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Was real. wall street caught off guard. disney share prices up around 10% this morning. markets are happy with the fact that bob iger is back. iger himself dismissed this possibility earlier this year. listen to what he said in january. >> cnbc polled ten ceos about their predictions. one was that you would return to disney. >> as what? >> mickey mouse character. there are rumors you could become disneys ceo again. >> thats ridiculous. i was ceo. you cant go home again. i gave my name tag up, my...

Address. it is all gone. if i want to run a company, would you still be running disney. no, i did that. >> and now hes doing it again and facing a totally different set of challenges. he has too right the ship and figure out streaming and cut down on the losses but two he has to groom a successor. hes 71 and this is a two-year contract. finding a successor may not be that easy. i think weve seen that in the last few years. >> well see what moves le make. it is good to see you. >>. so investiga...

You cant go home again. im gone. >> its happened before. starbucks. >> i gave up my id, my name tag, my office. if i wanted to run a company, id still be running disney. i did that. >> never say never. thats the lesson there. tech journalist and host of "on kara swisher," kara swisher joining us. what happened behind the scenes that led to this? >> i think a lot of problems with bob championship per, who i call bob two. i think he wasnt doing very well. i think disney is in a little bit of a sta...

I guess it is no surprise. the president turned this into something about himself. demanding an apology from bob iger, the ceo of disney. interestingly, bob, a year ago, maybe bob iger would run for president in 2020. i asked him that. he said he has the best job in the world running disney. to make it about himself, i guess we shouldnt be surprised, tal. >> i dont know why anyone whoever followed the presidents tweets would be surprised by that. there was a lot of appetite for the president to ...

Acumenical. from a business perspective, we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. its interesting, people tend to jump to a conclusion about that. they think, well, just so businesses can do better. well, businesses doing better is good for the american economy. its good for people, its good for jobs. >> reporter: what does bob iger do next? have you ever thought about politics? >> i never dreamed about being the president of the united states, actually. >> reporter: it wouldnt be as...