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>> hi everyone, thanks for joining me. i'm a mark meadows in for fredricka whitfield we begin in the middle east. were the region or the region is on a razor's edge waiting to see how and when you ron will retaliate against israel potentially the us over the killing of senior iranian military officials. now, sources say the us expects iran to carry out a direct attack on israel in the coming days. new today, iran authorities have seized a container ship container ship near the strait of hormuz. now, the ship which turron links to israel has been directed toward, you ron and overnight, israel and hezbollah exchange attacks across the border with southern lebanon. jeremy diamond is in jerusalem and jennifer hansler is in washington. we've got a lot to keep an eye on. down here, jeremy, i want to go to you first. >> how >> israel preparing for a possible attack here >> well, omar, israeli forces are >> certainly on high alert anticipating a potential iranian attack that could even come on israeli soil that has

yet to be confirmed yet, but it will certainly determine the size and the scale of a potential israeli response. what the israeli military stop spokesman daniel hagari is saying today is that iran will bear the consequences. he says, for choosing to escalate yesterday. we also heard from israelis israel's top general saying that israeli forces are well prepared and ready to defend against any threat in any scenario, we know that israel has been trying to deter a potential tack, even as they are preparing to respond to one as well. and that's being done mostly through messaging that messaging about being prepared to respond to any attack. but also the images that we saw yesterday of israeli officials, including israel's defense it's minister and its top general side-by-side with the head of centcom, general kurilla, trying to send a message that the united states will also be i cooperating plot plotting out a potential of response, and also in defending against a

know that the united states has moved additional assets into the regi, and we also know that the us is prepared to intercept any missiles that are firetowards israel we know that they've done so in the past, for example, when iranian proxies fired on israel from a yemen, as well as those iranian proxies that are in iraq. so that is certainly a possibility and we know of course that us, israeli cooperation is being put at the heart of potential iranian response by both the united states and israel? >> yes. jeremy, is that us israeli >> cooperation at this point that iranian officials have said has would also potentially include united states assets. and that's where i want to bring in jennifer hansler. so what are we hearing from president biden? on this front? >> well, omar, we heard a very clear message from the president yesterday warning the iranians do not get involved, do not escalate. this is coming as the us is warning that this could be an imminent attack by iran against israel or a

israel, israeli or us assets. take a listen to the president's words you on israel come along time. expectation suited >> to iran in this moment don't >> now omar, we know this message has also been conveyed behind the scenes to the iranians directly. there has been an exchange between the us, iran over the past week with the us warning, do not escalate and the iranian saying do not get involved in do not support israel in this. now, i should also note behind the scenes, there has been this major diplomatic push by the secretary of state and other us officials to have any countries that have any sway over iran warning them do not escalate this situation. the secretary of state has called a number of counterparts over the past several days, including china, turkey, saudi arabia, egypt, jordan to tell them press iran, do not do this. we know the europeans have also been engaged, so there is this

really high sense of alarm over the potential for this to really explode, omar. yeah. and look, the calculus here seems to >> be what can the response be without a wider spread? escalation here. >> jennifer, thank you. jeremi, before we go, i also want to ask you about these deadly attacks by israeli settlers in the west bank. what's happening there >> well, a hundreds of israeli settlers have begun to surround palestinian towns and villages in the west bank going on what can only be described hi, as a rampage spurred on by ideas of revenge. we know that a 14-year-old israeli boy benjamin benjamin afi meyer, he went missing yesterday in the west bk nir an israeli today dead. thisrael as found military says that he was killed. they are calling it a rrorist atck, althgh they didn't provide any evidence back a cup that allegation, but there is nothing at this point ceainly not palestinians in

some of these towns to his death of my team and i were actually in one of those palestinian towns this morning of the village of alma hi are where we saw israeli settlers dozens of israeli settlers who were armed descending on that village. they set fire to multiple vehicles and we also know that shots we're fired. one palestinian man. we saw shot in the leg. he was quickly whisked away by an ambulance. we didn't see who fired those shots, but we know that even yesterday before this boy was actually found dead israeli settlers were already using his disappearance as an excuse to carry out esacts o violence iands in these palestinn villag. one palestinian man was killed yestday,ut today, at least a dozen palestinians arrived at hospitals in the west bank, many of them with gunshot injuries. omar, jeremy diamond, jennifer hansler. thank you so much. really appreciate it. now, back here to the united states and the historic hush

money trial of former president donald trump, which starts in just two days. if convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, trump could face up to 20 years in state prison. now his indictment stems from his alleged role in a scheme to silence salacious details about alleged affairs with adult film actress stormy daniels and former playboy model karen mcdougal before the 2016 election. now, trump has denied all of that, but with an unprecedented trial comes unprecedented security as well. the nypd secret service and the new york court system are taking a multi-layered approach to ensure all parties stay safe here. meanwhile, the former president is spending his weekend on the campaign trail today. he's hosting events in the battleground, state of pennsylvania. so a lot to get to hear cnn's mark morales and alayna treene are covering all of the latest mark. i want to start with, you. >> look, trump trial in new york is expected to draw crowds of supporters and critics alike. how our police preparing for this will all more police

are going to work with their federal partners and what they're promising is a more robust security package. and what that means is that this area is going to be even more secure than it has been in the past now, what's changed between then and now is that the former president is now the presumptive nominee. and two, according to law enforcement it's been officials that i've spoken smoke into that does two things. it raises the stakes and it also increases the threat level. now, a multiple things are going to be going on on monday when the security package is put into place, you're going to have boots on the ground, meaning it's going to be intense police presence barricades, bomb sniffing, dog pugs drones, all the electronics that the that the nypd and other federal law enforcement partners are known. four will be here in the area, but in addition to that, it's also going to be in halogens. so there's going to be this push to really make sure that threats that are be good are going to be made online over the internet how legitimate are

they? are they lone wolves? are they threats that don't have any teeth to them? are they even disturbances like planned protests that are going to be in the area all this is going to make for what? but law enforcement is recognizing as a big challenge. take a listen >> six to eight weeks of a trial jury selection trial of unprecedented scale. former president running for president on trial here in new york city. so this is a big challenge. it's a lot of moving parts you'll be also moving in and out of the city on a regular basis. so we are working with more of our partners >> so while this is happening here, you'll also be seeing intense security inside the courthouse. the 15th floor. will the president will be his courtroom. that floor will be frozen the elevator that he'll take that'll be frozen as well. secret service will be sitting right behind him. there'll be sprinkled

throughout the courtroom, as well as court officers sitting on the edge of the hi all create a buffer between the public and him when he walks down the aisle and all of this happens while we have an active courthouse here and that's going to be another challenge for law enforcement. >> lot more than this courthouse is dealt with. high-profile cases before they have a security plan in place. but all of what you just laid out gets to the unprecedented nature of what we are expecting to see starting this week, mark. thank you cnn's alayna treene is in pennsylvania where the former president will be speaking later today. now, alayna trump has often melded his legal troubles with the campaign trail, but literally now he's going to have to sit in the courtroom every day of this criminal trial. how is his campaign plan to work around that? >> when you're totally right, omar, i mean, this is going to be a very difficult and challenging balancing act that the former president's campaign, it's going to have to juggle over the next several weeks and you're right. the court has required him to be in trial every single day

throughout his criminal hush money case. and so what we're going to see is healthy in the courtroom. mondays, tuesday's whole have wednesday off, and then i'll also be required to be in the courtroom on thursday and fridays when i talked to his campaign, they said that they're going to really try to have them host campaign rallies on wednesdays and on saturdays when he's not in court. but of course, this is taking him off the campaign trail at a very critical part of his general election campaign. and we're also going to see the president, president joe biden stumping all days of the week and going out there without any limitation. so this is something that's really top of mind for his team. and i am in pennsylvania today and we're really going to see a preview. of the juggling act play out this weekend. he's going to be coming to pennsylvania first for donor event, then he'll come here to schnucks ville for this political rally tonight. he'll go immediately to new york city, sleep there overnight and then tomorrow he's going to be pranked by his attorneys about corp protocol. and so that's we're going to see play out this week now. we did here the former president himself address this

yesterday during a press conference where he hinted that he may want to testify in his case. take a listen >> yeah. i would just have i absolutely. it's a scam. it's a scam. jury selection is largely luck. it depends who you get >> it's very unfair that i'm having a trial there now, omar, i think there's two things really to keep in mind here. one is that donald trump often says he wants to testify in his own trials against the advice of his own counsel. and then he ultimately does not end up doing so. we'll see whether or not he actually does take the stand in this trial. the other part, of course excuse me. the other part of this though, of course, is he mentioned jury selection and this is something that his team is very much worried about. the former president himself has been frustrated. that is, trial is happening in new york city and wasn't moved elsewhere. and so we'll also see that play out this week when jury selection begins on monday, omar, look with the extent of indictments against the former president and we're wondering how this dynamic was going to play out. the court battles with the campaign cycle. it seems that

monday we're going to see that actually come into fruition. alayna treene, mark morales. thank you both so much. so to come, donald trump is standing by embattled mike johnson as the house speaker confronted challenge within his own ranks. but isn't enough to save johnson's job. we're going to talk about it in later. six people were killed in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping center in sydney, australia. we're gonna have the details stay with him there's debris in this guy, parents, husbands and wives, sky, >> i wish i could've done something differently if can just make it get better for those that follow space shuttle columbia, the final flight, two part finale tomorrow at nine on seesaw, which like are we operating asking the right question can greatly impact your future? >> sure. you're an >> orthopedist, especially when it comes to your finances? >> yes certified financial planner. i'm a cfp >> professional cop professionals are committed to acting in your best interest. that's why it's gotta be a cfb covid-19. >> i'm not waiting.

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>> and this is cnn with his job on the line, embattled house speaker mike johnson traveled to mar-a-lago, florida on friday to hold a meeting and a news >> conference with former president donald trump. now the two gop leaders vowed to push for a ban on non-us citizens voting in federal elections. this, despite a law stating exactly that, is pretty on the books, trump also express support for johnson and made calls for his ouster by llow republican congresswoman, marjorie taylor take less >> were getting along very well with the speaker and i get along very well with marjorie we have a speaker. he was voted in and it was a complicated process and i think very it's not not an easy situation for any speaker. >> all right. a lot of dynamics that play and join me now to talk more about all this as julie grace barofsky, she's a capitol hill reported for axios and micah soul nar as a congressional reporter for punch bowl news. thanks for joining me to you both. but julia grace, i wanna go to you did trump say or do enough to

save speaker johnson's job here >> i think he is four-pronged, may have had an impact with some members of the freedom caucus that we're considering joining on with marjorie taylor greene there. if she does ultimately decided to pull the trigger on the motion to vacate, which he hasn't committed to doing, but being said, right after that press conference, she came out and kinda double down or criticisms of johnson. so i'm not sure that she's fully sold unless he comes out more outwardly. and asked her to call off the wolves there? >> yeah. and look, the test still lies ahead. mika. now, as as julie gracious mentioned, even though marjorie taylor greene has vowed, has vowed to call for a vote to oust speaker johnson. that motion hasn't officially gone forward, but it jot for johnson if he brings a ukraine aid package to the floor which has a lot of what this centers on. like he has suggested he wants to do where do you think the speaker goes from here and what is the status of ukraine aid here

>> yeah, omar, that's a great question. i think that ukraine aid could very well potentially be the nail in the kopan for johnson if he does put an aid bill on the floor, i spoke with former freedom caucus chair scott perry last week who said it really depends on what that aid bill looks like. and i think a lot of those members in debatable caucus. thanks. hello, lead to that, i think it's very dependent on how this goes. i think it's very interesting to see trump being open to johnson and really not weighing in so much despite the fact that he's been very critical of ukraine aid in the past. and i know that obviously congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has been very, very much against ukraine aid. so i think that could very much i'll put his job in jeopardy and look another another factor, another bill that has led to revolt by some in his own party, julie graces, speaker johnson was able to pass a divisive modified pfizer's surveillance bill this week after some house conservatives revolted and defeated an earlier vote, though this version seems to, they have appeased a little bit because there was a two-year

reauthorization instead of a five-year. but bottom line, did that passing vote help or hurt speaker johnson standing with republicans? >> well, conservatives are still pushing back on it. there was kind of a push for a procedural page retract that bill. that's inspecting to come to the floor monday that i've spoken to leadership, they're pretty confident in that it will ultimately, given how large the margins were with democrats port on the underlying bill will ultimately be sent to the senate, but there's still well some pushback and that was one of marjorie taylor greene's they criticism right after that press conference yesterday? >> yeah. yeah. >> and look, all of this is happening within an election year where the former president, who of course, has been able to sway gop members over the course of at least this session has been campaigning speaker johnson has been a staunch trump supporter who did work behind the scenes to support trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election yesterday, though the two men were once again together raising concerns about the integrity of elections and made

some more false claims about voting and immigration. and that's a separate topic. >> what does this say? >> i want to go to >> your mega, what does this say about the gop strategy heading into the 20th, 24 election? because it is, it is slightly modified them from what folks were saying after the 2020 election. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think it's very clear that house republicans are going to make immigration and border security a top issue for them and they're going to hammer democrats, especially democrats representing border states in purple districts. these vulnerable ones who know that this is a problem for their party as well. i think it's very interesting to see johnson then trump really come together on this issue. and this is the first effort i think by the speaker that he's kinda gotten a boost not only from the former president, but i think a lot of the members of the conference really agree with the strategy. they're kind of given their unity on border security, i think that's one of the few areas that they've a lot of members have been able to agree on. yeah. and we've seen them transfer some of

those concerns over to the election integrity side of things. julia ghraieb, before we go, trump isn't the only republican on the ballot in november, republicans in the house overall have a pretty narrow shrinking majority at this point and are going to be in a tough fight to stay in power. do you get the sense that republicans have a plan to show that they can lead and passegislation coming mohs, not just for the good of the country, but also inn effort to maintain their majority in the hous >> now, i've talked to a lot of members that has a major concerns that a lot of the chaos that they've had throughout this entire comp, or ngress betenotio to vacate a threeeeks spker's race back in october another motion to vacate if that happens good. really hinder things in terms of getting it retaining the majority are picking up seats now, they did better with redistricting and in new york and some other states than they expected to >> but i >> think the top of the ticket is going to have a big impact on that. now there's simply some concerns democrats been doing better in the fundraising fundraising arena. so we'll see, i mean between now and

november, there's there's a lot of time, there's a lot of factors that could play in there, but it really did they pfizer, they've got some appropriation bills and there aren't a huge ton of legislative priorities left for the rest of the year. >> yeah. yeah >> you hit on the most important thing, november is both far and close at the same time. i don't know which one wins out there, but julia grace brought the braf key and make a soul nar. thank you both so much >> it's much. >> all right. just ahead the us is expecting iran to carry out strikes against multiple targets inside israel in the coming days couldn't attack lead to an even broader conflict in the middle east. >> we'll talk about great teammates, trust each other. we're going to do a trust falls, stand up, you close your eyes for trust. >> what >> summary of dark >> i told you it was a dumb >> have you heard sling tv offers the news you love for

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getting new details on a deadly attack at a mall in sydney, australia, police say a 40 year-old man with a knife stab several people, killing six and injuring at least eight others, including a nine month old baby investigators say early signs do not suggest a stabbing spree was related to terrorism an officer killed the attacker cnn's angus watson has more terrifying moments that are busy shopping center in sydney hundreds of people race out in a panic to leave the mall tucker stabbed and killed at least six people saturday afternoon before being shot dead at the scene by a police officer ever heard screaming and sprinting and they like it was like a move, like a horror movie. >> we saw all these people running towards us. and then we heard a shot. and my husband drag this into the a dash shop. and then we've got the lady they're trying lock the doors.

>> survivors described the chaos as they tried to barricade themselves in a stores. do during the attack >> close the doors and we saw the guy come up, the escalators green shirt, i think shorts with a big black knife in his hand i just really commonly he was just walking like he was having an ice cream in the park in >> authorities say several people, including a nine month old baby, being treated in hospital for their injuries. >> mother came with the baby, bleeding, stab and we've got them in the store and just proud site and then rang for the health polices still trying to piece together details about the attacker and his motive, but they don't believe the stabbing was linked to terrorism we're not ruling anything out from preliminary inquiries would appear that this person has acted alone alone. >> police officer shot the stub as he raised his knife at her. police say or while shoppers head nearby, it's just not a

flattened towards us known what he was, put it down >> and then she shorting. >> but we >> are not envisioned. she'd and shoot him. >> well, he wouldn't give >> ganim he's on the rampage. he was on a rampage. >> well, police believe there's no longer a threat the stabbing send shockwaves across the country where mass casualty events, are very rare angus watson cnn's sydney >> angus watson, thank you for that reporting. i wanna go now to our top story and middle east tensions hitting a critical level not seen since the october 7 attacks by hamas. now sources say the us expects iran ron to carry out a direct attack on israel in the coming days. now, israel has vowed to retaliate over the killing of senior iranian military officials early this month in syria, the us says it is moving some of its assets in the region case. they also become the target of an attack by iran or its proxies. i want to get to more analysis on this. so let's bring in retired us army brigadier general mark kim. he's also former assistant secretary of state for political military affairs

under george w bush so a lot of relevant experience here that's why we got your general let me let me ask you simply based on everything we know to this point, what do you think is going to happen next >> well, i think all of us are certain. got ron has to respond in some manner is just the nature of the culture in that region. now, whether it's going to be more than this attack that they recently did on a merchant ship are far more that's yet to be seen. i think they're going to do more and look at this point we have heard from the white house, they expect this retaliation happens sooner rather than later. we've heard estimates of days to this point does iran get more strategic value out of waiting to retaliate or in perhaps a bigger way, or doing it quickly and a little bit more of a minor fashion well, i think there's some virtue in awaiting omar. i mean, not only does it raise the psychological

tension around the region which achieves some of the purposes they have. but if you wait for some period of time, people start getting sloppy. they're not at their radar looking 100% of the time, 100% accuracy, right? i think they actually have some virtue and some value in waiting rather than doing it right away >> and look, we've seen the us start to move some of its assets around in the region. what do they expect or what do they expect is going? pointing to happen and is that more of a sign-in for preparing for a potential attack or is it to be in the best position to potentially respond if the attack is severe enough. >> well primarily defensive in nature >> it's >> preventative, is preemptive. i think i'll take a look at the types of assets and they're bringing in air defense capabilities. so that if there is a large-scale attack, but they're also bringing an aircraft carrier into the

region which is certainly assigned to iran. >> that we have the capability between that aircraft carrier and land-based forces and air force until we have pre-positioned in the region that if they attempt a very large strike, particularly against american soldiers or american bases there'll be a heavy price to pay. >> yeah, and look, central command stop general in the middle east met with senior idf officials in-person and israel friday is there a distinction? well, why is it important that he went there for that meeting in person? does that signify anything to >> well, i really think it does i believe that the president has been very clear that we will stand behind israel, but at the same time he's got to acknowledge and i think everybody acknowledges that we are trying to prevent a response from attack done by the israelis into syria so putting the american ground commander directly face to face

with the israelis confirms to the israelis that not only do we have the intentions that we're expressed by president biden that we will stand behind israel by getting kurilla in there. that actually shows what we've got to capabilities in place to do it as well yeah. >> general command want you to stay with us while i bring in some breaking news here president joe biden is now returning to the white house. to meet with his national security team. i want to bring in cnn's jennifer hansler in washington. so jennifer, why is the president cutting his trip to delaware short? do we know what this may or may not signify? here >> we'll omar this seems to be the clearest sign yet that the us is expecting an iranian retaliatory move at any moment. now, the fact that he is returning from rehoboth, delaware, he was supposed to be spending the weekend there. he is now returning to washington to meet with his national security team as they assess what could happen here. now we know that the us expects iran to take sums for strike against israel or israeli assets in

response to that strike against an iranian facility in damascus last week. now the president is coming back to ensure that he is linked up with his team whenever this happens, we had heard that the president expected this eminently sooner than later. and this is a clear sign that they do expect this to happen very, very soon. >> omar, and i want to bring back in brigadier general mark kim it for a second because all right. we have this breaking news. president is coming back to meet with security personnel here. does that say anything to you if you were assistant secretary for political military affairs under a job? so biden right now, what would what alarms would be going off in your head >> well, i think there are two issues, so we have to factor in number one, most important, which are the policy issues. obviously intelligence streams have come in. what's there maybe a nearer term attack than we might have thought. >> but there's also a political issue. does joe biden in an election year, one to be seen on rehoboth beach when the

iranians are attacking. so out of an abundance of caution, i suspected came back the white house visit short for both practical military reasons, but also for political reasons as well. >> yeah. what we will see obviously it's not too far of a trip from robert baer to washington, dc. so potentially we'll get some answers this afternoon. general kim at jennifer hansler. thank you, both. i'm sure we'll be coming back to you up next. meanwhile, though, a scary scene reminiscent of the baltimore bridge catastrophe as authorities in pittsburgh briefly closed a couple of bridges when several barges broke loose on the ohio river. that's next >> every weekday morning cnn's five things has what you need to get going with your day. if the five essential stories of the morning in five minutes or less cnn's five things with kate bolduan streaming weekday starting april 15 on max, the edge and rash of moderate to severe eczema disrupts my skin

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the compancampbell transportation suspectthat it s recent heavy rains. likely increase the flow of the ohio rer causing some of those previously tethered bar, just that we're carryin mainly some non-hazardous dr goods to break loose and the float wn the oo river overnighu mentioned, a littlwhile ago, fresh on the heels of that tragedy that took place in baltimore to referring to the bridge collapse, it was caused by a vessel likely on the minds of local officials. so they rushed to temporarily close the mickey's rocks bridge historic bridge aza precaion, which has since reopened fortunately, no injuries reported here. though there was some damage that was reported at a at a local locally owned marina there. but outset of that, no major damage, but it really made for some pretty dramatic pictures overnight, as you see, some of those barges actually pinned up against the m's worth locks and dam, which it's actually just north of pittsburgh. but again, as of this moment, the company is

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chances at this year's masters >> well, i like his chances to play 72 holes. that itself will be a tremendous accomplishment given what this guy has been through kenny, when i would say no, injecting plus would say and i would go with jack nicholson this never, ever, ever, ever, ever bet against tiger woods yeah, he strikes me as someone that uses some of that as motivation to really push him. so maybe we gotta get words to him in some way. now, look, yeah. >> has you know tiger has struggled with injuries? he's in recent years, especially after that car crash in 2021, that nearly cost him his life also his career, of course, as well he's only played one competitive full round this year so he really labor down the stretch to make the cut. >> what >> does it say to you that 48 years old and all the adversity his face that he's still able to find a way to be competitive at the math series again >> i don't think it's really so much that he's that he's

found a way to be competitive. i think that is maybe overstating really where he is on the leaderboard. i th what we're really saying here is in dollars i'm able relentless spirit that this guy has where there's absolutely no quit in him and this and i'd say probably the british open the us for sure. are the three things that have defined his public life. and he can't let go of them and it's a tremendous statement about, about competitive desire and athletic greatness. actually, golf has never seen anything remotely like it you don't sea biscuit and a few other things come to mind, but in golf woods is completely on a mountain top by himself. well, >> and you bring up such an important dynamic i can a difficult one to deal with in sports is that persistence after injury, especially if it's a serious injury, whether it's in an achilles tear and basketball or again, whether you're getting extensive back surgeries and things like that, that ability to persist is one that i think is so incredibly

significant here, i want to expand to the game at large. for a second because he just wrote a piece titled this wild windy masters has been exactly what the game needed. what do you mean by that >> well golf is in a very, you know, for those who follow the game closely, bill know this, but others would not golf is in a wildly chaotic state right now. we've got the ph at the elite men's professional level, i should say, all over atlanta and all over the country, there are public courses where the two sheets are completely packed and you know, for a guy's trying to bribe people, golfers turn break 100 golf is never probably been healthier, but at the elite professional men's level, there's this divide between the pga tour and liv golf. and it's really costs the game in a lot of ways. and it's got the golf has four men's golf has four major championships and this masters tournament brings, is bringing everybody together in a peaceful spirit. and it sort of like thanksgiving dinner, where you've got crazy uncle. wow,

and he can't get his pronouns straight and the turkey is a little dry, but the fact is you've got everybody under one roof during the same thing at the end of the day, someone's going to get this green jacket and for a weekend anyway, this is simplifying it, but for week in any way, we can actually just enjoy spectacular golf on a really spectacularly beautiful place and put golf's civil war assault, yeah, and, look, misery loves company. so when the conditions haven't been great, i've got to imagine that it just brings people a little bit together, even though some people not to name names have been a little bit more frustrated than others with the conditions, but that's a whole separate discussion. we can get into >> i got to leave it there for now. so michael beamer. thank you so much, really appreciate you being here. i should be out there. it looks amazing out there right now >> thanks, o'mara. it's nice place to be >> all right. amazing. all right. we'll be right back, everyone.

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