i know the prc nobody wants to talk about and i have tremendous sells in the prc just so you know and day and do a book reading if they let me but i won't recommend that stock mark in california, mark >> caller: hi, jim, how are you? >> good, how about you, mark >> caller: pretty good i was calling on the stock advanced auto parts? >> i like it for 100 points and i'm not backing away not here no way. i think advanced auto parts is an excellent stock how about we go to b.l. in california b.l. >> caller: hi, jim thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise with me. i really appreciate it. >> you're very kind. go into twitter and say that because my love canal needs little sprinkles go ahead [ laughter ] >> caller: my question as a backdrop, my money is held in an ira. i bought rocket companies, rkt at $35, which was too high in retrospect and the stock currently is in the low 20s. >> right. >> caller: i'm down around $12,000 unfortunately -- >> look, i think dan gilbert, i think these guys are very, very good at what they do a lot of people feel that the housing boom is over i think

the prc as also advancing its base in cyber capabilities. as recently heard from the office of the dni, china present a prolific and effective cyber espionage threat and possesses substantial cyber attack capabilities. biden has data while there is going to be extreme competition between the united states and china, we do not need to have conflict -- has stated -- and advancing american interests int which has made the u.s. military will often serve as a supporting player to diplomatic, economic, and other tools. central to the military value is demonstrating the will and capability to credibly deter prc aggression. this will best position us to avoid the conflict. in extremists where our vital interests -- will ensure the u.s. stability to fight and win. in the biden administration's first 100 days, the department of defense is moving out to transform the rhetoric of competition into reality. we are committed to leveraging the greatest strategic asset we have in deterring china, our network of partners and allies. the u.s. military, our def

standard life aberdeen today announced its intention to change its name to aberdeen prc. it will be a digitally enabled brand that will also be used for all of the company's client facing businesses globally. we touched on the sim the previous hour -- we touched on this in the previous hour. the former chairman of this company, this was his baby, imagine what he thinks of abrdn plc. tom: what would martin gilbert say? that's all there is to it. jonathan: let's get him on the show and find out. tom: there's been other train wrecks of the years, but when i first saw it, i thought it was a joke. to me, it is frankly trophy taking. jonathan: i thought it was april fools. lisa: the press release doesn't help the matter. how they explain why they did this, it is part of a modern, agile, digitally enabled brand. basically, you talked about this, but that phrase they are trying to base themselves towards the digital future, how do these companies make themselves into tech companies? they just take away the vowels. jonathan: there's no vowels in a digital future, apparently. this

we've seen a concerning increase in prc military activity in the taiwan straits, which we believe is destabilizing. >> so all of that is a big deal. ambassador robert o'brien about to join us in a moment as russia retaliates against sanctions that were put in place by the biden administration. former governor chris christy is also here today. he has been slamming president biden's actions in the first 100 days. he joins us in just a bit. first, we go to luka tomlinson johning us. hi, lucas. >> hi, martha. china sent over two dozen aircraft including 18 fighter jets and four bombers to buzz taiwan. one day after the secretary state warned china it would be a serious mistake to challenge the status quo of taiwan. it's aggressive moves like this that prompted a visit to washington by the prime minister of japan. the first in-person visit by a foreign leader since president biden took office. yesterday in a frank admission, the white house did not link any new sanctions of russian to rush bounties saying the intelligence community did not have high confidence in it like it did the solar

. >> we continue to stand with the people of australia, as they bear the brunt of the prc's coercive behavior. >> reporter: but for u.s.-china talks in alaska, last month, the biden administration made it clear that the u.s. relationship with china could not improve, until china stops its economic coercion of australia. >> i think, xi can be deterred, when his cost calculation changes. and the biggest thing that will change his cost calculation is to have a cohesive, multilateral response to his aggression and policy directions. that's got to be about security, technology, and economics. >> reporter: australia is seen, by many now, as a cautionary tale. for what might come to those who criticize china. >> there is considerable affection between australian and chinese people. there's every basis for a friendly and close relationship. but this type of pressure confirms all of the worst fears that people have about, you know, the rising-communist power in beijing. >> reporter: for the moment, that friendly and close relationship between australia and china could not feel further away. a

. >> the prc, cdc, don't come in to me about alphabet soup.d about their balance sheets they need the cruises. >> they do. >> and the cdc needs to give them the high sign >> they got to figure this out. >> but once again, carl, if you're vaccinated, it doesn't seem to mean anything. how is that possible >> excellent question, guys. definitely wrestle with that one, as we see the opening bell, the big board, a maker of soft war for automation systems ui-path, the founder and ceo, will be our guest on "tech check" at 11:00 a.m. even and on nasdaq, angie. and deutsch adds ual on a catalyst buy idea in the 15% drop in the last couple of weeks with what they say is very much leveraged to corporate travel, and of course long haul international. >> right, it reminds me of netflix. it was a really bad call ual. i mean it was just bad we heard from gary kelly from southwest, but everyone, i think one of the things that happened yesterday, is you correctly pointed out, united airlines had a bad quarter and people are talking about maybe things aren't as