carl is a big boy. he signed the agreement and we had several courts conclude we were right and he held us up as long as i can. the big thing about carl icahn is he is not used to someone standing up to him. we did nothing wrong. we criticized a big public company and they had more resources than we did. they made our life very miserable. we were investigated. but the benefit of the investigation is we were exonerated. the world realize we were right. the stock went from 70 to single dollars per share. tds went to a couple thousand. basis point. and we made a lot of money to our investors. i gave $150 million, my share of profit, to the persian square foundation. we have given away more than that. i will do the same thing all over again with herbalife. herbalife will try to attack my integrity. carl can do what are he wants, try it scare my investors, which is what it sounds like he is trying to do on this call. we are an unleveraged fund and thoughtful in the way we do our business. i told carl after t

the risk so us is that carl got the company. carl bid for the company and got it, we got nothing. if someone else with a lower cost of capital and carl ended up with the company then carl would have to pay us as long as the deal happened in three years. i thought he might wait three years before making a bid or hold the thing up so we didn't get paid. that is the risk to us. i was concern with dealing with carl icahn because unfortunately carl icahn does not have a good reputation for being hard shake guy. >> this is where it heats up. they are discussing current battle which is herbalife. this is a longer clip here. we do want you to get the full picture of back and forth basil, let's have a listen. >> let's start with what i want to say. ackman is a liar, okay? to begin with, i live mid life from 1960s and '70s by handshake. i almost lost my firm a few times by hand shakes. ackman has -- he's got one of the worst reputations on wall street. and i'm going to tell you this herbalife is a classic example of what he does. let's look at herbalife. ackman was doing badly in 2012. down

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>> good morning, carl. lot of traders on this floor and many times i ask them what they think about the markets, and if you ask ten people, you get about 12 different opinions. we all know how that goes. forecasting is not easy, trying to pick where interest rates go in an hour, tomorrow, in a week, that's difficult. to try to do it for a year or years down the road, truly next to impossible, but when you invest for yourself, you might have an idea, but you're always going to remain fluid because if you're not fluid, and you don't ebb and flow, it isn't that you're a flip-flopper. when you're a trader the word flip-flop doesn't exist. either you're fluid or they carry you out. mutual funds, many of you are investors, some of you do some of it yourself, all of yourself but many farm some of this out, mutual funds. when you decide where to put your money you look at their forecasting how accurate is it. if they look like they're accurate and turns out they're not on a winning streak you can always move it. wh

and the administration is not putting a lot of energy behind their position that i can see said sen carl levin the michigan democrat who is chairman of the senate armed services committee and supports the illinois plan he added that the odds are that it will still be open by the next presidential inauguration. so with a little pressure coming from the white house congressional democrats decided it's not worth sticking their necks out to help close gitmo either when their final moves as the majority in the house democrats passed a year and spending bill in december of two thousand and ten that a good block funding to transfer get most detainees and also block detainees from being transferred to the united states and to a slew of other nations a month later republicans would take control of the house of representatives and president obama's best chance of closing gitmo in those first two years of his administration would be completely lost hypno would remain open his entire first term and as senator carl levin predicted in june two thousand and ten good mo remained open for the next presid

guess is carl bought herbalife. if he did -- i think someone leaked that to the press and he flipped it out when the stock went up and made a good trade. congratulations on a good trade. i don't believe there is any real investor who can own this business long term because we believe it is a pyramid scheme and we can prove that to a high degree of certainty. >> hey, i appreciate, bill, that you called me a great investor. i thank you for that. unfortunately, i can't say the same for you. >> well, so as you hear there what began as a business deal gone sour has now definitely gotten personal. >> after the whole thing called me up and literally said, bill, we can be friends now. okay? i wish i had a recording of the conversation. i simply said, look, carl. you are no friend of mine. and that was it. >> okay. >> every time he goes on cnbc -- let me defend myself. >> i never said i want to be friends with you, bill. i wouldn't be friends with you. >> okay, carl. okay. >> you said to me you'd like to be friends so we cou

that was carl icahn's point. if there are long in the stock, all they have to do is take that stock, take it off the market, not borrow it and it shrinks the shares outstanding. >> ackman knows his game. he knows what he's doing. at the end of the day to me, i think for the retail investor out there, it is a treacherous setup to try to follow either one of these guys. that's why i think the options world is a pretty interesting place to talk about it. >> what's the volatility like in hlf? >> it's interesting, the near data 45 strike calls, those quintupled as icahn was talking. obviously -- if someone is going to make speculative bets at the upside, that's probably the only way they can do it and count on throwing some of the premium away. >> volatility was up 15%. the max myers that was made famous in that piece is our own max myers, our producer. thankfully he said we could come on today and say anything we want. >> dan, walk us through your trade. you have a trade even though you are cautioning investors to be

. >> good morning, carl. let's start with the slide in gold futures down a dollar may not seem like so much. when you look at the fact that gold is below $16.50 an ounce, a key technical level there, that is the reason why many traders say there's more bullish momentum in the gold market. add to that the fact that the latest report said the bullish bets for gold are at the lowest levels we've seen since august. a lot of investors are on the sidelines waiting to see what happens with the next round of budget talks. and not wanting to buy until they see some resolution there. the down side risk according to barclays is to 1620 an ounce. industrial commodities, weakness there as well. oil following copper lower. perhaps profit taking after what we saw somewhat last week. we're also looking at natural gas, though, bucking the trend once again, since friday's extending its gains there. we saw the biggest withdrawal from natural gas in storage for the season in friday's report from the energy department. but longer

i'm carl, with melissa lee, jim cramer and david faber. we have earnings season officially under way. courtesy of alcoa, some pretty decent sentiment this morning. we'll talk about that with cramer in a moment. europe, numbers over there as well. germany industrial production did miss. green arrows across the board from london to paris to frankfurt. our road map kicks off with earnings season. europe is better than expected, but does this set the tone for the season with goldman predicting the s&p will be in a holding pattern for the first quarter. >> apple at the low end. the journal reporting a cheaper iphone may be in the works. is apple simply going to where the growth is, and a sign that margins may face more pressure? >> yet another setback for boeing and the 787. canceling a domestic flight after a computer erroneously signaled a brake problem. >> clearwire gets a bid. dish network offers 3.30 a share above sprint's offers. david faber has the details on this story. sending sprint lower in pre-market trade. >>> results from alcoa la

you mentioned ab 8 and sb 11 extend the carl moyer program. would you recommending that we take a support position? >> the two bills 8 an d sb 11 they are identical measures. >> i move that amendment to support ab8 and sb 11. >> is there second to that motion? to forward this to the board authority? >> second. >> is there any discussion on that? we move this forward as proposed with a positive recommendation? that will be the order. (gavel) >> item number five. clarification. it is actually a 20 million piece of the high-speed rail; >> thank you. item number five. >> acceptance of the audit report for the fiscal year, june 30, 2012. >> good morning, cynthia fong deputy directorr for finance administration. you have a report for the fiscal year ending june - 2012. since there are more than 500,000 dollars of federal expenditures spent during the fiscal year. single audit included audit over the yerbabuena ramps, buildings and structures dynamic traffic assignment model development project; integrated public private partnership travel demand pro

everybody thought he was rude. >> that's carl. >> that was so typical of carl. very typical of carl. >> i thought that -- >> he curses on the air when he's just on himself. >> that's the way it goes with him. he's one tough dude, period. >> okay. >> it will be interesting to see how it alters his perception on the street and beyond, from this point forward. we just don't know the answer to that yet. speaking of showdowns, amazon versus barnes & noble. the latest chapter in the battle between book sellers. first, taking the pulse of the economy with honeywell's ceo david cody, a live and exclusive interview at 9:40 a.m. eastern time. one more look at futures as the market tries to build on the s&p. the highest level since november of 2007. ♪ let's go. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new cadillac xts... another big night on the town, eh? ...and the return of life lived large. ♪ >>> two book sellers in the story this morning. amazon starting the week at new all-time highs. the company's road map to dominate ecommerce over the next decade. bar

but carl, i see carl, i'll see him later tonight, we'll be watching this later tonight. i see him almost every night. i love that guy. >> jimmy: i love the idea of you guys hanging out together. >> i said to carl the other night, this is really funny, i said, carl, you know, you're 90, going to be 91, you're amazing. just, i'm -- i'm just so amazed at everything you do. can i ask a personal question? he said, of course. every once in awhile, do you ever achieve an erection? [ laughter ] this is all true. and he -- and carl said, i do, i do, not so you'd notice it. [ laughter ] that's -- true life -- >> jimmy: insurrection, i think, actually. wow, that's -- and how often are you guys together during the week? >> couple of nights a week. >> jimmy: that's great. i love the idea of you guys hanging out. >> we have xanku chicken. >> jimmy: oh, you do? is it delivered or do you pick it up on the way over? >> no, i pick it up on the way over. you know, chicken, coleslaw and a tangerine. that's about it. >> jimmy: you've done so many television appearances and there are so many

carl quintanilla is live outside the blackberry 10 launch. carl? >> yeah, not too long from now, melissa, we've been talking a lot this morning about how long we've waited for this. one audience that blackberry is hoping to court, of course, app developers. one this morning said they are upsized to developing apps for r.i.m. products. we'll see as we await the presentation. we think there's going to be a little humor injected into this, at least at the front end, where i don't know if you remember kevin from crackberry, sort of a national hero in canada who has carried the mantle for a long time. word is he is going to get a hair cut onstage. i cannot tell you why. but apparently that's a big deal. when that gets started, we'll bring it to you. in the meantime, a lot of anticipation, and months and months of waiting are about to come to an end, melissa. >> who will give this hair cut to this kevin person? >> that's a good question. that's a good question. thorsten heins, of course, is he. he has a masters in physics. we'll see. we will see. i think

follow carl fritsche. >> no. you have a choice here it's a twitter war. >> in fairness i have been on the twitter machine since 2006, when it started. i had no idea what it was at the time. >> you all interviewedrupted my saying hello to cyprian boulding. i am not going to get in trouble or else the cameras go off. >> going to put you on t.v. >> exactly. we know which side our bread is buttered on. >> yes. >> as they say. well, a big announcement in the sports world. you enjoyed watching the super bowl last sunday in the heat of -- well not necessarily the heat but the dome, under the dome n new orleans. right? >> super bowl in about a week. next year, it might be a little more challenging, where super bowl will be held. >> february 2nd, 2014, mark it down super ball 14 will kick off at met life stadium. the week before, hundreds of thousands of fans from across the country and around the globe will converge on new york city. >> it's actually in northern new jersey. >> stadium home of the super bowl champions, gi

carl? >> cue the headlines regarding spicy earnings. >>> the best performing hedge fund of 2012, returning more than 40% bit end of the year, doing so by betting on mortgages. metacapital's managing partner deepak narula will join us after the break, talk about how he did it and where his money is going now. it's a new day. if your a man with low testosterone, you should know that axiron is here. the only underarm treatment for low t. that's right, the one you apply to the underarm. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these signs and symptoms to your doctor if they occur. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. do not use if you have prostate or breast cancer. serious

carl? >> yep, a lot of people are already aware. >>> the push to get consumers to bank online and with their mobile devices. one financial institution is doing away with the physical bank all together. will security fears turn these consumers away? we'll find out when the ceo of green dot joins us next. i've always kept my eye on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health risks. but she's still going to give me a heart attack. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold t

>> i'm 150 pounds. >> carl! >> most modern houses are designed to take the weight of a solar panel instaglation. >> i don't have to worry about panels falling in on me? >> hopefully not. >> hopefully not. >> if you have a good contractor, they'll do their due diligence. they'll do their homework. it's better for the industry if everyone does their homework and does the calculations to make sure the system is going to last 20 years, 30 years. >> that is another question. what is the lifetime of the system? do you have to have the solar panels replaced periodically? >> no, actually the solar panels last a really long time. there are solar panels in operation from the 1950's and the 1960's. the inverter is a piece of hardware that has a lifespan between 10 years. they usually warranty between five and 10 years. that may need replacement down the line. the solar panels will last a good long time. this is what we have intalked here at british motors. what we have, there is no moving parts here as we are talking about

good morning. >> carl, that's right. the last time i was on with you about 30 minutes ago tim sloan talked about the big one, returning capital to shareholders. earlier this week we had the deadlines for plans that banks were submitting to the federal reserve. and he said they asked the fed for a larger capital distribution this year. the dividend was up to 22% last year, of course now investors want to know exactly what that capital plan will look like. on that when margin, which shrank because of a higher deposit base, the deposits were growing too quickly, the ceo made some comments. he said wells fargo invested them in short-term securities, which brought down the overall interest income. he said they won't invest then uneconomically. he says they might be taking from share for other banks, they just won't be flippant but how they invest these. he got questions about the cfpd, putting out the new rules on mortgages. he said they found the right balance, will help americans get more credit, but there are other issues

if carl and carter are buying, so am i. but there was a problem. 100 shares cost nearly eight grand. mike ain't got carl icon kind of money. so to spend left, they sold the january put for 4.10. that's the most he can make on the trade, but in order to keep all that money, mike used netflix stock to stay above the strike of the put that he sold or in this case, above $80 by january expiration. below $80, profits trail off. but with the money mike collects, he won't see losses until netflix follows below the strike of the put that he sold by more than the $4.10 he's taking in, below $75.90 by january expiration. he can do something even carl cant, make money whether the stock goes up, down or nowhere at all. >> i think he's done an excellent job. >> relax, there's a catch. he's now obligated to buy at $80, even if it falls below that level. no worries. since the time of the trade, shares have surged over 10%, making this trade a winner. now these three find themselves unlikely partners with a common goal, hoping netflix goes

carl? >> mira was saying downside risk. seema mody over at the nasdaq. >>> the discussion continues around the debt ceiling talks. what does all of this mean? brian, welcome back. >> carl, good to be with you. >> we've had this discussion about the economy that we continue to muddle through. you talk about the debt ceiling that if there's ever a grand bargain, you're going to wind up saying you weren't bullish enough. >> that's right. you know, carl, to go back to this plow horse, if you think about the last 3 1/2 years, it goes all the way back to dubai and the bp oil spill and the tsunami and nuclear meltdown and the first fiscal cliff and first budget deal and debt downgrade, all of these things and the economy has continued to move forward. that's what we think will happen here in the future. we also think stocks are very undervalued. so if we do get a grand bargain without some major increase in taxes and we actually get some kind of reform and entitlements or spending pullbacks, it could cause a boom in the economy. i

carl? >> thank you. microsoft earnings may have been slightly above forecasts but the numbers showing the windows eight operating system getting off to an unspectacular start. what must they do to avoid going the way of the p.c.? paul sloan is executive editor at c-net. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> paul, what do you think the quarter said about the long term relevance here? >> you know, b it's a huge challenge. what it said is we still don't know how well windows eight will work with new products. we don't know about surface sales. it's not great yet. they had small distribution. they're branching out, working with partners. windows phones still small market share. it's a big challenge. it says there are too many unknowns. all the optimism in the fall about the launch, look at it now. it's a huge question mark. >> it's a big ship to turn, isn't it? a lot of people wonder if we are doomed to be below $30 a share for a long time as we have been. >> we know that consumers aren't terribly excited

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to cross-talk events in egypt i'm joined by carl sharon london he is a middle east blogger in cairo we have while eskandar he is a blogger and a journalist and in washington we cross to ratner he is a fellow at the truman national security project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encouraged karl in london what's going on here how do you look at it and because it looks like it's two step forward two steps back i mean what's in play in the egyptian revolution if it's even a revolution anymore. i think we have to put this in a more historical context of what revolutions go through and they take time and if you look in previous examples they would take five ten twenty years to settle onto something now the immediate context of what's happening in egypt is there was a process of change that resembled their evolution but in the aftermath of that there is no single authority that have stomped it's not active on what the meaning of the egyptian revolution is unfortunately the political opposition currently isn't kind of able

carl can try to orchestrate a short squeeze. he can do whatever he wants. okay? he can try to scare my investors from investing with me, which it sounds like he's attempting to do on this call. >> i don't want to get between these two men, and you shouldn't either. herbalife the too hard to trade or own right now because it's all about these egos going at it. even as ackman may have done the best work on the fundamentals. i'll give him that. that's where i can help. i want to deconstruct the fight to show you how either man can either win, not in the court of opinion from today's battle but in the battle that is herbalife. first ackman's saying herbalife's going to zero. >> but frankly if they got out at a price higher than zero they're going to be ultimately better off. >> if herbalife goes to zero, he will make all the money between where he shorted the stock and zero. that would be a huge win for his investors. we know he has done a gigantic amount of work, well laid out, about how herbalife is a dishonest pyramid scheme. here's the problem. to get the stock t

thanks, carl. well, harder for the mainstream liberal media to ignore the brewing sex scandal surrounding democratic senator bob menendez of the jersey three last that the fbi raided the office of the south florida eye doctor who allegedly provided underage prostitutes to send german mendez, a claim he adamantly denies. according to the miami "herald" the fbi investigation centers around the doctors finances and allegations about his contact with prostitutes. the doctors what senator menendez top financial backers contributing more than $30,000 to his federal campaign. the obama administration today moving closer to implementing the highly unpopular individual mandate in obamacacare. that is the provision that forces most taxpayers to buy health insurance or pay a fine to the irs. today the irs issued 73 pages of new regulations that now line the process for determining whether taxpayers are subject to the mandate or exempt from it third. republican senators introduced a bill to repeal the mandate

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back to "fast money" halftime at hq. >>> carl, thanks so much. welcome to the "halftime report," four hours to go. dow at 1500. here's what we're following at halftime. war and remembrance. >> i appreciate, bill, you called me a great investor. i thank you for that. unfortunately i can't say the same for you. this is not an honest guy that keeps his word and takes advantage of little people? >> what does the icahn/akman battle say about your money and should you follow their lead? at the core, what's driving apple shares down and when is it okay to get in? first top story, the rally, the dow on track for next january, if it really is 14,000, what are the plays you need to make right now? we are trading the action. what is it, joe? where should you be in the market right now? >> let me tell you what i'm doing today. more importantly, it has to be looking forward. we've gotten a lift from earnings, surprise to the upside better than anticipated. i'm looking forward to friday. i think for one of the very first times in recent memory, we need a bette

carl equipment a n carl, back to you. >> the morgan stanley consumer index is at an all-new high. all things tech. apple announcing a 128-gig version of the fourth generation ipad set to launch on february 5th, with a rather hefty price tag of $799. is that enough to turn the tide? >> plus he's on the board of director of pandora. the very first investors in facebook. he's here to talk all things social media in a cnbc exclusive interview. >> should you yahoo! the search engine beats the street. >> so unexpected, carl. wow. >> ford motor reporting higher than expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter. predicting a wider loss in europe for the year. phil lebeau has more on a big story. phil, over to you. >> it is a big story, simon. but we have breaking news first out of washington. this involves transportation secretary ray lahood. he'll be stepping down as transportation secretary. he is expected to be replaced once a replacement is announced. mr. lahood has had an interesting four years, most recently saying just a few days after one of the first dreamliner incidents,

good morning, john. >> good morning, carl. we have a fascinating test coming up probably within an hour of the evolution of this house republican majority. what i'm talking about is the proposal that you just made reference to to suspend the enforcement of the debt limit until may. the leaders have attached to this a provision that unless budgets are passed by the house and senate, the pay of members of congress is going to be withheld. nobody knows if that's constitutional and everybody knows it is a cover for a strategic retreat from the principle that john boehner articulated earlier that the only amount of debt limit increase that's going to pass is going to have dollar for dollar spending cuts. that's very hard to do, for democrats, for republicans, for anybody in washington, and so he's backed away from that, and now he's going to try to see if he can pass it with republican votes. the importance of this principle from a democratic point of view is they've broken with the idea that the debt limit is so important that it

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good morning. >> thank you, carl. i'm joined by the chairman and ceo of mercedes-benz and you just introduced the e-class here. talk about that in a bit but first i want to show people a little bit of video from last night. the cla class, because we're not seeing it on the show floor. tell me why this is so important for you. >> the cla is a new entry for the mercedes brand. it's a four door coupe, very elegant, very emotional, at the same time excellent fuel efficien efficiency. i think it's almost a must-have vehicle for people who could not afford to enter the brand of mercedes before so it's great opportunity for us. >> we'll probably see it somewhere in the september/october time frame here in the u.s. did you feel like you had to do this, given the competition at that entry level luxury segment has become so fierce here in the u.s.? >> i would say it's less because of competition, but just going for an incremental opportunity, which we can benefit from and that we would -- that, of course, will win our customer

carl? >> mike in centennial, colorado, thanks for that. >>> we want a check on today's other top stories, natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. a bombing this morning in tel aviv, police say the explosion was a criminally motivated assassination attempt and is not a terrorist attack. eyewitnesss report a man on a motorcycle tossed a bomb into a car. several people were wounded in the blast. >>> investigators are searching for what caused a high-speed ferry to crash into a dock on wednesday. the boat's crew passed alcohol breath tests. the boat had undergone a recent overhaul, installing new engines and propulsion system, but officials don't know if those were factors in the incident. about 70 people were injured in that crash, at least two critically. >>> more trouble for boeing and the company's much-touted 787 dream liner. japan's on the pond airways cancelled a domestic flight on wednesday after a faulty computer notification regarding the brakes. this after another 78

let's go. >> yeah, carl. scottsdale like you mentioned is the auto plooza for wealthy car collectors. this year is set to break an all-time sales record. more than 2,000 cars expected to bring in more than $200 million. shattering last year's record of $183 million. you can see in this chart the car collector market has not only recovered from its recession. it's blowing past the good old days of 2007. jackson is the company at the center of the event this week. the ceo craig jackson told me confidence is back among the big car collectors and he said bidders have $1 billion in credit lines on the sidelines. that is a lot of cash ready to buy. the stars of the show? they include clark gable's 1955 gullwing mercedes. beautiful car. and another one a 1960 ferrari 250 gt. it could sell for up to $8

carl, i have no interest -- you think i want to invest with you? >> i wouldn't invest with you if you were the last man on earth. >> unbelievable. my question is why would these two guys go on television and fight with one another like that? kudos to you to get them on. i was watching it in davos thinking what is going on. why have this public fight? it's bizarre. >> what's amazing -- it was amazing to be here and do it and have the floor and all of the traders on the floor in the background. what's most incredible i think b is this festering animosity between these two guys over the last decade. back from when ackman was just a young hedge fund guy was simmering for so long. it's this most recent fight over herbalife that brings it to the surface. then it explodes on live tv. >> they had had a fight before. icahn owed him money, right? >> they had a fight from a decade ago over ackman's former firm and a deal that they did and it went to court several times. ackman ended up coming out ahead on that one. so it simmered for a long time. then most re

>> let me tell you something, no one forced the red sox to trade for -- to buy carl crawford. they were not forced to do that. a little lower, please. yeah, the right arm. spring training is coming up. >> look, the problem is the players let the team down. the players let the fans down. the players let the manager terry francona down. he got fired. he's written a book. it will be sorted out in the next few weeks as' pears on various programs including "morning joe." it's a little bit over the top. >> so is this news welcomed or not welcomed by red sox nation? >> i think it's met with a yawn really. one thing in that sound bite that you just read, red sox management wanted to win baseball games more than they wanted to sign sexy players. they wanted to win. >> we can find out more about that coming up on "morning joe." next wednesday terry francona will be on the show. >> yes, he is. what about the shuttle today? am goig to get home? >> you want your personal forecast in the middle of the show? >> yes. >> we'll wait until break. coming up at the top of the hour. no, mike, you m