they agreed to buy lexington partners, $11.15 billion, to expand in private equity and private offering. cushion the blow. a lot of people are favoring index funds, more passive, franklin templeton is known for mutual funds. stuart: coming up, transportation secretary pete buttigieg reveals the supply chain crisis will continue. roll tape. >> there definitely will continue to be issues especially as long as the pandemic continues. stuart: what is the white house doing about that? i don't know. we'll try to tell you. we'll tell you where the most unaffordable city in america is. here's a hint. it is in california. >>> china's president xi xinping has not left the country in 21 months. has he got trouble at home? i will ask kt mcfarland next. ♪. not sell. i promise our relationship will be one of partnership and trust. i am a fiduciary, not just some of the time, but all of the time. charles schwab is proud to support the independent financial advisors who are passionately dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. visit findyourindependentadvisor.com ♪ say it's all ri

what you're looking at is the kentucky horse park in lexington, sunny, 56 degrees right there. look at the markets. check them again please. last half hour, we have the dow down, what is it 170? nasdaq come back a bit. it is still down 78. another check of roblox, please. look at them go. we're apparently doing a lot of gaming. that stock is up 26%. could be a short squeeze. it is up 26%. zynga, another gaming company, their earnings are up 8%. >>> next, unvaccinated nih expert is pushing back against vaccine mandates. what is he saying, lauren? lauren: he says they're not ethical and could do more harm than good in the end. the national institute of health is not taking into account robust immunity you can gain through natural infection of covid-19. this doctor supports vaccination even for covid for those in high-risk populations like the obese and the elderly, but he says, look, judge it, push it, use it on the merits. don't mandate vaccination. stuart: there are quite a few attacks on vaccine mandates. here is another one. a group of republican senators tried to block fundi