. >> when we talked to jay rogers, he thinks that ollie, the first one will be delivered probably later, this is just the beginning of local manufacturing here for these autonomous electric shuttles we talk a lot about self-driving cars but it really is a wide range of types of vehicles and work that's being done here in the phoenix area. >> our phil lebeau in chandler thank you so much for that we'll see you soon. >> we do have some sad new this is morning robert frank is back at hq to bring that to us good morning, robert. >> good morning. tom wolf, famous for books like "the right stuff" and "bonfire of the vanities" suffered at 88 after suffering from pneumonia his death was just confirmed by his agent. he became famous in the 1960s for what he called new journalism, blending novelistic techniques with journalism and his immaculate vanilla three-piece suit radical chic, meet decade. his 1979 book "the right stuff" was made into that famous moveny 1983 perhaps our audience best knows him for "bonfire of the vanities," that shaped the way all of us view wall street and the excesses of

joining us now is our cnbc contributor from jay rogers, and very good to speak to you. what's your take on this i guess a bit of surprise after kate spade had been trying to pick things up again >> yeah. i expected kate to be a little bit better, coach was good, so i think kate gets better they were beaten up badly on something that was not that much of a miss or guidedown i think they will be better in the back half than what we saw so far, and they are basically fixed, so i'm positive on what coach can do here and positive on brands in general i like ralph i like michael kors now. i like tommy and calvin, and i like tapestry with coach, kate, and so i think they got beaten up, but i think you'll see this come back. this looks like a buying opportunity to me. >> speaking of the brands, how important is it for them to use or embrace amazon as a distribution channel chico is the latest now to do that, and in recognition of how many prime members they have and how well they are doing, is this the way the companies could find growth >> i think everybody is going to have to

. >> it is becoming suspicious that roger hasn't been called in by mueller yet. one of his proed jayspew toe and has been a driver and in turn/assistant and prodige. and in association with all of the people around rob skpert his or bit. haven't reached him yet. leaving me to believe that they have a strong case as bullet proof and insightful questions to ask when roger gets into the hot seat. >> or as we covered, people who are last o are getting tough questions or might never get interviewed because they get indicted. i want to play for you discussion this. normal people will be excused for not remembering or knowing that there was a lobbying firm that has manafort, black and stone and gates. take a look. >> trying to use our relationships that we built up through young republican and to create a business that would focus on political consultant. >> what we provide for our clients, foreign countries or corporations or individuals is superior understanding of how washington works. >> i ask you on this friday, evening, was black manafort in stone the s? >> as this film wonderfully des

jay sekulow is still waiting for his clearance. joining me, former watergate prosecutor nick akerman and jennifer rogers.e right now with clearance. how big a deal is this for doing the work? >> well, it's a problem only to the extent there's classified information. some of the stuff about talking to the russians and disclosing he fired comey to get this cloud, those implicate classified information. it is important and it takes time to get these clearances. obviously expedited for the president but it takes time to get these done. it's a problem that will slow things down. >> why is this happening? why the shake-ups? >> because no one wants to be donald trump's lawyer. >> flood apparently does. >> buff donald trump. he's going to get more lawyers before this is over. there will be more turnover. the fact of the matter is the chief legal strategist in the white house is donald trump. he doesn't listen to his lawyers. he tells his lawyers what he wants to do. and when they give him advice, he doesn't pay attention to it. so if you're a lawyer, what's the point? you might as well get somebody off the stree