well, i mean, to hear press sonnenfeld say it, what choice did they have, right? if there aren't guard rails for us as a society, then there's no environment in which to do business. i'm more of the opinion, we can have the argument about the merit of the law. i already told you my view about that. we can have a separate argument as to whether disney should have yielded to the wishes of its employees. but what about the first amendment implications? this is retaliatory, would governor desantis have signed into law what he did but for disney speaking up? why are conservatives wedded to the constitution, not discussing that point? that's all i want to know. all i want is consistency. for goodness sake, just be consistent. go to my website at smerconish.com answer this week's survey question, should disney have taken a position on florida's new education law. while there register for the daily newsletter. >>> still to come, the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch kirill is in full support of putin's war besides the fact. >> and president biden considering i

to find out, i caught up with geoffrey sonnenfeld from yale university who has been compiling a listggest household names, marking their action and inaction on leaving the russian market. geoffrey, a real pleasure having you on the show. thank you for your time. let's start with this. you and your team have been compiling this list of companies and their actions over the war in ukraine. just explain, how does it work? we have classified companies into five different categories. we are a school house at yale so of course we have letter grades as ourexpertise, a, b, c, d, e, and f. in the beginning, it was just a binary split of who is curtailing and who is not curtailing. and the reason is because we had so many sleazy pretenders who were coming along and acting like they were doing something but they really weren't. briefly, who are some of these names on the so—called bad list? one of them, i guess you would have to consider the us company koch industries, that makes some very prominent goods, toilet issues and things, but they have some other large divisions of glass—makers and a c

the share repurchase program will allow the company to invest in future growth jeff sonnenfeld joining previous history as well as that of other returning ceos and founders at other companies where there have been great success stories in the past, what do you expect from shultz in stint number three, especially given the fact this is a company that has a lot on its plates now, whether it's challenges in china, some employees dissatisfied, the fact that we are facing inflation and higher prices for consumers? >> thank you very much it's a delight to be back with you, morgan. and i think that we're expecting a lot of magic from howard it will be an aufrl lot of pressure on him. i think the symbolic move of the stock buyback cancellation, of course the market was not thrilled to hear about, was a signal to the work force and to senator bernie sanders and others that he certainly is trying to rework the relationship with labor. he has forged a great bond with the work force previously and he has a reputation for not wanting a third party in there i should point out that a lot of companies

hope has been -- the hope has been and also from american-based corporations, professor jeffrey sonnenfeld at yale, a appreciate guest on this program. he's sort of a keeper on the list of those corporations that have turned their back on russia. everything from starbucks to mcdonald's. you know the story. >> yes. >> does that play into putin's hands in so far as instead of the people getting angry at putin like what the hell are you doing in ukraine? knock it off. instead, they turn their sights and their antipathy towards the west? >> well, have to think in stages. we've been only at it five weeks now? >> right. >> the russians haven't really felt the effect of sanctions. the effect of all of these western stores being closed because there's some accumulated wealth. people still do have western goods. and they live in a basically globalized economy for 30 years. so, i think it's too early to see that. for now, i think for many russians, the more comfortable psychological reaction is to accept it and to kind of rally around the flag. because if you do not accept it, then you have to act.

jeff sonnenfeld.eets, every major tech company, google, facebook is on the phone with their aebt trust lawyers asking if they can buy twitter and get it approved. >> absolutely. $50 billion, not the old bidders, the trillion dollars plus companies, make microsoft they've said opportunistically there is a troubled company out there, we can be the backstop for. the regulatory question is a big one in each of those cases no doubt. we have talked to analysts, management experts and former s.e.c. chairs about twitter. what about a tech investor that's next on this news stay with us of theoretical ma. we all know this equation, right? he'd crunched numbers day and night. that's it. to maximize profitability. morning. i have quarterly numbers that are beautiful. and forecast revenue from every corner of your organization. is that important? or you could use workday. the finance hr and planning system that helps cfos make better decisions faster. for a solve problems like a genius world. workday. for a changi

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joining us, jeffrey sonnenfeld, and steve kovac. it's good to have you both here. jeff, i think the question of the day is, as a board member, he's one of 12, he is the most vocal. he is the most active on twitter. what kind of power does he have to make changes to the platform and to the company >> you know, he adds a lot to the party here of course, there are three big concerns the one you raised is the biggest one, but many people inside the company are worried about what the content character is going to be, and of course, there's an upside here on product quality. the first one, on governance, this is a spectacular board, a board that knows how to work with entrepreneurs a board where they may have hoped for more reinvention of the company. he'll bring that, but they have the financial heavies there, the ceo is very promising. he's pretty new on the job they have the best chief financial officer, one of the best in the industry, for sure with ned siegel. i think it's very encouraging. just a lot of founders don't play nicely with others. so freud said society