we have david katz, chief investment officer with matrix asset advisers, with us this morning. od morning, david. how you doing? >> good morning. all is well. >> you know, santa did not bring a fiscal cliff deal for christmas this year. i want to know how do you think the uncertainties around the fiscal cliff will impact the trading day and the rest of the week? >> i think basically any negative news out of washington is going to put a downward bias on the market. lack of progress, downward bias. ultimately the government will get its act together. the longer it tarkkes, it has slowed the rally of the last month. we are fearful if they take too long into january to get this resolved, it will slow the government going into the first quarter. if the government gets its act together, we think the economy is poised to do better next year. we think the stock market is poised to have another good year. >> we're looking at a potential increase in the dividend tax rate. so how would you trade some of these high-dividend stocks including some of those stocks in the health care sector, ut

david: joining us now is david katz, a former u.s. federal agent and the ceo of global security group. david, is he nuts for calling for this? >> no he's not. he's not doing a great job with the pr campaign. david: what should he be doing that he's not? >> number one, the nra needs to be committed to a dialogue where they discuss these issues and most importantly, the people who are calling for gun control legislation, they need to understand that there is nothing they can craft, no words, no verbiage that is going to prevent a guy like adam lanza from getting into a school and shooting children. it is not going to happen. there are other steps that need to be taken. david: like? >> number one, you need to have meaningful security at the front door. lanza was apparently able to break his way in. that's unacceptable. the door needs to resist what's called determined force entry attempts and the amount of time it takes -- david: some kind of wire meshing or bullet-proof glass? >> yes, they make products that have resistance for let's say