mark strassmann spoke to astronaut jessica mere who recently returned to earth after seven months on the international space station. >> reporter: from 250 miles above earth, astronaut jessica mere practiced what you could call extreme social distancing. down below, a planet grappled with a contagion. >> there were only three people on the space station. it was difficult for us to understand. wow, we are of the 7 1/2 billion of humans 0 not earth, we are the only three people not affected by this. >> reporter: that changed a week ago. the capsule brought mere and teammates back to kazakhstan. they landed on a planet somewhat unrecognizable to the one they left. >> we came back to masked faces. >> reporter: was that your first corona reality check? >> yes. the people pulling us out of the capsule were wearing masks the the. those were the first humans we saw. >> reporter: while am orbit they achieved a milestone. they performed the first all female space walk last october. >> that is amazing. >> reporter: but long duration space missions compromise an astronaut's immune system. so whe

drew morgan and jessica mere leaving the international space station after more than 200 days on-board. the pair safely touched down in kazhakstan hours ago, exactly 50 years after the apollo 13 crew splashed down in the pacific following an aborted mission. futures are soaring in the premarket on promising results for coronavirus treatment from gilead. my next guest is warning we may not see a recovery in the united states equities until 2022. joining me right now on the phone is the chief equity strategist at citigroup, tobias lefkovitz. thank you for joining us. you're expecting a delayed reaction from the stock market. tell me how you see things. >> we're suggesting to investors about three and-a-half weeks ago that we felt it was going too far dow to the downsi. there is 25% upside potential this year, we got it in three and-a-half weeks and we're probably ahead of our skis. our view of 2022 is more about stock buybacks, not necessarily the market itself. we think earnings will be about $125 this year, unfortunately down about 20, 25% from where they were last year and then reboun