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>> reporter: a lot of different family members. what are the items? >> im looking for some baby items because i have brand new babies that arrived in my family, three of them, which is crazy and awesome, such a blessing and on top of that, my wonderful children and theyre also going to show you what santa will want them to get for them this year. >> reporter: a list for santa claus, right? >> yes. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us. we also want to show you more of this mall, tamron. ...

While its only good news from a consumer standpoint, just says a few thing belt the nature of competition and the strength or weakness of our economy that are concerning. >> what does it tell you about walmart? theyre the -- amazon is the king of online selling, walmart is trying to muscle in. do they have chance of challenging amazon? >> they have chance but the vectors on which people are making buying decisions are changing. used to be at who is going to have what i want on the shelves down a...

So from a consumer standpoint, youre not tipping anymore than you normally will. >> been too miami? >> yes. >> me too. they are -- >> they are not -- >> i wonder why? i just have an opinion on this matter. insert opinion. they autograph you in miami. wherever you good they tack you with an 18% tip, boom 18%, wherever you good every single place. know how the service is? >> i know. >> i dont know how good this whole thing might be if everybody gets a 20% -- what is their incentive to do things we...

-- in -- chrysler is gaining with the ram. but no one is making a bigger move or taking a bigger chance than ford by remaking their best-selling vehicle. mark fields gave us exclusive access to the brand new f-150. >> reporter: about 90% of the body on this truck is made from aluminum. what is the advantage of this? >> it is light weight and from a consumer standpoint they will get better fuel economy. and it is more dent and ding resistant. >> that makes it 700 pounds

To be: im not afraid of what somebody might think. none of the normal constraints. its just me. i have total ability to do it the way i want to do it and to tell people what i think and if it goes wrong the first time and come back the next hour, the next day and say sorry, folks, what i meant yesterday was that the never ending opportunity to get it right, its a never ending opportunity to -- i mean, nothing in it for me to lie about anything. im not going to gain anything by lying about what i...

Thats hard it beat. and an iphone for less than 0. you make $30 in a sense. you pay 45, and you get a $75 gift card. so from a consumer standpoint, we are doing a pretty good job this year. >> brad wilson, you are making me want to go home, put on my ugliest holiday sweater and venture out to find the good deals. the name of the website is brads deals.com. he joins us from chicago. have a great holiday, by the way. >> thanks, martin. you too. >> next sun diday is expected te the busiest travel d...

Experts, physicists in particular, who were the pioneers of nuclear energy. and who carefully, one by one, explained to me again and again until it finally got through my head, why it wasnt what the anti-nuclear activists felt it was. >> ralph, let me ask you for a second. the whole process of dealing with nuclear energy, it seems to me, you have been always a consumer advocate. i mean, as long as i can remember you youve youve been a consumer advocate. now you are in a situation where what this...

Might think because of what i do. none of the normal constraints. its just me. i have the total ability to do it the way i want to do it and to tell people what i think. and if it goes wrong the first time, come back the next hour, next day, im sorry folks, what i meant yesterday was -- its a never ending opportunity to get it right. theres nothing in it for me to lie about anything. im not going to gain anything about lying about what i believe or lying about facts. you know, i really am trying...

Might think because of what i do. none of the normal constraints. its just me. i have the total ability to do it the way i want to do it and to tell people what i think. and if it goes wrong the first time, come back the next hour, next day, im sorry folks, what i meant yesterday was -- its a never ending opportunity to get it right. theres nothing in it for me to lie about anything. im not going to gain anything about lying about what i believe or lying about facts. you know, i really am trying...

People can go and buy products and know that theyre benefit business owners that share their ideology and that when they do donate their money they are likely going to donate that money to conservative politicians, to charities, to their church. and so you have a positive influence there from a consumer standpoint. >> put your money where your beliefs are. where should you not put your money? where dont you shop because of what you believe? >> well, quite frankly im not going to go into discussi...