thanks, omarosa.ou. >> appreciate it. >>> meantime, the preparation for the biggest party of the season and the important test to make sure everything goes right as planned. sure >>> new today, times square looking pretty festive with the countdown to new year's eve under way. preparations are in full swing with a confetti test today before the big event. already people are crowding into streets to claim a coveted view of the ball drop and nbc's george solis also in times square right now. how's the mood there on the ground, george? >> yeah, alex. the energy is electric. a lot of people are hoping the weather stays exactly as it's been today. we've seen some sun which is something we haven't seen for the last few days and that made the confetti test all the more remarkable and a lot of those revelers upon anying a prime viewing spot behind me. we caught up with the times square alliance as they were testing out the confetti to talk about the pageantry and what makes this event such a wonderful thing t

at least the s&p, so let's bring in i capital network chief investment strategist an astasia omarosa. here is the thing you've been advising your clients and investors in general that a.i., they want to be in a.i. in fact broaden exposure into next year. >> look, a.i. has been a wonderful theme and it's not going away. in fact it is gaining traction. we seen that from the chip sector and from software and also seeing that from power players so it's really important for investors next year to think about not only how much nvidia they own but also how much of the other semiconductor chips they own, but also importantly, are we finally going to this hand off stage where it's not just about the a.i. capex but it's about a.i. monetization and so i think charles that's why software stocks have been doing pretty well, because we have been starting to see glimpse of monetization, whether it's from the mega cap tech companies, whether it's from salesforce, for example, talking about the genai demand which is literally off the charts. at least it's something like that. but i think that's really

then is the alternative just like male bosses, like we're just like like, you know, i mean, sophia, omarosa wrote girlboss just tweeted about this and she's like in tech, it's called founder mode, right? where you're just like, oh, like, i just like i do whatever i want to do because i'm a genius. and, like, i don't need to follow any labor codes and everyone just like, oh, go, go off, you know, like you and you're trying to navigate that. and i knew could see that happening in real time with kamala right? like there's an expectation that she is going to fix so that they put us in right. and that's an untenable. but then as progressives, we're like. yeah. and also right and feel like that is like i don't know that we have a clear narrative to figure that out right. all right. and unfortunately, got to wrap it up here. i could talk to both of you for a long time. thank you so much to me, part i and mark larson all of this. thank you all for being