reluctant to weigh in on the stock market. the president for his part did tweet just a short time ago, i'll read it to you. he says, "thanks to the historic tax cuts that i signed into law your paychecks are going way up, your taxes are going way down, and america is once again open for business." the president was touting his tax law during that event in cincinnati. he also took that as a chance to slam democrats. again, no direct response from the president about this dip that we're seeing in the stock market. but administration officials insist look, the economy continues to move in the right direction. the unemployment rate is going down. people's paychecks are going up. and again, they stressed they believe the fundamentals of this economy are still strong. >> all right, kristen welker, we will watch and wait because the president really likes to tweet and comment on stock markets. >> he sure does. >> at some point i'm sure somebody's going to tell him that it does seem a little disingenuous to not comment when there are a whole lot of americans who are panicking about their retirement because the stock market's down. live by the sword die by the