but they're postponing the rate hikes do pose risks earlier today i got to talk to philadelphia fed president patrick maharker about low inflation, how it will affect rates. here's what he said. >> there are issues here particularly with respect to low inflation. because it doesn't give us the leg room we need in case there's a negative shock in the economy. i still have three rate hikes in for next year. again, we'll have to see how the dynamics play out. >> reporter: he also thinks the fed ought to hike in december. sees a 2% inflags rate i'll get to post the questions tomorrow to robert kaplan, dallas fed president, hosting this conference here about workforce development which sabt putting people back to work. kelly? >> all right steve, anything jump out to you, michael? >> above trend growth is an

he'll be talking today got the kansas city fed president, esther george talking.lly fed president, patrick harker are all speaking today. >> this is the important one >> patrick harker will be on our show at 8:30 a.m. eastern. but you have to be a nerdy business -- >> you have to be smart. the most important thing is where interest rates are >> is there more than 100,000 people in the country interested 500,000? 1 million? >> all the smart people who realize where the market is headed based on some of these things the people who care about the economy. what motors and powers our country. >> i'm not unhappy about it, but we have to know our audience we have to be pleased. if we get 200,000, 300,000 people, are we happy we're happy. they're all the type of people that attract high-end advertising. >> this will help them in their lives. >> right okay that's populist -- you're populist >> i'm populist? >> you're converting fed speak into how people can manage their lives, do better with their retirement and pay for education. this place started as a consumer news and

george papadopoulos. one point on that, the story of government and mister papadopoulos who is a state witness came under attack from the man identified as the professor esthersed to put mister papadopoulos in touch with people with dirt on hillary clinton and thousands of emails, that professor has been identified by the telegraph in london as joseph massoud who has given an interview in which he said it is incredible for anyone to suggest he was privy to any information on hillary clinton and a laughingstock that he introduced mister hubbard double us to a woman identified as the niece of vladimir putin was professor doesn't have a well-defined resume online. he's very supportive of the vladimir putin regime but the first challenge the story the government laid out yesterday. stuart: we described you as our all-star dc reporter. only you can cut right to the chase. you are all right, don't care what they say. >> i will take all-star over you are all right. stuart: thank you very much. our next guest has a show called dope man. it takes the opioid epidemic head on. my next guest is a recovering addict, ex-con who lost his son to a heroin overdose. tim ryan