stock price. >> shepard: but it didn't. it went up 11%. >> here is what he told his employees, as a public company we are subject to wild swings and our stock price can be a major distraction for everyone working at tesla all of whom are shareholders. being public puts enormous pressure on tesla make decisions right for the a given quarter but not for the long term. finally as the shortest stock of the being public large numbers of people who have the incentive to attack the company and that's exactly what's been going on. i think this is why he did. this wanted to get back at short sellers by reducing that big stock price big financial trouble. is he going to say that wasn't my intent. but, really going to have to watch this because as one attorney has been quoted assaying this is christmas in august for plaintiff's attorneys. >> shepard: all right. as far as i know. oh no tesla. see what happens. >> probably in your