we also are joined by jeremy cruz. we're off, he's a managing editor of covert action magazine. my thanks to both of you gentlemen. for joining us, maybe we start with that one. we've got about 7 clips that i'm going to play of richard nixon, which says a lot about him about the times and about our world even today. we'll start with that one. and then do you a mix in almost died being still disrespected and thought of as a really bad guy? was it? well i think it to you compared to i think as far as presidents go, i think he doesn't stand out to me is uniquely bad. as you say, he was liberal in some ways and not liberal because he wanted to be. it was different times people were demanding more and you gave him some of those demands. you know, he wouldn't even signed a national health care, you know, medicare for all except the a f l. c i o opposed it. because that was one of the things they organized their people, how much more liberal yeah. how, how more liberal can you be. but again, part of it is the times, but he was, you know, the one thing interesting about him was that he

. >>> coming up next, market historian professor jeremy siegel and later, senator cruz talking about and much more. we're coming right back. >>> welcome back to qb "squawk box. on cnbc. i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin and becky is on assignment among the day's top stories, apple set to close out this week's big tech earnings burst with fiscal second quarter results. that's after the bell. in focus for investors lagging sales in china, and anything that company mentions concerning its a.i. ambitions. >>> peloton says kceo mccarthy steps down and the company laying off employees to bring spending in line with revenue. once a pandemic darling, peloton share prices closed more than 97% from its all-time high year end of 2020. >>> and being told the federal trade commission will approve exxon mobil's roughly $60 billion purchase of pioneer natural resources. biggest acquisition exxon's made in a long time source says the consent agreement including a provision to bar pioneer's former ceo from joining exxon's board. >>> meantime, futures right now ahead of the market open, an