. >> ron insana of cnbc. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> lawrence, thank you. >> bill gates, the former chief executive of microsoft said in a statement that he was, "truly saddened to learn of steve jobs' death." he added, "the world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact steve has had. the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. for those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. i will miss steve immensely." >>> joining me now on the phone is nbc chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. dr. nancy snyderman, what do we know about this illness that has taken steve jobs? >> lawrence, we've known for quite some time that he has had a rare pancreatic cancer that no one even from day one has ever used the word cure, but he had seven years of really aggressive and really concentrated treatment. i remember the day he announced that he had a hormone imbalance with his pancreas. i thought that was probably a code word for a rare kin

of this? for more on that, i'm joined by cnbc's ron insana. has it gotten their attention, ron? >> andrea, i don't really think so. from wall street's perspective, the bigger issues they're dealing with right now is whether or not europe will, in fact, coalesce around some sort of plan to finally put this sovereign debt crisis to bed. whether or not greece will default. whether or not a key belgium bank is in serious trouble. whether that mean there's more contagion and risk of a systemic problem in the financial world. they're more world. they are more geared up about economic data and abroad. and cameron -- tamron, pardon me, described them as the counterpart to the tea party movement. it strikes me they are very much like a little different than the groups that protested in prague, and where they were anti-capitalist and globization, and it seems to be their more sentiment, but if you go on the website, it's haurds to tell what everybody likes because there are people that support ron paul, shockingly enough in the group. >> it's quite a mixture of people. thank you for joini