. >> 80 miles an hour around the top of the racetrack, mud flying, drivers' arms flailing. it's insane. >> and if sprint car racing is insane from mike's vantage point, imagine how insane it is to drive. >> just think of the scariest thing you've ever done ever in your life, holding on for dear life, and it almost takes somebody a little crazy to do these, to drive these things. >> number 4 driver tony jones has sprint car racing in his blood. his father was also a driver, and during the course of his 16 years of professional racing, tony's had his share of crashes. >> one of my worst crashes, the car is a little too tight, you know, flipped pretty good, hit the cage on the ground, and next thing you know i woke up in a c.a.t. scan. you don't know if you're in a coffin, talking to god or what's really going on. >> there are many challenges in this sport and the potential for danger is great. sprint car racing is done on dirt tracks which makes it very different from pavement racing. track owners go to great lengths to keep the track moist and sticky to enable drivers the sig

the finish. could that be any more dramatic and fun. >> this is probably one of my worst racetracks but not todaytold my crew chief, best car i've ever had. doesn't feel like the old richmond that i'm not used to being good at. really good pennzoil ford. what a crazy finish. i had a bad restart. man, i screwed up here, i'm not going to win and then, you know, once at the started batting ahead of me and blocking the two in the top and able to, you know, make capitalize i was age to get air on the bottom and make the pass, got it forward. shell, pennzoil, hertz, sprint, all the guys that have helped us out and the fans that stuck around. one heck of a racetrack and race and pretty cool to stand at a racetrack you're not very good at. >> was confidence high knowing that the 22 car was strong and kept getting restart after restart after restart. >> i was good for 20 laps and went away. i don't know where the 20 came from. he came out of nowhere and we had that caution 20 to go falling in my hands, had to make sure i had a restart that was good which i didn't and get into victory lane twice already so

rodney childers and everybody who puts this on the racetrack. we had to overcome a lot through the last several weeks but we've had fast cars. kept our head down. one thing hunt brothers, mobile one. bass pro for making all of these teams go around the racetrack. >> kevin, talk about your strategy, your frame of mind for the last couple of laps. >> i needed those green, white, checkers. the last one is probably the one i needed the most just for the fact that i was able to get really good restarts and able to time the restarts really well. those guys had older tires and were spinning the tires. i knew if i could make it through one and two on the 88, i knew i had the top line. good night. this is southern 500. >> not a bad trophy. >> thank you. >> krista voda. >> if i had told jimmie johnson when he qualified 26th yesterday that i'd be talking to him in the top five, i don't know if he would believe me. incredible effort, what you did, first of all. when you were leading you chose the outside on the restart. tell me about that decision. >> first

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a word about the racetrack we have a lot of protected bike ways that are buffered with paint that would be raised into circle tracks to come up with a design and go through and retrofiti retrofiting hopefully those are things they're trying for the first time so finding the funding that my not apply with the caltrain code but that's where the sort of engineering projects need to go and really take a page from importantly book they have no bicyclist fatalities and they really have a spirit of innovation and we're going to tickle this and that's the spirit of walk first and like to see the list sort head in the right direction. ms. reynolds can you ask questions >> it's the end of my prediction. >> thank you for the presentation. i'm curious whether those 24 projects are deliciously between two years >> on the ground by january of 2016 the clock is ticking in february, you know, we did at the sixth and howard the fulton is going into the ground we're not waiting because the clock is ticking and the other thing i want to note there are more than 24 projects mr. there are 33 or 34 of them.

. >> there's a lot of grip in the racetrack, it's cool. we've seen these guys do things they haven't seen before. four wide at bristol. four wide here at texas running 200 miles an hour. it will be a show to watch. >> dale earnhardt jr. is the points leader going into this race. if we don't get it in tonight it will be on noon eastern on fox television at 11:30, the prerace show on fox sports 1. that's the story. we hope to go racing here at texas motor speedway. we thank you for u for hanging n >>> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. great videos are coming your way, "right this minute." a toddler playing on a fountain falls in the water, but -- >> there's no one there watching? see the agonizing wait until someone sweeps in fortress cue . . >> any motorcycle rider knows -- >> you constantly have to be looking. >> find out what happens when you don't. >> an injured baby goat clings to his rescuers. >> that's why he was abandaband. see the incredible mission to get him off the mountaintop. >> it is supposed to be a comedy. i think it is funn

a word about the racetrack we have a lot of protected bike ways that are buffered with paint that would be raised into circle tracks to come up with a design and go through and retrofiti retrofiting hopefully those are things they're trying for the first time so finding the funding that my not apply with the caltrain code but that's where the sort of engineering projects need to go and really take a page from importantly book they have no bicyclist fatalities a

when i first showed up at the racetrack, people were going oh my god, thank god you weren't here. was the most horrible thing we ever saw. i was shaken up at that point. michael was not shaken up at all. >> mike's car makes a surprisingly speedy recovery. >> the car didn't really sustain any injuries besides cosmetics. the miracle is we got the car back together 25 minutes later. >> there was no ifs, ands or buts about it, he was ready to go. >> less than an hour after his car turned no a fire ball, mike is back on the track competing in another race. he comes if fifth. >> i wanted to get it before it got a chance to set in. >> that night, mar lain that sees the video in the crash. >> i couldn't handle it. i literally walked out of the house crying. >> but she still won't get between her husband and his race car. >> i know that's what he loves to do. and i would never ask him not to race. >> a true racer has no fear about getting in that car week in and week out. >>> coming up, get ready for impact. and later, a relaxing family vacation. [ screaming ] >> oh, my god! >> when "caugh

when i first showed up at the racetrack, i had people going, oh, my god, thank god you weren't here. as the most horrible thing we ever saw. i was very shaken up at that point. michael was not shaken up at all. >> mike's car also makes a surprising speedy recovery. >> the car really didn't sustain any injuries, besides cosmetics. it's a miracle, i guess you could say, we got the car back together 25 minutes later. >> there was no if, and, or buts about it, he was ready to go. >> mike's back out on the track competing in another race. he comes in fifth. >> i kind of wanted to kick scare in the butt before it had a chance to sit in. i had my greatest fear realized and lived through it. >> later that night, marlaina sees the video recorded inside the car during the crash. >> i couldn't handle it. i literally walked out of the house crying. >> but she still won't get between her husband and his race car. >> i know that's what he loves to do and i would never ask him not to race. >> a true racer has no fear about getting in that car week in and week out. >>> coming up, get ready for impact

simple example when you go to the racetrack the winners tend to be higher than horses that aren't winningit's that same kind of theory. a couple etfs i really like in this class going forward, pdp, the power shares momentum etf. that has about 100 stocks in it. it is midcap, all midcap and large cap. no small cap. it's 70% growth. another player in that space is mtum, that's an ishares etf. that trades a lot less, about 27,000 shares a day versus pdp's 260 but has quality names. johnson & johnson, google, facebook. you can expect continued flow in those based on the ishares name and the quality of the names. remember, with any etf, it's the underlying index liquidity that matters, not the stuff that trades during the day. >> it's mike murphy. looking at something like the momentum etf that you just mentioned, i see the volume's very low. when you mention a search for beta, and high -- large bloc execution, are these set up for individual retail investors or set up for larger institutional traders looking to hedge portfolios? >> well, they very well can be. good question. for the large blo

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. >>> from the basketball court to the racetrack, a fierce competition turns to a physical rumble at nascar. it's monday, april 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good monday morning everybody. we begin this half hour with at least a dozen people killed in a dangerous storm system. moving across the middle of the nation. >> 17 states on high alert for at least the next couple of days. the system is driving damaging winds, heavy rains and even tornadoes touching down with deadly consequences. >> around 5:30 p.m., the first reports that a tornado touched down in quapaw, a small community in northeastern oklahoma. the destruction widespread. >> there is so much debris, it's hard to even tell what was what. this was a strong tornado. >> the extent of the damage is an indication of just how powerful this tornado was. residential and commercial buildings utterly destroyed, reduced to splinters. roofs lifted from structures still standing send residents walking through the debris trying to make sense of it all. another tornado o

whether women can do everything that man can do and now we are discussing the battlefield instead of the racetrack. women are still dismissed as jezebel's or for claiming their sexuality by two working if amas. and intent on making impossible to get an abortion even of course if it's legal so i wonder if each of you could start us off by giving a short two to four minute explanation of what exactly inspired you to write your book and let's just go in order starting with my rep. >> i always hate starting first. before he do that since you have really covered so much i want to quote to close and have you imagine where it came from. one is the love affair of the community should be left for the people to regulate themselves instead of trusting to legislation to regulate them. this is not some activist talking about the defense of marriage act. this was woodhall in 19 -- 1871. this was a time when men had total power. there was nothing a woman could do on her own but these two absolute managed to do it and the other one which is again topical is put a woman on trial for anything is considered as a leg

those people were losing their paychecks in atlantic city, in delaware at the racetracks, or in west y not lose it here?" is what you're saying. >> well, if they're gonna lose it anyway, let's get the upside. we were getting all the downside and none of the upside. >> the upside, he says, is the $1 billion the state got in gambling revenue in 2010, which was used to provide a $200-a-home property tax reduction plus more relief for senior citizens. >> people have been gambling since organized society was formed on the banks of the tigris and euphrates. they were gambling. and they will gamble as long as there is life on this planet. and that's a fact. >> no one's saying that people can't gamble. this is about government using gambling to prey on human weakness for profit. >> les bernal is head of the national organization stop predatory gambling. he and massachusetts state senator sue tucker have been fighting a move to bring casinos and slot parlors to the bay state. >> we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression, and the daily voice of government to most americans i

more hard-core, and you do exactly what i do today, and i drove an hour and 40 minutes to the monticello racetracknd drove it hard for about three hours. tractor into the day and get back home in it. that is kind of the purpose. collect the interior has the -- >> the interior has the sued. -- suede. it's much less weight. it really helps to reduce about half the weight of traditional leather trim. >> we were obsessed in reducing as much as we could the weight of the car. no floor mats. flex is a aluminum? -- >> is it aluminum? arehe door handles beautifully crafted carbon fiber. the seats are very comfortable. they don't recline. >> you need to feel integrated. >> the scene is a fundamental part of the driving experience. cases, it comes with a four point harness because you want to feel locked into the automobile. if you have someone there, don't forget it. selley are not allowed to the crotch or harness automobile. flex unless you have a challenge car. >> let's talk about using this package. control, this algorithmic messages to the rear differential in order to compensate for under or oversteer

on the i am calling racetrack. i am licensed by the gaming commission. racetrack, i was here when detroit got casinos in here. management led racetracks into the ground, with legislators maintaining in our casinos instead of getting down in the trenches. they chased people away. it was poor oversight from the state of michigan, also. every couple of years you get a new commission? we have been there and they know nothing about it. they have the worst management at these racetracks. here,he state employees these people should not even be in there if they know the reputation. host: ok, brian miller? good: he touches on a point. this has its own issues. one of the fixes from the people that own these properties, and is adding casinos at these properties. a the other option would be certain states having a certain percentage of the money generated by any casino in the state going towards the horsemen's purse that supports the industry. should you tank your business to prove a point? no. people certainly do it. you see it in other industries. it is pretty prev

exactly what i do today, and i took it from the city and drove an hour and 40 minutes to the monticello racetrack drove it hard for about three hours. had lunch. had coffee. backd around and drove here to make it to here. that is kind of the purpose. collect the interior has the -- >> the interior has the suede. it's much less weight. marco, you can come in on this. it really helps to reduce about half the weight of traditional leather trim. >> we were obsessed in reducing as much as we could the weight of the car. so every material. >> no floor mats. >> is it aluminum? >> yes, aluminum. >> the door handles are beautifully crafted carbon fiber. the seats are very comfortable. they don't recline. comfortable.really >> you need to feel integrated. >> the scene is a fundamental part of the driving experience. >> in many cases, it comes with a four point harness because you want to feel locked into the automobile. if you have someone there, don't forget it. you wont' be able to reach it. >> they are not allowed to sell the crotch or harness automobile. >> unless you have a challenge car. >> let's tal

bill: on the racetrack. i imagine you can not relax until 7:00 tonight? >> i agree. four waves going on because this race has increased to 36,000. so the last runner doesn't leave hopkinton until 11:25. we anticipate the last runner coming in upwards of 6:30 tonight. it will be a long day but the men and women of this department will be out there, a the finish line making sure it's secure as can possibly be, and i think it i will was great day. the weather couldn't be better for runners. bill: that is true. i like your tie too. it says, "boston strong," to our viewers at home. >> i like to wear it to remember the victims. we styles forget the terrible tragedy and what they will have to go through day in, day out long after this marathon is gone. i think the city pulled together and we'll never forget victims of april 15th. bill: we'll never forget them. thanks so much for your time, sir. keep it safe and see you at 7:00 tonight. >> thank you very much. bill: from boston, i want to get back to martha in new york. martha: thank you, bill. there is severe weather hitting

decisions you know i mean we were at a track recently that's fifteen seconds takes to go around the racetrack and within that fifteen seconds there's probably fifteen decisions that you're making. you know the actually the shorter the the track i think sometimes the bigger the more decisions that you make but you have less time to do them in so that's why i talked about the being just laser focus because there are so many decisions being made constantly you really have very little time to just take a breath and to relax it's really intense and you know some tracks are more mentally intense some are. physically until i drive in california i love this track yeah this is a track that is really turned into one of the best races that we have multiple grooves a lot of different ways to get through the corner so driver definitely plays a big role you know the cars important here the driver can play a big role as well dale earnhardt was a good level as we used in the daytona when he was king i was a wow i was in the race at the time and it was a race that we had run we had our issues we had pulled ou

on the i am calling racetrack. i am licensed by the gaming commission. rack, i was here when detroit got casinos in here. management led racetracks into the ground, with legislators maintaining in our casinos instead of getting down in the trenches. they chased people away. it was poor oversight from the state of michigan, also. every couple of years you get a new commission? we have been there and they know nothing about it. they have the worst management at these racetracks. here,he state employees these people should not even be in there if they know the reputation. host: ok, brian miller? good: he touches on a point. this has its own issues. one of the fixes from the people that own these properties, and is adding casinos at these properties. a the other option would be certain states having a certain percentage of the money generated by any casino in the state going towards the horsemen's purse that supports the industry. should you tank your business to prove a point? no. people certainly do it. you see it in other industries. it is pretty prevalent

it is easy on the road and performing on racetrack. ogy inside is meant to be you feel it like a glove and tailor-made. what we would appreciate, if the, if the customer steps in and he is better than he thinks he can drive it. adam: very quickly, naturally about the engine of the using fuel injection and some kind after system that goes back and forth between the two? >> no. engine at 610-horsepower. the best we've ever done. we think it has a lot of potential to come. adam: so this car on sale now, over 1,000 orders worldwide. 300 in the united states. delivery one more time. >> deliverly will be in the second part of the year, for the united states. adam: we're going to get one at fox business, as a test model to work how as a news vehicle, right. >> you're welcome. adam: liz, got to tell you, 19 miles to the gallon, all right? it's a bargain, 237,000 bucks. come on. passover tonight. if our people left egypt in this thing, 40 minutes to canaan. wouldn't have taken 40 years. back to you. liz: on passover, no less. i love it. a thousa

what i do remember getting several years ago i got it i got a ticket and i was actually leaving the racetrack and i mean i thought if i ever i'm going to get out of one this is the time and unfortunately he was a nerd heart. didn't help me out in need to talk my way through it jeff. gordon a big thanks to my guests for time nascar sprint cup series champ green jeff gordon remember me on twitter at kings things and we'll see you next time. they. are to take. that back with me here. i am the president and i think a society that case i'm sick corporation trying to convince us to consume cars can do. the banks are trying to get all that all about money and i'm actually sick for politicians writing the laws and regulations to tax corporate bankers. there's just too much is a society. that. hello hello i'm marinating you're watching boom bust and these are the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up we're talking to my very favorite felon in the whole wide world in the always charming and never ever dull mr sam and char and he is telling us all about the latest commotion surrounding her

as well as owners of, automobile racetracks. theirman of the finance committee said this is the last time for one of these kinds of bills. democrat ron wyden wants comprehensive tax reform completed in 2015. to make his point he called this, the expire act. >> this will be the last tax extenders bill the committee takes up as long as i am the chairman. that is why the bill is called the expire act. it is meant to expire. >> the households its first hearing on its own extenders bill next week. look for congress to pass all this by the end of the year, retroactive to january 1st. gerri? gerri: peter barnes, the beat goes on and on and on. thank you for telling us about it. >> you bet. gerri: with us pete from the national taxpayers union and scott hodge, president of the tax foundation. welcome to both of you. scott, i will start with you. 55 tax extend terse last year. we heard some of these are. tax breaks for people with race horses, people with electric motorcycles there. is nascar tax break. there are some stuff folks consider es

that's where we set the all-time record lap time at the germany's racetrack of 6:57. ing as much power as -- >> we have to thank you for doing this, joe. it's beautiful. phil, thanks for coming back. this is nice. i'm jim canner to. they've positioned me outside here. you can see the effects of climate change. it's april in new jersey right now. we want to thank jim paulson for spending the morning with us. and make sure you join us tomorrow, "squawk on the street" is next. ♪ >> good tuesday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber at the new york stock exchange. looking for some stability after that roller coaster ride in the markets yesterday, that 145-point bounce in the dow in the last 45 minutes. futures are mild here as we get earnings from coke, j&j and others. ten-year right around 2.65. cpi was in line this morning. empire manufacturing weak again. europe is mixed but check out gold, down $35 today.

we are here at the auto club speedway racetrack funtime the california with the six time and depending nascar sprint cup series champion two time they two on the five hundred one there are sixty six career nascar sprint cup victories the only driver to win five consecutive series crowns and he was named forbes most influential athlete two years in a row two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve the incomparable. amy johnson is there any victory in this sixty six one career that you have a special feeling yes there is and we're at the track and right there behind you at the start finish line is where it took my first checkered flag back in two thousand and two and been a challenge you wonder my very first race and being a california native this is my home track i grew up just down the road in cabo so this is the place did you want to re surely i did i had a long career and i got started i'm in the sprint cup series at twenty six which was late so there are a lot of years where i wondered if i was going to get my chance and once i finally did i knew i needed to win quickly unfortun

the last fiscal cliff bill. we are out of money but somehow tv and film producers they have a special credit owners of nascar racetracksd turbine makers. >> the odds aren't easy. the odds aren't good. as you talked with steve forbes before people are at this a long time. one thing we haven't done is framed this debate in terms of some of the words or languages that are popular now. ... when i look at this i see institutionalized inequality and opportunity. when you are connected this can work in your advantage. if you are the small guy you are at a severe disadvantage. if we think about inequality in the united states why not start attacking it by taking this thing down from 75 pages or something everybody can deal with. >> i should say the 75,000 is beyond this that's the ex lan nation. >> the movement is to add more. >> right, yeah. >> read the paper it's a little adjustment tweak here. >> what is really so tough about that, why did this is really an issue is actually today it is probably more than ever easier for the average person to be an entrepreneur to start something. line li {line10} it allows you to ship a pr

the odds of that politicians get such reward for failors certain people, last fiscal cliff bill, we're out of money but somehow tv and film producers, they have a special credit, owners of na nascar racetracks turbine makers. makers. >> the odds are not easy they are not good, talk with steve before, people have been at this a long time, one thing i think we have not done is frame this debate in terms of some words of language i think popular now. when like at this i see instutionalizeed ineqaulity of opportunity, if you are big, wealth i you are connected this ican work in our advantage, if you are small guy you are at a severe disadvantage. think about ineqaulity in u.s., take this down from 75,000 pages to something that everyone can deal with. john: the 75,000 is beyond this, this is explanation of this. >> right. >> the movement is to add more? >> right. >> you read the paper, a little adjustment and a tweak here. >> what is so tough about that, why this is really know issue is today it i probably more than ever easier for your average person to be a entrepreneur to start something. web platforms likee etsy, amazo, paypal they allow you to put up a store front, and collect money, easie

. >> what are the odds of creating a tax code for both guys when politicians get a reward for favoring certain people? tv and film producers got a special credit. owners of nascar racetrack wind turbin makers. >> of course. the odds aren't easy. the odds aren't good. people have been asked this a long time. one thing we haven't done is frame this debate in the language that's popular now. when i look at this, i see institutionalized opportunity a and inequality. why not start attacking it by taking this thing down from 75,000 pages to something everybody can deal with? >> the 75,000 is beyond this. >> right, right. exactly. >> but the movement is to add more. >> right. >> a little tweak here. >> what's really so tough about that, why this is really an issue, actually today it is probably more than ever easier than ever for your average person to be an entrepreneur with platforms like etsy and paypal. you can put up a store front, ship a product, and collect money in an easier way than before. we have the opportunity to encourage entrepreneurship and we throw a tax code that says, don't even try. >> you hear from people who have the internet and it is great and stuff, but

the action. >> whoa! >>> a motorcycle and rider skip dangerously off a racetrack and fly straight at a photographer. >> couldi didn't see the people -- people caught up don't walk away from. >> may 6th, 2012. >> the starting grid -- >> the mce british superbike championship in england. the mce is an intense and competitive annual race where bikers speed around the track up to 200 miles per hour. hugging curbs and sometimes smashing into barriers. in this high-speed world, it only takes a split second for the riders to go from facing the finish line to facing death. >> if you're not crashing, you're not trying hard enough. >> but their lives are not the only ones on the line. >> at the time, you think, oh, this is a great shot. you sort of lose the reality of a person here with a bike heading toward me. >> david smith is one of the many photographers spread out around the track to record every second of the fast-paced excitement. >> it was actually a quite bright day. i decided to put my coat over the viewfinder so that i could block out the sun. >> biker john kirk ham and the rest of the riders get into posi

the last fiscal cliff bill, o we're out of money, but somehowd tv and film producers, everybody wants to be friends with them, this got a special credit. owners of nascar racetrackswind turbine makers, ge. >> of course.ot the odds aren't good. s as you talked with steve forbese people have been at this a long time. onnee thing i i think we haven'd done is frame this debate in terms of some of the words of some of the language that i think is very popular now. when i look at this, i see institutionalized inequality and opportunity. if you're big, if you're if wealthy, you're connected, this can work in your advantage. but if you're the small guy,nta then you're at a severe disadvantage. and if we think about inequality in the united states, why not start attacking it by takingit this thing down from 75,000 pages to something thatha everybody can deal with? >> i should say that the 75,000 is beyond this. that's the explanation. e >> right, exactly. >> but the movement is to add more. >> right. yeah. >> read the paper, it'ss a litte adjustment here, a tweak there. what's really so -- >> why this is really an issue is actually today it is probably more than ever easi

at the same time we are letting hsbc off with a total walk, nobody pays any individual penalty in that case. there was a racetrack owner in texas who got busted by the u.s. attorney's office for laundering money for another mexican drug cartel. and that guy got a ton of years. he got like 15 years for his sentence. these are enormous discrep sis between 20 years and nothing, 15 years and nothing. here is the other thing i would say about that: over and over again with these settlements, we have situations where companies approximate pay massive fines, in the case of chase $13 billion, goldman sachs pace $550 million for their role in the scandal a couple of years ago. we have instances of companies that have liability in the hundreds of millions or billions and yet somehow there isn't enough evidence to prosecute criminally, to move ahead in a criminal case. that just -- maybe in one instance that might be true but it defice logic that you could have billions in liability and no criminal liability and not enough evidence of criminal linalt. i just don't believe it. >> a couple of weeks ago toyota was find over a

in this hour you'll see the most incredible video of collisions and meet survivors who were lucky to walk away alive. you might envision a racetrack or highway. but in our first story the scene of the accident is about the last place you would expect. imagine you're sitting outside your home enjoying a quiet family barbecue when a military plane swoops in and explodes in your backyard. it's a sunday picnic one family will never forget. air shows, exciting displays of the best in flight, held all around the world. a showcase of the rare and classic. an exhibit of thrilling tricks and intricate maneuvers. but at 10,000 feet, even the smallest mishap can result in disaster. september 1997, mark mcdonald and his family are visiting relatives in essex, maryland. nearby, hundreds gather on a warm, sunny day to watch the chesapeake air show. >> i was aware of the air show, and they did have quite a few planes that came in and made some very low fly-bys as they were making their landings. i could hear windows on the house rattling. >> after the mcdonalds enjoy a backyard barbecue, some of the family members decide to get a closer look. >>

technology and the right equipment so that the staff can bounce crazy ideas off each other and come up with great car-oriented products, whether it's racetracks-propelled cars, whatever it may be. and then once we have the prototypes, i actually want to put it in front of a focus group in this lab and get feedback from people. i don't want to just launch things without focus groups and without research. it's bad business. and then the last thing is, we're gonna lower the cost of things that we make. it's my expectation that we double or triple this business in the next couple years. thank you. we have a lot of work. let's get to work. >> guys, how are you? >> good. how's it goin'? >> so i brought you here for a focus group and research. going forward, before we launch a product, we're gonna bring it to kids. we're gonna find out what they like and what their parents like. >> all right. >> so let's go inside. hi, everybody! >> all: hi. >> how are you? >> hi. [laughs] >> all: good. >> this is steven and peter. now, they're asking for some help. so what we want you to do is pick something that you think you're gonna like, and then we're gonna ha