c.j..j. went to death row to meet kenneth clair face to face. >> when i first met kenneth clair, he was angry. he thought that he had been betrayed and nobody was helping him with his case. i do wrongful conviction cases. i do cold cases. i'm trying to look for the couple people that we keep on talking about fall through the cracks. and they really are innocent. >> for c.j. clair's case fell into a familiar pattern he'd seen among santa ana police. >> it seemed like it was a typical case that was going on in the '80s. minorities and homeless people were doing time for crimes and the santa ana police department was just closing out their cases. you know, to make the public happy. so they would find what i call disposable people and they would convict them. kenneth clair was homeless. he stayed at different places with different people. >> i was on the streets. i can remember just sleeping, you know, on the sidewalk, finding a doorway to try to get an hour or two of sleep. sometimes, you kno

c.j. diagnosed with a rare type of non-hodgkins lymphoma earlier this year and continues to fight that cancer. with the help of the make-a-wish foundation, c.y. got to be part of the -- c.j. got to be part of the rockets for a day. >> what i really liked is how james harden and chris paul -- i mean, it makes their day, as well. >> good time, man. he deserves it. wanted to see how great his game is. see how he can contribute to tomorrow's game and help us. >> that's going to -- he's going to be introduced with the rockets in the pregame introductions tonight. he and his father will sit court side for the game against washington. here's hoping the rockets will get a big win. >> said the rockets' fan andy scholes. the make-a-wish sports connection is a wonderful one. thank you, my friend. good to see you. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> revealing diplomatic messages from the european union have been hacked. there are stunning revelation was diplomats about the president, about russia

fall of radar paper very serious looking to the journalists while we have no less than during the last c.j.'s every year we have to announce unfortunately that there are more people are suffering hunger can we accept that if that total failure to follow a total failure of international system that address in the food security. and politician. i would say the decision maker in the those that have to address this issue at the national level regional level at international level have to wake up and say enough is enough ambassador a deaf out there's a lot of talk here about international cooperation that's needed and you're going to zation the global dryland alliance aims to establish a network among countries who are suffering from the same challenges but let me move this discussion along to focus now on water sustainability and water scarcity so in your opinion how key is policy development when it comes to water scarcity is there the political will on the behalf of governments to tackle this issue from what you've seen i think europe also could play an important role rather than let this mi

chris paul said after the game that c.j., their good luck charm.e to have him at the game after the road trip. a record was an impressive night for the rockets. >> andy scholes, thank you. kosik, over to you. >>> dave, thank you. a mistake of colossal proport n proportion. even the president'ss closest allies are slamming the decision to withdrawal troops from syria. known to soften. as a whole blend, it nourishes for 24-hour frizz control. blended makes us better. whole blends. blended makes us better. you're gonna love if ythe best of geico.ercials, it's geico's all-time greatest hits back on tv for a limited time. and if you love the best of geico, you're gonna really love voting online for your favorite. you can even enter for a chance to appear in an upcoming geico commercial. this fire's toasty, linda but the best of geico collection sounds even hotter. to vote for your favorite geico ad and enter to win, visit geico.com/bestof. that's geico.com/bestof. ♪ ♪ the united states postal service makes more holiday deliveries to homes than anyone el

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. >>> former cal running back and vallejo native c.j. will make his second start for the rams when the 49ers travel to l.a. sunday to close out the regular season. anderson is starting in place of the injured todd gurley. last week anderson rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries and a win over the cardinals. anderson said he woke the next day wondering what he did to his body. now he's fully recovered and the 49ers are ready for him. >> c.j. is a good runner and he is efficient. if they give him a lane he's going to hit it. he's been successful in this league, a bigger guy that's not easy to bring down. he's a good player, definitely. it is good news for us. we just heard about todd before i came in, but they got a good run scheme, a good o-line and back goes that can definitely beat you. >>> the power of nick say ban was on full display at media day for the college football playoff. alabama defensive lineman was asked about facing heisman trophy winner murray. watch what happens once he realizes he's about to criticize the o

the richmond native is already well-known in the raiders locker room. >> c.j. is a great guy, obviously competed against him. i know his mom is a raider fan, so a shoutout to mama for her son coming to play for the good guys, but, no, he is a great guy. i saw him earlier this morning. i love him and i'm glad that we have him. he's a good football player. >>> well, the steelers won't have the services of james connor when they come to oakland. the running back is expected to miss the next two games with an ankle sprain. connor leads the afc with 12 rushing touchdowns and his 909 rushing yards are second most in the conference. did you know that roethlisberger is winless in oakland? 0 and 3 on his career at the coliseum. yeah, the denver broncos will be without emmanuel sanders when they visit the 49ers this sunday. sanders tore his achilles today in practice running extra routes. it was a non-contact injury so it is a very tough blow for sanders and the broncos who have won three straight games. two big players for the raiders and 49ers opponents won't be on the

au keeps their distance, but not the distance c.j. wil hamsits from. ts it to go at the half.oward comes back big second half, 85-83. >>> mark sanchez set to make his first start as a redskin tomorrow against the giants. third start the year for the redskins. no more room for error at all. with -- the redskins though did get some good news todawe ver. they won't have to worry about one of the best receivers in the game. odell beckham jr. has been ruled out for sunday's game with a bruised quad. lhe was a fularticipant on wednesday and thursday in practice but showed up on the injury report yesterday.dn di't even travel with the team today. in sixareer meeting withes the redskins beckham, five touchdowns, averaging 110 yards per game. the redskins will be happy not to see him. >>> virginia, stone bridge and high land springs. high land springs is down seven. and the gam tied at seven. springers on top, 23-14. fourth quarter, direct s to nick mel. he punches it from the goal line. high land springs wins the class title. 37-26. >>> the army/navy game went final. army wins it 17-1

there one to cory littleton and c.j. anderson on the raiders just three weeks ago, he ends up in the end zone. second quarter not any better for san francisco. mullens picked off by littleton again. this time he goes 19 yards and picks up the six points. niners had four turnovers in the first half. but a season highlight, george kittle. he set the nfl single season record for most receiving yards by a tight end on this 40-yard -- 43-yard touchdown reception. that is 1377 yards for kittle and the 49ers lose 48-32. >>> t novers on the first four drives, including derek carr's first pick since week five. daniel sorenson took this 54 yards the other way. but hold up. look at jared cook. he quit on that route. why? we're not sure. but the two had a conversation on the sideline about it. next possession, carr it time gets attacked by justin houston from behind and it is striped. he threw for 185 yards and two picks but that led to this t.d. run by williams. third quarter patrick mahomes became the third quarterback to throw 50

this is a potential for the initiative that could be inclusive of c.j. c.j. and other grantees. we would have to have a competitive process. certainly with your direction, it is something we would be mindful of to make sure we are included in the conversation. >> what i am hearing from you and correct me if i am wrong, we are trying to get people who are formerly incarcerated to get into living wage jobs in the trades. is that what i'm hearing from you? >> absolutely. what is the mechanism that is going to actually be the vehicle to have them access these challenges. this is why they come in. i know it is a specific organization. but this connection is a pathway to a job. i think even within dutch as you know, that there are challenges to create a pathway for formerly incarcerated into these jobs. they are highly competitive. some of the processes may not be too open to formerly incarcerated folks. i worked on this with great concern with project labour agreements. so just tell me how this is actually going to be implemented because i think that that is very helpful and i think

. >> c.j. anderson signing his contract with the raiders today. he also attended cal.thers released anderson in november. he's averaging 4.48 yards over his career. he was a broncos starring running backing in super bowl 50e8 at levi's stadium and scored the only offensive touchdown. kevin durant has scored 20 or more points in 20 straight games, so things are get back to normal for warriors. last night in atlanta, hawks fans would not let the warriors forget some of their recent challenges. take a listen. >> ouch. the fans are referring to recent spat between dur rapt andre monday green than led to green's one-game suspension. durant kept his cool. the warriors blew out the hawks, 128-111. the sharks will soon have a new division rival, the nhl is expand together emerald city. seattle franchise is expected to make its debut in the '21-'22 division. the arizona. >> kurt:s will move to the central division. players will be selected in an expansion draft. the penguins are going to hold free hat night every night. patric hornqvist scored three goals in under three minutes

fall of radar paper very serious looking to the journalists while we have no less that during the last c.j.'s every year we have to announce unfortunately that there are more people are suffering hunger can we accept that is that total failure to follow a total failure of international system that address in the food security. and politician. i would say the decision maker in the those that have to address this issue at the national level regional level at international level have to wake up and say enough is enough ambassador deaf our there's a lot of talk here about international cooperation that's needed and you're going to zation the global dryland alliance aims to establish a network among countries who are suffering from the same challenges but let me move this discussion along to focus now on wants for sustainability and water scarcity so in your opinion how key is policy development when it comes to water scarcity is there the political will on the behalf of governments to tackle this issue from what you've seen i think europe also could play an important role rather than let this

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c.j. anderson, remember him? he was on the raiders three weeks ago and got the touchdown on the following drive after that. second quarter not any better for the 49ers. he picked off by littleton again. littleton picked off 19 yards. 49ers had four turnovers in the first half. here is the season highlight. george says the nfl single season record for most receiving yards on this 43-yard touchdown is 1,377 yards for kittle. congratulations. >> it hasn't really hit me but definitely exciting and i mean, definitely wasn't just me. three quarterbacks throw me the ball and the o line ups and downs throughout the year and a credit to our team to push and grind the whole year no matter what happened. definitely would have really enjoyed a win today but this definitely makes it a little bit better. >> the raiders also had turnover troubles against the afc leading chiefs. four turnovers. that included derek carr's first pick since week five. daniel took this 54 yards. the other way. hold up, look at jared cook. he quit on

the raiders have reportedly signed running back dj -- c.j.n, he was cut by the panthers before playing -- he spent the first five years of his career playing in denver where his mother would root for her son in every game except when the broncos played the raiders. >> my mom goes every time, she criticizes me but every time she goes, look, you know i'm a raiders fan, i love you but it's my raiders, it is hard, heart, hits home when it comes to my mom. >> the warriors visit to cleveland tomorrow, and for the first time in five years the game will not be a preview of the nba finals. thank god for that. after meeting the last four years, the cavs are now near the bottom in the eastern conference but lebron is in l.a., ty lue is gone and the rivalry is history but the animosity lingers when cleveland came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the 2016 series the calves took shots at golden state during the halloween party where they had tombstone cookies for steph curry, and klay thompson. so in an article in the athletic, thompson said about the party,

state steph curry gave portland daylight's in the fourth toronto stormed back to within two points but c.j. mccollum sealed it for the trailblazers hundred twenty eight two hundred twenty two in the end the raptors go to denver on sunday while the new york knicks would love to have toronto's kind of problems new york way off the pace in the eastern conference a morale boost in when charlotte was just what they needed by off to five straight losses a manual new da getting a career high thirty four points as the next one it in overtime hundred twenty six two hundred twenty four kemba walker head didn't make the buzzer beater for the hornets who are nevertheless up in sixth place. mexico's canelo alvarez says he wants to make history when he steps in the ring later on saturday the face of britain's rocky fielding the super middleweight title held by fielding is on the line in new york it's one of the sport's less prestigious world titles but winning it will nonetheless mean a championship and a third white division for. both fighters made white on friday despite giving away a hight right unde

golden state's steph curry gave portland daylight in the fourth storm back to within two points with c.j. mccall and sealed it for the trailblazers hundred and ninety eight one hundred and twenty two in the end. but the defending champions did manage to bounce back from wednesday's loss to golden state beating host the sacramento kings steph curry finishing with thirty five points and seven rebounds while clay thompson added twenty seven including four huge three pointers the warriors winning one hundred thirty to one hundred and twenty five snapping in two game winning streak for the kings. and the new york knicks have been way off the pace in the eastern conference a morale boosting win at charlotte was just what they needed after five straight losses emmanuel media getting a career high thirty four points in the next wanted in overtime one hundred and twenty six to one hundred twenty four kemba walker didn't make the buzzer beater for the hornets who are nevertheless and six place. english premier league champions manchester city have returned to the top of the table their leading eve

we as a body here do not have the right to tell c.j., take little boy, children being born today, we don't have the right to financially cripple the country they will be inheriting. we had ancestors who fought for this nation. i think of my uncle tom who fought with patten in north africa, who gave everything they had. his purple heart is in my office, has been there every day while i've been here. that they sacrificed everything. the least we can do is pay our bills, to not give out crazy tax cuts that we can't pay for, is to make sure that we balance our budgets. we're better than this. and we just have to have the ability sometimes to say no. to say no to things that you know commonsense wise you would never do with your own checkbo checkbook. or if you did, the end would not be very, very pleasant on that kind of thing. if we continue doing these things, this amazing and wonderful place i've been part of with the most amazing colleagues, that's the part that's been so great is every colleague, one's better than the next. but this is a long-term threat to this democracy and to our

to jonah howell he's at westminster outside the houses of parliament and jonah first of all this is c.j. ruling it's a confirmation basically of what we'd already had before coming from one of the advisory members the britain can counsel the process if it wants how does this help if at all mrs may. what well yes i mean this is a full judge panel of the confirming that advised by the advocate general last week it's pretty significant if he's saying look the u.k. is able unilaterally to get out of this article fifty clause revoke it cancel breaks it and walk away and crucially do so with exactly the same deal that it has now and that's interesting because it contradicts the arguments of a number of very senior pros ministers who said look be careful of this idea of revoking article fifty there's no way we'll be able to return to the status quo we won't be offered the same concessions that we've fought for in achieve over the years and you will rebate no membership of the shango zone no membership of the euro and so on with e.c.g. saying you can revote and you can do it on exactly the same

we as a body here do not have the right to tell c.j., take little boy, children being born today, we don't have the right to financially cripple the country they will be inheriting. we had ancestors who fought for this nation. i think of my uncle tom who fought with patten in north africa, who gave everything they had. his purple heart is in my office, has been there every day while i've been here. that they sacrificed everything. the least we can do is pay our bills, to not give out crazy tax cuts that we can't pay for, is to make sure that we balance our budgets. we're better than this. and we just have to have the ability sometimes to say no. to say no to things that you know commonsense wise you would never do with your own checkbo checkbook. or if you did, the end would not be very, very pleasant on that kind of thing. if we continue doing these things, this amazing and wonderful place i've been part of with the most amazing colleagues, that's the part that's been so great is every colleague, one's better than the next. but this is a long-term threat to this democracy and to our

raiders also signed free agent running back and former california golden bear, c.j. anderson. that's it for sports. i'm dave feldman, back to jess and raj. >>> coming up at 11:00, there are still dozens of people lined up to speak. the latest from the san jose city council meeting where a big decision is expected on that controversial project we' will san jose sell land to google for its latest project. the latest coming up at 11:00. >>> let's turn things overo jeff and talk about that rain. ooh! look at those beautiful decorations. jeff you have to hold on here. sfo. there are dozens of trees lit up. look at that purple one! >> beautiful. >> holiday season ooh look at that. >> a lot. >> we have one of the most beautiful airports in the world. >> i usually don't want to drive to the airport, but tonight i would do it. >> bring me back one of those purple trees. >> okay. i think i can fit it in the car. we have showers still in the san francisco peninsula, right over sfo and moving into the north bay. we'll keep the scattered chance into tomorrow. it's going to be cool with 50s

here's their magic moment exchanging rings with father c.j. here's me cutting my wedding cake.hese are the dog days of summer. big boys cry too. folks, i'm all shook up. saturday it was "girls gone wild" in d.c. talk about jump out of the frying pan into the fire democrats aren't to blame. come on, man. come on, lady. come on. anyway, the larger point, to my mind -- >> which i'm right. >> well, that's always true. that's always true. >> you have the optimism swirl, you have the peace pendulum. >> what is the democratic platform? >> we change our memories. >> you've all gone down and then -- >> it's interesting, because the answer is juan one. williams congratulations. >> by the way, do i get a little more respect having won both the supermarket and -- >> no, you get no respect. >> thanks, juan. >> [ laughter ] you know what i realized? your one more thing intros is what the local news caster does. >> guess what? come on. that's the way it rolls. >> i like it. >> and then a facial expression. >> and then a -- >> you left out the -- i don't know what's going on at this table. i'm

the browns would battle back, got to within two late and on fourth down, baker mayfield picked off by c.jmosley to save the game! the ravens i have seen north champions, 26-24 and, look, about 247 miles north, the pittsburg steelers watched that outcome, got eliminated from postseason. so the afc playoff picture, the texans will host the winner of tonight's colts titans game, the chargers will be visiting the ravens, kansas city and new england have the byes. we've got more, eagles attacking the redskins defense. nelson agholor caught it, or did he? replay shows that he did break the plane of the goal line. philadelphia won in a cakewalk. they got into the playoffs because minnesota lost. so the nfc playoff matchup, the eagles will visit the chicago bears, the cowboys will host the seahawks. saints and rams have the buys. in case you didn't get that and over this again and again and again. as the evening unfolds. >> you are surrounded by sports nuts. >> i love it. >>> coming up, day nine of the government shutdown, the only wall being built is between the president and congress. >>> a maj

banged up a little bit so they signed a guy who should be familiar to football fans around the bay, c.jgrew up in vallejo, cut by carolina in november. evicted game for denver when they won the super bowl. he had an opportunity to play elsewhere but why oakland? >> my resume, you know, being what it is, being a pro bowl running back and a lot of success in this league, i would have found a job, i went to kansas city, i have some teams that were going to wait until the end of this week to see what they were going to do with me. some playoff teams, but when i sat back and thought about it, when this opportunity came up i thought it was a good one. >> steelers big league baseball news for the giants, paul goodman, a bona fide giant killer. he is out of the division now, arizona traded him to st. louis. luke we read two of the guys you never heard of, six-time all-star goldschmidt, 33 home runs this past season. giants happen to have been out of the division. we came to for the evening where we must check this out. this is how they autograph, sumo wrestlers. it is called the handprint, good

. >> reporter: seven years ago this woman lost her husband c.j.nd killed cycling to work on valentine's day. his birthday was tuesday and she was wearing his ring to honor him. >> the significance of just our marriage and keeping that love and life in my life is something that i really try to do. >> reporter: for no reason that day she stopped by costco to look around, but left empty handed. >> the moment that i realized it was gone, my heart just dropped. >> reporter: the next morning the ring was missing. she searched her house and costco with no luck. she left the store in tears having no employees that the manager spent four hours combing through building and found the ring under a clothing table. >> the fact that they just stopped what they were doing. this ring was with like a needle in a haystack. >> reporter: the good news traveled across the store and to customers. >> it's the perfect christmas story. >> the next day she brought doughnuts because after all that grief, they delivered a gift. >> they were even tearing up and i forced them.

. >> c.j. anderson reportedly signed with the silver and black. anderson ran for 1,000 yards last season with denver, but he was released by the panthers three weeks ago. >>> nba and the warriors return to cleveland tomorrow night for the first time since winning the finals last june. it won't be the same, of course, without lebron, but at least golden state knows they'll get a good meal. draymond green told the athletic, "feel like i spent half my life at morton stake house. we had good times, great food, great chonpeople at morton's like us more than they like the cavs." kobe bryant said the warriors championship run is coming to an end. >> i enjoyed the journey. we'll be champions before you know it and laughing at all the warrior fans who all of a sudden can't go nowhere. >> bandwagonners, come on. >> timeout. lakers haven't made the playoffs since 2013. let's pump the brakes on them being the big fish out west. >>> that is a huge fish. >> now that is a big fish. our catch of the day, that is walt lander. he's out of sebastopol. he caught this

. >>> c.j. anderson is coming home to the raiders. anderson attended cal.n in november. he averages 4.4 yards a carry over his six-year career. he was broncos' starting running back in levi stadium and won the only touchdown when denver won the title over the panthers. after searchen years as ohio's head coach, urban meyer will retire after the rose bowl. the 54-year-old gets debilitating headaches as a result of a cyst in his brain. he had a chaotic season this year. he was suspended for the first three years for mishandling domestic abuse allegations against one of his assistant coaches. he leaves the program having won a national title and 90% of his games. >> as i'm reflecting now, it has been a fast 48 hours since the last game, that this would be a really tough day if we were a mess. this would be a really, really tough day. personally this would be awful to be able to know that this -- we did right, or at least we feel we did right. it makes it easier. >> the nfl suspended the 49ers' kyle nelson for violating the league's policy on performance-enhanc

state's staff curry gave portland daylight in the fourth toronto stormed back to within two points c.j. mccollum sealed it for the trailblazers one hundred twenty eight to one hundred and twenty two in the end. but the defending champions did manage to balance back from wednesday's loss to toronto golden state beating host sacramento kings steph curry finished with thirty five point seven rebounds while play thompson added twenty seven including four huge three pointers the warriors one hundred and thirty two one hundred and twenty five it is bats were left marooned for much of the second day's play against australia before a captain innings from virat kohli got them back on course india went twenty two overs without scoring a boundary on saturday because he changed things around to hit and on eighty two ajinkya rahane also six still there on fifty one at stumps on day two the second tests india trail australia by hundred and fifty four runs going into day three at perth. we're fairly good obviously you know we finished the day on a strong position so hopefully the boat will continue t

her deal is the only one on the table otherwise britain risks crashing out with no deal now that the c.j. luxemburg have made have heard that's opinion that just adds to the momentum here in britain for people who are saying that there is a way out there's a way to throw it back to the people either with the people's vote a second referendum or a general election the government don't want that to happen but at the moment they're choreography seems to be going out of the window and the way that they're trying to sell that deal seems to be getting harder and harder. with the bugs that update from london thank you no jane this is the newsgroups and if you're with us on facebook want to get a bonus i get a story for you now it's about a canadian probably swap their vacation for volunteering in california to the fives and then later is ready come on the stop the cross border attacks by hezbollah fighters into northern israel back in the headlines in. its very disturbed across parts of the middle east at the moment loss of wet weather around you can see the area of low pressure here just off t

reverse the process of rexx it and staying within the european union how's that routing coming from the c.j feeding into this frenzy of speculation in westminster. well you know again much like everything to do with threats it these days depending on who you talk to that is either a huge recurse significant decision by the e.c.g. that gives britain the unilateral right to cancel breaks it that it will give impetus to people who who want to see a second referendum on that referendum actually having the meat and teeth to be able to council break the others like government ministers jeremy hunt the foreign minister saying it's a totally relevant because look there is no one in the government that wants to cancel bridges and indeed it is true that we are at this moment in time nowhere near the possibility of a second referendum or a vote on the art who could be in parliament nevertheless the fact of it does perhaps two things on a broad scale it makes it far less likely that this country can walk blindly into a no deal breaks it because at the last minute on march the twenty eighth let's say pa

my district director, c.j. l.d. mcmullen. and my deputy district director. as i reflect on my two terms in house, i was honored to have a front row seat to history here in our nation's capital. i'll never forget sitting next to an american hero o, sam johnson, on the day i was sworn in. or to be on this floor as two presidents delivered their state of the union speeches. or world leaders like israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. or the pope, pope francis, addressed a joint session of congress. i was blessed to pay final respects to american icons like senator john mccain, reverend billy graham and president george h.w. bush under the sacred grounds -- on the sacred grounds of the capitol rotunda. those that will be here for a while and those that will be sworn here soon, i say never forget why you are here. membership in this body is a precious opportunity. don't take it lightly and don't squander it. it's not about us. as soon as we leave here, this institution will move on and candidly few will remember us. use the timewisely. we've been entrusted to

great thanks to my communication c.j. who helped me write this speech and still working this day on many projects and my original staffer back in my legislative days, kate. she has been my scheduler multiple times and helped me run campaigns. she has been my right-hand gal. i couldn't have done this job without her and everyone on this team. my first chief of staff and legislative directors and others who worked so hard along the way, amanda and jennifer who helped work on campaigns and court maxwell. i have had a great amount of people. i'm a proud resident of kansas. one of our most proud service opportunities i ever had was serving as student body university at k.u. i believe in service to others in my days back in the kansas legislature. i served with jason watkins or mike o'neal. to my time in the u.s. house with my friends bob dole and ben quayle, so many others, i have been blessed with friendships and met wonderful people along the way. that perhaps is what i will most the most. the people you serve with. congress

we as a body here do not have the right to tell c.j., take little boy, children being born today, we don't have the right to financially cripple the country they will be inheriting. we had ancestors who fought for this nation. i think of my uncle tom who fought with patten in north africa, who gave everything they had. his purple heart is in my office, has been there every day while i've been here. that they sacrificed everything. the least we can do is pay our bills, to not give out crazy tax cuts that we can't pay for, is to make sure that we balance our budgets. we're better than this. and we just have to have the ability sometimes to say no. to say no to things that you know commonsense wise you would never do with your own checkbo checkbook. or if you did, the end would not be very, very pleasant on that kind of thing. if we continue doing these things, this amazing and wonderful place i've been part of with the most amazing colleagues, that's the part that's been so great is every colleague, one's better than the next. but this is a long-term threat to this democracy and to our