joining us now is patrick ho with stiffel patrick, it is a rough go for semis. what is the best piece of advice for investors in the space now >> good morning, brian i can't deny there are concerns in the marketplace with the macro and recessionary fears i would not say is a surprise in the near-term environment, but for long-term investors, semis are one of the best places to be especially if you are looking in the next several years there is more silicon content going into a lot of applications and markets. i believe it is a big secular driver for the overall marketplace. for a long-term investor, i would stick through the rough patch and probably buy a little more if you have a long-time horizon. >> you know, we talked about applied materials, obviously one of the biggest companies in the world in that space before the break. you like a lot of smaller names like mks instruments not names we talk about here on cnbc too often >> those are small tech names. still sizable and liquid names mks is a company that supplies components to the applied materials and rese

. >> patrick ho was convicted of bribing government officials in africa and he gave a million bucks toter biden. are you familiar with that? >> i'm not going to speak about any ongoing investigation. >> is that an ongoing investigation? >> i'm not going. >> patrick bribe. >> i'm not going to talk aboutfully will potential ongoing investigation. >> hunter biden's business partner called joe biden the big guy in panic messages. do you guys call joe biden the big guy at the department of justice. >> i think it's important to understand why we don't speak about cases outside of the courtroom. >> by the way, by the way, i already know why. >> if i may answer the question. >> do you know why? >> may i answer the question? >> because it's about hunter biden. >> jesse: the fbi, the justice department, the cia, the defense department, and some of america's most powerful interests are there to protect joe because joe is just as corrupt as they are. and with the president they control, they can all make money and china and ukraine would just looking loot like a money laundering operation that wou