i'm stephanie ruhle. the president has not been shy about touting the economy. just yesterday, he called it the greatest economy in the history of america. right now, i'm joined by the chairman of the council of economic advisers. i want to say thank you, it's been 341 days since i've been economy with the white house so thank you to start. >> i apologize, but, you know, i will send you an e-mail so you have my e-mailm now on. but you got to beat me up, otherwise -- >> no beating anyone up. just some questions. president trump said greatest economy ever. last night on fox news, sarah sanders said it's the greatest economy since world war ii. how do you factor that since the late 1990s we have annual growth over 4% and we're not currently there? >> yes, i get that there are -- when you're looking at the economy, there are a lot of indicators to look at. some of the indicators the president cares the most about, and i think you probably care the most about, are looking as good as we've ever seen. back to world war ii point is