you have a meme stock, it was probably up on tuesday >>> john najarian will be along talk being more on and maybe how the options market once again is playing into all of this. john will be up here in just a couple of moments. >>> now let's get back to some of this morning's other top headlines clugs house democrats working out their difference toss advance the president's economic agenda. bertha is back with those headlines and more bertha, long time no see >> that's right, brian thank you very much. democrats are breaking that stalemate with centrist party members to advance the $3.5 trillion budget resolution and more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill. the house approving those measures in a 220-212 party line vote late last night democrats are not completely out of the woods yet, though they still have to write the budget bill that will get support from both centrists who will likely try to trim the $3.5 trillion price tag, and progressives the house also approving a major voting rights measure, but that bill face has difficult road ahead in the senate. >>> tesla and moderna to

i mean john najarian was on yesterday and i tweeted out i thought the rise of the vix and market weakness have as much to do with the fed as geopolitics or u.s. politics would you agree with that and feel free not to >> well, it's difficult to disentangle. it's one of these times where again, you know, we looked at the first week and a half or so of august expecting typically quiet conditions that we often get prior to september, which tends to be the most volatile month of the year, but all these elements came together and we would, again, focus on the michigan sentiment survey. when you've had drops like that in the past and if you think about 50 years worth of data, this is the seventh largest monthly drop on record you've had volatility follow those other six instances. to us, frankly, if you're a long-term investor, this is something you should be patient and be willing to think about buying if you do get this pullback >> you know, you just heard the insider buying, activity health, a sideways health care companyrs but from a traditional health care company perspective, everybody see

john. does jon najarian still have any zinga options. >> i do not.like the company. the options i have have expired. i tend to stick to the time frame that the unusual activity is if i were to be in the gaming space, i would like roadblocks much better at this stage. >> last question for michael rob in california writes, a while back you recommended dicken son do you still recommend it? >> this has been one of my more frustrating names, only up about a her sent they face headwinds from materials, cost, freight a 10% discount to the group, 1 times earnings, 1% dividend growing those earnings at 11% and a good balance sheet i think in that space of health care it's a more defensive name. yes, i'm going to hold it. no, it hasn't been a fabulous stock so far >> final trades coming up on "halftime. thank you. that was fast! one call to usaa got her a tow, her claim paid... ...and even her grandpa's dog tags back. get a quote. sofi is a one-stop shop for your finances designed to work better together. save, spend, borrow, invest, and earn cash back rewards