we have michael picker, the president of the california public utilities commission.] and now, i want to read a list that is long and storied and important to me so let us hold our applause to the end and these are my colleagues, my fellow department heads without whom we could not do what we are celebrating today. naomi kelly, muhammad nuru, ed ruskin, phil michael lamb bart, john aim, thom hughie from dbi, michael carland, nicole bond, adrian pond, barbara garcia, brian strong, john updike, and finally, my partner in everything tyron jew from the mayor's office. could you stand up and be recognized. [applause] and lastly, i would like to thank our main sponsor for this event, so grateful for their leadership and their demonstration of what is possible when you lead by intention and that is kaiser. [applause] >> so, i have to say, as a californian, it's been a tough year to witness this new normal of a changed climate. as an environmentalist, it's been hard to watch what is happening at the national level. it is impossible not to feel not to react. don't it always se

michael cohen. several people familiar with the probe tell nbc news that federal investigators have requested all communications between cohen and david pickerd dillon howard, top executives at american media incorporated. that is the company which owns the national enquirer and other tabloid publications. the details of the search warrant were first reported by the "new york times." both pecker and howard have reportedly been involved in payments to people who wanted to tell stories that would be viewed as damaging to the donald trump campaign or to donald trump in the years before he was elected president. we will have more on that story as we get it. moments ago we learned that president trump met with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein at the white house. the white house says the two talked about routine department business. is there much routine department business at the attorney general's office these days? this comes as the president responded to reports that he and his allies are trying to undermine the russia investigation which is overseen by rod rosenstein. a short time ago the president tweeted he has been cooperating with r

us, michael, jim, and tony meantime, the sohn investment conference, of course, underway in full swing in new york city let's get over to kelly evans for more on that she's alongside leslie pickerp, we are sitting here, full sing, music behind us, i don't know that you can hear it, but, leslie, talk about the highlights from the day so far a lot in tech, right >> a lot of tech a lot of internet. a lot of long, kelly few short positions pitched here, which is emblematic of the market >> totally >> came here the last two, three years, chances are, it did not go so well one, i point out that has everyone talking, a lot of buss, the long bet on box. >> moving the shares in a big way today. >> oh, they shot right on up 1 11%. his point was an interesting one. you don't hear it discussed talking about box, and that is an a.i. play, that's artificial intelligence, talking about that as the next interracing in the tech cycle, so you see what happened in the internet in the '90s, mobile at 2008, and now a.i. is the big trend there, and he says box is best positioned to capitalize on that. >> by the way, we interviewed him shortly thereafter and asked what he thought about facebook, a st