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monday interviews. tell me who you're listening to, what artists you think we should profile each and every music monday. now hour two. watch this. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. here are a couple of stories we're looking at. the supreme court decides it will weigh in on president obama's health care law. a charity chief resigns among the penn state sex abuse scan l scandal. and an american is on a russian rocket heading to the international space station. jessica yellin, let's begin with you. first just give us the news. tell us exactly what it was the supreme court will be deciding upon. >> brooke, they'll hear arguments about the affordable care anl act, the health care law, and specifically whether the individual mandate is constitutional, the provision that requires every american to buy health insurance or pay a fine. they'll also decide whether the law can stand without the individual mandate, and that's a

decision that will affect every american, brooke. >> so when will the court actually take up the case? >> they're going to hear argue thes this spring most likely around march or april. a decision is expected in summer, which is traditionally when the court rules on big cases from the current term. >> so summer, what, a couple months away from big november date. talk about how the politics of this whole thing could play out for the administration. >> that's just as the presidential campaign would be heating up. if it's upheld, that will be some wind in the proseesident's sails. this was the signature accomplishment in the president's first year, arguably the first term on the domestic front. if it's struck down, it will be a blow, undermining one of his accomplishments. especially if the court rules you cannot separate this from the rest of the health care law. the administration likes to say, even if the mandate is struck down, some other mandates can stand. such as kids 26 and under can

still be covered under their parents' ainsurance. if the court says the whole law will have to be struck down, that will be very painful for the president and the campaign indeed, brooke. >> thank you, jessica. i want to continue talking about this with senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen with me in the studio about what the supreme court's involvement, how that affects you, your health, your medical coverage right now, and specifically the provisions in the health reform law that are in effect right now. so how will the court's decision affect those mandates? >> it may not affect the mandates in there right now. here's one that it will effect. down the road, the insurance companies are supposed to be required to insure people with preexisting conditions. so you had a heart attack yesterday, you've got diabetes, whatever, they'll have to insure you. but, if that individual mandate as jessica explained, that requirement that we all buy insurance, if that goes away, they don't have the money to pay to take care of all of those people with preexisting conditions. the two are really inextricably

linked. >> you've heard the parallel that there's state governments. they have requirements for things like car insurance so why would we have problems with a federal requirement? there are many a person who has an issue with the federal government saying you have to buy this. >> right. what those people would say is car insurance is something different. that's for the privilege of owning a car. right? but what other things do we require of people just by virtue of being alive? when else do we tell people, you live in the united states, you have to "purchase "x"? we really don't do that. this is something very, very different, has a lot of people's feathers ruffled. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you. next on reporter roulette, new fallout on the penn state sex abuse scandal. mike galanos is in pennsylvania. first, tell us about this latest resignation, the chief of this charity. >> reporter: we're talking abou

president and ceo of second mile found by jerry sandusky, on the job since 1983, 28 years. he resigns and issued a statement, let me read a brief portion of that to you, it says, i have submitted and resignation takes the focus from the children, young adults and families who have been impacted. their pain and healing is the greatest priority. my thoughts and prayers are with them. he hopes his resignation will help with the healing and continued faith in the organization. leads to the questions, what did second mile know about the incident, you go to 2002 where mcgather cgather queary saw the the locker room with the kids. they say they didn't know. sandusky said he was being organized in '08. then he resigned in 2010.

>> a lot of not knowing or talk of not knowing things. we're also learning more about the district judge who let sandusky out on that $100,000 bail. who is she? >> reporter: leslie dutchcot is her name. what we're finding out is, she's a volunteer in the second mile organization. a lot of people in and around state college i think across the country are saying, how is this guy out on bail? the bile bail she set $100,000, no monitoring. he's accused of being a dangerous child predator. prosecutors wanted $500,000 bail and a leg monitoring device, even the governor of pennsylvania tom corbett saying the bail should have been higher. again, the outrage brews when you hear she is a volunteer with the organization. >> mike galanos, thank you. next on reporter roulette, chad myers here to talk about this russian spacecraft with a crew of three now on its way to the iss, left early this morning from a very snowy kazakhstan.

>> when you see this video, you're going to understand this didn't come out of florida. >> no. very snowy. >> this is not cape canaveral. blowing the snow around as they lifted off today. the first time a u.s. astronaut in a soy yus rocket to the space is station since the retirement of the space shuttle. great launch, the russians haven't had a great bunch of luck the past couple of things they've done, including this one probe that was going to mars. it's stuck in the atmosphere, if they can't get it, it will be flung back to the earth. a fantastic launch, the soy use guys were happy today. >> i was talking to the commander he of the iss. i think they're ready to come hole. they've been there since june. i didn't realize the russian probe was still out there floating. >> yes. the second stage didn't fire. it was supposed to take one stage to get to the atmosphere, to the edge, second stage, take it to mars. it would take a long time, but

it would get it to mars. the second stage failed to fire. it's floated up there as a defunct piece of junk that will eventually fall back to earth from space. 11 tons of toxic fuel on board, though, because that fire obviously didn't go, the fuel is still on board. if that makes it back to the earth, that could cause problems in some spots. >> chad myers, thank you. that's reporter roulette for this monday. still ahead -- a heartbreaking story. a teenager kills herself. she leaves behind a flurry of haunting messages on twitter about her painful past, what drove her to the edge. we're going to speak live with the prosecutor considering this days kais. also, time is running out for the super committee to decide who gets spared, what gets cut. what happens if there's no deal? who's aimpacted by those automatic trigger mechanisms? pluseplus, if you thought unemployment in america couldn't get any worse, a big-time bombshell in the nba lockout. a sudden move by the players means the entire season now

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not prepared to accept any ultimatums. they thought it was extremely unfair on the part of the nba ownership/management to give them an ultimatum that they had to accept their proposal or confront a rollback to 47%. >> hunter also says the players are prepared to file an antitrust lawsuit against the nba. harsh advice for syrian president bashar al aasad. two words coming from jordan's king abdullah, step down. >> if asad has the interest of his country he would step down but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of syrian life. >> the arab league just voted to suspend the syrian's membership. we just heard now from the former boyfriend of sharon b bial bialek, publicly accused herman

cain of inappropriate behavior. now her former boyfriend is stepping forward and backing up the claims. just about an hour ago he spoke about bialebialek's demeanor of got back from that visit to washington, d.c. where she had dinner with cain. >> i can confirm that when she returned she was upset. she said that something had happened and that mr. cain had touched her in an inappropriate manner. she said she handled it and didn't want to talk about it any further. i respected her request, and this issue was never brought up until recently. also today, american eagle airlines getting a first and not a good one. the carrier is the first to be fined for excessive tarmac delays under the new rules that went into effect april of last year. so they will pay $900,000 in penalty fees for keeping hundreds of passengers couped up on flights at o'hare in may.

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american markets they slid today in afternoon trading, the dow at this hour down just about 100 points here as we're less than an hour from the closing bell.

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fa fast. he was just nominated yesterday. as the economic crisis plays out in europe, a possible security crisis playing out right now in the middle east. just days after this watch dog group said iran is on the verge of building a nuclear bomb, talk of military action against iran is on the rise. cnn's piers morgan just interviewed iz rally president shimon peress watch. >> i wouldn't start with military action not at all. i would rather see a tighter economic sanction, a closer political pressure, and what is lacking very much is an attack in moral sense because iran is a spoiled country. it's corrupt. they're the only country that threatens to destroy another country openly, to hang people.

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it has come to our attention that the story of the month, maybe the story of the year, is causing a lot of folks to hit the snooze button. here's your wake-up call. today is november 14th, and this so-called super committee up there on capitol hill, it's got nine days, nine, to essentially rewrite the future of the united states government. not an exaggeration. take a look at some of these numbers. our government owes its creditors close to $15 trillion. that is our national debt. so this year 2011 we will add another $1 trillion plus debt, 2012, another $1 trillion plus debt. you see where we're headed, running out of money, running out of room. quite honestly we're running out of time. so, as you know, congress tried and utterly failed last summer to tackle this monster so they punted the ball over to this super committee of six republicans, six democrats. they figure it out, easy peasy, right? wrong. not looking good. and they got this little lecture

not too long ago. >> i've worked closely with almost all of you on both sides of the aisle. i have great respect for each of you individually. but collectively i'm worried you're going to fail, fail the country. >> host lisa is on the hill. i know you're looking at a possible super failure on the part of the super committee. so they punt the ball to the super committee, congress did, and it's starting to sound to me the super committee is going to punt the ball right back to congress zwrust as we're paying $4 billion a day on interest on the debt alone. >> reporter: i know. that's probably more than we waste on the washington redskins here in washington to go with the football analogy. and i'm a redskins fan. just unhappy with them right now.

brooke, you're right, to the point about punting, not only if the super committee fails in the next nine days, they would punt it not just at congress, but when you think about it, they would be punting this whole mess to computers. they would put in place across the board cuts, no certain person would be thinking out appropriately. but basically computers would di dictate these broad across the board cuts. >> we hear about raising taxes, cutting discretionary spending, clearly disagreements on those fronts. but what everybody agrees on is health care costs is eating us alive. let's listen to a democrat and republican. >> health care costs roughly doubled from the time of my birth until i entered the workforce and have risen about two-thirds sense then and are going at what all acknowledge an unsustainable rate. >> the rapid growth of health care and the unsustainable growth of health care is our

number one problem. >> so, lisa, let me show you a couple graphics. take a look with me. we have one graphic, it shows where we are right now. we are spending about a fifth of the federal budget on health care programs, the beige at the bottom, we're spending 6%, the blue, on interest on the debt. so those two slices are getting bigger, bigger, what if interest rates rise, they're at rock bottom right now. i guess my question is this -- we keep hearing folks say, everyone knows the way to get the debt down, but no one wants to say it out loud, especially where you are. what is the solution that everyone says is out there? >> reporter: right. i think we may be at the point where people are starting to admit that we have to have both revenues and spending cuts. we had some great reporting from our capitol hill team last week,

kate bolduan. folks who have a second home, republicans are saying, maybe you shouldn't get a tax deduction on the second home anymore. that's a big move for republicans who hadn't said any revenue should be allowed. so that's the solution. we've got to bring revenue and we've got some bring spending cuts together. but where these guys don't agree is republicans want more spending cuts, democrats want more revenue. i know a lot of the public is just like, come on, guys, bring it more to the middle, some of both. that aewhere they seem to be going. >> then there's this name, and it's like he's the ghost in the room, grover norquist. >> if grover norquist is now the most powerful man in america, he should run for president. there's no question about his power and let me tell you he has people in thrall. that's a terrible phrase, lincoln used it, it means your mind has been captured, you're in bondage with the soul. so here he is. i asked him, he said, my hero is

ronald reagan. i said, well, he raised taxes 11 times in his eight years. he said, i don't know, i didn't like that at all. i said, well, he did it. why do you suppose? he said, i don't know, very disappointing. i said, probably to make the country run. >> alan simpson there. so remind us all, lisa, who is grover norquist, this unelected lobbyist and why does he yield such power? >> reporter: grover norquist, from americans for tax reform, here's why he has so much power. a lot of people will debate this, brooke, but i'll cut to what i think the bottom line is. he did something that very few other people have done. he made members of congress, members of state legislatures sign a pledge, rather than just make a promise, he got them each to put their signatures on a piece of paper saying essentially they wouldn't raise taxes and also that they would oppose any net increase -- i'm sorry, net cut in tax deductions. now, he has these pieces of paper, in fact, brooke, when i would worked in south carolina

more than a decade ago he was going around the south carolina statehouse getting names of people who at that time weren't very powerful but who are now congressmen. that's why he's powerful. he has those signatures. >> lisa, it is a pleasure. let's talk again. by the way, just to let our viewers know, if you want to listen to lisa's weekly podcast, american sauce, you can download it free he from itunes. now time for an america's choice 2012 update. we have some new polls out on the gop race. we'll bring in our deputy political director paul steinhauser. paul, talk to me about romney and gingrich. >> 50 days now, until the first votes of the iowa caucus. we have a whole new ball game in the battle for the republican nomination. let's go to the numbers, cnn/orc over the weekend, there's mitt romney, former massachusetts govern, right at the top, where he's been, 24% of republicans look at newt girng rich, brooke, that's the big story, now at 22%.

that's basically all tied p up with romney. look at that, up 14 points since october. herman cain, the other big story, the businessman down to 14%. he was at 25% in october. rick perry the texas governor pretty much where he's been, 12%. ron paul also pretty much where he's been. what's behind gingrich? look at this, looks like he's popular. who knew? newt gingrich, 61% of republicans say they have a favorable opinion of him. one thing for sure, there have been ten debates, newt gingrich has done very well in the debates then. >> what is it there looking at cain and perry, is it the oops moment, his performance in the debates? is it these sexual harass the allegations with regard to perry and cain respectively? is that what's doing this? >> let's start with cain tflt's been two weeks since the allegation tdz, four women claiming sex ual harassment. we asked, is the issue serious or overblown. this is republicans only. four in ten, almost, say it's a serious issue. that's a lot.

and among republican women that number goes higher. as for perry, go to the next number. that overall number looked pretty good, didn't go down much. but look at this, does he have the personal qualities a president should have? 58% say that now, that number was 72% in september. his poor debate performances, especially that oops moment from last week, are having consequenc consequences. >> they are indeed by the looks of the numbers. coming up next, this is a tough one to tell. despite the horrific charges against him, former penn state coach jerry sandusky out on bail. we're now learning the judge who made the decision has an interesting connection to sandusky. plus, a couple is suing an airline after seeing cockroaches. yeah, can you imagine sitting on a plane and a cockroach scuttles on by? find out where the creepy crawlers were lurking and what the couple is asking for. sunny hostin is "on the case." she's next.

we've been talking a little bit about tornadoes this hour. let's get back to chad myers because there's a tornado warning heading toward purdue university, indiana. >> right in lafayette, indiana, right into purdue. the storm is exactly three miles or so still to the west. i want to alert you if you're in the purdue area, you need to be inside a building, stay away from the windows, get to interior hallways, away from the windows that look out. i don't have a tornado officially on the ground, it's rotating enough that i'm concerned about it. any kind of damage when you have that population density in one spot, we have to be concerned about anybody in lafayette. take cover now. brooke? >> chad, thank you. we'll stay on that. also now "on the case." the judge who granted bail, $100,000 bail, to former penn state defensive coach jerry sandusky has ties to sandusky's second mile charity. that detail coming out today. and the first civil lawsuit in the sex abuse scandal could be coming. sunny hostin is "on the cases."

let's begin with this judge, judge leslie dutchcot. she let sandusky out of bail, i mentioned $100,000 unsecured bond. remind us what that means and is it unusual that kind of bond fwor a child sex abuser? >> not only is it unusual, it's extraordinary, brooke. this basically meant that he could just not show up to any court proceeding and then only have to pay money if he failed to show up. i mean, typically with child sex abuse cases like this -- i mean, these allegations are so significant -- not only are folks usually not even allowed out because the standard is whether or not they're a threat to the community, if they are allowed bail, it's typically very high, brooke, also there's some sort of monitoring equipment placed on the person. there are all these restraints. they're not allowed to see or live near children, they're not aallowed to be alone with children. so it's quite xrord naeextraord

was let out on bail with only $100,000 and unsecured $100,000. very, very unusual and in my view -- i mean, i was a former -- i'm a former child sex crimes prosecutor. i just have never seen anything like this, given the allegations. i've never seen a judge release someone on this type of bail. it's extraordinary. >> so you have that extraordinary piece of the story. then you also have this judge who now it's come out she was a volunteer for sandusky's charity second mile. should she have excused herself, handed this case off to another judge? >> well, look, we don't know the extent to which she volunteered. we don't even know when it happ happened. we don't know if it was for one day or one hour. we don't know if she ever met jerry sandusky. but the issue is, because we don't know, she should have at the very least told the government, told the defense about her volunteer status with the organization. it has the appearance of

impropriety and we expect more from our judicial officers. >> case number two. let's talk about this couple, they're suing airtran . this is all because they claimed there have been these cockroaches coming out of air vents. they were apparently on this plane from charlotte, north carolina, to houston. they say the flight attendants were too busy to do anything about it. apparently the couple took pictures. we have some of them. yikes! yep, that looks like a roach on the plane. the couple's lawsuit alleges false imprisonment and emotional distress. what else are they claiming? sunny? you with me? oh, did she lose her ifb, guys? we'll get her answer. that's a tease. we'll talk cockroaches and get sunny hostin's ifp working right after this.

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we're back. sunny hostin is standing by, she can hear me. back to the cockroaches. where did i leave off? this couple on the plane suing airtran claiming the cockroaches took out of the vents. they took pictures. they're on this flight from charlotte to houston. >> it's awful! >> i would have been hitting that flight attendant left and right. apparently the flight attendants had other important things going on, saying, what specifically, they're suing alleging false imprisonment and emotional distress? what else are they claiming here? >> they are suing for a lot of different things, in addition to intentional infliction of emotional distress, nuisance, fraud, false imprisonment, unfair and deceptive practices. interesting enough, the passenger was a couple, the guy is a lawyer. the worst person this could happen to, right? so his companion is saying she

can't fly anymore. she was just so disgusted by this. they had to clean out all of their things. they had to throw certain things away. certainly the wrong passengers for this to happen for. they're suing for $100,000. is that outrageous? i don't know if that's so outrageous. i mean, bottom line -- >> i mean, $100,000, that's a chunk of change. >> it's a chunk of chaing, but it's never going to trial. this is going to settle. i foresee a lot of free flights for this couple if they want to get back on airtran. perhaps some sort of compensation. >> what's airtran saying? >> we've reached out to airtran. we haven't had opportunity to get comment from had them. i'm sure they will be giving us some comment in the future. if we do get that, i'll let you know, brooke, what they say. but certainly not a pretty picture, right? the roaches were out long enough for them to take video and photographs so that's going to be -- that's exhibit a in the lawsuit.

it's got that eek factor. instead of snakes on the plane, we have roaches on the plane. >> thank you, sunny hostin. coming up next, this is horrific. a teenager with her whole life ahead of her, she commits suicide after years of alleged sexual abuse. but, before she did, she posted her last haunting words on twitter. she admits there was one final straw that put her over the edge. we'll speak live with the prosecutor in this case about reports that no one believed her. don't miss this story and don't miss the interview. we're back in 50 seconds. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. i want you to look at an image we're going to show you,

this young woman, ashley bilacano, a smiling, vibrant 18-year-old high school senior in texas, an age when there is so much to look forward to. everything from senior prom, college, the freedom and promise of becoming an adult. but ashley was haunted and apparently tortured as well. last week she poured her heart out onto twitter, 144 tweets over the course of six hours. and then ashley killed herself. her flurry of tweets detailed her torment, allegations of sexual abuse by a family member and others, detailed her struggle to deal with all of this, and then the final straw, a phone call telling her it was unlikely her abuser would be prosecuted. let me read you this. this is from the houston chronicle. they're all over this. she tweeted, quote, this is from ashley, that's when i changed. i didn't care anymore. and the people i was meeting gave me no reason to. among ashley's final tweets, she

also tweeted this -- i'd love to hear what you have to say, but i won't be around. ashley hundreds of people came to had her funeral on friday, her best friend read from ashley's farewell letter, she wrote, to whom it may concern, quote, i've been screwed over one too many times. i've been called a slut one too many times. all i ask is, why me? i never did anything to anyone. i have been abused and tormented my whole life. it got to be too much and swallowed me whole. we have a lot of questions. a lot of questions about the statuses of ashley's abuse case and the phone call that she tweeted about. dana blazy is a prosecutor with the district attorney's office in travis county, texas. she is on the phone with me from austin. dana, i just have to first begin with -- i know this is an active investigation -- tell me first when did ashley's abuse allegations first come to light? when were you all made aware,

and how extensive was the abuse she described? >> okay, without -- as you said, because it is still an open and active case, i can't talk about the specifics. we were made aware of this investigation by the police department -- i believe their began their investigation earlier this year. and they conducted an investigation into the allegation allegations and interviewed many people and concluded their investigation by forwarding the case to the district attorney's office, which is commonly done in these type of cases. at which point we have and still do an open case with an open investigation pending presentation of the case to the grand jury.

i am not aware of anybody from this jurisdiction, whether it's law enforce the or whether it's somebody from the district attorney's office, indicating to ashley or her family that there was not a criminal case that cr pursued. >> so you have no indication whether, it's from your office or from the flugerville police, of any member of the department saying to her, it's not a case you'll win, don't pursue it. you never heard that? >> i am not aware of anybody telling her that the case was closed. and that it would no longer be pursued as an investigation or as a criminal prosecution. and in fact, in speaking with her mother last week and discussing the status of the case, her mother indicated to me that she was aware that the case was open and had been sent to the district attorney's office.

>> so her mother is, was, aware of this abuse? according to conversations you've had? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> let me ask you this. is it standard procedure to back burner a case if the victim, ashley, anyone else, moves out of the alleged abuser's reach? >> no, it is not. one thing we look at in child abuse cases, and i was a child abuse prosecutor for 16 years. our primary concern, when we get an allegation of child abuse, is to -- is at the safety, for the safety of the victim. and the process in which these investigations take place is a multidisciplinary investigation

where law enforcement, in conjunction with child protective services, typically have a joint investigation. so our primary focus is the safety of the child and making sure that child is in a safe environment. many times children move out of their home into the home of a protective care giver, and that has no impact on the investigation. >> dana, last question. you know, i know ashley's gone. will this continue on to the grand jury? what's the status of the case now? >> the status of the case is that it's still open. it's still pending. at this point, what we have to do is we have to go back and we have to look at the evidence that we have in this case in light of knowing that ashley is not going to be available to testify. and i just want to say this. from the perspective of someone, in my position that has seen

some really horrific cases, we are very aware of the emotional damage that this kind of abuse does on a child. and our hearts go out to ashley and her family that the pain that she was going through was so immense. >> our hearts kbo out as well. dayna blazey, thank you very much. we hope that if there is enough evidence you do pursue the case, even though ashley is not with us. because as i say time and time again, we can do better for all of the ashleys out there. we will continue this conversation tomorrow. ashley's mother will join me on this program. so please, whether you have kids or not, we want to hear and we want you to hear her story.

coming up with wolf blitzer. wolf and i were working together last week and with these who rend us stories of child abuse, i want it thank the every child matters group. here they are. and a number of folks that they honored last thursday at the house of sweden. it is something i feel very strongly about. i get very angry about these child abuse and child death stories. so i just want to think that every child matters -- >> you did a beautiful job and it's a great cause. thanks so much for coming to washington. coming to atlanta later this week. i've got a special event i'm going to be participating in. more to come on that. you know what it is.

>> i know what it is. >> we'll share with our viewers. it's going to be a lot of fun. in the meantime, let's focus in on the situation room, that's coming up right at the top of the hour. we have a lot of news going on, including what is going on with penn state, herman cain and the brand new poll numbers. rick santorum, former senator, has something to say about what is kbog on with his former almatter. >> when the chocolate guy? he's back. ♪ girl started blowing up their credit score ♪ ♪ she bought a pizza party for the whole dorm floor ♪ ♪ hundred pounds of makeup at the makeup store ♪ ♪ and a ticket down to spring break in mexico ♪ ♪ but her folks didn't know 'cause her folks didn't go ♪ ♪ to free-credit-score-dot-com hard times for daddy and mom. ♪ v.o.: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com

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singing about the economy. >> what else? all right. what's the guy's name, do you know? >> the chocolate guy. >> tay zanday. doesn't ring a bell for me. not a household name. but when you hear the song, brooke, yeah, that's when you hear the chocolate rain guy. lyrics are a little remote. he says chocolate ring is about racism. it is not about the video that got 70 million views, there were captions written and so on. fast forward to today, like you said, he has a new release and the lyrics are still pretty remote. but this time, you know exactly what he's talking about, the economy. yeah, a little strange. this time he looks a little bit older. he's got on a suit jacket and tie. there are sub titles so you can understand. so listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> yeah, okay.