ryan peterson will be our guest. ringing trucks down here to help some of the hard-working workers down here. romain: when you come down to one of these ports, this is the economy, when you walk around and see everything moving across, it's kind of like a ballet. making sure everyone needs to be or they need to be when the music starts. caroline: we broke down the issues facing the port of long beach earlier. take a listen. >> it's one of the main arteries for transpacific trade and the second busiest container seaport in the united states. the port of long beach along the coast of california is one of the few u.s. ports that can accommodate one of the world's largest needs, with connections to 217 seaports around the globe. goods from furniture to footwear , auto parts to electronics, just about everything you can imagine is channeled through the port. adding up to $170 billion worth of trade every year. it's not just common household goods. the port supports 2.6 million jobs across the country, more than 500 75,000

check in with ryan peterson, founder of flexport to get a better idea where we stand in the shipping crisis. welcome back >> boo-yah, jim, thank you for having me on. >> glad to have you here you knew it was coming you say if they have it then i know they have it. >> definitely have it. seems to be getting worse and worse by the day. >> really? even though we hear things maybe china slowed a little, making it even better. the jam-up, the number of boats in, that are in the pacific, just getting worse right? >> yeah. i mean, right now there's 51 container ships waiting at anchor not unloading. waiting offshore in long beach a little better than last week it was 72. the week before, 45. hard to say it's getting much better seems to be about the same. >> okay. people tell us, 77 now back -- you're saying that's not the way you analyze the situation? >> a spike pretty bad reality, 51 ships. it's usually 0 where we want to be. shouldn't have to wait pull up to the port and unload the boat. >> why aren't they getting this thing solved >> a great question. not sure we have the catchall solu

flexport is the company, ryan peterson the ceo and founder, we'll just have to keep on bearing with thislly solved. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. >> eric: arthel? >> arthel: top u.s. military leaders are raising the alarm after confirming china successfully tested a high-tech hypersonic weapon system over the summer. why chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley says this, quote, has all of our attention. more when we come back. our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. hello, for the last few years, i've been a little obsessed with chasing the big idaho potato truck. but it's not like that's my only interest. i also love cooking with heart-healthy, idaho potatoes. always look for the grown in idaho seal. helen knew exercise could help her diabetes. but she didn't know what was right for her. no. nope. no way. but then helen went from no to know. with freest

cheryl and ryan peterson reporting only 70% of the containers arriving are fully loaded and we are only supply shortage, massive price increases and buy today, buy this week, buy this weekend because their shelves are going to be largely empty next month and the following month for the christmas hanukkah kwanza holidays. maria: is that why amazon is rolling black friday deals. i know that they start to jumpstart the season but partly because of the shipping crisis? >> yes, maria. 3 reasons, one the shipping crisis, two, amazon as you've reported well is launching fashion, amazon is launching handmade and amazon is literally by going early replacing a trip to the entire shopping mallers, entire shopping center all the shopping in every major category of goods can be purchased at amazon and then amazon has its own warehouses and it's own shipping systems like the better retailers, cosco, wal-mart, et cetera. so they are shipping to have goods and capitalize on competitors and satisfy consumer demand at the same time. maria: yeah, look, this is the simple supply demand story, right? you do