chinese smart tv maker lay she -- leshi will invest billions to sell electric cars in the u.s..he executives tells us they can be successful because it will capitalize on the design manufacturing, and distribution strength. twitter does not want to become an electric car company but are talking about an ecosystem of products and they want to make more money off of each including vine. to reach the goal, twitter has agreed to buy niche. brad stone sat down with an interview with ceo dick costolo to ask him about that acquisition. >> it is absolutely the very beginning providing monetization opportunities to the viners who have done such great work at building this unique community of content creators and connecting them to brands, we think will be awesome for the brands who want to leverage the great work these viners due to create stories and for the viners who are able to build a career of the fun things they can do on the arm. >> do you find yourself competing with snapchat for this new generation of video creators? >> i think of it more as this unique platform we have develop

here's our christinea leshi. >> reporter: in december mcdonald's battled a fries shortage.g from nike shoes to electronics to salt to blue jeans flow through 29 ports across three states making up 70% of the goods the u.s. buys from asia and nearly half of all american marine trade. >> we're getting to a point, a breaking point where the system is really collapsing under its own weight. we're experiencing significant delays in backlogs. >> reporter: the headliner is auto parts. asian automakers are slowing or even halting production because essential parts aren't arriving in u.s. factories. fuji heavy industries maker of subaru is reportedly paying $59 million a month to airlift parts. but the disruption goes way beyond cars. experts are calling it a potential crisis for u.s. meat. the north american meat institute says the industry is losing $85 million a week in exports. and oranges, grapes and apples are left rotting on the docks. washington state scored its biggest apple harvest in history this year and growers were anticipating huge sales in china. instead, producers a