"squawk box" is next >>> good morning who is loadstar?he nickname now being given to the anonymous senior administration official who wrote the "new york times" op-ed that has washington buzzing, president trump fuming, and social media speculating >>> a tech wreck stocks looking to rebound after yesterday's selloff in social media. stocks like netflix. a full market rundown is straight ahead. >>> it's jobs week in america. we'll tell you what to expect from today's adp report. we have linkedin's new list of the top startups to work for in a cnbc exclusive. >>> and shatner, for real, on set. unbelievable it's thursday, september 6, 2018 "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> live from new york where business never sleeps, this is "squawk box. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc. we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at the u.s. equity futures. adp coming out later this morning. could give us an indication of what to expect

ed three loadstars i think there can only be one loadstar it's the star that a ship uses to navigate.ically polaris. >> there can only be one then. two of these guys are fixed incouple juli julian, do you want to be loadstar >> if you're offering, i'll take it kevin giddis from raymond james and michael gapian from barcl s barclays our first round draft pick for a center if we have a "squawk" basketball team. he's about 6'1'116'11". >> the nasdaq got dicey yesterday. topee? september? season factors is this a time to be concerned that we have seen the best levels or not? as the loadstar, what do you think? >> we don't think the bull market is over we think there's a potential for september to be seasonally weak. as you think about tech, when you're having executives talk in front of congress, we saw it earlier in the spring, the markets get a little bit jittery. when you go back to earlier this summer there were reactions to earnings that created volatility for us the rally is not over technology is not over, but people are more selective. as we look towards year-end we think that som

some say pence is not the author and programs real author used the word "loadstar" on purpose. >> do you think someone purposely put that in the essay to try to set you up? >> i wouldn't know. i believe whether it's the book or the anonymous editorial or president obama's speech. it's an effort to distract attention from this booming economy and from the president's record of success. it's all very predictable. reporter: pence says he does not know who wrote the piece. the president suggested a couple names, but nothing concrete enough to make it public. he says he believes the department of justice should get involved because in his view the op-ed is a threat to national security. and a national security issue at large. eric: it would be fascinating if the word "loadstar" was purposely put in there to throw people off the track. what does the vice president say about the president wanting to investigate. he says he thinks it's appropriate. he hinted who the author of the op-ed might be. or what area they might be looking in. >> i think the president's concern is the individual may h

plenty of speculation around him because the article uses the word loadstar — and mr pence uses it frequentlyry james mattis and secretary of state mike pompeo. if you want a full list of all the people who may or may not have written it, here's an article by anthony zurcher just published written it, here's an article by anthony zurcherjust published in the last two minutes in which he has lived through the options. before he published that he spoke to me washington. it's almost like a 1960s movie. all the members of the ministration are standing up and saying they are not spartacus. here they are denying it. we are wondering who is left who has not denied to get. one article i wa nted not denied to get. one article i wanted to show everyone what watching and asking about this was shared widely. it is written by the political commentator david frum india granted. a fierce criticism of this writer of the article saying this writer of the article saying this was a cowardly cool and inflamed trump pots of paranoia and endanger american security. this is not a solo effort. we have seen this sent

and -- but you found this is e the -- as mike pence would say, this is the loadstar here, my friend. came out. please, all things mccartney, just defer to me. paul mccartney, "band on the run" and by the way, i've got to say, the back, it was recorded in lagos, nigeria. and heilman and i, he recorded it. his band basically left him. he flew down with denny, linda. they go to lagos, record his greatest album. and basically, we're going to write a book about this. it's one of the most extraordinary days in rock history and it comes on the day, heilman that paul mccartney is releasing his 17th solo album today called egypt station and he's going to have some live streaming event somewhere in new york. >> yeah. >> i have to say, the funny thing about this, i've been trying to give this shirt to joe all summer. you may be aware, joe has not been in the studio that much in the last -- >> what? he's been here. >> and the most important thing -- >> he's not been here all that often. so it's not like i timed it like that. >> and if you smell it, you can tell he only fell asleep -- >> wait, im

twitter had had pounced on the writer's use of the word loadstar, a word that pence has used in speechesn't him, so the guessing game grows. savannah, hoda, craig, back to you. >> a lot of senior officials saying, not it. peter, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, north korean leader kim jong-un says he wants to denuclearize the korean peninsula by the end of president trump's first term. it is the first time he's put a timeline on that goal. kim and south korea's president agreed today to hold a third summit meeting later this month, though work on practical steps toward reducing nuclear tensions. meanwhile, just this morning, president trump tweeting this as well -- "kim jong-un proclaims unwavering faith in president trump. thank you to chairman kim. we will get it done together." >>> all right, we've got your news covered. y'all want a little "boost"? >> please boost us. >> do we ever. >> here we go. most of us take happy birthday greetings for granted, but 4-year-old octavius mitchell and his parents were stunned when two waitresses helped him celebrate with sign language. >> happy

and it was what made -- it was the loadstar of his life, service to his country.why his favorite novel, of course, was "for whom the bell tolls." and he read it first when he was 12 years old, and it remained what he aspired to be right to the very end. >> on the campaign trail, he would take that message and say to people, i've lived a life of service, and you can, too, even if you don't go in the military, that he would try to be a bridge between the commitments of the military life into which he was born and the commitment every citizen can make, and that's what drew people to him, this idea that there were causes greater than your self-interest, as bob mentioned it, and that we are all as americans able to get involved in those causes and that we all should, and that's what you saw catch fire for him as a political candidate when he ran for president. >> you can see, just explain what you've been watching as they put the casket into the hearse there. because it is a drizzly day in washington, there was a plastic covering there that blew off onto one of the men

social media are speculating the author could possibly be mike pence because of the use of one word, loadstarfind out who the author is. does this make any difference to donald trump's supporters?” does this make any difference to donald trump's supporters? i really don't think so and that's because the president has already declared the president has already declared the media the enemy of the people so it is tough to get more critical. he's demanding what he calls the phoney new york times give up the name of this person but they are protecting their source. 0k, thank you. joining me in the studio is amy pope, former us deputy homeland security advisor and associate fellow at chatham house. asi as i was saying to mole rat, a la going to see a succession of senior figures coming out and saying it wasn't me? i don't know if mike pompeo was directly asked the question, but highly unusual circumstances. this is extraordinary. the key piece is it was written by an appointee of the administration so it's not a situation where you have a civil servant who has been serving through various administr

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