. >>> our news maker of the american ken langone. right now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick, along with joe kernen. andrew has the morning off. ken, it's great to have you here todayed. >> thanks for having me. >> we have a lot to talk about. you guys are already going at it. >> i didn't realize how stupid he is. he's fooled the world. >> why did it take you so long to realize that? >> i'm not smart. i plead guilty. >> you're in andrew's seat. >> andrew is sometimes right. bad facts. >> andrew writes bad facts? >> yes. >> the column on nyu? >> yes. >> he's not here to defend himself. >> it's full of errors. >> wow. right out of the gate. i swear i didn't -- >> you know why he didn't show up today? i'm sure he knew i knew. where is he today? >> i'm not sure. >> andrew? andrew? >> well, we've got two hours. >> we will beat up on the 10-year yield. >> also let's take a look at the futures quickly. we did see the equities market closed lower. this morning the futures are indicated

we heard from ken langone, there neurorabinny is discussing the macro information.e have general david petraeus with prime minister tony blair being interviewed by the judge. it's the judge, the prime minister, the general, and i got it in right order, because we know how important the judge is. the good news is we promise to be back on the air with live ideas, actionable stories, and things we can help you as it relates to investing over the course of the next eight to 12 months. >> the timing, guys, seems fortuitous in that there's something going on in the markets when the smartest minds in the markets are meeting here. you'll get a high-level view of what is going on on wall street on a day, josh, where the ten year yield is below 2.5, or about -- or just above 2.5. so people are really concerned about what's happening there. you have the diverging markets of small-cap stocks and high-growth names that have been peeling back at a time when the dow jones industrials average is at an intraday all-time high almost every day. >> and you see the investor class reacti

billionaire ken langone said christie has a better chance of connecting with people who vote democrat than bush. wynn disagrees saying in the bright lights, bush will wear better than christie and that the big money will follow the best bet. >> we have had several losing campaig campaigns. everybody wants to win. there's a sense of urgency that we have to win. the country needs us to win. >> wynn who changed from rick perry to mitt romney in 2012 says it will be a tough decision for those close to christie to switch horses. ken indicated he might get behind jeb bush, but only if christie decides not to run. >> john, thank you. >>> still ahead, pomp, circumstance, and political correctness. it's commencement season on campus. first trying to pin down insurance executives on the real effects of obamacare. over 400,000 new private sector jobs... making new york state number two in the nation in new private sector job creation... with 10 regional development strategies to fit your business needs. and now it's even better because they've introduced startup new york... with the state creati

ken langone said i can imagine hillary running against jeb.e media guys would have. ready for another bush, another afghanistan, another iraq are, ready for another collapse of the banking system. that's a lot of baggage. we always talk about in prima primaries how the voters balance the electable person with tear instincts that this is pure. there is an lec electability argument against jeb. the republican and democratic primaries, i wish we could have at the end of the day the big money, the smart money. that's likely to be bush and clinton. >> in terms of of the democratic side, beth you were talking about it saying there was a difference between what happened under george bush. to the extent there is resistance to the requested of a dynasty, when you look at the polls on the democratic side we say hillary clinton was a front runner like we had never seen. >> our nbc news wall street journal poll says hillary has no problem with the base. despite the flurry around elizabeth warren you hear from time to time that hillary clinton could get a