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we had someone on yesterday saying -- that was jim stewart, saying what it would mean to have somebodyn the boardroom that could be disruptive. and i was in one of those situations when i was disruptive. broke my heart. come home every day and say, i can't believe how bad things are. >> how about some of the kevin meyers comments about coming back and helping out? >> he's been involved. he and stags have both been involved. hugh johnston has just come in. you had a real void there when mccarthy left, and -- >> or maybe the void was there when she was there. >> may have been. that's an argument that certainly some would make. but he needed help, iger, and fast. >> that's not going to make nelson peltz like it more. that's a false narrative. >> that's an impressive hire, isn't it? >> i think it's a very impressive hire. i think hugh johnston can go anywhere. people would take him anywhere. really good guy, and he's much less divisive -- there was like a divisiveness about disney. that's got to end, the divisiveness. >> we'll be watching closely. >> it was like minnie vs. mickey, kramer v

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stewart joins us now. mark, you just returned from the launch at what's been called china's version of cape canaveral. that must have been fun. what was that like? >> hey, jim, it's good to see you. let me start by saying first of all, access to the space center, the joe chen space center in the gobi desert, it's very rare for western journalists to be able to go there. it is quite a hike from our base here in beijing, about 1,200 miles. so we had to take two flights and then some very long bus rides. but as you mentioned, in many ways, it's being compared to cape canaveral. it's very much like a small city or town. everything is very self-contained in the middle of the desert. it actually made me think of the johnson space center in houston. there's just a lot of research that takes place there. it's where astronauts are prepped. we really went there for two reasons. one, to learn more about the chinese space program. but, two, we were able to witness the launch of the quanzhou 17 spacecraft. it is the spacecraft that just took three tikonauts, chinese astronauts, to the space station. they will be there for a maintenance mission. but as we look big pictur