kevin hickey is ceo of online stores inc. and a founding member of e main street alliance which opposes the act. great to see both of you guys. >> great to see you. >> this has been an interesting debate because people on both sides of the aisle, you know, it's across the aisle. and among small business owners, there's a big divide, as well. so give me in a sentence or two why you are in favor of it. >> well, we really just wanted to level the playing field between the online retailers and bricks and mortar retailers. we felt for years it's given an unfair advantage to the online merchants. and in particular, it's been unfortunate in the consequences to small towns. we live in a small town and found it's become harder and harder to run a retail business and a small town. >> is that because people are getting a tax break when they buy online or because it's more convenient to buy online? >> it's fine to buy online, but it's given the online retailers a huge advantage and giving them, in our case a 7% price advantage. so people

we interviewed a young boy named kevin hickey.s had struck. your dad was a fire fighter? >> yep. >> what company was me with? >> rescue 4. >> in queens? >> yep. >> as i started to ask him about his father. this 10-year-old boy broke down. >> he was one of the heroes that went to the world trade center that day, wasn't he? >> yeah. >> it's a lot for a 10-year-old to have to handle. i didn't know what to do, to be honest with you. i put my hand on his back. but there were no words i could offer. there was nothing i could do to ease his pain. meeting him just drove it home to me. because this guy, this little boy's world had gone away. it had disappeared. >> we wanted to figure out what we could do to maybe make you smile a little bit and give you a fun afternoon. we know you like the yankees, right? how do you feel about their manager, joe torre? >> i think he's grumpy. >> he's grumpy. >> this is joe torre. >> hi, kevin, how are you? >> good. >> nice meeting you. i understand you are a yankee fan. >> he stayed in touch with kevin, q