also, a senate intelligence hearing in an hour. and the retail wreckage continues. sears is closing even more stores and macy's lowered guidance yesterday. talking about margins. but there might be a bright spot and the name is walmart. >> tesla stock hit an all time yesterday and where they might be headed with the model 3. first up, the president has chosen the nominee to be next fbi director as comey gets ready to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. our eamon javers is in washington. what a day for news. good morning, eamon. >> good morning. so christopher wray will be the president's nominee for fbi director one day before the former fbi director james comey is scheduled to testify on capitol hill about his interactions with the president. the president has selected somebody new. here's the tweet from the president just a few moments ago. he said i will be nominating christopher a. wray, a man of impeccable credentials to be the new fbi director. details to follow. what are some of those credentials? here's what we know about mr. wray. he was the assistant ag in charge of the justice department's criminal division from 2003 to 2005. he led the enron task force and led efforts to address corporate fraud while at the department of justice and he received the department of justice's highest award for public service. i just got an e-mail a few minutes ago from a former high ranking fbi official who gave me his take on christopher wray. he said wray has a good reputation, he's confirmable, but big job for someone with his level of large organizational leadership and management experience. will be big learning curve. then something to point out here that this is a pick from sort of the establishment's republican law enforcement circles and he knows james comey. in fact, he worked for comey at the department of justice when he was the head of the criminal division. s comey was the deputy attorney general who wray would have report to. wray would have worked alongside robert mueller as the fbi director in those years. mueller now the special counsel involved in this investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. so wray knows intimately the two men most at the center now of this swirling controversy around the russian interference into the 2016 election. we'll see how he handles that. what his confirmation hearing is going to look like, given that democrats are going to want some assurances that wray is independent of the president of the united states and is willing to keep that distance from the president even in a very political era. republicans probably have the votes to confirm him and i just talked to somebody pretty plugged in in this town who said that he thinks that there will be plenty of democratic votes in the senate at the end of the day for christopher wray as well. carl? >> all right, eamon javers, we'll see how the reviews come in. as that process goes on. eamon javers in washington. clearly, wray is a guy who knows securities fraud, he knows rico, bank security. >> look, a heavyweight. i remember him on the enron case, followed that closely. he was part of the team that indicted skilling and indicted leigh. you see who else he was with, it was deputy attorney general james comey, who was involved. and mueller as fbi director. this is a seasoned guy. look, i think that -- we had a woman amy -- an attorney speaking about her this morning. speaking about noncontroversial. i think this is a guy, well, he's been at it for a long time, both sides, but he was a hard law enforcement and it seems like a guy who is as -- probably the least controversial appointment that i have seen trump make to date. i think he's kind of of the firmament. and 9/11 -- everything. he understands terrorism. he understands corporate fraud. good pick. >> how do you expect the market to behave? late yesterday we got a headline suggesting comey would not go so far as to accuse the president of obstruction. then other headlines that said he will in fact push back on the notion that he told the president he was not under investigation. saw a bit of a sell-off. what happens in the next -- >> look, i think -- a little of volatility will shake out some the holders of some the companies who have become the nifty 50. johnson & johnson maybe goes down. united health. some of the loved companies will get hit by a futures sell-off and i think there will be buyers right underneath because there are so many buyers in the market. there was a headline that disturb med in the "wall street journal," that there was worries of a reversal. the markets that rose in lock step interest rates down. and stocks up were the markets we loved. i'm not going to say that's raising worries -- that's business as usual and not a reason to sell. if theresa may drives the market down f the ecb drives the market down or if comey drives the market down there the buyers will be there and aggressively. >> conversely, if comey has not much to say -- >> wow, if he's just boring? geez, if he's boring you have until 10:00 to buy. >> he won't be boring. >> you don't think so? he's not a bomb thrower. >> you want to hear the answers to the questions being asked. >> what does that have -- do you think gorsky is going to be impacted by comey in front of the senate? >> the market is ignoring most if not all of these kinds of events at this point. whether they be geopolitical or centered in washington other than the prospects for tax reform. >> well, i'm watching mcdonald's. mcdonald's -- it's a nothing burger. it's going to go up and i think that that's where you want to be. if there's a hit from theresa may. now we covered may this morning. wilf is over there, he has the various about what -- what the panel will do. very currency oriented. i come to the conclusion, wow, i like mcdonald's. you know? sorry. i mean, that's prosaic, not as prosaic as my hair cut. >> wow. i'm liking that hair cut. >> a two year chart when they announced all day breakfast, you can see the inflection on the stock. i'm >> itting it's a correlation, but when they announced any october of 2015 -- >> i remember talking to easterbro easterbrook. i'm a huge fan of the egg mcmuffin, it's not as bad as you think. i was just at mcdonald's a couple of weeks ago. easterbrook has them cleaned up. he has the buy in on the franchises. i love it. that's the generic to watch. that's the key to the market if things go bad. they can't get hit to save its life. mickey d's -- >> this things go bad. >> the stock doesn't want to get hit. i use that as a bellwether of stocks that have nothing to do with politics that everybody wants to own. if it even goes down a sliver. >> really? isn't google, amazon, apple -- >> no no no. amazon, yes. amazon, yes. but the others, no. they don't have the consistent buying underneath mcdonald's -- united health, nvidia, broadcom, that's where the buyers are. if i hear about one more f.a.n.g. story -- i'd rather hear about red fang. >> the f.a.n.g. names have an overlay of mutual fund ownership, that's why they think they're more secure than others. >> i happen to like them but there's a new f.a.n.g. i have 15 f.a.n.g. names i can reel off. it's old school. >> it's an old thing. >> i wish i hadn't invented it at this point. >> well, china f.a.n.g. is the -- >> red fang. ten cent is in -- what's the matter? remember black tooth? >> yeah. >> white tooth, i got red fang. >> it go. i learned about soupy sales and fang. >> soupy sales is important in stocks. >> i understand the inner workings of your brain. >> soupy sales was from philadelphia. >> pivoting to some names that can get hit, i have more struggles in retail. macy's issues a profit margin warning and sends the stock down 8% yesterday. much of the retail sector wit. sears to close 66 stores in addition to the 1 50 closures that it's already announced. most of those closings involve kmart stores. >> if every store sells, the stock goes flying. >> and you have macy's on the call -- >> paid $30 a day for that. macy's that -- look, if you go through the actual deck it's great. it's great. it's great. and then on the second to last page they say margins could be under pressure it stings it's horrible. a lot is about how they play the yield t cash flow. >> all the stores are profitable i believe. >> yes. now i'm -- >> not to mention that flagship, they won't. but man, a lot of value in that if they wanted to go down that road. >> one-third the price of when we heard -- when we delivered -- >> negative output. >> when a very smart guy came. >> jeff smith. had success at starboard, not in this name. he's long out. >> but he's not like greenlight, greenlight was like a north korean election how bad he lost. >> yeah. excluding greenlight's vote. >> i think the north korean premier got less than -- you know, the north korean premier did better than gm when it came to greenlight. >> didn't do as well as gm. >> didn't do as well as gm. >> red light, greenlight. i have to tell you this kohl's, they all went down. they're like one giant etf. except for walmart. which held up there like a champ. even though that amazon's now doing the subsidized snap program. >> walmart is number one on the fortune 100. surpassing berkshire. >> i think they're doing a great job. i can't tell you how fabulous -- >> one quick stat, trying to find some things going on as you look at revenue from walmart, of course which is always -- they do. you know? almost $500 billion a year. there's a big reed conference in town. malls, key in terms of retail. and, you know, it's a tale of two cities again here. >> give me the worse -- >> the general growth ceo is talking about you have an a-mall, hundred dollars a square 23509 in terms -- $800 a square foot, you have a b-mall t sales are down 4.6%. so high quality in retail seems to be doing okay, jim. >> although i would -- high quality a lot of times are foreign retailers. but i'm concerned because i listen to ulta, they talk about renegotiating the rates down when they are in these some -- in the malls. they're in more strip malls. look, i think -- i used to defend federal realty because don wood -- they have done a lot of experiential shopping centers but it doesn't matter because there's an etf and within the etf there are the real estate plays and they're not working. >> but maybe people should be more discerning. may not be as bad for certain malls as seems to be the case. >> i think it's interesting that david did the age of walmart. then he did mickey drexler and amazon. like a sandwich. >> it is. >> he does a lot of shopping, no. >> never been -- >> only time i have been in the stores. >> never even bought anything. >> you know that red fang is an american stoner band formed in portland, oregon. >> my daughter lives in oregon and there's a lot of stoners there. >> i don't want red fang coming after us. >> give them full credit. a lot more to get to this morning including 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that the model "y" crossover has to be built at another plant. it's his time. i know that there are a lot of people who can say, look, i don't like any of the financials about this. but demand -- he's been right about demand. we talk about what's going to happen in china, chinese government likes him now. so this is a rather -- i know i'm reluctant, i know the stock is up on the short squeeze. cramer saying buy tesla, people are trying to buy tesla cars and crossovers. i think that the demand is there. >> nothing stops him. i mean, let's not forget the heat they took briefly at least from the corporate governance perspective on the solarcity deal. remember that? everybody -- whatever happened to that? everybody concerned about the debt they were taking on. you don't hear a word. >> they could do a gigantic offering for -- >> it was important to them in the capital markets. >> is ron barron right, you'll quadruple your money in 20 years? >> it's got the -- it's got the feel of nvidia. in terms of the technology. you know that by the way that the mobile guys will tell you off line that the tesla technology is not as good. >> what are the margins like on the cars? >> that would require you to understand the financials. >> yes. >> then you're talking about meeting, you know, kind of a -- >> i'm wondering if they can somehow get a premium the way that apple does for the beautifully designed products. >> look, tesla -- you know, there's only one guy in the world who knows cars in a way that you know cars and that's jay leno. i changed my mind about this thing, because jay leno said it's chrysler, ford, gm, and then tesla. he's a car guy. >> the wall in a meeting -- suggesting that the wall have solar panels. what that -- i don't know. could that be a giant bid on behalf of solarcity? >> my fight with elon musk, he said if we replace all the solar panels in northwest of colorado we can heat up the whole country. i started to talk about the friction of electricity and he 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opening bell and the s&p at the bottom of your screen. at the big board, it is molson coors. we'll talk to the ceo on "squawk alley." later on at the nasdaq, new age beverages, a maker of health and fitness drinks. so you talked about mcdonald's being the key to the markets but i assume you'll watch for weakness in tech and financials as well. >> i think there's a lot of takeaways from what apple did yesterday. amd is really a major part of the new apple family. very, very important. and that's why that stock has been creeping up. that's a very big win. amd is a company that does not get enough credit for their wholly new look. i mean, look at the way that the stock has done. i think the apple 8 -- the iphone 8 going to continue to drive a lot of stocks and you know that broadcom's in there. and sky works is in there. and apple is off to the races again. i'm -- i am sanguine about that right now. because people thought it was over. there are a lot of shows that said that f.a.n.g. is over. all i care about is there are certain tech stocks that are levered to the internet of things. and cyber security is a theme you can go back to thing. >> internet of things is at the nascent stages. internet of things, it is starting to happen. but it's the earliest stage in terms of actually having the billions of different things that are going to be connected and the beneficiaries of the data that's going to be filtered and used. i mean this is just the earliest days. >> the cloud is really struck retail, retail has just moved to the cloud. that's very big. a lot of chips to be able to do that. a lot of exciting -- now the strangest thing happening in tech was talked about by mark mclaughlin on "mad money." he is from palo alto, when you get hit by a cyber attack and ransom ware, you have to pay them by bit coin. the cyber attackers have customer service desks to tell you how to buy bitcoin to pay them. this is not facetious. they have customer service desks. you want to know why -- there are many reasons that bitcoin -- i think the idea when you're attacked, they give you an 800 number to tell you how to buy bitcoin to get your computer unfrozen. what is a business. this is a supermarket, supermarket of finance. supermarket of cyber security. >> it's global clearly. as henry blodget told us the other day, it can go to $1 million. >> i think it can. it's a short term way to be able to deal with cyber security. but it is the way. to pay off the bad guys. because they don't want -- better than the bonds. the way you pay them is bitcoin and they have customer service. >> your point on amd is so relevant. the top s&p gainer. it's up 15% for the week to date. it's wednesday. >> they're in apple. apple's using their chips. i mean, whoever thought of that when they were on the ropes? they were just so down and out and they have made so many strides in gaming. they're in -- number two to nvidia, but everybody is number two, but amd. they had the analyst meeting where they ratcheted back expectations. a lot of people threw the stock out. it's a new company with a fabulous ceo. doing so many good things. >> this continued focus on augmented reality. we talked to a couple of analysts about it pointing it out. i think the journal came back to it in their coverage of the apple product announcement. or i should say the worldwide developers conference. >> voice is so important. you know when you do voice, trying to un -- that device trying to understand you, nvidia. that's why it had the second wind. look at broadcom, it's in everything. analog devices got hit earlier this week. texas instruments did well. analog devices went badly. apple is back again as the driver. whoever gained market share and broadcom gained a lot of market share. i would not sell that stock. you have to hope that may loses in the election. that's not a month, but a person. >> there's tomorrow. >> right. >> may loses, if the ecb decides to raise rates, and that comey brings the house down. and that may get broadcom back under 250. it's like piranhas in the water in amazon. >> on the other side, on the flip side of tech, we have a downgrade of coke and pepsi. >> that's just heresy. pepsi has a new ceo. it's got to be bad. dr pepper, dr pepper, you know, that's tiny outfit. it can be swallowed up. but downgrade, come on. the best consumer package, good growth. please. and coca-cola, they are set to do that coca-cola light. they're going to have very few employees. >> you think there are cuts in the overall expense? >> because of franchising. >> expenses of the company, yeah? >> oh, yeah. they don't have snacks. i mean, snacks are incredible. that franchise and the number of turns, even in europe. the number of turns, how often they pay them once a month. go through the doritos. we only go to get the supermarket, we buy them all. younger kids, they -- >> but what is -- all right. we know sugary drinks are not in favor. yesterday, i think it was seattle passing the tax. that has continued to mount. the stock -- i looked at this market cap on this company. it's been kind of the same for a long period of time. right around $200 billion. really, you think so? >> mew char left them in great hands. >> green mountain, they didn't make the move. monster, they didn't own what they could have and now that's beyond their reach. >> nobody is perfect. like -- nobody is perfect, david. but i do like the situation. i like what's going on there. because the new ceo, but i think ingenuity that downgrade. so is clorox. david, kraft heinz gets recommended today. they're in the center aisle. honestly. other than cheese whiz on the -- i mean, who's -- >> i don't know. somebody seems to be eating this stuff. i still eat my cookies. although those are mostly mondelez. >> they have that five year program. they're about to have an acceleration in earnings. >> really? coca-cola is going to have an acceleration of earnings and mondelez? >> yeah. both of them. >> we have record high on play after yesterday's results. which i thought was interesting because your stay at home notion sort of flies in the face of what dave & buster's has done. >> it's about experiential. when you go to the dave & buster's which i lot love to go i have lost fortunes there playing the silly games trying to get that claw -- the claw -- you know the claw? trying to get that. but it's eat, drink, play, watch. there was once a best seller called that. remember, eat -- >> yes. >> eat, pray, love. this is eat, drink, play, watch. the numbers are great. they have -- they need -- you need about 100 more dave & buster's. they fit in the large size department stores. you can put a dave & buster's. they have fabulous -- the new food t new chicken dish is great. they have 2.2% comp gain. it was terrific. the guy who runs it, stephen king, he's masterful. going to have 100 great -- >> incredible writer. really is. >> no, he doesn't like that. >> he doesn't? >> no. i made that joke and he didn't like it. >> too bad. it's a good joke. all in the drivery. >> no, he didn't like it. he's his own guy. i did that didn't like it. >> wow. >> let's get to bob pisani. seema mody on the floor. coke is lagging. >> good morning, carl. yeah, a positive session so far for u.s. market. the nasdaq also higher. we are setting ourselves up for what some are calling the most important day of the thursday. ecb meeting and former fbi director comey testifying this as president trump nominates a new director. i want to point your attention to the dollar. slightly higher right now. continuing to weaken against the japanese yen as the flight to safety theme has helped them to strengthen. 1.09 is the key level. overnight, china reporting that its reserves rose for a fourth consecutive month in april suggesting to some that beijing is now able to control its capital outflow. shanghai composite, closing up by 1% and now up around 7% over the past 12 months. the other big talk of this morning is the drop in yields, not just here in the united states but around the world. the near term catalyst will be the ecb meeting that mario draghi will end the quantitative easing, but black box accepting a dovish tone from the president. keep an eye on the german bund, testing a one month low this morning. speaking of europe, banco popular is being rescued from collapse. it was a last attempt bid. some see this as a positive sign and they're sitting on debt and they're trading higher. some names to keep an eye on. back at home, energy is a big talker. crude dipping lower over concerns of an increased u.s. output. those oil inventory numbers will be very important. they are out in about an hour. lastly, bitcoin still getting a lot of attention after mark cuban called it a bubble yesterday. but keep in mind, bitcoin has a $50 billion market cap. meaning it is bigger than half of the companies on the s&p 500. >> seema mody, thank you. we're watching oil because of the inventories on the way that seema mentioned. jackie deangelis at the equity desk. >> we are lower this morning after that api data last night. ahead of that number ahead at 10:30. the api reported 3 million barrels in crude but an equal build in gasoline and a little bump in distill lates too. there's a bit of a cancellation effect there. the eai reporting that opec production is going up, stoking fears that compliance with the promised cut is going to fade away as time stretches on. 15 months all together. sustained cuts like that are challenging for some of the countries. we have producers like libya, pumping more and presumably the other ones too. dollar weakness, seven week low should be supportive. traders are looking at some of the other factors and shrugging off the dollar. we'll back at 10:30 with the important numbers. >> jackie, see you then. when we come back the banking sector in negative territory for the year, pulling back from the post election rally. we'll talk to the ceo of kbw. as we go to break, look at how the bonds are performing today. welcome to holiday inn! ♪ ♪ whether for big meetings or little getaways, there are always smiles ahead at holiday inn. ♪ pinterest has raised more money in the funding rally. its up from 1 -- it's up from 11. and it has 175 million monthly users. most of them female, jim. pretty engaged market. >> i thought that was incredible, you know, this is a unicorn that we haven't talked about this company. obviously it's not -- you know, bothering -- it doesn't need to tap the public markets. i think this one is mr. clean versus what you keep hearing about uber. where it just seems to be every day a bit of negativity. pinterest is unscathed. >> we'll hear from arianna huffington later on this morning. she's speaking at iconic and a board member of uber as they work through some of the hr issues. >> very important. >> this, the companies have runway not to access the public markets the -- >> they don't need it. look at snap. they do the two classes. the corporate governance conference, everyone is outraged about the two classes. nobody votes. >> in terms of snap. >> yeah. in terms of snap. everybody is outraged. in the old days, the exchanges wouldn't allow it. the exchanges allow it. you know in the 1920s they have a lot of these and the exchange didn't like it and they cracked down during the depression. but it's back. you know, you can always sell it. >> you can. it would have been nice if they could get -- gave the slight appearance you had a voice. but you know what they sold it that way. >> caveat emptor. they're not vacuum cleaners. >> you have to be careful with the private market values. they're not efficient. sometimes they talk about a value base in the comment, sometimes they're selling to different parts of the capital structure. where people got in at so to speak. >> the financials are doing okay. they're something. >> yeah. adam jonas had a note out on ford according to phil lebeau. the ford earnings outlook may be need to be reset by 50% lower. not at all unprecedented to reassess the strategic priorities. >> holy kou. you know, a lot of people are upset that mark field got fire. one of the most important cost saving initiatives was nixed by the president. but wow that would be unbelievable. these auto companies it is peaking around the world. although i have to tell you some of the germany automakers are doing quite well. >> yeah. volkswagen is going to nut a lot of -- is going to put in a lot of charging stations. >> we didn't talk about that. >> a lot of them in europe. >> they have to put it -- 70 billion euros to recapitalize that. >> that's right. >> that's seen as a positive in -- >> that's a fantastic move by them. very well run. the international markets are far more excited than our markets in terms of what i see. >> stats out today on euro's gdp per head has outpaced the u.s. for years. what happened to the talk about the sclerotic socialist europe? >> spain has nice growth. you say we don't talk often enough about spain. see, i devoted 20 seconds to spain. you want to be there. >> you do. >> spain is a growth country. and that bank is now -- that like, you know, it's like jpmorgan buying bank of america. can you imagine what a power house? >> well, you wouldn't buy say italy. >> well, you know, no. the growth -- >> the election threat. >> i have been involved with the italian market and they're -- they're kind of a cash economy. which is really amazing. >> italy's ten year yields are still 2.26. 2.26. ten year yields in italy. >> remember november 11 -- november 7, 2011 when it was at 7% and you talked about breaking the bank and jon corzine was with the -- then boom. and then draghi got in there. those bonds were a buy. >> yes, they were. but i'm not sure they are now. >> no. i would not buy those italian bonds. just, no growth economy whatsoever. everybody else -- i think the french economy will come back big. >> macron appears to have a nice tail wind. he can put together a pretty decisive voice. >> i have been buying, you know, a european -- well, my charitable trust -- i think the economies are strong. the automakers are strong. so much toe like about europe. so much. now, that there -- he'd take a trip with me to europe. he went to milan with mickey drexler. >> that was five years ago. >> hey, mickey, let's go to milan. >> did you get that nice suit there, that hugo boss? >> no i did not. >> they have them half price. >> this is 200 count. you can't -- it goes with the hair. i mean, like i'm a combination of kojak of -- >> nice. a little heavy this time of the year. >> i told my wife -- look, it will be a little nippy out. i said okay. >> we'll get "stop trading" with jim in a moment. don't go anywhere. that schwab billboard. oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's three times less than fidelity... ...and four times less than vanguard. what's next, no minimums? ...no minimums. schwab has lowered the cost of investing again. introducing the lowest cost index funds in the industry with no minimums. i bet they're calling about the schwab news. schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. ♪ it's time for cramer and "stop trading." >> oh, wells fargo has a note saying under armour they keep it as a hold. but the -- steph curry 4 they think is selling well. you know what? if you do get a sweep, i think that people will want the curry. it does matter. then i know that people felt it was a big disappointment. if you look through the numbers -- i'm not pushing this because it was up on takeover. but the fire -- jack daniels fire doing well. this is that fireball. those of us parents out there are not crazy about fireball. this is the cinnamon -- kind of tastes like cereal. and i think it makes people excited about liquor, of course 21 and over. it's selling the fire. it is up 14%. i think that -- i don't know. it's too hot, how about that? but doing well. >> what's on "mad" tonight? >> i'm going to pick the winners and losers from asco. there are some companies out there doing things from this asco, we have craig bencher on this morning too. they're so excited about kids cancer. that you have to talk about them. you don't want to get anybody's hopes up, because i have been there once before on this, but it's exciting. >> an impenetrable conference for some. >> yeah. it took us three days to get through all of them because they're not easy to digest. >> no. >> this suit is so hot i have to take it off. >> don't do that here. >> no? >> just wait. >> let me go to tj maxx get some under armour clothes. maybe a kmart suit -- >> get something tight fitting to go with your hair cut. >> when i went to goldman sachs for that marshall's suit, here's $500, just leave. >> not the first -- >> corduroy. >> the corduroy suit. i thought it was a work of art. >> still waiting for pictures. >> what color was that? >> it was light tan. >> light tan, nice. >> and corduroy -- >> like louis ck's tan car. >> jim, that corduroy -- no. got to go -- he sent me to moe bar -- >> that's low. what a show. >> when we come back the ceo of adidas on the impact of terrorism on the consumer. we'll whatever from arianna huffington live from the iconic tour. the dow is up 27. welcome back to "squawk on the street." keeping a close eye on washington this morning. speaker ryan holding the weekly house gop leadership news conference. we'll look for any comments regarding health care, infrastructure, potential vote on the choice act and a bunch of other things. welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with sara eisen and david faber at post 9 of the new york stock exchange. market's having a nice morning. the dow is up 49. led by nike. but obviously a lot of politics swirling around. we'll get to all of that. >> our road map for the hour does begin with that big morning carl mentioned in washington. president trump announcing his pick to be the head of the next fbi on twitter. and senate intelligence hearing is about to get under way. we've got the latest ahead of that comey testimony tomorrow. >> macy's getting help after lowering the guide owns. and sears announcing it's closing another 66 stores. >> you will hear from the ceo of adidas, kasper rorsted on how terrorism is affecting consumer sentiment in europe. the president is announcing who he'll nominate as the next fbi director via a twitter. here is eamon javers. >> yeah. the nominee will be christopher wray now in private practice. he announced that in a tweet earlier this morning. the president said i will be nominating christopher a. wray to be the new director to fbi. details to follow. the president clearly feels here that these credentials will get wray through the senate confirmation process. he was the assistant attorney general in charge of the department of justice's criminal division from 2003 to 2005. he led the enron task force and led efforts to address corporate fraud at the department of justice department of justice. he received the highest award for public service. i e-mailed back and forth with a former high ranking fbi official about this pick and that official told me he's got a good reputation, confirmable, but a large job for someone with his leadership experience. it will be a big learning curve. very interesting in terms of the comey testimony tomorrow. christopher wray is somebody who worked for james comey. at the department of justice. when he was in charge of the criminal division. he reported to comey who was then the dag, the deputy attorney general. these are people who know each other. wray would have worked side by side with then fbi director robert mueller who's now the special counsel in the russia investigation. so all of these fill use have been around for -- figures have been around for a long time. there's a mutual dialogue here, see how the senate handles the wray nomination when get those confirmation hearings. as you say, we are teed up now for a senate intelligence committee hearing with all of the top intelligence officials of the united states scheduled to testify publicly here in few moments and we'll see where that goes. a lot of news as you say in washington today. >> just gaming out the confirmation of wray since this is a big appointment. wasn't he known at justice for going after corporate fraud? i think he was involved with enron. >> that's right. >> i wonder if his background as a prosecutor, as a law enforcement official will help him. there was a big risk that the president would choose a politician, something he was repeatedly warned against. >> that's right. in fact, the white house floated the name of joe lieberman, former senator, as someone who was a front-runner in terms of their consideration a while back that seems to have died pretty quickly. he have gone with a veteran department of justice official here. someone who is seen as a mainstream establishment law enforcement republican. that will go a long way to sort of calming nerves here in washington. i talked to someone who said that he thinks that anyway that there will be democratic votes for wray as fbi director even though the democrat -- even though that the democrats can block it with their votes alone. this person thinks that the democrats will throw some votes behind him and that would give christopher wray a clear path. but the question is how the hearings shake out. you can imagine that the democrats will want to pin down the incoming fbi director on the issue of the independence. the same very issue that -- the very same issue that comey was dealing with. that's something we'll be watching for. >> thank you for that. we'll watch the leadership conference, in the next few months. eamon javers in washington. meanwhile, the banking sector dips into negative territory. thomas show is the ceo of kbw. watching this news conference. the chair of the conference is making some comments even as we speak. saying that at the end of the day, dodd/frank didn't help main street. what should viewers know about where policy going right now? >> my take on it is that policy has really not changed since the crisis. remember, dodd/frank was enacted seven years ago and even barney frank has been calling for some amendments to be made to dodd/frank. my own opinion, dodd/frank could be modified, it could be good for investors and it would not jeopardize the safety of the issue. >> do you think the sector should be trading on that sort of thing or more about correlation to yields? >> i think the drive ore was all about the -- driver was all about the trump proposals. the bank stocks started to go up. from election day until march 1st they went up 26%. since march 1st, they're down over 10%, yet the market is up. i think a lot of it was a resetting of the expectations with what's possible from some of these proposals that have come out of the trump administration. >> you were talking about a number of cat lists in june that could revive the bank trade. >> my opinion, the sell-off is probably too strong on a relative basis with the market. i think the bank stocks are attractive relative to the market. bank earnings estimates have gone up year to date. meanwhile, the estimates for the market have gone down. yet the bank stocks have underperformed and there are some catalysts on the horizon. this month we'll get i believe another fed rate increase. we'll hear from the regulators on the stress test. and ccar, i think both will be favorable for the industry. we'll get the treasury study which i think will say -- give a road map for how this deregulation is going to work. don't forget, earlier this week, joseph odding was nominated to be the new control over the currency. i think you'll have a lot of personnel change ahead of us which i think could have an impact on increasing deregulation. >> they seem to be trading on the idea that the interest margin is under pressure as a result of the ten year and rates where they are, regardless of whether the fed -- >> i think you're right, david. the shape of the yield curve does matter. i spent a lot of time with our research department in the last couple of days. we think net interest margins will improve more slowly with a flat yield curve but they will still improve nonetheless. oif you look at regional banks, you might get less improvement. but at least i think the big picture things have stopped getting worse. you are seeing modest improvement. we still get 10% earnings per share growth for the year. >> do we need to see loan growth in real estate or consumer -- >> yes. long growth is important. and by the way it hasn't been rosy. the first quarter we had lower loan growth than expected and that's because the economy grew slower than expected. it will be low to mid sing to single digit loan growth. but yes, you need to have an improving economy for this to story play out. >> the fact that you're still holding out hope for deregulation of the financial sector it is because the executive branch can do that without congress or because you think the russia investigations and hearing is just noise and the legislative agenda will get done? >> well, i think it's the first part of what you just said. dodd/frank amendments -- then there's the choice act which has a whole repertoire of changes. you don't need all that for things to get better. my view point is that the regulatory view point has been stuck in the post crisis environment, we're still writing rules for dodd/frank seven years later. all you need to do is make it a little bit more realistic and still keep it safe and sound. and i think it will have a really positive impact on the economy and on the stocks. so my point is you can do it with executive action. it would be nice if congress acted. especially if they change the 10 and $50 billion thresholds but even if you look at the volcker rule, what's interesting in the last year is that that's a fed study that says that they think that the volcker rule has impacted treasury liquidity. in the last week i saw an imf report that alluded to the same thing. this is really important. i think that the volcker rule for example is one of the items that should be amended. >> that gets to the capital markets, not an important area for smaller or mid sized banks but the big guys, they do still matter. it does matter in terms of ipo activity or simply trading or m&a. not much going on lately in any of these areas. >> yeah. so i think the big picture is 2% or less gdp growth isn't enough. so the answer is yes, we need more growth because we'd see more active any a variety of places. now my world includes the mid and small cap banks. so very quietly we have been building and by we, i mean my firm and the industry is building regional champions. for example, my firm worked on a merger recently which is going to create the largest community bank in virginia and around the country you can see the regional champions starting to develop. but to get to your earlier point, david, the rule is that $10 billion to get to more regulation don't think for a second when you're $7 billion you're not spending money on it getting ready, okay? so the reality is that there's trickle down effect. an attitude out of washington that doesn't stop on the smaller banks. all i propose is if you take it to neutral it's a win. you don't have to go into the heavy d-regulation, but we're in the heavy regulation mode post crisis. >> last question. you see the lack of bank creation or credit union debt used as a political cudgel. is that true? are they having that big of an effect of creation or failure of bakes? >> i think you'll see a pickup in the bank formation. i think the bigger picture here is $1 billion or under banks are less profitable than the rest of the industry because there's a scale necessary to overcome the regulatory expenses. so what you just described was small banks. small banks below $1 billion in assets that's the definition are less profitable because they have a harder final overcoming these -- time overcoming these costs. so you can see it in the analysis. >> good discussion. tom, thanks for coming in. tom michaud. the uk general election which was called by theresa may is taking place tomorrow. with wilfred frost has more. it's different than what she originally expected when she called this election. >> absolutely. she had an almost 20 point lead in the polls based on the fact she was the strong and stable leader as she put it that could deliver brexit. that lead has fallen dramatically. why? she announced a disastrous social care policy, then after the manifesto is printed u-turned on it. she's also been labeled as overcontrolling which has undermined her personal popularity. and corbyn has captivated many. it has paused in the last 24 to 36 hours in part because of the elevated status that security has on the agenda. now, both parties have hit each other. we have breaking news, guys. i'll isn't back to you. >> sorry to interrupt, but we want to hear house speaker paul ryan taking questions. let's listen. >> [ indiscernible ]. -- yesterday, who's in charge -- >> yeah. so we're -- we're going to address the debt ceiling before we hit the debt ceiling. we're -- yeah, before it hits. so naturally, the treasury secretary should be in charge of the debt limit because it's the treasury secretary who runs the numbers who runs the levers that control the flow of us paying our debts. so the treasury secretary is and should always be the person in charge of debt limit negotiations, debt limit legislation. that's the natural thing. every treasury secretary is in charge of that. clearly, the treasury secretary wants us to do it earlier than later. that's what every treasury secretary says and should be saying. we'll work with them on this. we're having discussions on how to handle it before we hit the debt limit. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> i'm not going to negotiate with myself and the media. we'll have the discussions and find the best way forward. we'll come one a solution. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> i'm not going to get into it. i'm not foreclosing any option at this time. we're having these discussions with democrats and the other side of the capitol rotunda over at the senate. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> no, i have been to qatar a number of time, to the military base there. it's very important for us. but i do think that we should put some pressure on qatar. because qatar has -- i think they can improve their foreign policy let's put it that way. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> no, he didn't. no, but -- ray, right? i don't know the guy, but i have looked at his resume. he seems reich to me -- he seems like to me he's the right person. i thought he fits that bill. thanks, everybody. >> all right. that is speaker ryan. talking briefly about the debt creating. adding that the treasury secretary should naturally call the shots. it's been the source of some discussion between omb and treasury. who speaks for the white house and elements of how that ceiling should be structured. >> yes, mulvaney from omb has at least introduced the idea of attaching certain things to the debt ceiling though whereas mnuchin, just a clean bill, just raise the ceiling which would be easier one would expect to get passed. >> yeah. >> he gave a brief -- sounds like approval of president trump's pick for the fbi director. a career person, i think someone with law enforcement and prosecutorial experience which speaker ryan seems encouraged by even though he said he doesn't know him. >> the senate intel hearing will happen soon. and then oil is continuing to fall over opec concerns about rising output from the united states. we'll talk to the former evp of saudi aramco when "squawk on the street" continues. hey dad, come meet the new guy. the new guy? what new guy? i hired some help. he really knows his wine. this is the new guy? hello, my name is watson. you know wine, huh? i know that you should check vineyard block 12. block 12? my analysis of satellite imagery shows it would benefit from decreased irrigation. i was wondering about that. easy boy. nice doggy. what do you think? not bad. a used car, what do you think? oil is continuing its fall for fourth day in a row on fears over rising u.s. output an opec tensions after gulf countries cut the ties with qatar. joining us sadad al husseini. thank you for joining. >> my pleasure. >> how much of a wild card has been inserted into oil as a result of what happened to qatar in the last few days? >> i don't think they cut our situation that affects the oil markets at all, because the exports are coming from a variety of countries and qatar only exports about 600,000 barrels a day. that's not going to be interrupted. so it shouldn't affect the physical markets at all. >> does it bring complications to the extension in production cuts if in fact that's what some members believe are needed later in the year or next year? >> well, we're going to have an opec meeting and they're going to meet to discuss the future outlook for production. everybody has the same interest in sustaining a stable oil market. so i think they'll -- unless the political elections be on their side and try to focus on the economics of the oil markets when they come to the opec meeting coming up in a few days. >> do you think it affects saudi/iranian relations and actually exasperates that rift? >> no, i think the one thing that we have of all the arab leaders, muslim leaders and president trump in riyadh focused on issues of stabilizing the region, trying to control all of the flow of income that goes to terrorist organizations. and it calls on everybody to do their share. i think the current situation is one of putting a little more pressure on qatar to try to get it to conform with agreements that they arrived at just very recently in riyadh. >> so are you saying that you think president trump is right when he tweeted out that the decision to sever ties with qatar was in part because of the speech that president trump made in riyadh? >> i think president trump brought a reality to the situation. i think there had been a lot of adrift in the region for the last eight years and the brief -- in the previous administration and the risks of the oil industry in this region not having security and stability have become a little bit more of a concern for everybody. so i think he focused everybody's minds on that. and this kind of situation is a way to maybe give qatar a wake-up call that they need to work with the rest of the gulf states to stabilize the region to undermine all the terror that's going on across the whole middle east. >> mr. al husseini i'd love to get your take on the initial public offering of saudi aramco, is your expectation it will happen in the next year or so? if so, care to venture a guess as to what the value of the overall company will be? >> well, that's a very complicated question for sure it's going to go ahead. there's no doubt about that. i think the benefits from it for both the kingdom's economy and oil markets are very clear and tangible to everybody. the valuation has a lot to do with the stability of the oil markets. not only the price, but also the long term perception of stability. and i think that's one of the main issues, main focus areas for both our minister of energy, as well as the rest of the arabian gulf players in the oil industry. it will go ahead, it will be a successful ipo. this is a large company that's in a critical area of commodity supply. and has a lot of interest from both financial and other national investment funds. >> but you believe as well that it will exasperate the pressure on kingdom to keep the price of oil stable? >> yeah, it's always been in the interest of the kingdom to keep the oil market stable. we have never wanted volatility, we have always tried to balance shortfalls with supply and excess supply with cutbacks. 10 -- so the idea of stabilizing oil markets has been the highest priority within the saudi energy industry. and it benefits everybody. nobody benefits from volatility. it's one of the worst things that can happen to investments in the major projects. so yeah, it's definitely high on the priority of the kingdom. >> finally, when people ask you to explain why we have seen relatively sluggish demand, do you blame it on sluggish sub par global growth? do you blame it on migration to renewables, something else, some combination of the above? >> this is -- i think it's a matter of perception. actually, growth has been going up annually over 1 million barrels a day per year. around 1.2, 1.4. this has been going on persiste persistently. in addition to that, you have the erosion of the supply capacity from more mature fields. about 3 or 4 million barrels a year. all of that had to be replaced. very fortunate in many ways, shale oil has come along because there haven't been enough investments in the conventional oil industry. but demand today is almost 97 million barrels. that's very, very significant number. it's going up to over 400, 500 million barrels. supply has exceeded the demand, but i think we're balancing back again. >> interesting perspective. thank you so much for your time. it's good to talk to you and come back soon. >> thank you. >> al husseini of saudi energy. when we come backing we'll hear from kasper rorsted. some discounts are going on for adidas sneaker here's in the u.s. "squawk on the street" will be right back. we've done well in life, with help from our advisor, we made it through many market swings. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit back... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise more pain in retail. sears announcing it's closing 66 stores in addition to the 150 closures that it had already announced this year. most of the new closings actually involved kmart stores. then macy's issued a profit margin warning that sent the stock tumbling down another 18% yesterday. the stock is down again 1%. a lot of people are worried about the margin issue. this is first time they called the meeting in several years. they heard from the new ceo who's been on the job for six weeks. the long time cfo an continued to process what sound like bad news. >> even as cramer this morning talk about under armour and the potential for that curry shoe to finally take off. pvh has had positive comments about the distribution of merchandise relative to europe and the united states. but this is a tough nut to crack. after macy's was for a long time argued to have been most aggressive in store closing. sort of set a new environment for what others did. >> feels like there's the department stores and then the specialty retailers and they're telling a different story. nike is leading the dow today. actually a few positive research notes around nike which report earnings in three weeks. the problems may have peaked. you'll hear about that soon about some of the discounts they have been seeing on the hot retro trends and whether that signals the tide is turning over there. >> let's get to sue herera for a news update. >> good morning. here's what's happening at this hour. isis claiming responsibility for the attacks on iran's parliament and the shrine of the ayatollah khamenei. the attack killed 12. lawmakers were in session and were ordered to shelter in place. security was high as london bridge and the borough high street were reopened after the attacks. new security barriers could be seen in place in london bridge. bill cosby arriving for day three of his sexual assault trial. his chief accuser andrea constand is expected to return to the witness stand. on tuesday, she testified that she found herself paralyzed and unable to fight off his advances after she took pills that cosby said were herbal supplements. a study says that one in four american families has decided not to seek medical attention because of the expense. it also found more than half of americans are worried that they may not have affordable health care in the future. you are up to date. that's the news update this hour. david, back downtown to you. >> okay, i'll take it. thank you, sue herera no the eia retail report is out and now let's go to jackie deangelis. >> crude oil prices are down almost 4%. the eai said we have a build over 3 million in crude oil obviously from the api last night we were expecting a draw there. to add to that you saw the products build. gasoline over 3 million barrels too. this is a bearish report. when you take all the factors into consideration that we're building when we should be drawing, especially going into that seasonal summer driving season that doesn't seem to be panning out quite as everybody was expecting. you're seeing u.s. production going up. people are worried about opec complying with the cuts, lots of reasons for this price to go down. 45 is the next support. if we break through that you're talking probably lower 40s. people have been ruled that out at this point. they were trying to keep it plus or minus 5. not sure that's going to happen in the short term. back to you. >> thank you, jackie deangelis. as we head to break, you're about -- there it is. senate intelligence hearing on foreign intelligence surveillance act. that hearing is under way. we'll bring you the latest headlines. and we will also take you there live next. with. the president getting ready to speak on water based infrastructure in cincinnati, ohio. our morgan brennan has details on what's going to be a busy day. >> it is. so it might be about comey and russia and in washington, d.c. right now, but in ohio, it's infrastructure. so today president trump talks levees, dams, ports from the ohio river. this is the latest focus on the infrastructure week. so america's inland's waterways they tend to be overlooked but the 12,000 mile network is used by tug boats to transport 14% of freight in the u.s. each year. most notably, commodities. 60% of grain exports travel this week and 20% or more of petroleum products and coal both used domestically by manufacturers and power plants and the like. but the hundreds of locks and dams have a 50 year design life and most date back to the great depression. so that means more maintenance, and more gridlock with nearly half of all commercial vessels experiencing delays according to the american society of civil engineers. to fix this the waterways council has outlined 24 projects, only four have been started to date. it will take another $8.7 billion to get all of this infrastructure going. now, there's already a public/private partnership in place with paying a hiked fuel tax matched by the federal government but still not enough. so trump's budget proposal would double that tax. that's talk of implementing a toll system but therein lies the debate. since barge is the least expensive shipping option, you raise the costs that can put more pressure on that sector and right when we're most looking it a with this president looking to or promising to bring back manufacturing and the like. guys? >> morgan, see what the president says before 1:00 eastern. when we come back we'll go live to the iconic conference. uber board member arianna huffington will joins us. and citadel's ken griffin will join us. oil is down 2 bucks on the inventory numbers. we're 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economy is growing, stocks are at record highs so why is the number of public companies shrinking? a top academic weighs in at tradingnation.cnbc.com. more "squawk on the street" coming up. let's take you live back to cnbc and inc. magazine's iconic conference. joining us now is arianna huffington. and also an uber board member. nice to see you. >> i'm hearing music. >> can you hear it? that was the introduction. the special iconic music. >> yes, i can hear you now. i lost the music. i can hear you. great to see you. >> nice to see you as well. look, you know we have to start with uber. big news yesterday on the 20 layoffs as a board member and someone who has taken the lead on fixing some of these problems, when is the holder report going to be he'sed to e the -- released to the public? >> well, as you know, the process of releasing this started yesterday with the announcement of how many people had been terminated, how many related resignations there were and the fact that the company's taking strong measures to change the culture and bring together different structures and different processes for dealing with complaints. and the holder recommendations are going to be released at the all hands on tuesday. it's actually a real inflection point for uber. you know, a company that over the last 3 1/2 years went from 400 employees to 14,000 employees and clearly, as you have seen, from what has happened the structures and the process have not kept up in -- they have not kept up pace with the growth. >> yeah. i note previously you had said that there were a few bad apples at uber. now after having seen the holder report, which i guess we'll know see on tuesday, do you still think it was not a systemic cultural problem inside the company? >> i never said there wasn't a systemic cultural problem. i was talking specifically about sexual harassment and the numbers released yesterday showed that out of 215 complaints, 100 of which were not corroborated, 47 were about sexual harassment. so it all depends on your definition of systemic. but what matters and what my commitment as the only woman board member is is to take that 47 number and reduce it to zero. >> when do you expect, arianna, some of the bigger jobs to be filled? we know that travis is looking for a ceo and other top positions to help deal with this issue. >> well, we had some great results yesterday, some great announcements with the announcement of professor francis frye from harvard. and to me, the strategy and the leadership and with the training both of the leaders and also with helping all the managers, all the 3,000 managers at uber to learn to work collaboratively, to learn to work in teams and also the announcement of the chief officer. she left apple to join uber and is in charge of bringing humanity and the emotional connection that she's so great at to the brand. so a lot of great hires to come. and basically, the restructuring of the leadership team. >> some board jobs are tougher than others. how much harder is this one than you anticipated when you joined the overboard last april? >> it's obviously been very time-consuming, but incredibly exciting to see a company transforming itself. as you know, it was pretty unprecedented for the major tech company to release the numbers yesterday. in 2014, google was first company to release diversity numbers. yesterday, uber released numbers of complaints, actions being taken. this could actually create a new way for companies, especially where the problems are much more rampant to address them in a transparent way. >> some of our viewers are interested to know if the report on tuesday will be redacted in any way? it is a full report? any difference from what was seen internally versus externally? >> we are going to be releasing the recommendations exactly as eric holder and his team have provided them. but of course it's not the full report because of privacy and prejudice. >> arianna, how concerned about about the ongoing trial involving the alleged theft of intellectual property from google over self-driving technology? >> as you know, travis kalanick has terminated anthony lewandowski who came from waymo. this is an ongoing legal matter and i would rather not comment on it. to go on stage, but thank you so much. i'm sure we'll talk more next week. thank you. >> okay. you have to go right now, arianna? thank you for joining us. and talking to arianna huffington, the ceo of thrive and andrew will be talking to her about this business as they go on stage at the iconic conference with inc. magazine. thank you. >> thank you. bye. >> sometimes we say good-bye. sometimes the guest says good-bye first. we love arianna nonetheless. the dow is up five points. look at stocks at this hour but keep paying attention to oil which is just pennies above $46. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business 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oil. it just shows what a producer the u.s. has become. amid the opec cuts, extension of the cuts where oil prices have been down since that announcement. breaking now below $46 a barrel. after the qatari news, severing the ties with saudi arabia and others, always question about more supply than demand. what's interesting, is it is not weighing on the overall market. energy is the worst performing sector but you are getting strength in groups like financials for a change, because treasury yield are up, not a whole lot. >> we talked to tom at the top of the show and he gave you a lot of different reasons why he is bullish on the financial sector. performing well today, which has not been the case that often in the last few weeks, given the fall. we're watching three pots boiling in politics. the president says he will nominate a new fbi director. he is going to speak on infrastructure in ohio. we have a senate intelligence committee going on. a aman watching all of that. >> this hearing is officially supposed to be on an aspect of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. right back to you guys. >> let me take you to device chairman warner here, at the hearing. >> there are reports out in the press that the president separately appealed to you, admiral rogers, and to you, director coats, to downplay the russia investigation. now, we have got additional reports and we want to give a chance to confirm or deny these, that the president separately addressed you, director coats, and asked you in effect to intervene with director comey, again, to downplay the fbi investigation. admiral rogers, you draw the short straw. i'm going to start with you. before we get to the substance, whether this call or request was made, you have had a very distinguished career, close to 40 years. in your experience, would it be in any way typical for a president to ask questions or bring up an on going fbi investigation, particularly if that investigation concerns associates and individuals that might be associated with the president's campaign or his activities? >> today, i am not going to talk about theoreticals or the specifics of any interactions or conversations that i may or may not have had with the president of the united states but i will make the following comment. in the three plus years that i have been the director of the national security agency, to the best of my recollection, i have never been directed to do anything i believe to be illegal, improperly, unethical or inappropriate. to the best of my recollection, during that same period of service, i do not ever recall feeling pressured to do so. >> in your course prior to the incident that we are here to discuss, was it in any regular course where a president would ask you to comment or intervene in any on going fbi investigation? not this circumstance? >> i am not going to talk about theoreticals today. >> let me ask you specifically. did the president in the reports that are out there ask you in any way, shape, or form, to back off or downplay the russia investigation? >> i am not going to discuss the specifics of conversations with the president of the united states but i stand by the comment i just made to you, sir. >> do you feel that those conversations were classified? we know there was an on going fbi investigation in the press reports. >> yes, sir. >> i vuunderstand your answer. i told you i was going to bring this up. >> sure. >> we have facts that there were other individuals that were aware of the call that was made to you, aware of the substance of that call, and that there was a memo prepared because of concerns about that call. will you comment at all? >> i stick by the comments i have made to you today, sir. >> so you will not confirm or deny the existence of a memo? >> i stand by the comments i have made to you today, sir. >> i think it would be essential mr. chairman that that other individual who has served our country as well with great distinction, who is no longer a member of the administration, has a chance to relay his version of those facts. again, i understand your position. >> yes, sir. >> i hope you will also understand the enormous need for the american public to know. you have the administration saying there is no there there. we have these reports and yet we can't get confirmation. i want to go to you, director coats. when you appeared before asak, you said, if called before the investigative committee, i certainly will provide them with what i know and what i don't know. i have great respect for you. you served on this committee. i remember as well when we confirmed you. i was proud to support your confirmation. you said that you would cooperate with this committee in any aspects that we request of the russian investigation many we now have press reports and you can play them to rest if they are not true. we have press reports of not once but twice that the president of the united states asked you to either downplay the russian investigation or to directly intervene with director comey. can you set the record straight about what happened or didn't happen? >> well, senator, as i responded to a similar question during my confirmation in a second hearing before the committee, i do not feel it is appropriate for me to in a public session in which confidential conversations between the president and myself, i don't believe it is appropriate for me to address that in a public session. >> gentlemen, i understand. >> i stated that before and i -- >> my thoughts were at sa tsk, brought before the investigative committee, will certainly provide them with what i know and don't know. >> i stand by my previous statement. we are in a public session mere. i do not feel it is appropriate for me to address confidential information. most of the information i have shared with the president obviously is directed towards intelligence matters during our briefings every morning at the white house or most mornings when the president and i am in town. for intelligence-relate matters or any other matters that have been discussed, it is my belief that it is inappropriate for me to share that with the public. >> gentlemen, i respect all of your service. i understand and respect your service and the administration you are serving. we will have to bring that forward that may document some of the facts that took place in the conversation between the president and admiral rogers. i would only ask as we go forward. this is my final comment, mr. chairman, that we also have to weigh in here the public's absolute need to know. they are wondering what's going on. they are wondering wa tyhat typ activities. we see this pattern that without confirmation or denial, it appears that the president not once, not twice, but we will hear from director comey tomorrow, this pattern where the president seems to want to interfere or downplay or halt the on going investigation, not only the justice department is taking on but this committee is taking on. i hope as we move forward on this you will realize the importance that the maamerican public deserves to get the answers to these questions. >> i would like to respond to that, if i could. first of all, i told you and i committed to the committee that i would be available to testify before the committee. i don't think this is the appropriate venue to do this in, given that this is an open hearing and a lot of confidential information relative to intelligence or other matters. i just don't feel it is appropriate for me to do that in this situation. secondly, when i was asked yesterday to respond to a piece that i was told was going to be written and printed in "the washington post" this morning, my response to that was in my time of service, which is interacting with the president of the united states or anybody in his administration, i have never been pressured. i have never felt pressure to intervene or interfere in any way, with shaping intelligence in a political way or in relationship to an on going investigation. >> all i would say, director coats, is that there is a chance here to later rest some of these press reports. if the president is asking you