gold hitting multiple records this month, and copper on pace for its best year since 2016 freeport's>> the fundamentals for copper are very good, both from a demand standpoint and the challenges in meeting supply the outlook for copper is very positive, i've never been more enthusiastic about it. >> guy, this is one of yours, you pointed out today. >> tim, too. i like everything about it, i mean, forget about valuation for a second, i mean, it's effectively, there are a lot of sub stories. it's a copper story. and copper is breaking out there's a supply/demand imbalance in copper that's not going anywhere soon in terms of getting better and freeport wins to this. we're within an earshot of the all-time high, made in the spring of 08, and i think we get there. richard has been there therefore, and he's not one for hyperbole. he knows of what he speaks, so, i think you stay with it here. >> i agree 26% in copper since february 9th. a dynamic where there are supply shortages. there's always volatility in terms of the supply chain in copper, but what's interesting about freeport's number

freeport in the same vein, it's a little bit pricey here. it has to come down.on the enthusiasm of copper and that's a long, long-term trend. if you're looking for a space outside of mega tech, we think commodities make a whole lot of sense, and we will be adding on these names that we see in the medial future. >>> all right. i know your pick today is amgen. we don't have time for that. kevin simpson, it's also great to see you. you say on the dips, you want to buy stocks, commodities. >>> it looks like the dow would open 40 points higher, the s &p 500 slightly her. that's going to do it for us. "squawk box" coming up next. have a great day. >>> good morning, stock future predictions, and we're watching shares of boeing after the faa said it would investigate in whistle-blower claims. >>> and earnings alert. delta airlines set to post this hour. and we'll bring you an exclusive interview with ceo ed bastien. all of that and more. it's wednesday, april 10th, 2024, and "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" right here

. >> sold some calls in freeport. >> freeport has been unbelievable.ng in gold and freeport specifically has been fantastic. the spike in volatility the last two weeks is giving us opportunities to write premium. if you have stocks that you're invested in, that are appreciated, i would take advantage of write-in calls. we wrote a $57 strike two weeks out. an 11% premium. if the stock goes to 57 in two weeks, i'll ring the register. >> weiss? >> we're seeing the stock up for leidos today. it's one of the rare companies where it's both growing and it's also defensive. i use defensive in two senses of the word. number one, defense business is about 50% revenue. you go through the airport, you see the scanners, and then it has a health care business. where i like them in defense they're not a metal bender. they are a technology company. they're doing great things. the stock is cheap. this is one of my favorite holdings and will keep moving higher and higher. it's a pretty full position. on dips i buy more. >> cisco is in the news today, jimmy, one of our "

. >> freeport getting a lot of love on the desk, lately. >> joe t., finally.st choice and sarat took my final trade. >> good share. >> absolutely. steel dynamics and a good spot to buy it. >> i'll see you at the bell. "the exchange" is now. >>> welcome to "the exchange." i'm jon fortt for kelly evans and here's what's a good. e con for investors to navigate and we'll tell you what it is and the names they're buying. plus the setup for big tech into earnings. we'll look at whether the recent pullback represents a buying opportunity and as israel weighs its response to the iran's unprecedented attack we'll look into

. >> freeport getting a lot of love on the desk, lately. >> joe t., finally. freeport was my first choice and sarat took my final trade. >> good share. >> absolutely. steel dynamics and a good spot to buy it. >> i'll see you at the bell. "the exchange" is now. >>> welcome to "the exchange." i'm jon fortt for kelly evans and here's what's a good. e con for investors to navigate and we'll tell you what it is and the names they're buying. plus the setup for big tech into earnings. we'll look at whether the recent pullback represents a buying opportunity and as israel weighs its response to the iran's unprecedented attack we'll look into geopolitics, energy and defense and we'll start with dom chu. >> we lost a considerable amount of steam from the early morning bigger gains that we saw in the markets and the overall market is mixed with the major averages and the dow industrials is just about flat on the session, up about to four or five points and 37,987 the last trade there. the s&p 500 is almost down almost one quarter of 1% to 51.13 to give you an idea of whe

this is not the only freeport-mcmoran. >> cisco was resumed overweight at morgan stanley.s a big jump from here. >> it is a big jump. they've righted some the ship. this company is a cash flow juggernaut and continues to pay a large dividend and increasing that. don't forget about buybacks. we really like the company longer term. >>> the headlines with seema mody. >>> the epa's decision to approve california'selectric vehicle rules, rejecting a challenge from 17 states and companies that made or sold liquid fuels n. 2022 the epa restored a waiver that allowed california to set its own electric vehicle sales mandate reversing a 2019 decision from former president trump. >>> israel is buying 40,000 tents ahead of an evacuation in rafah where they have vowed to rout out hamas. the israeli defense ministry did not confirm the purchase. >>> the eiffel tower will be accessorized for the summer olympics. a 49-foot-high structure of the olympic rings will be displayed on the tower overlooking the river sennes. pieces from the tower installation will begin at the end of the month.

life nation, pnc financial and freeport-mcmoran.know freeport-mcmoran, the gold copper story, everyone loves that. life nation story is intriguing to me if the consumer starts to feel the squeeze of inflation? >> what i will point out the average correction of a decline up to 20% has taken overly three months to get back to break even. so by the time you have worked up the courage to call your advisor, howl at them to lighten up on your equity exposure, by the time that advisor says okay, if you just stop calling the market probably already on its way to break even. so the defensive sectors do best on the way down but the turnaround ends up being very quick. we still see a spending shift toward experiences and services which would benefit live nation which is the largest live entertainment company out there. charles: all right. great to have you on, particularly on the day, sam. thank you very much. >> my pleasure, charles. charles: all right, folks, coming up scott martin is here with his new picks. so grab a pen and pad. you want

freeport is really interesting.you look at earnings estimates from analysts they are all over the place. some analysts have 2.35, 43 cents next year, some with 3.60. this is a long term booming demand story. as data centers power ai it's going to require an extra 1 million metric tons of copper by 2030. so what i want to hear from them is just them talking about how huge that demand is seeing copper prices up more, evs take up four times more than ice engines, it's just a cool long term story. it should be a great quarter. >> we will take a break. within we come back mike santoli is with us for his midday work next. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. we're back. mike santoli is back with us for his midday word. we're due for a bounce, but saying we're due for a bounce doesn't get you a bounce. >> no, doesn't. it's sort of indifferent i think the boringness of the morning action just in the narrow range and stress evident is probably in the positive and it shows you there wasn't this self-reinforcing mechanical unwind that needed to

at the same time, he secured a new freeport so no wonder people voted for him again. >> can i ask my right honorable friend if he has seen the video that's doing the rounds of the theft in the shop in my constituency at the chemist. in the space of eight minutes, two threatening individuals brought thousands of pounds out of that shop. this is happening again and again and again. one of my team went out and photographed them leaving brazenly, not caring and even spitting at the police. will he now say to the home secretary that this is not a petty crime? this is a threat of violence and massive robbery. this should be a priority for the police. what we talk about always is more police but surely what we should be asking for is more effective policing and get them off the streets. >> i think my right honorable friend is absolutely right to highlight this. the allegedly lower level crime the cause of the biggest impact in communities and i know my right honorable friend has been clear on that point. i will make it to him again. it's also why they rollout crime prevention measures. we i

uh has nothing to do with the boy us uh, default to the or us freeport to continue it. so do cool. so looking into the individual behavior offers stuff who allegedly could have participated the to the october 7 months ago. this was not part of the meet the oh for catherine could not report the seizure or usaa and them showed that you would be informed in due time by or you i so by step fine, once we have the information so stuff and thank you and wish to appear on the thank you, it's time for questions. perfect. thank you. thank you very much, miss. still as a rainy on behalf of the united nations correspondence association for doing this briefing, my name is edith flattereth from the associated press. and welcome back. i wonder if you could comment on is rarely allegations that the under. 7 on premise of on why is to promote a palestinian takeover of the entire area that was once the original state of palestine and to get rid of the state of israel. and what on wrong is doing to promote a 2 state solution, particularly in education, which is supported by the secretary general and

at the same time , he's actually at the same time, he's saved teesside airport and secured a new freeportwonder people will be voting for him again. teesside. no wonder people will be voting for him again . yes sir. >> iain duncan smith, mr speaken >> iain duncan smith, mr speaker, can i ask my right hon. >> friend if he has seen the video that is doing the rounds of the theft in the shop on my in my constituency station, road of boots the chemist in a space of boots the chemist in a space of eight minutes, two threatening individuals robbed thousands of pounds out of that shop and they're not alone. >> this is happening again and again, and again. >> in fact, one of my team went out and photographed them, leaving brazenly, not caring and even spitting at the police. >> will he now please say to the home secretary through to the police, this is not a petty crime. >> this is a threat of violence and massive robbery. >> this should be a priority for the police. what we just talk about always is more police. surely what we should be asking to be is more effective policing. and get them off t

bank of america raising freeport mcnamara into a 3. 9 price target. copper supply crisis. why?opper is used in the wind turbine, the generators, the components the power green energy, we don't have enough of them. it is a winning issue. stuart: a cannabis company. lauren: quarterly revenue disappointing. with free cash flow this year, look at this, raising 21%, taking the other cannabis down too. stuart: the black market is killing legalized weed. lauren: looking at earnings report, you see the confused alcohol drinks, that market is doing very well. the weed is hurting. stuart: jewish faculty at ucla feeling after freshman medical students were forced to sit through a structural racism course led by a pro-hamas speaker. william, what happened during this class? >> reporter: an embarrassment for the university. ucla employs a handful of activists in residents who lecture students on social justice issues, this particular one says medicine is white science killing black and brown people. jewish professors stepped over the line, but students in a chant for free palestine and no o

a new freeport forteeside.m again. mister speaker, can i ask my - be voting for him again. mister speaker, can i ask my right i speaker, can i ask my right honourable friend if he has seen the video that is doing the rounds of the theft in the shop in mikan stich will see in station road, boots the chemist. in the space of eight minutes two threatening individuals robbed thousands of pounds out of that shop and they are not alone. this is happening again and again. in fact, one of my team went out and photographed them leaving brazenly, not caring and even spitting at the police. will he now police owe to the home secretary, through to the police, this is not a petty crime. this is a threat of violence and massive robbery. this should be a priority for the police. what we just talk about always is more police, surely we should be asking for more effective policing and get them off the streets? j for more effective policing and get them off the streets?— them off the streets? i think my rirht them off the street

i think that that question has to take into account, you know, does it matter that the freeport export total explosion the price fell 30% because all of a sudden we had this domestic supply. there was that same terminal under repair a couple months ago you sell some in texas that were negative. it is really good for u.s. consumers not so good for gas producers. the export capacity that is already permitted and approved has basically failed europe's needs. the new capacity, i think 18% of the new contract will go to europe. 30% is going to asia and the balance is going to commodity traders. this is not about helping our friends in europe at this point. this is largely helping commodity traders and secondarily is it in the interest to provide sweeper -- more interest. that is a question that we can ask. we need to be honest about the mobile warming impacts here. sitting in a coal plant and you have a burner tip with : a separate with natural gas it is objectively true that gas is much cleaner. if you have more than 3% leaks in the system up to that point, gases were speared a 20 year per

>> freeport-mcmoran gives you a little bit of everything, increasing the exposure to copper, be limitedupply, and the gold revenues. i mentioned yesterday tech resources, that's another way to play it. a company like ivanho, i agree with bryn on bhp. that's another way to play it as well. >> weiss, are you playing this at all? as long as i've known you, and you've been on this program, this is not a knock at all, it's a fact, you have not liked gold, right? you said you can't value it. you've made that case. >> yeah, i don't know how you value gold. it's an emotional buy. it's an emotional sell. >> there are times where it works. we're obviously in one of those times. >> exactly. i know if i come in, that will be the end of the time it works. >> stay out. >> so they don't get mad at me. >> sort of like when you walk o. check, please. >> how is that different than your buy in bitcoin? >> good question, joe t. >> it is a softball question, thank you. because i'm betting on the momentum in marketing from black rock, from fidelity, from tons of other firms that are bringing people in. so i'

people said that there wouldn't be a freeport and indeed in many cases fought to stop it.ervative party, but i think ben is perhaps the one person who can rise above that. labour's candidate believes he can tap into the potential of this former industrial behemoth. i was raised here. i've got my mum in redcar, my stepmum in middlesbrough. i brought my three daughters up in darlington. i've worked here for most of my working career in the nhs. what does this place mean to me? it's a place of immense opportunity. it's also a place with challenges, but it's also a place with accessibility to many things. i often talk about from from coast to country. you know, we have marvellous beaches and we have countryside on our doorstep. so that's what it means for me. renewed confidence from the lib dems who sat out the last contest. we see all areas as winnable and all areas of being very receptive - to our core liberal message. you know, i've been out knocking on hundreds of doors, _ speaking to a huge amount of people. we've had an excellent i turnout from volunteers. and in the reg

. >> and of course same thing with freeport-mcmoran obviously copper and gold mine play this copper rallyyou feel really strongly about it. >> yes, there is an undersupply of copper and we definitely need more. with manufacturing picking up, we think the demand will pick up here drastically. charles: aisha, thank you, that is one hell of a track record, thanks. >> thank you. charles: we're being told we're entering the two most risky weeks for the stock marquette. that is according to my next guest. but in certain areas she remains bullish and it will surprise you. you want to get out a pen and pad. danielle shay here to share some of her top portfolio ideas next. ♪. (vo) what does it mean to be rich? maybe rich is less about reaching a magic number... and more about discovering magic. rich is being able to keep your loved ones close. and also send them away. rich is living life your way. and having someone who can help you get there. the key to being rich is knowing what counts. her uncle's unhappy. i'm sensing an underlying issue. it's t-mobile. it started when we tried to get him under

here are the s&p 500 winners on your screens, nasdaq, moderna, freeport-mcmoran, newmont if gold corph, gold mine, rs go up. nasdaq composite winners, moderna, ill human new york, on semi and atlassian. no big names on that list, in my opinion. >>> the 10-year treasury yield, where that a? fractionally lower today but look at that level, 4.38%. gold, talked about it all day today, new high. now up $24 per ounce. bitcoin at $70,600. the price of oil stable in the mid '80 range, $86.45. nat gas, don't care, below $2. the arm price for a gallon of regular, watch this, gasoline is creeping up, $3.60 per gallon of regular. diesel at $4.05. creeping up again. >>> coming up, joe rogan predicting when democrats will drop biden. roll it. >> may. >> may. >> i think he's got til may. >> no way. >> i feel like right around may they're going to pull hum. i think he just has health problems and the country understands. stuart: how about that? if rogan also said who he thinks will be biden's ore placement. i'm tempted to tell you with, but i won't. >>> transportation secretary pete buttigieg, who ha

it hit 3.50 today and that's a big move for caterpillar in a short period and freeport-mcmoran was at the open, and near $52 this is one of the biggest copper and gold producers in the world. both of those had been doing really well as commodities recently and some of the big dow industrials are doing well we had rubric and this morning we had word that viking cruise lines which has the big ipo is supposed to happen this wednesday and they have upsized the term of the ipo here they'll be selling 53 million shares, 21 to 25 and that's 44 million shares and the bottom line we'll raise $1.2 billion with a single ipo and you saw rubrik got as high as 40 and trading down a little bit today, but bottom line here, jon, is we're doing really well on the ipo business we have over $4 billion in the last four weeks and a couple of billion dollars coming in the pipeline in the next up kcouple weeks. >> we'll see if it stays steady. more inflation and more growth and that's the latest according to the cnbc fed survey and we're getting ready for another interest rate decision this week steve iesman

a preview the job of the journalist is to ask the questions, allow the person to speak and just freeport the fact what was spoken would you like for me to pull up the definition of journalists? okay. but thank you, julia. okay. >> i have a god-given right to speak my own truth fat rice the facts have shown that the election was stolen. whether you're willing to look at that and accept that and really show what's going on. that's your issue, not we want the god-given freedom that our constitution and our bill of rights is based on god, given constitutional rights? >> yes there are two different things right now. so they're not read our ead the constitution, read it out loud to yourself so that you hear what the words of the constitution say. >> god isn't mentioned and then the constitution sar okay, joining us right now to talk more about this. donie o'sullivan, was she about to bring out the copy of her constitution? >> she was about to pull out her phone, as did yeah. yeah. i did. i we both looked up the constitution and bella writes scatter there is no mention of god's. it says, at one

here's a premium job of the journalist is to ask the questions, allow the person to speak, and just freeport the facts. what was spoken, would you like for me to pull up the definition of journalists? >> okay. but thank you, julian i have a god-given right to speak my own truth, but there are facts, rice the facts have shown that the election was stolen. whether you're willing to look at that and accept that. and really show what's going on. that's your issue, not our we want the god-given freedom that our constitution and our bill of rights is based on. god-given and constitutional rights. there are two different things right now, so they're not read our ead. the constitution read it out loud to yourself so that you hear what the words of the constitution say. >> god isn't mentioned in the constitution sar sunday the rise of misinformation. donie o'sullivan reports from the front lines. >> pharaoh knows taylor swift is a government cya. you don't believe taylor swift i don't know what to believe the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at eight rnc. i won't let my moderate to severe plaq

a preview the job of the journalist is to ask the questions, allow the person to speak, and just freeport the facts. what was spoken, would you like for me to pull up the definition of journalists? okay. but thank you, julia. okay. >> i have a god-given right to speak my own truth, but there are facts, rice the facts have shown that the election was stolen. whether you're willing to look at that and accept that. and really show what's going on. that's your issue, not ours. we want the god-given freedom that our constitution and our bill of rights is based on. >> god given constitutional rights yes. there are two different things right now. so they're not read our ead, the constitution, read it out loud to yourself so that you hear what the words of the constitution say. >> god isn't mentioned than the constitution sar dani is with me now, what happened after she looked it up? we found out that god is mentioned in the constitution and look that gets to a broader points. and we've heard a lot about christian nationalism in this country over the past year i've spoken to many christian pastor

from saving our airport to introducing our freeport to bringing steelmaking back, ben delivers and doesriend agree with me that the best thing that ben has done is do this without charging any mayoral tax, which his labour opponent would need do to opponent would need to do to fund unfunny spending plans ? fund his unfunny spending plans? >> well, my right hon. friend is absolutely right to raise the great work of ben houchen, and i share his concerns about the pledges of the labour candidate. over £130 million of unfunded spending showing that labour can't be trusted. and we all see the results of this. mr speaker, in labour run birmingham taxes going up by 20. and that is the story of what labour in local government means working people paying government means working people paying the price. and it's exactly why he and i completely agree on this . the people of agree on this. the people of teesside should vote ben houchen and vote conservative and look all good. >> thank you very much, mr speaken >> last year in shropshire, 10,000 people waited for more than 24 hours in a&e. >> that'

. >> jim, what do you do with freeport now? >> people like the commodities. you buy copper now after that pair parabolic move, noment you have to say, like karen cramer would say on the training desk, you idiot, you missed it. >> you idiot, you missed it. >> right. it was always very poignant when you got you idiot you missed it. >> then you would throw a phone at somebody. >> the tphones those days, you could toss them. now you'd kill somebody. >> and it was attached to something. >> so i hit the guy on the head with a bottle. he came in at 6:05. he had to be there at 6:00. i said he was late, he had to go home. >> worth touching on djt, basically back to where it debuted in march. >> still a great -- it would be unbelievable if you could sell there if you had a lot of it. >> still can't borrow it effectively. there'sf handful of there. if you can hedge your warrants, but it's difficult to borrow. that said, it's almost assured -- basically a certainty at this point that former president trump's company -- 90% is his, he's suing, by the way, his partners, to

freeport and mark marietta, up strong. industrials like caterpillar, up strong.rong on the report. the auto names are strong like advanced auto parts. tech is lagging with apple down a little bit. interest rate sensitive. a higher-rate environment, that's been messing around with the sectors this year. reits, generally, higher rates, not great for reits overall because reits rely on debt financing. rising rates increase the borrowing costs. not surprisingly, that is lower this year and underperforming. and utilities, generally, rapid rise is not good for them either because they're -- treasury bonds are more attractive for their higher yields, so higher rates mean increased borrowing costs for the utilities. not surprising, utilities also are underperforming this year. higher rates, again, on this idea of the reflation trade here, and a strong economy, you get cyclicals outperforming. and no surprise, that's exactly what's been happening this year. we keep emphasizing every day, i put up some new highs on energy stocks, big industrials like caterpillar, parker ha

freeport. look at the laggards. the s&p up 8 or 9% for the year. technology is lagging.. it's bifurcated. health care has been a disappointment and i think that's because, you know, united, humana the hmos are down on higher utilization rates and pricing on medicare. consumer staples haven't been doing too much as well. consumer discretionary is doing well. the builders and hotels are up. amazon has had a great year. it's up 20%. tesla down 30% and that just weighs that down rather dramatically. you see real estate down there and that's continuing to have trouble, particularly in the commercial end of things. it's the energy etfs i want to point out. this is under owned space. people don't love energy, never have, since they got blown out years ago. the moves here, the main s&p energy index up 16%. everything, oil refiners, i keep putting those up like valero up 16%. the exploration production companies, conoco phillips having a great year. oil services, the halliburtons, they lag, capital intensive, up 12%. this group is under loved an not getting a lot of flows. that's

. >> freeport, pennsylvania. >> and stockton, california!and i get to meet hoda. >> oh, my gosh. president of the toddler fan club for hoda. how cute is that? welcome back. nice to have you with us on a sunshiny spring day here in new york. we've got sheinelle in for craig this morning, nice of you along. let's get right to the news. 8:00 now. president biden is urging israel to show restraint as it weighs if and how it will respond to that massive direct attack by iran this weekend. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel witnessed the assault and joins us from jerusalem with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. much of the action was right over our heads here in jerusalem. we could see israeli air defenses intercepting incoming fire from iran, when iran launched 300, more than 300 drones, missiles, some of the cruise missiles, ballistic missiles at israel. nearly all of them, 99% of them were shot down by israeli air defenses with extensive help from the united states. in fact, the u.s. was leading a

and we'll end with shares of freeport mcmoran, they're higher by roughly 3% or so. 65,000 shares of volumed along by another record high in gold prices, but also because analysts at bank of america have upped the rating from a buy to a neutral. given what they think is better free cash flow trends, also leverage for those rising copper and gold prices. for more on that and other top analyst calls of the day, head over to cnbc.com/pro. subscribers there can get the full story. i'll send things back over to you. >> dom, thank you for that. a lot more coming up right after this. congress getting back to business, the future of tiktok on the agenda. will the senate demand a sale of the chinese-owned social media titan in the name of national security? we get into the tiktok politics with a trump insider right after this. you do not want to go anywhere. ok currently has 2 million tikt followers. "squawk box" coming right back after this. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." the futures are picking up a little bit this morning. dow futures now indicated up close to 70 points. nasdaq futures up by 7

saving airports, saving freeports, we deliver.k of ben houchen and over—65s share his concerns about the pledges of the labour candidate. over £130 million of unfunded spending, showing that labour can't be trusted. and we'll see the results of that in labour run birmingham. taxes are going up by 20% -- birmingham. taxes are going up by 20% —— and we all see. that is a story of what labour in local government means, working people paying the price and that is exactly why he and i completely agree that the people of teesside should vote ben houchen and vote conservative. last year in shropshire, 10,000 people waited for more than 24 hours in a&e.10,000 people over 65 waiting on hard plastic chairs or in trolleys in our accident and emergency department. the prime minister tells us he has a plan for the nhs, but what people in north shropshire want to know is how long they are going to have to wait for him to get on and fix the issues where we are. mr him to get on and fix the issues where we are.— him to get on and fix the issues w

we look at the massive breakout but related equities in freeport or southern copper and chinese copper and aluminum names have moved as well. it is also replicating. look at the european auto stocks and the huge bases that bmw and mercedes breaking out. there is something happening globally. maybe china is the impulse for all this. jonathan: you have the move in base metals and precious metals. what is developing between the two? chris: the traditional rule would be look at industrial versus precious metals. a lot of those relationships have not worked since covid so i am reluctant to make any broad a proclamation about what that pairing is today. what is known as -- notable is if gold was sending and ominous message, i would expect credit to be worse and copper to be breaking down and neither of those two things are happening. jonathan: is it just inflation as the catalyst? chris: inflation expectation hasn't moved a lot. i go back to what is the leadership message of the equity market aside from this improvement we have seen in energy and materials. it has yet to be at the major detr

victor david hanson listen to america, ralph freeport.keep me in sort of a straight keel.thank you and continue with your program. guest: he makes a good point. there's plenty to be upset and depressed about in the world but you can't be upset and depressed 24/7. you would be miserable. keeping an even keel is important. too much cable news, too much social media, too much what i call shelton journalism and distraction television. it's important to try to have some perspective. you can do that by listening to my podcast or just by going for a walk in the woods one day and going out into nature and shutting off screens, right? host: david in boston on the republican line. david? caller: yes, i would like to talk to the guest. yes. talking about conspiracy theories. what started back when. do you know? guest: forever. caller: kennedy. guest: there were conspiracy days in the -- there were conspiracies in the early days of the republic. caller: but then it turns into disinformation. i challenge you that i think january 6, the fbi was involve

victor david hanson listen to america, ralph freeport.keep me in sort of a straight keel.thank you and continue with your program. guest: he makes a good point. there's plenty to be upset and depressed about in the world but you can't be upset and depressed 24/7. you would be miserable. keeping an even keel is important. too much cable news, too much social media, too much what i call shelton journalism and distraction television. it's important to try to have some perspective. you can do that by listening to my podcast or just by going for a walk in the woods one day and going out into nature and shutting off screens, right? host: david in boston on the republican line. david? caller: yes, i would like to talk to the guest. yes. talking about conspiracy theories. what started back when. do you know? guest: forever. caller: kennedy. guest: there were conspiracy days in the -- there were conspiracies in the early days of the republic. caller: but then it turns into disinformation. i challenge you that i think january 6, the fbi was involve