interviewing blackstone's jon gray i'll be moderating a panel on growth investing with bill ford of general atlantic. we'll have a panel focused on short selling as well with carsonne with ken griffin. with the midterms just a few weeks away, we'll get a sense of the political climate with the deputy treasury secretary wally adeyemo and with virginia governor glenn youngkin. tickets are still available for purchase at deliveringalpha.com. that event taking place tomorrow morgan >> leslie picker, thank you. >>> as we head to break, check out bitcoin. higher by about 5% this morning. closing in on 10% gains for the week back above 20,000. >>> in other crypto news, ftx continuing its buying streak, winning an auction for bankrupt crypto broker voyager digital. other names like coinbase are moving higher as well. ♪ ♪ wow, we're crunching tons of polygons here! what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, like real time cgi. okay... yeah... oh. don't worry i got it! become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq . >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm bertha coombs and h

jon carson ran field for the obama campaign in 2008, and was just known as, kind of, the "organizer ofzer," and so, you know, given my roots, and, you know, being an organizer at heart, i was just so excited to have that opportunity, and, fortunately, you know, i was hired not that long after. damian: you know, it was those roots but maybe being genuine and straightforward. is that maybe what lured you to them?