adams-smith. >> mr. chairman, ranking member ricketts, and members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you today as president by determining to be u.s. ambassador to the republic of moldova. i am grateful to the president and secretary blinken for putting their trust in me and if confirmed i pledge to work with this committee to advance u.s. interests and moldova. i would like to thank my husband steve, a career foreign service officer, and her children sophie and been for the support and dedication to public service. i'm also grateful to my parents, my late mother, my brother and my sister who is here today. finally i want to recognize my in-laws. terry joined the foreign service after a full career as a presbyterian minister. he passed away earlier this week but i but i know he would have been so proud if you were here today. i have dedicated last 29 years to advancing u.s. interests in europe with a focus on central and eastern europe. support for the western integration of countries in

. >> represented adam smith armed services ranking member democrat from washington state, thank you forour time. >> thank you. two legislators ars now from0e representative rich mccormick, republican serving the sixth district in the armed services and foreign affairs committee representative mccormick. thank you for giving us your time. just recently back from europe for d-day activities and as part of that you decided to jump out of a plane. why? guest: to honor the veterans. the youngest over there was 96 and there were 70 there. ey this is a special time. every five years we have big d da celebrations. ■úin afghanistan, i >> i'm afghani veteran and i served in kandahar they lost more than that own d-day they lost 12,000 from the airborne division during their campaign. those guys grew up org did the great depression. they are the greatest generatioi wanted to honor that. was the ee out of the jump? >> when you haven't■ jumped fora while it gets frightening againf an aircraft we have eight congressman that can remember republicans, one democrat testifies exceptional nea bond over tha

first when joining this morning, representative adam smith democrat from washington state armed services committee as the ranking member. represen■etive smith good morning. >> good good morning how are you. >> fine thank you very much. you recently expressed an article informed policy about cs to gaza. i was wondering how the hostage rescue might have changed or shaped your thoughts on israel strategy going forward? >> it is not really change anything. back that has toget the be a top priority. the best way to do that is a cease-fire agreement and get hamas to release those hostages. until agrees to that, understandably israel has to try to get them back by other means and that is what they are working on. the larger question is what will bringwo has to be an alternative to her mouth. the only alternative is standing authority. my trouble is israel right now is not working towards that. hamas is a factor. you have to have an alternative. they don't have that alternative and in fact in many cases theyy e undermine the palestinian authority. hathat undermines long-term pea. what's up viabl

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here, of course , alexander sergeevich will help me, a short excerpt, we save airtime, but i read adam smithnd was a deep economist, that is, he knew how to judge how the state is getting richer, and what is this if not a description of the participants of the st. petersburg economic forum, that’s for sure, this morning the forum opened a national, country guest of the forum in in the twenty-fourth year , oman says that the priority sectors in which they intend to invest jointly with russia are oil and gas, agriculture, industry, science and technology. the sultanate also notes the importance of using russian experience in areas of maritime and railway transport. the state is interested in cooperation in the field of tourism and investment in real estate. 15 largest omani companies are participating in the forum, their representatives are ready to discuss joint ventures with their russian colleagues. as part of the forum , the development of the arctic is also discussed; my colleague denis talalaev spoke more about this with the director of the arctic and antarctic research institute, alexan

the anniversary we're celebrating was also the year that adam smith published the wealth of nations, a book that came to be known as the definitive early account of the principles and character of the market economy. and so we are approaching the 250th anniversary of the declaration and of the wealth of nations, which may be a fortuitous coincidence or maybe as the marxists used to say, there's no such thing as a coincidence. and the two really are intertwined by much more than chance. we're going to think about that and we'll think about the economic dimensions of the american founding. with the help of five great scholars of the subject today from different fields. each of them looking at the question from a particular angle. each is producing an essay for a volume on this subject and so we'll speak a little bit about the arguments of that piece, and then they will engage in conversation with each other and with all of you. we'll do that in two panels. the first will be moderated by my colleague adam white and will feature deirdre mccloskey chris thomas and richard epstein and the

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that's the primary reason that i support israel. >> congressman adam smith, the ranking member of theittee. thank you very much for joining us on this issue. >> thanks for giving me the chance. >> and russia and north korea have a new pact, if you will, a mutual defense agreement. president putin met with north korean leader, kim jong un, and signed the deal today. it's part of the first state visit that vladimir putin has made to north korea in 24 years. nbc news international correspondent janis mackey frayer has more. >> reporter: overnight russian president vladimir putin was welcomed on a red carpet by kim jong un and lavished with the warmth of a good friend, even debating over who would be first to get into kim's luckily car, that was incidentally a gift from putin. now reaching a strategic partnership agreement after meeting one on one for two hours. during the visit, projecting unity, side by side, walking past soldiers, horses, and crowds of children. the state department said tuesday that north korea had unlawfully provided 11,000 containers of munitions to russia. >> north

it is another thing to make sure people are not dealing -- nick: adam smith, thank you very much. ♪ amnao capitol hill since the january 6 attack, former president donald trump today met behind closed doors with congressional republicans. republicans aimed to use the visit as a display of unity following mr. trump's conviction in his new york hush money case last month. >> we have great unity. we have great common sense. a lot of very smart people in this room and a lot of people that love our country. amna: following the meetings, and a busy day on capitol hill, is john bresnahan, co-founder of punchbowl news. this is a former president who helped to incite a violent insurrection last time he was on capitol hill. many other republican lawmakers he was there with where there that day. how did they receive him today back on capitol hill? john: well, it was interesting because there were two different meetings pretty he met with house republicans in the morning and that was more of a raucous meeting. and then after there were some news stories about what happened and what he said there, tr

capital then... and the epilogue, here, of course, alexander sergeevich will help me, but i read adam smithis, he knew how to judge how the state was getting rich, and what is this, if not a description of a participant in the st. petersburg economic forum. yes, evgeny anegin is always relevant. thank you, it was marina pimenova, she spoke about the latest news that comes from the pmf sites. well , i want to remind you that ntv continues to monitor. the main business event of the year, all the information is on our 24-hour internet channel, it is available on the main digital platforms, this is of course the ntv.ru website, the ntv application and today, the official channel narutube, as well as on ntv accounts on social networks. there you can see exclusive materials, interviews with speakers and comments from forum participants, as well as operational reports from the sites, all this 24/7. and let’s return to one of the topics that vladimir putin touched upon at a meeting with the heads of international news agencies. this is the eightieth anniversary of the allied landings in normandy. c

adam smith alluded to undertake. you have to find a way to control this territory and. you have to do it in a way that's fair and we talked about that tension last right. the washington andinto people who go to the frontier do not want intervention in their lives especially from government but theov that controls the frontier. so this is the kind of territory we'ree united states, 1783, when it's onlylittle bit in green, there's a lot of e this land out here that they don't have access to yet and someone's goin that knowledge. william henry seward, of course, most people remember him right from your ap us history bottle asker and then got made fun of for the of his life. seward's folly right so he was deeply invested in the idea ofexpansion, very famous paintingght weempire takes its wayit stands in the house of representas tive building. it's a massive fresco, 20 foot long fresco in the house of representatives, painted by emanuel. lutz wanted. this painting to demonstrate the kind of principal characters involved in america's westward. as he understood up to 1863. and

glenn: we need a good dose of classical liberals like adam smith brought back to life.

adam smith alluded to this not an easy task to undertake. you have to find a way to control this territory and. you have to do it in a way that's fair and we talked about that tension last right. the washington and jefferson run into people who go to the frontier do not want a of intervention in their lives especially from government but the government must be the one that controls the frontier. so this is the kind of territory we're talking about. and for the united states, 1783, when it's only that little bit in green, there's a lot of knowledge this land out here that they don't have access to yet and someone's going to have to go out and get that knowledge. william henry seward, of course, famous and most people remember him right from your ap us history class for being the dude the bottle asker and then got made fun of for the of his life. seward's folly right so he was deeply invested in the idea of expansion, very famous painting right westward the course of empire takes its way painted the american civil war. it stands in the house o

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the situation in ukraine and congressional news of the day with washington democratic congressman adam smithnd georgia republican congressman rich mccormick. c-span's washington journal join in the conversation live at seven eastern this morning on c-span and c-span, now our free mobile app or online at c-span, dawg. and now a discussion hosted by the center for strategnal studie u.s. south korea alliance with experts on managing relations between the two nations. they also countering china. from washington, d.c., this is just under 2 hours that afternoon, everyone. and welcome to csis. my name is victor charm senior vice president for asia here at csir and korea. chair professor at georgetown university. every year we look forward to an annual conference we do with korean national diplomatic the think tank or the research institute for the ministry of foreign affairs in the republic of korea. we had a very good set of discussions this morning, and then we're very happy to be with you here this afternoon. i'm especially glad to be doing this event today with all the good friends chancellor p

these compositions have more in common with karl marx than adam smith.s are afraid of? >> the truck policies that they don't like, some of them are style, some of them are substance. in short, most ceos are not xenophobic. they appreciate immigration. they know the history of the country. they know that half the fortune 500 companies are either created by immigrants were first-generation descendents that have come to this country, maybe a quarter of tech startups are immigrants, and they celebrate that, so they are not xenophobic. they are also on protectionist. they believe in selective use of some terrorists, so there is unfair competition but trump wants around the world all tariffs all the time that would be highly inflationary. they hate that. they are also not isolationist. they look at a dangerous predator, a country like putin's russia, and the destruction of the cruelty and the human rights violations in the destabilization, they don't support that, so those are some things, but they also believe in the rule of law instead of the law of rulers a

and as you have said, that recent studies, especially the adam, institute , the adam smith adam, institute which has done in depth and has also shown the side effects of what could happen. and we as a group are corroborating it, hearing it on the ground that, yes, so many people would leave and if that happens, which it looks like will happen , then it is going to will happen, then it is going to cost the economy 1.6 to 1.7 billion, rather than gaining. so we actually are putting our kids as collateral damage for something that also would not gain any where. it won't really help the state sector as the as the studies have shown. also, it is some of the schools might shut down, which means teachers might lose their jobs. other people who work in the school will lose their job. >> that is also this is where the unions come in. >> and this is where today's article, i think the unions come in. and also the fact that we are not we are not all privileged or posh. i have nothing against posh. i think good luck to everybody. but we actually you're finding money where it doesn't really exist . wher

>> kelly, thanks so much for we are about to begin the council of economics competition for the adam smiths and all kinds stuff. high school students are instein smart if he did economics. these are the teams left after the brutal series, we have mount herron, and philips exeter academy from new hampshire. a big round of applause. here we go. >> you guys are the winners as far, and only one takes home the top geek. thanks to the judges, dick, julie, nick, chris, thank you so much for being the judges for in thing. we reviewed the rules. we're ready to go? >> two thumb up. >> question one of the atom smith division. question one is what domestic open market monetary policy should a central bank pursue if it wants to strengthen the value of the domestic currency oat foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. n foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. t foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. h foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. e foreign exchange market? 20 seconds. >> and five seconds. time is up. hands down. boards up, please. okay. oh, yeah. sorry, my bad. sell b

these trump positions have more in common with karl marx then adam smith.hat the ceos are afraid of? >> the trump policy they don't like, some of the more style, some are substance. in short, most ceos are not xena phobic, they initiate -- appreciate that, they know half of fortune 500 companies are either created by immigrants or first-generation descendents that have come to this country, or maybe a quarter of tech startups that are immigrants and they celebrate that, so they are not xena phobic, they are also not protectionist, they believe and selective use of some tariffs of this unfair competition the trump once off the board, you know, around the world, all tariffs, all the time, that would be highly inflationary. they hate that and they are also not isolationist, they look at a dangerous country like putin's russia, and the destruction, the cruelty, the human rights violations in the destabilization, they don't support that, so those are some things but they also believe in the rule of law instead of the law of rulers and that frames it more than an

chairman mike rogers, ranking member adam smith. the committee on armed services, chairman rogers, we welcome your testimony. >> welcome members of the committee. we thank the staff for the great job they did helping us move hr hra70 to the floor and thanking my ranking member adam smith being a helpful partner in this committee. for the first time in decades, this year's bill carries a new title. it is the service number quality of life improvement in the national defense authorization act. we did that to underscore the gains toward improving the quality of life for service members and family. no servicemember should have to live in squalor conditions. no military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children and no one serving this country should have to wait weeks to see a doctor or mental health specialist. that is exactly what many service members are experiencing, especially our junior enlisted personnel. this bill goes a long way toward fixing those things and includes a 20% pay raise for january listed. ex

. >> are you in the adam smikt diff smith division?o with his absolute hand that it exists and it is beneficial for the economies. the invisible hand is the idea everyone acts rationally and in the self interests. you have fields of behavior economics highlighting the irrationally and self-interested actors are not best. >> you go as far as the objectivism. would you call yourself an objectivist? >> absolutely. >> if you could just drill one thing in everyone's head that is looking for capitalism 2.0 or a new verb or it doesn't work. this is how it works. this is the way of the world. >> in order to say that, you need to make a lot of the assumptions that economists deal -- >> did you hear that? >> was it latin? >> it was. >> i took four years of latin. >> we were talking outside about a.i. nobody is more affected by a.i. than these kids growing up. alexi, are you worried about a.i.? does your understanding of economics tell you that we should be worried about artificial intelligence? >> no, i don't think we should be worried about art

and speaking of the prosperity adam smith tells us a man who can control emotions we admire the mostrtuous education to david hume the deplored enthusiasm what joe called the self-defecation of the autointoxicated mind you've got to love that. what we see consistently in the 18th into 19th centuries are arguments for rashable and youthable society with a commitment to human betterment we might call thisoamerican libt us remember that it was built on the renaissance. today, we live in a profoundly unenlightened culture civic human value dos not reign supreme and even science and technology worked a million wondersg7 humanity seems ready o pitch all we've learned and freedoms we've gained into let us existence plugged into nonsense to a doubt of unreality but that's there's a way back it is to teach the ideals of a truly humanist education. now, perdue university does have a civics requirement that students can fulfill a matter of ways test out talks take an american history course although might be learning in that. the most profoundly consistent part of these civic requirement is the

madam speaker, under chairman rogers leadership, as well as rship of ranking member adam smith, the bipartisanar 2025 national defense authorization act passed the armed services committee by a vote of 57-1. and significantly improves the it deters our adversaries, supports our allies, and focuses our military readiness and national security. according to several top national security officials, our country is facing serious threats to our democracy and freedom at levels that we haven't seen since world war ii. it is imperative for our national security that our service members and their families are supported and that they can focus on their mission. ahead of the ndaa chairman rogers established a quality of life panel to evaluate the quality of life of our service members. the panel found that service members' quality of life concerns are a major cause of low morale and family stress which are undermining recruitment, retention, and military readiness. the national defense authorization act puts our service members and tlnheir families first and addresses many of the issues found in the qual

he's a former treasury special adviser and director of government relations at the adam smith institutems . do the smith institute. james do the sums. do the math for us, please. is there truth to the claim that labour will put on £20,000 on people's tax bills ? £20,000 on people's tax bills? >> so you know the old saying that there are lies, damned lies and statistics. yes. and numbers can be made not just to dance before our eyes on spreadsheets , before our eyes on spreadsheets, but they can be made to do all kinds of magic and alchemy, especially in an election campaigns. i think this is a row on the politics. first, this is a row that the conservatives and the government will be very happy to have, because it's got people focused on, well, just how much will labour put my taxes up by. and it's slightly reminiscent of that £350 million a year going to the eu that we had back in the brexit campaign. >> don't mention that because the remainers will start kind of, you know, getting very overexcited. but yeah, i see what you mean. it's kind of like in a way, if he's just landed and i th

adam smith, pretty famous dude economist, right around 17 as te starting to draft that dearthat's going to set them tor with great britain. he writes this about the united states from shopkeepers tradesmen and attorneys. they are becoming statesmen and legislators and are employed and contriving a new form of empire which they flatter themselves, be common, which indeed seems very likely and formidable that ever was in the world. ■so smith is looking at the us fromocean and saying they've got everything theyeat . if they pull revolution thing that, he says, is this new form of government, this democracy, and that takes back to frederick jackson. turner right. weis our second day of class. the idea the frontier and that c expanse. and so this is thejefferson are thinking about. they're not afraid of empe pur. so here we'll jump forward. i said to william henry seward, so is kind of the period we're going to cover, the 1776 to right up to the civil war william henry seward, of course, famous, a man who wanted to be president, per■khapsonly one orn the whole country history, maybe ond to h

speaking of prosperity adam smith repeatedly tells us it is the man who can control his emotions we admire most. the results of virtuous education. so to david hune enthusiasm what he called the self deification of the auto intoxicated mind. you've got to love that. what we see consistently in the 18th and 19th centuries are arguments for rational sensible peaceful moral and useful society with a commitment to human betterment. we might call this anglo-american liberalism let us remember that it was built on a renaissance. today a profoundly unenlightened culture. civicen humanist values do not reign supreme and even a science and technology have worked a million wonders humanity seems ready to pitch all h we have fod in the freedoms we have gained to lift in existence plugged into nonsense, tuned out of reality. but there is a way back. that is to teach the ideals of a truly humanist education. perdue university does have the civics requirement that students can fulfill in a matter of ted talks taking american history course although i have my suspicions about what they might do in the mo

they did helping us move hr 7080 to the floor and i want to thank my friend the ranking member adam smith for being such a running the committee. for the first timeill carries a new title that is a service member quality of life improvement in the national defense authorization act. we did that to underscore the tremendous gains the bill makes to improving the quality of life for our service members and theirr families. no servicemember should have to live in squalor conditions. no military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children and no one serving the country should have to wait weeks to see a doctor or mental health specialist but that is what many of the servicemembers are experiencing especially the junior enlisted personnel. the bill goes a long wayar fixing those things including a 20% pay raise and expand his allowances for housing and food and improves the cost of living for children. the calculation the bill authorizes 766 million over the budget existing barriers for single servicemembers. it enables thee services to pursue public-private partnerships to

government special adviser james price, who is now the director of government relations at the adam smithtute. and before we look at the papers, james, i mean, i was going to put the story on because it's dominated the front pages since wednesday. this really very, very unfortunate news. the greek authorities have confirmed that the body of a man believed to be the body of a man believed to be the missing british doctor, michael moseley , has been found michael moseley, has been found on the island of semie. moseley went missing after going for a coastal walk on the island on wednesday . we've now heard from wednesday. we've now heard from the island's deputy mayor, nikita grills, who has said he has been found in the area of aya marina. i can confirm that it is him that comes on the fifth day of a massive air, land and sea operation to find the tv presenter and health guru who popularised , popularised popularised, popularised intermittent fasting and designed the five two diet. he was 67. he's got four children who all then out there this week to join the search, the mr doctor moseley's

and the state pension, as the adam smith institute has worked out, is probably going to go insolventemselves get older and they're not also being replaced in other countries. and do you know what international problem. >> there's many reasons why people don't have kids. i get it, you can't, afford houses, you haven't got a safe roof over your head, etc. et cetera, etc. however, it does also coincide with the fact that younger generations, more than any before, are having the least amount of sex ever. people just aren't going out and meeting partners and, you know, having a fun time with them and, you know, more importantly, getting into strong, stable relationships. >> well, my sister has done her bit for the british population because she has nine children, which is quite extraordinary. >> i said even snow white only had seven dwarves. you know, you've really gone over, you've got to have one. >> then. have you got any thoughts or plans to have one? >> my sister always wanted to be a midwife and i said, you know, you're meant to deliver other women's babies. not just not just so man

i'm joined today by my colleague adam smith, who will be doing the bulk of this presentation. colleague from jonathan cherry and actually a whole slew of city staff and folks from our development partner who are here to present today on the stonestown development agreement that's in front of you today, so i'm just going to give the sort of biggest picture here. i know this is new to some of you all. and just to remind us, development agreements are contracts that are set between the city and developers in exchange for, you know, any number of public benefits, and changes to land use code in that area. and they're really clear and specific, and they're set over many years of time in this case 25 years. and so we expect the benefits not to be realized tomorrow, but over, you know, my kids lifetime, as an example of a few recent development agreements that have come before you, balboa reservoir, i know, is top of mind because you all got to talk about it a lot in the context of the frida kahlo bikeway. and so the complete street improvement that we're all looking forward to is le

questioning of the former president that is about january 6th and about what he thinks of adam kinzinger, jack smithwon't matter. they can try that. it won't matter. >> he has to cut through that. talk about issues people care about. larry: i think he has to ask biden early in the game, are you in favor of my tax-exempt tips proposal. just kind of smoke him right out. i would do it right up front and personal, whatever you're supposed to do. anyway, ben domenech, thank you very much. deroy murdock, tammy bruce, really appreciate it. coming up here on "kudlow," the bidens continue to sacrifice energy and national security for election year gas prices. that is what they do. tammy bruce blew the whistle on that. alaska senator dan sullivan is an expert on that. i'm kudlow. stick around. (traffic noises) (♪) the road to opportunity. is often the road overlooked. (♪) at enterprise mobility, we guide companies to unique solutions, from our team of mobility experts. because we believe the more ways we all have to move forward. the further we'll all go. want to save on some of the biggest names in streaming

the adam smith institute, the national papers, the unions , the national papers, the unions, the nationalverything is going against it also that sector, if you imagine the mental trauma of a child having to come out of their school, especially many doing gcses and, you know, very important, very important times , it's about important times, it's about a half a million kids in these schools. surely labour won't make the money it intended if a large portion of those so far estimated 40,000 leave off. >> yeah, but i just don't see that being the case. and if you have the money to send your children to private school, this is a luxury . children to private school, this is a luxury. remember, this is a luxury. we have a fantastic state school system in britain, full of passionate teachers, full of passionate teachers, full of passionate educators and people who do a huge amount with a very little amount that is given to them. so i think, you know, to talk about this as if it's some kind of right or requirement for everyone to have access to private schools, give people one thing and they cause

questioning of the former president which is about january 6th and what about he thinks of adam kinkinger andn' jack smitht matter. >> he's got to cut through that and talk about the issues thatt the people care about. larry: e i think he's got to ak biden early in the t game are yu favor of my tax exempt tip proposal. just smoke him out.os ali would do it right up front d personal, whatever you're supposed to do.nk ben, thank you very much, deroy, tammy, appreciate it.. coming up on "kudlow," the bidens continue to sacrifice energy and national security for gas prices.mm that's what they do. we've got alaska senator dan sullivan who is an expert on the subject. stick around. *6 want to save on some of the biggest names in streaming on the network made for streaming? x marks the spot. now you can add the new xfinity streamsaver™ that includes netflix, peacock, and apple tv+. that's xfinity streamsaver™ for just $15 a month. all your favorites. all in one place. only from xfinity. for more watching and less spending... x marks the spot. do it all on the network made for streaming, and bring on the good stu

same with my ranking member and colleague, adam smith.e united states armt veteran. i proudly served with people from hawaii, people from puerto rico, the virgin islands. i have seen the diversity that exists.th utilization of d.e.i.d c.r.t. has led to the creation of the 41,000 recruitment deficit we see today. our military is not supposed to be prioritizing the ideas of critical race theory. it should be increase lethality and readiness. it is not through the ideas of trying to create division. it is not through the ideas of pronoun training. i can guarantee you that we cannot pronoun all of our enemies, but the he, him, they, them, she, her will not make us a stronger military. a stronger military. mrs. luna's amendment. i ask we understand we are here to strengthen our military. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from florida reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mrs. luna: i yield. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. mrs. lun

smith, thanks for joining us. thank you very much, indeed. >>> adam a, i want to know how retailers in general are trying to deal witht are they doing? many. >> they're closing. and that's the problem, they're closing stores. a cvs and walgreens have just closed in my neighborhood, you know, 20 blocks from here. and the real problem, and the ceo just made the comment, we have d.a. as who are not prosecuting shop lift aring, they're not prosecuting crime, and they're doing that because they were emboldened, empowered, almost told by democrats that have been elected to go soft. that somehow it was acceptable for this sort of thing to happen. it's not acceptable. stuart: no, it's not, they're closing. adam, thanks a lot. >>> now, coming up, when "the wall street journal" published an article highlighting the president's declining mental and physical condition, the white house was truly rattled. >>> the trucking industry short 64,000 drivers. jeff flock is behind the wheel at a truck driving academy. he's next. ♪ daughter: hey, dad. dad: hey, sweetheart. daughter: what are you doing? dad: i'm gonna clean the fence. daugh