for more on this in general, i andinsight from an analyst sara miller, deputy director of the open marketsid -- institute. >> nothing was answered other than the commitment that libra will get regulatory clearances before launching. how, and whether the product exists after that i think is still very much to be determined. it was a promise but not one with any specifics, any timing, or in my opinion, any clarity. taylor: sarah, are the problems here not about libra but the fact it is libra and facebook and that facebook's name is attached to the project? >> i think that certainly does not help. from the hearing today, there are two takeaways in my view. one is that libra is toast. number two is that mark zuckerberg got roasted. like, you know, he did not do himself any favors here. the idea that regulators in the u.s. or around the world are going to allow mark zuckerberg to potentially undermine the entire u.s. financial system is highly unlikely at this point. i don't think he did himself any favors at all, and a just open -- it just opened him up to being a punching bag from both the ri