. >>> one of the people whose mission it is to implement the business-friendly principles is linda mcmahon live from washington. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. >> small businesses face obstacles, especially when they first start up. what role do you think the federal government should be focusing on? >> we focus on the three cs. it's capital, counseling and contracts. capital i think is pretty obvious. access to capital is what all entrepreneurs need or at least most entrepreneurs need to start. some small businesses that are growing their businesses don't need as much capital as they do counseling, which is the second "c." learning how to develop business plans, how to grow, how to pitch your business. and the third part is contract. we try to encourage or guide entrepreneurs who may have services or products that can be bought by the federal government. the federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. >> it's a lot of work to try and get done, a lot of worthy causes. when you're facing a 5% budget cut, how do you judge which bus

tom price, administrator of the small business administration, linda mcmahon and administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services are holding a listening session with female small business owners to talk about how we will repeal and replace obamacare with a plan that benefits all americans. tomorrow the president will welcome representatives and senators to the white house to talk more about what's next on the legislative agenda including repealing and replacing obamacare and crafting a revolutionary tax reform proposal that will provide relief to hard working taxpayers. and on wednesday infrastructure week continues with the president's visit to cincinnati, ohio, where he will speak about his wide-ranging vision for rebuilding our country with a special focus on repairing our 12,000-mile inland waterway system which carries $230 billion in commerce annually while our locks and dams crumble because the federal government can't fund the critical repairs they need. the president present his sustainable solution to this problem in ohio on wednesday. and because i know all

ivanka, linda mcmahon, nikki haley, betsy devos. we haven't heard from them. what's your take? >> if they positions themselves as advocates for women, either they're not doing it or they're doing a really terrible job, okay, in there as doing this. but it is hard. you and i talked about this. when i shismted my career to move away from a more traditional wall street role to businesses that are focused on advancing women and getting more money to women -- >> the pink ghetto. >> i was told don't do it, your career is over, you won't be taken seriously. twitter, there's a real cost to this when you're advocating for people who are not the white male majority. >> what's your take, gentlemen? >> well, you know, to quote the late denny green, he is who we thought he was. donald trump -- >> so you support sarah huckabee sanders, you knew who you were voting for? >> for me i've always said that donald trump was and is a morally bankrupt con man who we elected president of the united states. >> that's how you really feel. >> that's how i feel. so the fact he turns out to be morally bank

tom price, administrator of the small business administration linda mcmahon and administrator of the centers for medicare and medicade services are holding a listening session with female small business owners to talk ab how we will repeal and replace obamacare with a plan that benefits all americans. tomorrow the president will welcome representatives and senators to the white house to talk more about what's next on the legislative agenda, including repealing and replacing obamacare and crafting a revolutionary tax reform proposal that will provide relief to hard working taxpayers. on wednesday, infrastructure week continues with the president's visit to cincinnati, ohio, where he will speak about his wide ranging vision for rebuilding our country with a special focus on repairing our 12,000 mile inland water way system which carries $230 billion in commerce annually, while our locks and dams crumble because the federal government can't fund the critical repairs they need. the president will present his sustainable solution to this problem in ohio wednesday. i know because all of yo

president's notes right there onto the podium, i see wilbur ross in the background there, i see linda mcmahonsta -- >> yep. stuart: what's the first name? alex acosta, i'm so sorry. alex acosta, labor secretary. not exactly warming up the crowd -- [laughter] i'm being facetious. >> it's not vegas. stuart: he is introducing the president, i suspect, there may be other speakers before the president actually takes to the podium and gets launched. quickly to the market. i notice it's come back. about 40-odd minutes ago we were down 105 points. we've come back from there. we're now down, as you can see bottom right-hand corner of your screen, we're down 43 points. i keep saying it, 21,331. >> wow. >> we're down two-tenths of a percent right now. stuart: yes. and i went on the air -- we went on the air at 9:00, so there's going to be a selloff. >> rate hike, all of it. stuart: define selloff. we were down, what, about .25%? that was the extempt of it. now we're down .19%. you cannot call this a selloff. >> no. stuart: you can probably say this is a selloff in the big technology companies. >> yeah.

i'm joined for reaction by small business administrator linda mcmahon who was in the room.u so much for joining us. let me ask you because we all know small businesses, i think we all know are being overly burdened or struggling what is going on with health care as some americans are. what are the specific things they say to you, if you could do onor two things?