>> i am steve clemons of semafor. we are thrilled to have you here with us this morning for a major event for us. today we are going to be speaking with leading actors and commentators in the contemporary battle over the nature of news and ask whether and how a news can operate in a highly polarized landscape. our event is going to be live streamed. hello to everyone online joining us on twitter and youtube. you can follow us and use #semafornews to join the conversation. i want to say a major word of thanks to jim clifton, john clifton and gallo for being not only our venue partner today, but our very good friend and we are going to be partnering on many other things that my friend justin smith, the founder of semafor will share in a moment. i want to thank the knight foundation for its support not only of this conversation but other conversations down the road on what we need to do about the nature of news. without further ado, welcome justin smith. [applause] >> good morning everybody. so excited for today as appar

i am somebody _ what do you make of that? i am somebody in — what do you make of that? somebody in everyjob - what do you make of that? i am somebody in everyjob in - what do you make of that? i —n somebody in everyjob in government i have done, whether it is for the foreign office, trade, i have got things done, i push through the northern ireland protocol bill, i have delivered trade deals that people said wouldn't be possible, and i have stood up to vladimir putin after his appalling invasion of ukraine. i am somebody who gets things done, that is what i am talking to conservative party members about and i am running a positive campaign. fire members about and i am running a positive campaign.— positive campaign. are you come waitier positive campaign. are you come wapitier being — positive campaign. are you come wapitier being the _ positive campaign. are you come wapitier being the front - positive campaign. are you come wapitier being the front runner? | positive campaign. are you come| wapitier being the front runner? i want to see a country where everybody can su

i am somebody who has always said, "i am proud to be british. i am british through and through."ery much fante. and knowing that the british went through any means that they could to manipulate the fante people, and other ghanaian communities, and inflict such harsh punishment, that is not easy news to hear at all. to think, what, you would do all of that just for money? and you would do all of that to become this great empire that we have learned so much about? for the asante, the hurt of what happened still lives on. in part because british soldiers looted precious items, many of them made of gold, like these still on display in kumasi, and took them to britain, where they remain today. to find out more, i am heading into the city to meet one of the readers of the asante community. —— to meet one of the leaders of the asante community. but before i can chat to the chief, tradition calls for me to dance for him. dance over, and it looks like he is happy. so, i know byjust looking at appearance alone that gold is very important to not only ghanaian culture, but specifically the a

i am so grateful for this country. as i am watching fireworks tonight, i am thinking about that. am thinking about what happened in 2020 and why a lot of people were still marveling at that. they didn't just get those right/friday, they have those rights for 49 years. i wish the states had executed those -- had exercise those rights. the supreme court cannot pass law. they can only pass a -- they can only pass an opinion, not a law. the states figured out they had sovereignty. state sovereignty is very important because the states need to step up against the fed and tell them what is what. as we start to want -- as we run -- for 49 years, we have the ability to pass laws state by state. to say they just gave power last friday to the states, remarkably deceptive. we have had the power. host: are you up for taking a couple phone calls? we have been asking viewers this question, are you proud to be an american? william waiting online to respond. elizabethtown, tennessee. caller: yes. i am glad to be an american. i served in the navy in vietnam. and on u.s. is -- u.s. is --. guest: t

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i am on twitter all day. i am not bashing journalists for being on twitter, it is a useful tool. >> [indiscernible] >> i was off it for five months. i go off and on. i think that is where these narratives emerge and i wish that people spent a little more time on youtube and tiktok because i think they would have a better understanding. >> do you hear that? spend more time on tiktok. [laughter] >> there was a great story about how the mainstream media totally missed rarely roots of the recent -- mania that was on tiktok. there is one other twitter related question i wanted to ask about. you tweet things and people ask about them. you and i probably have somewhat different perceptions of -- in ways that make no sense for us to debate for this audience. you tweeted commit don't listen to the blue checked doctors on twitter and shared an article -- who consistently downplay -- consistently downplay long covid or the virus's devastating long-term effects. you shared an article from a magazine -- >> i shared two at

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i am used to all of it but i am not used to the cruelty. they passed it, june 16, they passed the pac act. 84-13. you don't even see these scores anymore. everyone one of these individuals that have been fighting for years standing on the shoulders of vietnam veterans who have been fighting for years, standing on the shoulders of persian gulf war veterans, desert storm veterans just get the health care and benefits that they earned from their service and i don't care if they were fighting for our freedom, i don't care if they were fighting for the flag, i don't care if they were fighting because they wanted to get out of a drug treatment center or it was jail or the army. i don't care. they lived up to their oath. yesterday, they spit on it in abject cruelty. these people thought they could finally breathe. this just means they don't have to decide between their cancer drugs and their house. >> centered him he will not hear that because he will not sit down with this man. because he is a coward. a coward. like i say, i am used to it. this t

meanwhile, as i am playing i am taking pills. i took them every night, no matter what. i had two seizures. one during the season and one after routine ankle surgery after the '95 season. the second one, they were not that far apart. it really was we have to do something. that kick started going to treatment and getting some help. i was one that was thinking i am playing my best football. it can't be that bad. that was the reasoning i had within myself. i knew it was wrong, but i was playing exceptionally well. i was justifying my actions because it can't be too bad. >> that's a fair point. opioid addiction is the worst thing imaginable, but most people get passive and out of it and you are winning a super bowl how did you do that? >> what got me to where i was at that point, and from a professional perspective, also got me in the addiction cycle i was in. i am all or nothing. i was sort of all on those two fronts. football, i was devoted to my team but i was also devoted to the pill or pills. that got to a point where had i continued it much longer, rather after a seizu

i am sure that they will.xual offences, offences particularly against women, this is incredibly important to the whole house, and they are something we have worked on very hard over the past three years. what we have done, mr. speaker, is normally introduced more streetlights, but we have invested more in independent sexual violence advisers and domestic violence advisers and all the people we need to give victims the confidence they need to get cases to trial, which is such a problem. but what we have also done, in addition to putting more police out on the streets and special units to tackle -- yes, we have -- we have also introduced tougher sentences for rape and serious sexual violence. and i have to say, i was amazed, that it is still the case that his party voted against those tougher sentences. that was a great mistake, and i think they should take it back. speaker: order. at the start of prime minister's questions, the honorable members east lothian and for kirkcaldy and cowdenbeath persistently denied

i am really happy to speak on this wonderful agenda item. i am sorry i am not in the chamber.am with michael lambert in washington, d.c. at the annual commerce at the american library association. thank you to mayor breed and supervisor safai and all members of the board of supervisors. i will not repeat all of the amazing things people said. i did want to say i think the public has made it very clear they see the library as essential public service and foundational to the prosperity of the city. during the spring of 2021, friends conducted the community survey to assess the impact of covid-19 and to understand what role the library made in meeting the residents' needs. 95% of those in san francisco believe the libraries provide essential services. 88% believe we have a crucial role in recovery. 81% believe in expanding the college prep classes. 85% would use the library more post-covid. those earning less than $100,000 in household income are able to get support services. they lack technology that the library results. it is on our website. the library is one of the most effec

i am a worker. i am a single mom. i live and work here in san francisco. i also am in support of housing justice and i'm here to support the hespa budget recommendations so i want to thank you for supporting hespa and to support funding, housing for thehomeless . thank you. >> speaker: [speaking spanish] >>. [speaking spanish] >> translator: my name is stephanie from the collective and i'm here speaking in support of the hespa budget recommendations. i want to thank the city for funding hotel vouchers for families and somesubsidies for homeless women. thank you . >> speaker: [speaking spanish] >>. [speaking spanish] >> translator: my name is bishop jorge garcia. i'm also with the housing justice and anglo-catholic movement for justice. i am here to pay homage to the supervisors and give you blessings.we understand how hard the work that you do is. specifically thank you to supervisor ronen and all the women who provide such support. i'm here to thank you for supporting the budget recommendations . >> hello supervisors. >> i wanted to give an extra special

i am a proud american.hat would make me more proud is if they prosecute the ones that were responsible for january 6. if they don't, then it's going to happen again and it will be worse. that's what would make me proud, prosecute them, give them 10 plus years in the one at the top, he should get life. host: you are saying the former president of the united states? caller: yes, sir. because he not only committed or attempted to commit bribery, he committed treason in helsinki. everybody forgets that. host: you still with us jack? on january 6, as we reflect on this country in the future of this country, the impact of the securities we saw last month. we are expecting at least two more when congress returns in july. guest: yeah, in terms of what it means to be an american or taking pride in this country, this notion that we sometimes -- that we realize no person is above the law. this is really a test of that. we've seen dramatic testimony in these hearings, presenting really hard evidence that crimes were co

i am not doing that if i am not convinced if what i am doing is no big deal. that is all fine. you have to do that to get people to do frightening things and doing those frightening are important to the country. however, when people get out of the military, nobody sits you down and says, actually, that was crazy stuff. i know we told you that was no big deal, actually it was quite a big deal and most people are not doing this kind of thing and you might need some help for it. you go into civilian life and start to experience symptoms that you did not expect and instead of having a context with which to understand those things you are making evaluations. you don't think i earned ptsd and then it feels like if i claim the mantle of ptsd and get help, that feels like stolen valor. that's like claiming a metal i didn't receive. i will not be doing that because i have integrity. then it is 11 years later and you are on suicide watch in the kansas city psych ward. the last thing about this i'll say is that when i did a change of station from one unit to another, there was a readiness

anyway come i am rambling. it does feel like these things should be focused on the work that you can do, not the amount of the perceived prestige there is >> i feel like i may be the exception that proves the role on this. i did not decide to run for the texas house because of any particular policy area. my colleagues know that i have trouble not filling my plate with too many policies. it was also because my direct motivation was, i have been involved with indivisible and helping doing a town hall and texas legislature, i decided i did not like my current representative and got really angry at him. it was a backer step into it. i do not think i was going to run for the seat. i initially looked for who is going to go running and i help them. i discovered that i was sitting in a district and no democrat had one since the incumbent of 2012. because i went into that direction, and then i had to back up and do some of that work , why do i want to serve at this level? why would i do good at this level? i ended up ha

caller: i am a republican and i am just glad to hear that president biden is getting better. he is trying very hard to get the gas prices down. he has got them down. thank you and have a nice day. host: ben is in woodstock, connecticut, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i am 61-years-old and have not been to a doctor in 30 years. take your vitamins. my wife is a nurse. we have never caught it. i don't know if people notice but coronavirus is patented in 2015 by rothschild. host: are you vaccinated and boosted? caller: no, no. like i said, vitamin d, zinc, and vitamin c. i have not had a cold and i don't know how long. it is part of taking care of yourself. host: do you take the flu shot? just wondering. caller: no. the virus was patented, so was the vaccine. the u.s. government is in partner with these pharmaceutical companies and they get money from the patent. host: how do you patent a virus? caller: see how much money he has. host: sarah calling on the democrat line from fayetteville, georgia. caller: i have got one comment to make. i am so tired of these pe

i am a top 10 hated figure in twitter. am i proud of that? i am from philly, you bet i am. how long can this last? it's up to answer, it is moving target. here's what i mean. look at the chart. i came to you and said, i want you to buy some of this, right here. i know you would say, you would say, i hate jim cramer so much, he now comes to me, after this , with an insane rally, now he tells me to buy when it is flat, not a gentle slope? this isn't a stock. this is the chart of the ppi. [ indiscernible ] we were also worried about a, this is a stock, you would not buy it, you would sell it. let's get serious on whether this is the beginning or the end. it will not stay there. i have another one. does this look like it is in an uncontrollable rally phase? this thing is insane. it's going to the moon. i have to get in. this is an absolutely nothing. guess what? look what this chart is. this is oil. when oil was going up every day, everybody was like five dollars? i cannot believe i did that. i am voting for this guy. look, it is super inflation. now it is coming down hard. the

i am not looking. 70 of the 120| am not looking. 70 of the 120 turkish clinics _ am not looking. 70 of getting crowns and veneers. wow! you are more — crowns and veneers. wow! you are more likely _ crowns and veneers. wow! you are more likely to _ crowns and veneers. wow! you are more likely to be _ crowns and veneers. wow! you are more likely to be offered i are more likely to be offered crowns and veneers are not. i know we do this as an experiment, but if i was genuinely insecure about something and a practitioner or clinic told me, you need this to make the better, i wouldn't think twice. because you trust these people. how many uk clinics do you think responded with the same thing?- clinics do you think responded with the same thing? zgzse? none. with the same thing? 20%? none. wow. i with the same thing? 2096? none. wow. i do understand _ with the same thing? 2096? none. wow. i do understand why - with the same thing? 2096? none. wow. i do understand why lots - wow. i do understand why lots of different _ wow. i do understand why lots of different people _ wow. i do understand wh

. >> i am so excited to be here and i am excited all of you came here. this has been a long time. to see real people, and their eyes. it is pretty glorious. i am glad you all came. >> from the earliest days in this country, america's libraries have been a force. increasing access and serving as a gateway to the world knowledge and resources. the internet was a real game changer for libraries. what we see has enabled for tonight with access to high-speed broadband, technology devices and platforms and the skills to use them both. but we made progress certainly in our collaborative work in k-12 schools, college campuses and communities across the country. a 2020 public library association study provides a recent picture of how libraries service digital equity hubs. the study found more than 88% of all public libraries offer formal or informal digital literacy programming and more than one third have dedicated digital literacy programs and training staff. last year, ama adopted a resolution in support of broadband as a human rights. we note that universal connectivity requires collec

i am shocked.inian crisis to america's doorstep. >> just 20 minutes from where i live. >> a school therapist from san diego, headed for the border with food and supplies. she could sense a hidden emergency. >> trauma is an invisible wound. it's something that you can't just pick out on someone. >> she felt it as she drove a ukrainian mother and her kids to live with a foster family. >> how much heartache and pain, and all that stuff you have to be experiencing. to hop in a car with someone you don't know, with their whole family. i think that's what really just like -- filled my heart. and -- sorry -- >> -- >> it's unthinkable, but it's actually happening, you know. so it's a lot, that i can't even process. you know. >> maria and her children also found a place to live. their host is a san diego area resident named victoria bradshaw. >> how old you are? >> recently, kya who specializes in ptsd paid a visit to the children. >> you never see them so tall, as when you have been down to speak to a chil

i am very optimistic. i am 86 years old.his is the third inflation i have went through and made it through and done well after all of them. i can remember my mom telling me in my younger years they could not even buy anything unless they had stamps. americans are very spoiled. they want instant gratification and they complain. how many of those republican senators gave those chips back because they did not need them? host: how long do you think it will take things to turn around inflation wise? caller: probably another year. host: that is what you have seen before? caller: parting? -- pardon? host: that is what you have typically seen? caller: republicans want to be conservative and put the money in their pocket, not yours. the last four years when trump was in, look at the world and the mess he has created. more hate and more conflict than anybody else. he is the mob boss. he will get his hand slapped and they will pay for his wonderful law, things he wanted done. host: let's talk to carol calling from new britain, connecti

events, i am going to -et on political events, i am going to get on _ on political events, i am goingl events, i am going to get on with the government and the country _ get on with the government and the count . , ., . ., , country. this morning, community secretary michael _ country. this morning, community secretary michael gove went - country. this morning, community secretary michael gove went to . country. this morning, community| secretary michael gove went to see the prime minister to tell him he thought he should resign. in the last hour, the man who yesterday sat around boris johnson's last hour, the man who yesterday sat around borisjohnson's cabinet around boris johnson's cabinet table was sacked by him, with a around borisjohnson's cabinet table was sacked by him, with a number 10 source describing michael gove as a snake. this was the scene in downing street this evening. drivers hanging around while cabinet ministers went inside. some are saying mrjohnson should go, others are saying he should go, others are saying he should stay. the culture secretary is still supporte

i am from arizona. i am luis. four things i am looking at as criteria to evaluate states. access to the ballot box. if we are going to define ourselves as the party of access, the party of transparency, making sure that people have the right to exercise their participation in this presidential primary, i think that is fundamental to the decision-making we have to make. access to the ballot box, the ability to vote early, the ability to register on the same day, that invites participants from other affiliations to say that they want to be a part of the democratic party and vote for who will be our president. number two, i know we get locked in the word of diversity. i don't want people to think about diversity as people who wake up and -- at 4:00 a.m. in the morning. as is different from the folks who are participating in presidential primaries right now. states that have the privilege of retail politics are among the state that have the highest payment, but they sometimes do not feel and look like my mother. there was a cafeteria worker that woke up at 4:00 in the morning

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it is amazing, let's talk about nikki saying i am rewriting history. i am not, i am telling facts.hey are stubborn things, and she knows it. this is a real problem, nikki. we are in a democratic primary. both of us want to unseat governor desantis. if we are going to be able to do that, we have to work together and stop tearing down fellow democrats and do what is right to win the election in i will november. pledge to you if you win the primary, i will endorse you that night. i hope you do the same for me now. >> commissioner coming response to the question? nikki: for the last 3.5 years i've been standing up against ron desantis. i was the first one in 2020 after an atrocious legislative session to call him a dictator. because that's what he is. he is gone after people's rights to vote, right to protest, going after our local governments, and school boards. now he goes after our business communities. look what he did in florida, going after the cruise line industry, because they dared to take care of you the passengers. when disney exercised their freedom of speech he went after

i am excited to be here and i am ecstatic about the post on the stage --folks on the stage.hese are the best of the best and i will do quick controls and we will move on to the questions and their working time -- there will be time for a few in. so, here, we have delilah, who is the executive director director of the texas future project. she is a bad ass and you should know -- my angels will be different. -- intros will be different. she was the field director for stacey abrams. we have tory, who is the president of the way to win. he has done incredible things -- she has done incredible things around galvanizing donors and getting them to examine how to invest strategically. we have a managing director. she flew in from new york and i think she is one of the most articulate leaders in the below profit -- philanthropic -- space. yes no that -- just know if there is any credential, she has it and we have the arena founder who is busy engagement officer and athletics and uses she her and a -- and she is a badass. and she works in causes -- to build restrooms campaigns inspect

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>> i am ready. i am trying to encourage him to start grilling again. no, i really am ready. i mean, eight years is a long time. it's been an unbelievable privilege to represent and serve the people of the united states. i've loved every minute of it. you know, i really loved it. but, i also understand. of course, all the time that you live here, you know that you are here for a four-year term, or if you are reelected, for eight years. so, i think it's something that you accept. you don't wish you could stay longer. i think, when the time comes, it's the right time. >> this is first ladies in their own words on american history tv. we've listened it to laura bush talk about several issues that were important to her, but one of her most lasting legacies is the national book festival, which he started in 2001, and which continues today as a major washington event. here she is in 2001 at the inaugural national book festival. >> first lady laura bush, is the state you expected? >> it is. i am so thrilled in excited to be here, and i want to thank c-span for covering the national

i am really happy to speak on this wonderful agenda item. i am sorry i am not in the chamber.h michael lambert in washington, d.c. at the annual commerce at the american library association. thank you to mayor breed and supervisor safai and all members of the board of supervisors. i will not repeat all of the amazing things people said. i did want to say i think the public has made it very clear they see the library as essential public service and foundational to the prosperity of the city. during the spring of 2021, friends conducted the community survey to assess the impact of covid-19 and to understand what role the library made in meeting the residents' needs. 95% of those in san francisco believe the libraries provide essential services. 88% believe we have a crucial role in recovery. 81% believe in expanding the college prep classes. 85% would use the library more post-covid. those earning less than $100,000 in household income are able to get support services. they lack technology that the library results. it is on our website. the library is one of the most effective w

which i am cool with. but still a gal. >> good for you. >> you know, jimmy, whenever i look tom cruise i believe you can manage reality. right? because, like you can there for is you manage reality without chemistry all you have do work your hands, moon! . them he jumps on your couch. >> no but it is true tom crews doesn't care. to your point he on mission impossible seven straight face. knowing they have pulled off the first six. it is clearly is not impossible. mission fairly difficult but with any luck. you know what i mean? he was right and think of mou how much he with a mocked for last like 15 years for contra directing mainstream narrative around drugs. people like cook he loonie this no different than happen they do with you now with all vaccines and boosters they didn't have data support though diagnosis and data to push boost per on your kids. but they you like they like this guy contrarian nut bag. truth we all knew there keptial i willry want stop fight depression, don't go. i have take issue w

i am sorry to say this is not a recent gao report i am reading from. this report was issued in 1993, nearly 30 years ago. and yet the department is still rapidly with some of the same sexual-harassment issues. two years ago, we were told every alignment of equal employment opportunity program managers which had been underway at the veterans benefits administration and national cemetery administration since 2016 would not even begin at the veterans health administration until 2024. and we know that vha is the biggest section of what we do at v.a. even with that ambitious -- even with that unambitious goal, that has been further delayed. the two v.a. witnesses here this morning should be commended for the steps they have taken to improve tracking of sexual harassment complaints, update raining and revise handbooks, but policies and procedures are only as good as people who implement them and what we have heard from too many v.a. employees is that there is dale a lack of trust in the department's anti-harassment reporting structure. i know there is renewe

at this moment i am the presenter or i am singing or i am an actor. eh, it's my personal choice.rsonal way of television. i was given the opportunity to lead a variety of uh projects and uh, there are some of them. which is very dear to me also for some of its not only creative e revealing of the leader, but also important, the topic was also like this you are super dancing, when these children who have so much grief, so much pain, so many dark pages, at the very beginning of life suddenly burst out of it when they arrived in moscow when they danced, and they don't have a father or a mother, they were betrayed at the very beginning of their lives, but they retained the light in themselves and went on stage with love. i will never forget this project. i am very grateful to him. uh, because i refused such human manifestations inside, when a person pulls himself out of this pain and says, life is beautiful, look at me the last pain with which you had to pull yourself out. let it not seem pretentious. this is the departure of the lesser. you know, i didn’t even think that i would rea

i am pleased people respect the work, which means if you know who i am, it means you have seen a filmmine and that means that least these stories are reaching some group of us. as much as i want to reach every single person, it is at least exciting. you know, i'm walking in new york city and a fireman goes by who says, you are the guy that made the civil war. or somebody walks up to me to complain what i left out of baseball, which i love. baseball is 18 and a half hours and people, if they tell you what you left out, i am not an encyclopedia, i am not a dictionary, i'm a storyteller. you have to leave stuff out. if they think i have left something out of 18 and a half hours, they did not find it boring. they just wanted the 1959 white sox that they grew up loving, and we did not have the time or room or space to do. i have these conversations with people all the time about who we are and what it means to be an american at lots of levels and lots of different people trust us. i want to emphasize "us." trust us to tell a complicated and truthful story, and at a time when the truth seem

who am i competing with?>> kayleigh: by the way, at the height of covid, we were let into the east room. cannot wait for the book. i will be reading it. justice elena kagan all predicting end times after the supreme court decided congress has to grant the epa the power to regulate carbon dioxide. more on the media meltdown, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ like pulsing, electric shocks, sharp, stabbing pains, or an intense burning sensation. what is this nightmare? it's how some people describe... shingles. a painful, blistering rash that could interrupt your life for weeks. forget social events and weekend getaways. if you've had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside of you. if you're 50 years or older ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingles. >> emily: the supreme court's climate decision a sparking sparking nationwide protests and sending democrats into a full-blown meltdown. the opinion on a west virginia case, they said the clean air act did not give the epa authority to regulate greenhouse gas e

i think i am doing, i think i am succeeding in uniting us as a member body. if i can accomplish that during my tenure, that would be a great achievement and i would be proud that that has happened. ics moving towards each other instead of away -- i see us moving towards each other instead of away. [applause] >> in january you told vanity fair that the presidency would be an amalgam coming to a point in this one defining moment. can you explain more of what you mean? >> i have been in the leadership position for most of -- since the nanny. which i created and executive produced. i could not get cancer without turning it into a cottage in history where i wanted to change everything and reinvent the wheel and help everybody. it took me two years and eight doctors to get a part -- proper diagnosis with uterine cancer. i did not want what happened to me to happen to other people. i realized after i wrote the book that it happened to a lot of people. this diagnosis, mistreatment, and late stage diagnosis for many people. i was very blessed. i am in stage i one even

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>> i am. the first 18 years in my life. >> do you know a lot of people in the -- from mississippi and similar states. i have that one venture fund manager that stays in mississippi. he speaks to why i am so very -- of this topic. understand that venture capital is a applicable career opportunity as a investor what specific program that we have a lot of interest and success with in the universe we live, where we have partnered with universities across the country. we had chapel hill to hold these types of workshops. it just provides more education on the nuts and bolts and how it works. i do think that we would have to be from a positive aspect of the pandemic, talent across the country. i think it is important to think about how -- local capital, not just the early-stage capital. but really handle the later stage. >> i appreciate it. i totally agree. when we look at what happened, the impact of that solid dating capital and some of our city's largest, san francisco. at think it is a detriment