just as starlink which is this string of satellites that elon musk has launched into space that wille world, gogo is soaring higher in the private aviation market. to president oakley thorne, tell me what you were doing yesterday when suddenly you see your stock down 5% on an elon tweet? >> yeah. i mean, elon burps and we're down 5% -- [laughter] the only good news, liz, is that he was talking about commercial airlines, and we don't do that anymore, right in as you know, we sold our commercial airlines and connectivity business last year, and we've gone back to our roots. we started in the business a aviation market, and that's something we're good at. we're back to what we're good at. liz: well, let's talk about the partnerships that you are setting up, and i would imagine it's not just the private aviation companies, but the airlines that make the jets, these private jets. where does the start begin? >> well, you know, a lot of high net worth individuals during covid thought, well, maybe i'll try private aviation. they'd flown commercial before. well, there's a saying once you go t

and it didn't accelerate some starlink started to accelerate.active rather than proactive. i don't think china is at the point where they are, you know, coming up withed me term term or even ten-year term on the horizon projects that would be world leading. i think a lot of it is still playing catch-up for the moment. >> and we're used to china having played catch-up over the decades then they catch up and surpass. on one specific point, though. do you think those ambitions could expand to weaponizing space in any shape or form? certainly given the intense rhetoric over the last few years? >> so, in terms of specifically weaponizing space, i think we've seen pretty clear messages from the government in china needing to have sustainable use of space. and needing to have, you know some degree of coordination and collaboration. that kind of thing. that being said, a lot of specific technologies that are being developed by the space sector would certainly be dual use. i mean, the chinese government does have a very explicitly laid out program of mil

more akin, it's a fab -- >> there are a lot of other businesses there as well don't forget solar, starlink, other things going on. full automation of the automobile will produce protenchally an entirely new business line. >> when you're in germany -- >> yeah -- >> -- that's bmw, benz, audi, well, who is right in their backyard who is planting an american flag there? why don't we give that more credit hey, squid, i'm talking to you. >> i'm listening, and trying to read about the valuation of tesla, to add to the -- >> what did you call me? >> i watched it again last night. it just keeps getting more -- it's brutal. the fact that a quarter of million people have watched it, i don't know what it says about the world. >> i know, hard to stay focused. david, their conference call, one of the most boring -- maybe the biggest yawner david, this thing -- gm was more exciting as a conference call. i'm thinking this read like, not a steel company, they're pretty exciting, too. how about it read like a corrugated box conference call >> wow that exciting. >> i take those to bed i used to use legal can

secondary share sale and i wonder whether or not you think in some time he turns his attentionto starlinkce and the falcon and turns tesla production over to a real operator. >> possibly. that's exactly what he did with spacex gwen does an amazing job running spacex and i reported on spacex and tesla and what i was told there are rules about elon musk about not being able to hire and fire people inside spacex because everybody realizes guan is the operator. if he did the same thing with tesla, it would be amazing i'm not saying he hasn't done amazing things, i'm saying when you're trying to figure out what the future looks like, it's wonderful to believe particularly in an environment where we haven't had a recession in so long that it seems like we're living in a fantasy land right now. but at some point just like rockets, everything comes down to earth >> yeah. >> i'm not certain that elon musk is the guy who's ten years from now we'll look back and say, actually -- >> self landing and reusable rockets. >> trats true. that's true. they had a lot of explosions along the way. my guess is

gogo hit hard by elon musk tweet where the tesla ceo said he's talking to airlines about installing starlinkivity on planes. that wi-fi connectivity stock down let's see more than 3%. more "techcheck" straight ahead. ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. >>> welcome back to "techcheck." nice little rally today. all the major indexes up 1.4%. take a look at the top performers on the ndx. walgreen's, asml, paypal and nxp. we'll come back to a couple names in just a minute but first a news update with rahel solomon. >> hi, jon here is what's happening at this h

the job comes after the founder tweeted about bringing his starlink service to commercial planes pleasegogo climbed yesterday after signing jet edge as a customer it was downgraded last week. the space is getting crowd i. >> the power of the tweet. thank you. >>> new this is morning from united the announcing an aexpansion of the transatlantic routes joining us on that is jamie baker. united's move here how much visibility do they have what kind of bet is this >> feels like a better bet, better execution now that the borders are relaxing united was bullish on this expax for sometime the ceo said he thinks next summer could be one of the busiest ever for united. today is a formality identifying the routes part of that. it is not new news for investors. >> is it a growing and profitable market that puts united with an edge against the competitors? >> we think it may be the one of the post covid bright spots. we think there's a path co-covid for airlines to potentially have higher margins than they had pre-covid so i'm not surprised that united is trying to get into that market perhaps a b

the starlink internet satellites that beam internet across the world. reusable rockets.at, elon musk's net worth can go up five times to a trillion dollars. stuart: but they're not public yet. spacex is not public. part of the overall musk operation. lauren: it is only 17% of musk's worth right now so. stuart: the world's first trillionaire? please. lauren: wow. stuart: had to be elon musk. lauren: of all people. it would be fun to if he get it, what he would do with it. stuart: jen psaki makes a joke addressing concerns over the supply chain crisis. martha maccallum takes that on in the 11:00 hour. senator ted cruz says it is time for democrats to the face the disaster of the their open border policies. watch this. >> my bill designates newports of entry, rich democrats can be sitting there, see, suddenly, 10, 20, 30, 50,000 illegal immigrants like we're seeing on a daily basis. stuart: he wants to send the migrants to palo alto or martha's vineyard. florida congressman greg stuebe is on the show. i will ask him what he thinks of senator cruz's proposal. i'm sure he wil