from new york today where we are attending the 22nd annual barron investment conference. it's taking place at the metropolitan on opera house. how often do you get to see you have live at the metropolitan opera house. our guest host today, ron barren. we have a lot to talk about with him. ron, thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you, becky. >> we will get to all of that in just a moment. but first, joe and andrew are back at cnbc headquarters. republican old wolf will join us from the weather channel with the latest in just a moment, but andrew, back over to. >> thank you, becky. on the market, the october jobs report. the release due at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. the reports polled saying the economy likely added 120,000 jobs last month. that's the estimate and the baseline to play against. the employment rate is seen ticking higher to 7.4% and the numbers expected to show the government shutdown delayed hiring and forced some workers, of course, to stay home.