>> you got it right, legg mason capital management.eters, exactly and i work with sam peters and the rest of our investment team. >> okay. i understand that. i got it. and i apologize because i didn't get your name right. at this point, if someone messes up your name, you don't even care, do you? >> i don't care. >> there's no way anyone gets it right. >> i live with it. >> it didn't bother you at all. but i got it now. >> mauboussin, and if you try to spell, that's test number two. >> michael raised the question without the answer. he said, okay, you've got to think about taxes in this skill/luck paradigm, what's the right number then? >> i don't know what the right number is. my own personal view is i'd like to see -- and i think this has come up a bunch of times in your discussions. not necessarily rates go up, but simplification of the program. so to me tax rates where they are or lower with massive simplificati simplification, i think you hear from the business community and i think makes most sense for our society. >> michael, we

liz: let's talk about the funds you manage, legg mason clear bridge mid cap core and mid cap growth. the performances for both of these look pretty healthy to me. for at least the mid cap core, you've got a year to date up nearly 13%. three year, up 11%. the growth is year to date up 14%. one year up 18%. the names that are in here, for example, what is it that you do when you're picking a mid cap name, what does mid cap really mean to you? >> well, it's the kind of the goldilocks of the asset allocation model; right? not too big, not too small. not a super megacap that's having trouble growing but then you are not a riskier small cap company that maybe is relying on one product. liz: are they getting funding from banks? >> they have plenty of capital. certainly, you know, greater access to capital than some smaller cap names, better balance sheets, not quite as big like an ibm for instance. liz: you have casey's general store of one of your favorite names. there's the goldilocks picture. you look adorable. now your friends from college are going to call. [laughter] liz: got to have

also in baltimore more of the same as you look to the legg mason building this morning.k at the temperature in baltimore. coming in at 41-degrees and we are cold once again. don't leave the house without the big coat. by this afternoon, that high temperature only coming in at 48 degrees, let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. a trouble on roland avenue at west university parkway and traveling in baltimore county a crash on timonium road. an accident near the beltway and a live look at 695 here at harford road major improvements, no problems on the inner loop and the outer loop clear up to towson. charlie over to you. >>> "the doctors" are coming up next and remember we'll be back tomorrow morning at 4:30 for "good morning maryland." until then you can always stay up-to-date on your news, weather and traffic conditions by going to abc2news.com. have a great day.