as there probably many people hearing about this for the first time and maybe had plans to shop at walmart today, do you think there will be any change in pattern by consumers? >> you know, this is such disappointing behavior and so systematically disappointing that, frankly, i would hope that it would take a little bit of the shine off some of walmart's reputation. what you want is for an american company to expand and bring good ethical practices with it, not be corrupted by the way of doing business that it finds in those communities. and yet, i don't think the story has caught the popular imagination for some reason. i think people are going about their business both in mexico where public officials were widely bribed and in the u.s. and just sort of shrugging at this behavior. to me, that's a little disappointing. >> charles fishman, thank you very much for weighing in. we appreciate that. walmart has issued a response to the allegations saying in part,