with all the skepticism on the china ease consumer, the question we want to hear from bill hornbucklending to the world's biggest gaming capital we're also looking at the second quarter performance in the u.s. in vegas with tough year-on-year comps. we got bullish information yet from scaesar's ceo, and i'm hearing a lot of whisper about m&a. bill hornbuckle tried to put the speculation to bed earlier this year, saying he would put those attempts in the rear-view mirror, though he added "for now. we'll have to see how it goes, mike. >> when it comes, contessa to las vegas, an to a degree macau, investors have been trying to figure out peak lodging demand, the peak desire to get away. what can we glean so far from what some of the gaming companies -- >> you notice, the two biggest operators in terms of footprint are mgm resorts and caesars. what we heard from the ceo of caesars last night, he says we think we'll get a 5% lift, and the forward books for super bowl in february are way ahead of where they would be and at rates far higher than typical. so he said when you lee it can kind o