mr. buffett hasn't made an announcement of anv getment in the past he said he would consider taking a position in the company at the right prize. ge shares rose nearly 4.5% to >>> sit ron research is betting against twitter because it is vulnerable to social privacy regulations. twitteresponded saying users know their tweets are public and added that uss' direct messages are not sold. twitter shares though are off 12% to 28.07. >> the spice maker mccormick said a recent acquisition helped results. earnings were a beat and revenues were in line with estimates. some of the money from tax reform will go to employee bonusesage increases and buy backs. the stock was up. >>> aetna is going to offer rebates to 3 million of its membs. the move is intended to give consumers more transparency when it comes to drug tpricing. d you earlier this month that united health group msie a lar move as well. aetna shares finished downto 1 168.36. after the bell, lululemon said thattrength over sea coupled with strong e-commerce sales here in the u.s. helped beat on the top and bottomline. shares initially rose sha

mr. buffett put it, when you stop giving your partner 35 cents of every dollar earned, reduce that to 21 cents that is a tailwind that can not be minimized. on top of that i would point to the green shoots we're seeing overseas. we have coordinated, globally synchronized recovery. that bodes well for the economy going forward. melissa: facebook in more hot water. senate judiciary committee finally inviting ceo mark zuckerberg to testify in about two weeks from now on data privacy. our own deirdre bolton is live in the newsroom with the latest on all of this. a huge story today, deirdre. >> it's a huge story, melissa. this the beginning of a long uncomfortable chapter for big tech. so the senate judiciary committee as you said formally invited, so they can't really turn this down, facebook mark zuckerberg, twitter see joe, jack dorsey, alphabet google larry page, all to testify on april 10th. these people have to show up in d.c. and field some questions. all these questions or these companies will be questioned how they handle our collective data. how though process it, how they protect i

mr. buffett on monday, it is so clear to me he's not involved with the day to day and this tariff is a dayo day issue. that's one i would actually look to buy all right. let's go to john in new york, please john >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah, john. >> caller: i understand you're not doing the segment today, but i was wondering if it was okay to do an -- am i diversified >> of course we felt like i want to be responsive to our viewers and i thought it was on point to be able to open it up to questions, but this certainly fits the depiction. how can i help >> caller: okay, well, the stocks i have are the death star that is amazon. >> okay. >> caller: okay. don't trade, but hold apple. >> okay. >> caller: the cadillac of aerospace, which is boeing >> right >> caller: let's have some fun with cedar fair. >> okay. >> caller: i can't come up with anything for netflix and then just wondering if you see if there is anything wrong with the stocks in light of today's action. >> thank you for this. thank you for your confidence. my travel trust has been buying amazon this is a great opportunity

mr. buffett is interested.fact we would be surprised, if you wanted to buy the company, we think more to his style would be buying a piece of the company. >> may have he bought the stock. so dysvalue in the shares at 12 and change or 13 and change? >> the they about ge is there's so much moves pieces, so many restructuring. there's been a lot of restructuring charges, that 15 million insurance write-off, so i think there's value in ge in the last shoe has dropped. if we don't know the balance sheet is cleaned up, that's the real risk. there is value in the asset. it's a leading company in many segments, but there's risk related to the balance sheet. >> is there a suspected shoe in your view to drop? >> there's so many different things going on, investigations by the s.e.c. and accounting investigates, and like i want, reorganization after reorganization there could be more. i need to see a cup 8 quarters of performance against the restructuring plan, hitting targets, nothing else coming on the balance sheet bef

mr. warren buffett analogy with when the sea-- when the flows out and then those without swimming costume are in trouble. [laughter]. >> host: right, right. >> guest: might have a bit of that. >> host: and what about other possible risks on the horizon, we have a threat of a trade war now. how worried should we be about that in the united states and in other advanced economies and in poorer economies that maybe won't have swimming costumes? you know, if they're faced with a shock like a major trade war? >> welcome, i would say, first, that trade has been historically and is now one of the critical engine for growth. and it took us almost a decade to turn the situation around to be back at the stage where, you know, about 120 out of 180 countries are driving that recovery process. and my hope is that trade can continue to be that engine of growth going forward. particularly given the fact that the current growth that we see at the moment is largely fueled by a combination of trade and investment. and they go together. it's not as if you could say, okay, well, i'll switch off the trade engi

mr. bezos said, and also warren buffett said when they formed that alliance is they feel the use of technolog will ultimately be the main driver to bring down costs, to bring up ficiencies, and therefore streamline what has been a very onerous health care system. would u agree with that? is technology is ultimate answer? or no? >> i thinkog techn as an empowering tool for physician is one of the answers. i think technology to empower patients and give them better data and betterecisionmaking. i agree with toby that these are ectual giants in terms of amazon, the ability for berkshire and the anltd fobty fp morgan to collaborate and bring their respective strengths and be able to help physicians, help patients, help hospitals. exactly how it's going to work i don't thinknyone knows. but i would say that there is huge opportunity. the health care system really needs disruption, needs contuity. and t use of data, analytics, decision support tools can be a very important aribute in increasing value. >> ron, before we let you both gogi i can i the people watching, it's simple. they want to pay les