home depot in canada is going to eclipse lowe's and also you have frank blake jr. who is an a.r.m. army range ner iraq. and to him to be promoted to take over canada or more of the u.s., you have two parts of the family who will win the battle in this case. >> and i have to agree with bert. i think the leadership is unparalleled at home depot. it will be hard for lowe's to get in there and compete in that area. i like the messages that come out of home depot. i think they're a little more memorable for lowe's than a lot of consumers. the merchandise in some categories is somewhat undifferentiated. so if you have better messaging, you're going to bring more into home depot that's lowe's. i have to dmid admit, my father is a small business owner. he has a company that he makes and designs these custom kitchens and bathrooms. and in some respects, home depot is a competitor but he also goes into there to buy his supplies. he leads towards home depot. >> thank you very much, courtney, thank you very much to our special panel, as well. happy holidays to you. >> happy holidays. >> throw

frank blake and the board of directors would come down with a ton of bricks on the person. >> what about walmart? >> i believe walmart is the same way. i -- i'm old-fashioned. i believe you're innocent until proven guilty. >> well, walmart itself -- walmart itself has opened an investigation on the grounds. >> good. >> the statement today was did not deny the "times" investigation. they just said we're investigating it ourselves. >> that's fine. >> what's clear is in 2006 when walmart got wind of all of this they looked at it for a while and then they shut it down. they shut it down. >> we'll leave it there. >> thank you very much, professor. >> thank you. >>> up next, the worst ceos of 2012 gets a name, at least according to our herb greenberg. he's here next. what do they think they need to show strong leadership and i bet ken langone has something to say on that as well. nice rally yesterday and today to start the week. our top money pros will give you a leg up on tomorrow morning's trade. back in a moment. and like something... or you can get out there and actually like something. th

blake? not this. >> i would just be frank with you. i think it's an odd gamut. because look, as i just said i'm skeptical about the ability of these two senate leaders to hammer out a deal that would satisfy both of their very competing, completely opposing imperatives and the next step the president said if you guys don't get a deal i'll ask harry reid to put a bill on the floor and we both know in order for that to happen mitch mcconnell will gra have to agree not to filibuster that and the president is daring mitch mcconnell not to engage in a filibuster and it would seem so embarrassing to the public that mcconnell was filibustering a deal for middle-class tax reform. i think that's a risky gamble. i guess the way he, the president, is thinking of it is either he gets that bill on the floor and mcconnell lets it go for a vote and he gets what me wants or we're going over the cliff which i think he probably feels is not such a terrible scenario for him, vis-a-vis the republicans. >> let me ask you, let's bring up the number of votes that harry reid got to get