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Shoot, i forgot to buy toothpaste, going to have this -- >> greg: i was going to say... >> dana: i buy a lot online. you have a lot of time to surf the internet when watching these hearings. i wasn't, but i could've. >> kennedy: is this on the spectrum of addiction? >> greg: it's all based on anticipation. whether it is food, buying stuff, or sex, it's the thrill of a new experience that drives you to the addiction so you need to do more whether it's cocaine or porn, whatever. it's actually in everything you do. political strife, conflict on cable tv. >> dana: i was thinking about that today, ...

>> well, i would just say this, which is that, you know, i'm an analyst, i followed tech since 1982, followed facebook closely since 2006, and the problem we have here is i do believe they've made some changes, but they're largely cosmetic. the real challenge here, ali, and this is the thing, just last week, facebook was busted by apple along with google for creating what they call -- and they did this by breaking in illegally around the app store, but what's really bad about in is a large percentage of the people got that product were under 18. they were minors. >> right. >> not in a position...

Grocery stores and people who use life saving medications who are really concerned about what happens if there is no deal. and potentially they need to be buying stuff now to prepare for the chaos. is that true? >> reporter: definitely that is true. i mean we see so much political chaos right now. while we know that this deal will likely fail in a vote this evening in parliament, it is not clear what the next steps will be. right now the cabinet is meeting behind me. they are likely discussing what the next steps will be. but nobody can really tell you. and there is the issue of what happens i...

This. take a listen. >> our friend shanahan is a good man. he's done a good job. he's a good buyer. i wanted someone who could buy. i am getting a lot of money and i don't want it to be wasted. >> one of the critiques. on the budgeting side and that brings a cache. >> he needs to be familiar with operations and secretary mattis is much more familiar than the buying stuff. there is an argument that there is a steep learning curve, but if he puts the effort into it and he talks to allies and partners, he can mound that. >> can i say that i agree, but the one area that we haven't talked about and...

Great. steel and aluminum tariffs have brought in a tremendous amount of investment. those tariffs should stay. they are working well. some of the threats of tariffs have brought the europeans to the table. for example today in the oval office we had manufacturers from germany promising to relocate facilities here and not just assembly plants here but build engines and transmissions here. tariff man, that's a william mckinley thing tariff man stand okay a tariff platform. guess what in when mckinley tariffs growth. realigned the republican party in a way which got strong support. i agree with ...