what is important to tom ricketts?is something that i think could have a big impact on the economy. i also think it comes down to are we giving businesses the confidence to invest in the future, and i think that would be the thing that would probably have the largest impact. >> right. and that's why, you know, you hear from business leaders and trump himself has mentioned surveys, the manufacturers, their omt micptimism is real hi. here on wall treat part of the reason valuation is up is they i think we're getting changes, but then the ceos are upset with the immigration policies and so forth. do you think the balance is being struck? >> i don't know. i know there's a lot of different ways to try to get the economy to pick up a little steam and hopefully the guys in washington will start knocking them down. >> i only have one more political question. it is do you think jeb bush would make a good owner of a baseball team? >> i think he would be fine. i think he would be fine. i think his brother did pretty good with the

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. >> joining us this morning in for tom, nbc4 meteorologist lauren ricketts. these april showers better bring pretty april flowers because we need a break. >>> we are going to get one but not until mid-next week. we'll be dealing with the rain for quite some time. in case you're headed out early this saturday morning, look at the rain streaming through the region. we have storms yesterday that packed one hec the region. we'll show you that in a few minutes. but now we're seeing the plain old rain showers, no thunder or lightning, just the rain continued to pull through the area. so we'll have rain showers throughout the remainder of the day. we may get a break from time to time, but we'll continue with some rain. this system is yet to move through our area. we could have some thunderstorms continuing into the afternoon. of course, we'll track that for you and let you know what to expect for the rest of the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >>> lauren, thank you. right now cleanup continues in takoma park. look at the images here after fast and furious storms