jason pride, director of invement strategy at glenn meeks. jason, let's get right to it. you've got a couple of stocks to tell us about. at the to be of your list is abbott labs abt. tell us why this fits your investment theme. >> well, first for the overall picture, when you're taking and we're recommending taking a little bit more risk in the international markets, a little bit more risk by underweighting fixed income and broad portfolios. to offset that one of the best things to do is provide stability within the u.s. equity market universe where valuations are a little bit above fair value and there are inexpensive, high-quality, stable opportunities that are able to deliver good long-term growth. abbott labs fits well into this camp a very reasonable 18 times earnings sort of valuation. a stable growth story where if there are any unknowns unknowns that come about in the coming year, they're going to be less subject to the volatility surrounding that. and the growth very generally has been a good one recently. a good number of product deliveries in the right directio

meek? let's toss it around the table. i think it's fascinating. by the way, i take him at his word. i've been a harshly critical of glenn beck.on't think anybody is more harshly of glenn beck the past several years than me. i take him at his word but for some reason he is being cynical in these things he is saying, that is even better, because that means that he recognizes that there is a market for this sort of inclusive talk politically. so, you know, i -- i commend him actually. not that he needs my commending but you what do you think, mika? >> i don't think there is as much a market for a tone like that as there is for frothing at the mouth and i've seen that in ratingins on both sides of the aisle, so i'd like to believe this is something he has truly thought about and evolved in a certain way and has looked back. we all look back. i'm sure, joe, you have stories of when you first went to congress. >> oh, god. >> versus now. >> yeah. >> where you realized tone -- >> we have all made horrible mistakes on the air. we have all made horrible mistakes. very few people do what he just did. >> exactly. i can take a show we did