twitter is up more than 8% it's our call of the day and famed sports talk host mike francesa is in these by the way, jim cramer is with us, as well. we're taking your calls. it is a big hour and it starts in about 15 minutes. john, we're going to have some fun today. can't wait to see you guys top of the hour. >> absolutely. sounds like it, scott, thanks. >>> meanwhile, espn president john skipper resigning from his position this morning citing years of substance abuse, so how will this impact the media landscape? joining us right now, maggie wilderotter, ceo at frontier communications maggie, good morning >> good morning. >> espn, incredibly important property, sports and sports rights key to the media landscape these days how important is this as a period for disney to get a new leader for espn and get grounded as they try to move forward? >> well, i think you first start with john skipper having the courage to do what he did, and also the reaction by george bodenheimer and iger in support of him the good news is, george is going to come in and take care of espn, he's a seasoned vete

we want to give you a reminder mike francesa. hopefully he's watching right now.ongratulations on an incredible career he is going to come on this set on monday. we'll make him say first time long time. we look forward to having him with us after an incredible radio career we'll find out what he's doing next he likes to trade stocks we'll see what's in his portfolio. maybe we'll give him some ideas. to make mike feel comfortable, we're taking viewer calls as well to get on that list. tweet us using #ask halftime >> i really like the airline space. i know dom had an airline related, or a travel relatsd stock up there ups. i'll throw out jet blue as well. i like this moving forward >> i really like emerging markets. they've underperformed i think this is a long term structural story i think that you're going to see equities follow suit >> better bet for 18 >> emerging markets or s&p 500 >> i love the structural story, the global growth story, and i love that we have twin engines my final trade was financials. i've been talking about this for a while. >> you and ever

terranova, josh brown, pete najarian, sneaks's jim cramer host of "mad money" and also with us is mike francesa, the legendary radio host great to have you here. >> my pleasure to be here. i should be getting ready for a show but thrilled to be here i watch you guys every day as i said for years and years as a guy who likes to dabble in this stuff, but i watch you experts all the time and yell at the screen, especially cramer. >> i was going to say thank you for spending the first day of the rest of your life for us. >> looking forward to it for months pleasure to be here. >> you love sports but you love the market really into stocks. >> i had a guy who used to handle all my stuff and now i do a lot of it myself and i learn a lot by watching you guys and i watch religiously. i watch at 7:00 in the morning and him when he first comes on and at 12:00 when i'm getting red for the show every day we watch you guys. >> certainly appreciate it a pleasure to have you. >> my pleasure. >> jimmy, everybody wants to know as we hit new records across the port, another 200-point gain, we're a little bit off