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hain has pulled back 16 months from its high, though.ges all it seemed like it did was go higher. one cent earnings beat off the 39-cent basis. a lot of companies are growing that fast. hain is now selling for just 20 times next year's earnings with a 16.6% long-term growth rate. that's inexpensive. plus, hain keeps making acquisitions that add to the growth rate, including the announcement of the purchase of blueprint. let's talk to irwin simon to hear more about this quarter and where his company is headed. irwin, welcome back. how are you, sir? have a seat. i had to come back. the electricity came on. i had to toss all my frozen food. everything. and i started thinking, i'm going to see irwin today, and i bet you in some weird way -- and i know you're doing some great charity stuff, too. i have to go back to the store and replenish everything. >> so first of all, my thoughts and my family's thoughts go with everybody affected by the hurricane. just terrible what happened out there. just absolutely inexcusable and horrible things. but

that's irwin simon, chairman and ceo of hain celestial group. it's down a lot. maybe that's an opportunity, something to run from. "mad money" is back after the break. so, what hap pens if i'm in an accident and need to get my car fixed? progressive makes it easy, because we give you choices. you can pick where to get your car fixed, we can cut you a check, or, at our service center, we take care of everything for you. [ relaxing music playing ] [ chuckles ] -whew, so many choices. -take your time. -the service center. -okay. giving you choices -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. welcome to the world leader in derivatives. welcome to superderivatives. >>> maybe it was the storm, maybe it was the election. we have some news just now getting its due. one was the purchase of lucas films by disney. let's throw in pixar. immediately disney stock got hit because the deal wasn't add. i'm not denigrating the markets. pbh made fortunes when it came to buying how many not that long ago, but people are totally overlooking what disney can do with lucas film. th

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late september hain laid out this plan for the company's future.s goal is to accelerate the company's growth. putting it in the retailers that the sweet loves and he thinks he can grow the online business and expand the assortment to petite sized clothing and intimate apparel. we know the online plan is bo working. how about the store growth? hain believes he can hit 200 to 250 stores. almost more than 100 locations. he is planning to expand internationally. but they are having good results terr there. they are likely to start moving into asia next year. so if 17.7 growth rate than deliver on this turn around. i think the stock will be higher in the 40s the next time i talk about it. when a company reports, do the homework, listen to the conference call and make an informed decision, management is execu executing beautifully and the management is going to buy into weakness instead of helding into the abyss i'm going to lauren in new york. >> hey jim, i love shopping and with cyber monday coming up do you think that ebay could be a good-bye? >> i th

irwin simon, hain celestial chairman and ceo.risis and worries, how have you done this, what is the biggest driver for you guys right now? >> great to be here. building hain over the last 18, 19 years have focused on brand, people, keeping to our strategy. we have some of the greatest brands today with arrowhead mills, 34%, chips up 21%, garden of eden up 43%. so our brands are growing. most important thing, the world is eating healthy. being health is not a trend, it is part of life. that is what is driving the consumption. no amazon just sold books. today they're one of our top five customers in selling baby products. liz: we were asking people what is the top selling baby products for the fancy pants. my kids are both only reason herb or its baby. they never get sick. >> and they will go to harvard. liz: i am a berkeley girl. smart investing equals healthy eating because i'm looking at your stock, which by the way hit another high up 70% this year alone, and sometimes you have a great company and a great product but the stock

. >>> and then sara haines has all those feet these stopped you in your tracks and say what the what?s, america's spoken but how much do you really know about past presidents? we are going to play who knew? >>> no fudging these recipes, after your news and weather. 2@ >>> back with more on this winesday, wednesday, playing who knew? today we are testing your knowledge of past commanders in chiefs. kathie lee gifford next door at the nintendo world store. ready to hand out $100 who get the answers right, those that don't, they get her cd. helping me out is the senior writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. are we ready? >> ready, hoda. >> a lovely south carolina principal of a mccracken school is that what it? >> mccracken middle school. >> you better know this, missy, who was the first president to live in the white house, george washington, john adams, thomas jefferson or james madison? >> john adams. >> wow, she knows her stuff. wow. wow. wow. >> the resident act established the nation's first capitol in philadelphia. that's where george washington lived. they built the white hou

. >>> take a look at hain and whole foods today.t maintain the growth rate, the stock could lose a third of the value. whole foods, i guess, joe, is lower in sympathy today. >> we're stating the obvious, and yes, it's in sympathy. i think whole foods right now is just trading in a sideways pattern. i think when you look at hain, i think the positive momentum continues, they are an acquisition target. and the name i wouldn't move to the sidelines on. however, if you look at overall organic trades, look at a name like smart balance, vulnerability and risk to worry about. in those two names. >> tonight on "fast," irwin simon is going to respond to the article. he's going to defend his company in another "fast money" exclusive, again, tonight at 5:00 p.m. only on cnbc. nat gas has been one of the comeback kids in 2012. could it be a sign this trade is finally cooling off? jackie is monitoring all of the activity in the trading pits today. >> good afternoon, scott. well, a steep plunge today down about 4%. part of what's driving that sel

foster teamed with a canadian, brad haines, to create this demonstration of next gen's vulnerability for a recent underground hacking conference. >> i started to do all this research to prove to myself that it was safe. so far it has failed miserably. >> reporter: he talk to us from his home in edmonton, canada to show that it was safe. he said he wanted to call attention to what terrorists might do and to prompt the faa to fix the problem before next gen becomes fully operational. >> a hacker, unauthenticated, very bad use to use on something as important as air traffic control. this is where it is very concerning. to see the extra flights popping up, what are they going to do? >> reporter: and it isn't just computer hackers who are concerned. this 45-page graduate research project by major donald mccauley at the department of air force's air university outlines the very same security as a resulter vul. they show how terrorists sitting in vans near major airports could seriously disrun the entire nation's air traffic and even jeopardize air passenger safety by inserting ghost planes

i need to see hains rules. he called too many huge bottoms using his rules. >> he had seen a few, david, as you know. i think one of the most troublesome comparisons that people are making is this fiscal cliff issue is the t.a.r.p. vote. republicans then tried to play tough. only until it was very, very late in the game did they find some religion and tried to find a way to make the bridge. >> yeah. you know, carl, i'm having a hard time hearing you so i didn't hear everything you were saying. listen, the action over the last couple of days has been somewhat surprising i think to many people. jim, you made a point to me a few days ago about what we've seen in the market overall. which is simply the simple mathematics of a capital gains tax increase, regardless of whether it goes up to ordinary income or simply goes from 15 to, perhaps, 20% f we do get a deal, as we all hope we will. nonetheless, it does have an impact if you see a stock going up 15% to 20%, you may choose to sell as opposed to wait and have it

haines at one of the highest performing schools in d.c. and exists at most schools in the country and try to solve that and what is the best vehicle to get there? to my surprise, i was teacher for seven years, principle and cao for five years, went to business school and spent most of the time translating from the for-profit terminology into the paradigm of nonprofits my cofounder and i decided we would be best served being a for-profit and there were a few reasons for that. one is a website we were going to need to really have talented technologists on board. would need to have really good computer programmers. part of our mission is toe create stuff that works for teachers. we didn't want something that was clunky. we want something that spoke to sort of web 2.0. we knew if you were going to recruit high quality computer programmers it is difficult to do as a nonprofit versus a for-profit. that was one reason. one was access to capital. we wanted to do something that would start out in d.c. but would have a chance to have legs nationally

sara haines is outside on the plaza, which has been transformed to democracy plaza.s to elect a president? >> 200, 250 or so? >> i know it's over 100. >> it is over 100. >> 270? okay. >> do you know the three branches of the government? >> yes. >> would you like to name them? >> judicial. >> legislative, executive, and judicial. >> yes! do you know how old you have to be to run for president? >> you have to be 40? 45? >> going the wrong way. >> 18?

this time sara haines put on her best poker face. >> a few weeks ago she headed down to atlantic city i had the pleasure of learning how to deal cards after i visited hurricane sandy devastated a lot of the eastern seaboard, luckily, revel survived without any significant damage. ♪ ♪ luck be a lady tonight right now, i'm at the revel resort and casino in atlantic city. i'm about to go into the ultra lounge and try my hand at dealing a hand. let's see how this goes. my first teacher showed me his chips. >> orange is 1,000. >> okay. >> is that the one you want? >> yeah, i want the orange one. then he started me off with the basic skill of shuffling. i used to do this with uno cards. which i quickly learned was not basic at all. >> you don't want to bend them. >> i'm not bending them. wait what's wrong with my card deck? one of them is bent. >> the whole deck is bent. you ripple once. >> ripple is the word? you can't show any cards to the customers, obviously. >> this is pretty. i found a move that seemed to suit me. i know how to do this part. we do this at home. have you ever played wa

. >>> it is time for 3, 2, 1 live with sara haines.has a question. >> i'm a refugee from the lower east side. i'm wondering if you could be a star in any tv show besides your own, what would it be? >> well, that's a good -- "smash." >> you would? >> love it. sing for us. >> i couldn't possibly -- >> beautiful. ♪ thanks for asking >> he's adorable. i think i'd do a "law and order" thing. i love them so much i have them memorized. i know the lines. it would be easy. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you, sweetie. >>> on monday, singer christina aguilera is going to join us. >> actor/comedian kevin pollack. >>> fall fashion. it's definitely going to warm you up because we need it. >> and the latest ho

. >> sara haines has the photos that made you stop and say, how did they get on television?his. places. you know, i've helped alot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) awhat strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. that's why i take new trubiotics. it's a daily probiotic that helps in two ways. one helps support digestive health, the other immune health. stay true to your health. new trubiotics. from the makers of one-a-day. >>> it's wines day wednesday, you know what that means. what the what? >> we look at all those photos that make you do a double take and just laugh like crazy. >> sara sifted through both of the pictures. >> don't falter her. you are my burst of sunshine. our first photo from jamie cochran from winter park, florida. >> okay. >> this is her daughter right when they handed her to santa. the boys went into autopilot. >> tha

. >>> and it's time for sara in the city, when our sara haines leaves the safety of our studio to explore>> lucky me. this classical holiday dessert comes in all shapes and sizes. i created my own cookie crawl and did the taste tests at four different sweet spots all over manhattan. what better place to do a cookie tour than the classic milk and cookie? in the west village. let's get our cookie on. the bakery is known for its 14 creative cookie combinations, and i can't wait to dig in. first up, the bacon snap. i never would have put bacon in a cookie, that's amazing. next, the gingersnap. >> this is my favorite holiday cookie. that is the holidays. then tina lets me design my own holiday cookie. >> this is going to be everything but the kitchen sink cookie. . are you going to make one big one? >> i don't know. >> seven minutes later -- tina, do you have a pizza slicer? >> good choices. >> so good. >> next stop is elini's. at chelsea market. a destination known for its colorful conversation cookies. i learned the fine art to frosting. what's the secret behind a perfectly-frosted cookie? >

sara haines is outside on the plaza, which has been transformed to democracy plaza.decided to check in with my fellow americans to make sure they were ready. you know there's a big election coming up. >> absolutely. >> you know how many electoral votes it takes to elect a president? >> 200, 250 or so? >> i know it's over 100. >> it is over 100. >> 270? okay. >> do you know the three branches of the government? >> yes. >> would you like to name them? >> judicial. >> legislative, executive, and judicial. >> yes! do you know how old you have to be to run for president? >> you have to be 40? 45? >> going the wrong way. >> 18? >> that is how old you have to be to vote. >> i would say you have to be 45. >> it's actually younger. >> is it 38, 35? >> why did you go for an 8, would you not go for multiples of 5? >> 21 you can drink. >> you won that round. >> 35. >> do you know who the current speaker of the house is? >> that's a tough question, no, i don't. >> boehner? >> yeah. >> who is on the $100 bill? >> the $100 bill is benjamin franklin. >> how did you know that? >> bec

sara haines digs up the next video sure to lighten your mood. >> we have a festive double feature foreighbors have a light display like this. ♪ gangnam style ♪ power fm so people can watch and listen from their cars. >> what if you don't want to hear it or see it? it's not playing all the time. >> when does it play? so i can avoid it? >> they are transmitted so people can watch and listen from the car. he used l.e.d. lights. that's only going cost john about $15 to run for the whole month. >> what is it going to cost to get out of prison after you shoot your neighbor? >> it has 1.2 million hits. this video alone. he's done this for years. he just moved into a new house. possibly voted off the island. we have one more. he created light shows for a dozen songs this year. check out the vision of "the hamster dance." this is my favorite one. >> wrong. i don't love it. >> the hamster dance. >> you need to stop drinking before the show. during is fine. not before. >> you hand over your wine. >> i love you. i wanted to share. >> can you believe this? he's in austin, texas, so don't move ther

sara haines' sister. >> sara brought her mom to the party the other night.t a beautiful, beautiful mom you have, sara. she's gorgeous. runs in the family. >>> all right, we're going to do favorite things. you do yours first. >> i am so tired of earphones getting tangled up in a big snarly knot. look at these things, these are called art ear buds. you can get them with this retractable thing, or you can get them -- it's got a straight cord, a flat cord. >> like a yo-yo thing. >> isn't that cool? >> great. >> $30, you guys. >> mine is something we started using thursday night at opening and it was amazing. it's help-portrait. it's a global community of photographers who come together across the world who use photography to give back to people in need. they've already rallied 21,447 volunteers. listen to this, 1,500 locations in 56 countries. if you want to know more about it, go to help-portrait.com. there's a guy name jeremy. i wish i could say his name. forgive me, but he was there with his group on thursday night, they found people who have been victims of

. >>> it is now time for 3, 2, 1 live with sara haines.'s next door at the nintendo world store. >> hope you pulled together some fascinating questions. >> i have a group of ladies that might be -- woo, woo before they got here. this is nancy from mississippi and she's got a question about music. >> i want to know if you could have a musician on your show, who would it be and why? >> i would have flo rida because i'm fascinated with him. do you know him? >> my grand baby is four. >> i have the taste of a grand baby. >> sting, rod taylor, and sara made me. ♪ apple bottom jeans boots with the fur ♪ >> we have barbara from florida and she has a question about the holidays. >> with the holidays coming, what's your favorite tradition here? >> go ahead. >> it's funny. because my brother just adopted a little baby from ethiopia, ella, she's coming with my brother, his wife, and my mom to my house for thanksgiving and we go to the parade. i'm so excited for ella to see that. that's kind of a new tradition. >> the one time of the year i cook. and i

sara haines is outside with these folks. hey, sara. >> you can't see. the line wraps all the way around and up about four blocks. right now i'm here with a bunch of girls from pennsylvania that have been here since saturday, but you went home, can you tell us about that? >> we had a field hockey tryout, that we had to go to because it decides what team we are on some it was mandatory. >> you took the bus back and then your mom and dad -- >> we took a bus back yesterday morning and got home around 11:00. our tryout was over around 5:00, we showered and my parents held us back. >> the mom that held the place by herself for the whole day, mom of the year maybe? >> thank you. i brought them in on saturday, stayed here all day yesterday so they'd have a place to come back to, then i stayed again. >> why? >> because she's going away next year, she's my fourth child, so my last one. going to northwestern on a field hockey scholarship next year. so why not? >> a great mom. that sounds like something kathie would do for kat. >> i hope she's not hearing that. nev

tyler haines jumps off. an upset over number 1 alabama. oregon scored 17 unanswered points to close out the half. 500 yards of offense. stanford erased a nine-point second-half deficit against oregon state. the freshman was a perfect pass. another day for the spartans. former touchdown. the spartans win big 47-7 over new mexico state. stronach and the warriors blew a 5 k for lead double overtime. the nuggets win. coming up at 10:00, the raiders and ravens followed by the fifth quarter post game show. that's a look at sports. have a great sunday. >> another look at the democratic super majority in sacramento. our conversation with state senator mark leno on how they deal with it. >> and the biographer who got too close to her subject. google it is about fbi mail probe that got the most famous general. our service members. the bay area tributes on this veters day. (show open) >> fought for our freedom today. we are honoring service members. the bay area tribute to veterans day. we will be right back. mushrooms have k this time - at an assi >

i would play haines celestial. >> pop for facebook, up 3%. >> well, piper javr ri reported facebook might a wanted button. they feel like this could generate about $10 billion in revenue by 2015. they upgraded the stock a little bit. this is somewhere where facebook is trying to go after google in the search technology and garner people's ways they're looking around the internet. this could be something facebook could be profitable for. >> all right. a pop for the concrete jungle. sometimes new york city can be a wild place. staten island residents were shocked to see a full-grown zebra chasing a pony down a busy street. the elusive e kwiens escaped from their enclosure and decided to take a lap down, appropriately named, victory boulevard. after earning their stripes, the zebra and pony were returned unharmed. >> is that a male zebra chasing -- >> are they different -- i mean -- >> zebras don't know. i'm just saying. >> i've seen that strange couples thing. just saying. >>> coming up next, guy and his suspenders will take a victory lap. he also has some explaining to do. find out as we h

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is he going to govern the way he hain east couple years or has he learned a lesson in it's just the familiar cast of characters i think the democrats are in for some tough trouble despite a pretty good win tomorrow. so i think it depends on that. for republicans, my friend mark hal halperin is too young. it's not 1988, it's 1968. that civil war will be much biger than the democrats faced after the dukakis debacle. it will be bitter. not just jeb bush, paul ryan and marco rubio but for mike huckabee and rand paul it's rely goi to be ferocious. >> rose: so who is richard nixon in this? >> it's going to be fun. >> rose: what is richard nixon in this scenario, albert? >> who is richard nixon? well, he was -- >> mitt romney comes back? >> he was already president in '68 but the democrats went through the -- there was the john connolly wing nut before he became a republican, there was mcgovern, musky, so i think the -- it there's going to be the equivalent of that now. >> rose: john harris, do you have any sense of what the president -- has he thought about how he wants to ghovrn the second term o

hains. haines. >>> this is a 9 news now campaign update. joining us. >> now, we have had cbs projecting that tim kaine has beat george allen in the virginia u.s. senate race. peggy fox is live where the celebration is under way but it still looks pretty close. >> reporter: anita, we have not heard a huge cheer yet. still, everybody is optimistic. many people are saying yes, we think that kaine is going to win. but it is not a shoe in for obama by any means. six years ago jim webb unseated allen after he made a series of mistakes. perhaps a lot of voters remember that. we are going to take to more of the operatives here to find out how they are feeling about at presidential race. but they are feeling pretty good about tim kaine being the winner. back to you. >> thank you. it is still so close there. we have a winner in the sixth district in maryland where john due lainny is going win. >> and now we are live from a happy head quarters. >> reporter: it is electric right now. right on stage you can see challenger and democratic candidates john

. >>> and then sara haines has all those feet these stopped you in your tracks and say what the what? to play who knew? >>> no fudging these recipes, after your news and weather. hershey's makes smiles. smiles make more smiles. when the chocolate is hershey's. life is delicious. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> back with more on this winesday, wednesday, playing who knew?

. >>> and then sara haines has all those feet these stopped you in your tracks and say what the what? and weather. hershey's makes smiles. smiles make more smiles. when the chocolate is hershey's. life is delicious. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> good morning to you. this morning, there's some panic on wall street. right now, the dow down 277 points. here is a look at the number. this, of course, one day after president obama's re-election and new concerns about the global economy. our business and tech reporter, scott mcgrew, is working the story. he will join us live at 111:00 with the latest numbers and an update. >>> we'll take a look at the forecast and traffic after the break. we stand for farmers owning

. >> reporter: and just as egypt seemed to be emerging from his post-revolutionary hain, there's more trouble ahead. later today, opposition members are meeting to plot out their next move. there are already plans for strikes by judges and a call for a million-man march against morsi on tuesday. back to you. >> jim, thanks. once again, here's erica. >>> egypt is just one of the challenges facing president obama these days. his biggest challenge here at home, finding a way to avoid that so called fiscal cliff that could raise your taxes and throw the economy back into recession. kristen welker is in our washington bureau. good morning. >> reporter: president obama is also facing a number of challenges overseas, as you say, from the unrest in the middle east to the continuing fallout over the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. but the fiscal cliff looms large. president obama returning from a post-thanksgiving round of golf, but off the links, the clock is ticking. lawmakers need to hammer out a deal to prevent the so called fiscal cliff. deep spending cuts and tax hikes set to t

it is commonly called, haines, alaska. that is where my clan originates from.t: jacqueline pata is our guest. arnold from tennessee, you are our first caller. caller: good morning. how are you all doing this morning? i attended a protest this last week in nashville, tennessee, protesting the tar sands pipeline that is coming out of canada and trying to go all the way to the gulf. while we were doing the protest, a native american man came up and started talking about this pipeline and he kept saying that it is going to cause the deaths of a lot of a minative americans, and i did not understand exactly why that was going to happen. but i assume it is because it will be running through their land. host: just so you -- guest: that is one of the biggest concerns. it will run through the land, and not just through the land but through the largest of all for that provides the water sources for the tribal land and for the communities outside the tribal lands. the tribes have gathered together and voice their concerns. we have had meetings, gone to the state department

this whole space has been under pressure especially after that article over the weekend saying that hainesh prospects are wounded. >> material deceleration. 5.6% not good. i think whole foods has done a remarkable job. they had very good numbers. trader joe's doing well. obviously private. this was a major -- this was -- people talked about this as son of whole foods. now it's the red-headed stepchild. >> we have comps out of costco. number one gainer on s&p. joseph a. bank despite good guidance for the year still talking about sandy. >> i thought that the ceo of pbh told an amazing story. a gigantic number of stores were taken out by sandy and yet he still was very confident about the numbers. i will say -- i've been very negative about jcpenney and stocks not doing anything, he did say pointblank that jcpenney had a really good, really good black friday. >> really? >> i want you to remember, jcpenney is going big using a heritage brand that had plus seven comp number. i have to point it out. i've been negative on jcpenney. what he said was he has seen some acceleration of sales there. i

. >> our late friend mark haines was there. it was an event where we had great time. >> we did.u. >> we'll get a designated driver. thanks, jim. see you in a few minutes. >> coming up, more from our guest host. we'll give him the last word when "squawk" returns. >> the clock is ticking for lawmakers to come up with a compromise deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. who will have the courage to lead us away from the edge? we'll ask guest host david walker on the comeback america initiative when a grand bargain could look like. watch "squawk box" on monday and wise above the partisan politics. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone. let's get back to our guest host for the last word. you said the last word should be taxes. >> it's confusing to me why they want to raise taxes on one hand this year and take a tax code overhaul next year. you can't change rates twice in one year. i don't understand there's no discussion about it. it's taken 15 years to get agreement we ought to overhaul the tax code so why mess it up by virtue of what we do in 15 minutes to resolve the fiscal cliff. >>

this time sara haines put on her best poker face. >> she headed down to atlantic city for some wheeling> i'm not bending them. one of them is bent. >> the whole deck is bent. you can't show any cards to the customers, obviously. >> this is pretty. i found a move that seemed to suit me. i know how twe do this at home. have you ever played war? >> yes, i did. >> i know how to do that one. it was finally time to learn the rules for blackjack. >> that's the sign for yes, that's the sign for no. >> okay, yes, no. >> there you go. >> what about this? is that double down? >> that's not double down. actually, yeah, that could be a this, that could mean a split. we're not there yet. >> okay, 'psorry. i practiced mastering my poker face. did i make a mistake? >> kind of. you're not supposed to show me your cards. that's not a good card. >> no, it's not. >> now i have to get my uniform on. >> john came by to supervise my first game. >> clear your hands and show the cameras so you have nothing in your hands. you clap in, you clap out. >> oh, okay, okay. then the players arrived. good luck. whoa, wh

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