you know, this is a biography, but you've got to look at how walter isaacson does these things. musk in this case -- agrees to sit down and talk to him. what mr. isaacson told me, there's no, there's no conditions here. he's going to ask him whatever, it's not, you know, this is not going to be a hate-ograp health care y, and i think that's key here. warts and all -- liz: what'd you call it? >> a hate-ography. when you write a saint is hood on somebody, did mys pronounce that -- mispronounce that, liz? liz: i don't know, spell it. [laughter] i don't know what you're saying. spell it. >> what i'm saying -- liz: hague yoking my? -- hagueography. >> i'm sorry. i went to pace, you went to berkeley. [laughter] in any vent, he's going to spend the next two and a half years doing this. and here's what i would say about this book and here's why it's interesting, in my view. the jobs book, as you recall, was done when steve jobs was firmly established and the iphone was firmly established as some sort of a cultural icon. changing the way the world works. that is not the case with tesla an

>> if this is a big fad, don't tell walter isaacson. walter isaacson is a reknowned biographer.hy. a great biography of steve jobs. long time journalist. we reported couple weeks ago he was doing a bio on elon musk as one of these transformational figures as jobs was. today they came out and confirmed this was going on. i think people are fascinating people are throwing shade on electric vehicles while this is happening. the shade might be accurate. i don't want to go out to buy an electric vehicle but i have spent time talking to walter isaacson about this. this guy is a smart guy. he thinks there is something there. that evs are not going away. this is the guy that created it. he also got spacex. his space exploration company. this guy is out cutting-edge of a lot of stuff that is going to transform the future. we should point out just because evs are not very popular now doesn't mean they will not be more popular in five years. that doesn't mean we're not moving in this direction. and again this biography may be about a fad and then it is one of the greatest fads of all time.

. >>> walter isaacson is penning a biography on elon musk he recently said musk is quote in some ways steve jobs of our time musk tweeting late last night that followers should look out for the book if they are curious about tesla, spacex and quote general going on he may not be invited to the white house for the afternoon reported event on electric vehicles, but none of the other folks has walter isaacson penp penning a biography about them >> i took a trip in a non-tesla electric car and about what it was like to drive from vegas to san francisco. part of it aired and people are hitting me about tesla everybody knows what a tesla can do elon musk has changed auto making >> he put them on the map. a hair brained idea people thought. now it is happening. if you are looking to buy a car now, you have to think, do i want electric or stick with combustible engine >> watch this piece i have coming out over the weekend. i was curious. i'm cheap plugging everything this morning bertha coombs, see you in a few minutes. thank you. >>> plugging this. plugging that. hair plugs maybe ahead, insi

walter isaacson was here to talk about his book but he was interviewed by dr. who i would love you guys to get as a new guest and his name is dr. holden thorpe. he is the editor in chief of science magazine. this is the premier magazine. here is what is missing, animations. we don't see any animations of how the vaccine attacks despite protein. i would like to see a video game created where you see the vaccine coming out, the needle attacking despite protein. it is so simple and obvious. we have visual learners out here. i am the queen of the visual learners, show us the animation. dr. thorpe told me they do exist. their website is science mag. get holden thorpe on here to show us the animations bill. >> thank you for the guest suggestion. >> i love that and i love that idea. at the age people are coming out with something very similar to that within the last couple of weeks, the science explainer videos and there are animated videos of how vaccines work. i agree, i love that idea. i think it emphasizes the importance that any visual -- that emphasizes that ind

curious about tesla, spacex, my general goings on, walter isaacson is writing a biography. ents for the steve jobs biography. he is a great writer. he has written many biographies, leonardo da vinci, ben franklin, jobs. that is pretty good company for elon musk, i would say so. that is interesting, susan. another big city requiring vaccine proof for indoor public places like restaurants and gyms. we'll tell you where that is. >>> first as people head back to work around back into their jeans is the pandemic snacking over? can they get into those jeans? we'll ask hostess' ceo which snacks are here to stay next. ♪ yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not... schuuuuzp.. put them together. save even more. some things are just better together, aren't they? like tea and crumpets. but you wouldn't bundle just anything. like, say... a porcupine in a balloon factory. no. that'd be a mess. i mean for starters, porcupines are famously no good in a team setting. geico. save

the country selling, what, 145,000 in the first seven months of the year guys back to you >> walter isaacsonraphy. >>> welcome to the "halftime report." the big call on stocks from the top street strategist is your money about to go on a midsummer run. we'll debate that. jenny harrington steve weiss. steve weiss. jon najarian let's check the markets. nasdaq a new high. up five of the past six days we are talking about the new target for the s&p from david kostin however, more action from the committee on robinhood that we want to get to first now that options trading open for business pete opened for business yesterday. and you got some action on today. tells.

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the country selling, what, 145,000 in the first seven months of the year guys back to you >> walter isaacson getting to a new biography. >>> welcome to the "halftime report." the big call on stocks from the top street strategist is your money about to go on a midsummer run. we'll debate that. jenny harrington steve weiss. steve weiss. jon najarian let's check the markets. nasdaq a new high. up five of the past six days we are talking about the new target for the s&p from david kostin however, more action from the committee on robinhood that we want to get to first now that options trading open for business pete opened for business yesterday. and you got some action on today. tell us. >> yeah, well i can tell you this the activity was unbelievably robust yesterday 325,000 contracts trading yesterday. obviously the stock, 172 million, well more than on the ipo closer to 100 million. a lot of very interesting activity coming in, scott. about 50/50 calls and puts but i think the most interesting part was the most active strike yesterday was the august 70s, now the august 70 calls traded $79,000

i don't know if you saw the other news elon musk making it official that walter isaacson, friend of "squawk" writing his biography i think elon is not getting out ahead of it, but -- >> pointing to -- >> pointing to the one he is hoping will be more reflective of his life. >> walter does it better than anybody with looking at inv inventors and showing the magic and where it happens and how it fits into history. it will be something that we will want to read, too >>> back to the electric vehicles and announcement coming from the white house today i'm still a little unclear they want billions of dollars in government aid for what? build out infrastructure to make sure there are places to charge these cars are there other things they need in assistance in terms of doing that they have the goal of 40% to 50% of cars being electric vehicle sales by 2030. what happens if they don't hit it if they have taken billions of dollars of government aid a lot of questions >> you are asking all of the right questions. the great news is we will have pete buttigieg with us to hopefully answer them. >>