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>> reporter: a lot of different family members. what are the items? >> i'm 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 they're 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. come this way. we look at the health of the consumer and so we want to check in and see how these ...

While it's 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? they're 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 at the local department store or discount store that i can easily get. to who will have the best se...

So from a consumer standpoint, you're 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 don't know how good this whole thing might be if everybody gets a 20% -- what is their incentive to do things well? >> i think the ensign testify is to actually have a job, and i'm a big believer is that it's w...

-- 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: i'm not afraid of what somebody might think. none of the normal constraints. it's 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, it's a never ending opportunity to -- i mean, nothing in it for me to lie about anything. i'm not going to gain anything by lying about what i believe or lying about fact i'm really trying to create the most informed educated group of cit...