kuala lumpur. happy to be here, but brimming with mixed emotions.hts, smells, and flavors i remember so well. this is where a wandering soul such as myself can dive right in and get some of that straight chinese food i've been missing. first order of business, dinner. been on a plane for, like, i don't know, this long. very long. saw, like, five mark wahlberg films. i can't tell you how excited i am about the prospect of getting some black pepper crab, and some pork gladed noodles and a regional beverage. reasonably cold. i don't even know what this is. i love you, noodles. don't want to get all heavy and philosophical at this point, but why i'm here, what my mission is, what i expect to find, basically me tracing my steps and all that. we'll talk about that later. right now, noodles. good. this place is the most excellent. oh, look at the greasy, fatty, yes, come to daddy. i'm a bad man. this is, like, a random restaurant, with a minnie mouse logo and their food is unbelievably good. oh, yeah. black pepper crab. right here. reveal yourself to me. h

nhk world's bureau chief in kuala lumpur hideki yabu joins us now. hideki, the south china sea will be a topic of discussion, but in the wake of the paris attacks, counterterrorism will also be high on the agenda. >> yes. the paris attacks are a brutal reminder for southeast asian nations of a threat they also face. malaysia and indonesia are majority muslim nations, and more than 500 of their citizens are believed to have joined the islamic state militants. so countering the group's influence here is an urgent task. the group has made active efforts to recruit members from southeast asia. last year in july, they uploaded an online video in the indonesian language. last month, asean nations held their first ministerial talks to discuss ways to curb extremist ideologies. the philippines also have muslim majority areas and active extremist groups. at least one group has pledged allegiance to islamic state militants. asean nations are also concerned that their citizens who have travelled to the middle east to join the group may return to the region and

angie: the summit wraps up in kuala lumpur. find out what is ahead for southeast asia. asiais trending witwhen edge returns. rishad: authorities in myanmar said the number of people killed in a landslide has risen to 100 and four. remain unaccounted for after the collapse of the jade mine. it generates an estimated $30 billion lester loan--last year alone. argentinaresident of , macri, is a two time mayor of buenos aires. this ends 10 years under christina kirchner and before her her husband. beijing has dismissed claims that it is militarizing the south china sea. china was told they have to create facilities there. president obama has said international law must be followed. the south china sea dispute was one of those discussed over the weekend in kuala lumpur. it was a hot topic with member nations highlighting a new roadmap towards economic integration. .et us get an analysis accountto take into aipac just finished up. it really feels like there was one topic in the room, south china sea and china. >> the increase our presence at these events, obama, and li , all i

. >> south-east asian nations signed a trade deal, the kuala lumpur declaration. what does that mean for the region? >> it's something that has been in the works for about eight years. in essence, it's like what europe has when it comes to its economic community. there won't be as much integration as europe. they are trying to open the borders to make tried and work flow easier. now that they have this in the works, it will be a go into law, if you will. the first of next year. it will create the third largest economy. there's a lot of potential and work to be done, because we have 10 independent nations with different economic systems, different ruling systems, so the integration will be a tough task moving forwards. >> many thanks, scott heidler in kuala lumpur >>> a landslide in myanmar killed 89 people, happening near a jade mine in the northern states. emergency services are looking for survivors. frorens louie as more from yank gong. >> reporter: it's not clear what caused the landslide. according to a state owned newspaper, there was a collapse of waste oil

a report on the last day of that summit from kuala lumpur. >> the hope is the agreement signed this weekendove the lives of 620 million people who live in the 10 ascean member states. >> we have to ensure there is a truly single market and production base with freer movement of goods and services with common standards and greater connectivity and the removal of the barriers the block which concluded this meeting the aims of the new ascean new community agreement known as the aec is to create a single economic market, one that is competitive within the region but will attracted more foreign investment. it plans to make it easier for professionals to get work per metz in all member states. since the blueprint was pinned in 2007, it was invisaged greater economic would be the goal. the blocks combined gdp group by 4.6 and foreign investment increased by nearly 16%. much of the success has been in small and medium enterprises. cdow supplies employs people at this tie tire factor. it's annual turnover is $3.5 million. he has plans to export more if trade barriers can be removed. savvy entreprene

. >> nbc's ron allen is in kuala lumpur with more on this. good day to. what prompted the president's comments? >>. >> reporter: well, this is something that the president has spoken out during his trip to asia. he obviously feels very passionate about the issue of refugees. he's lashed out, ridiculed, used strong language to those who say this should be a pause on the refugees. he has a plan to admit 10,000 syrians over the next year or so. the president emphasized it's a very stringent process that takes two years before someone could be approved for entry into the united states and make the point they're widows, women, children, families, not men, not terrorists. so the president used the occasion of the visit to a refugee center here in malaysia. it's a center -- a foundation that helps refugees, mostly from miramar, also burma. 150,000 have come from there here to malaysia and most are transiting here to the united states. so it was a moment where the president was very fatherly. he was down on his knees, talking to the young children who are 5, 6, 9

he's currently in kuala lumpur. >> that's right.e, referencing refugees and how the united states would be welcoming, he kind of humanized who refugees are and emphasized american leadership is about caring about those who have been forgotten or experienced extreme circumstances. we're joined now with more on this, joined from kuala lumpur. we did just get a heads up that the u.s. president could be making remarks at any moment. we'll break to that when it takes place. but tell us about what he's expected to say today in the wake of the refugee comments yesterday. >> reporter: yes, errol. we're expecting president obama to hold that press conference here in kuala lumpur to wrap up really his trip here for asean. and as you rightly mentioned, talking about the transpacific partnership, the u.s.-asean deals that have been discussed here. there has been a heavy emphasis, not only on refugees, but also how to take on isis, spectacularly in the wake of those two horrendous attacks. beirut, paris, and mali. it's been a delicate balance fo

at the meeting in kuala lumpur over the weekend. rosalind chin is here with more on what the leaders have to say. >> they have been trying to put together this community since 2007. essentially, they're trying to move towards the eu type agreement where they are freed movement of investments and capital around the area, but without the single currency that the eu has. that hasn't been achieved. the deadline was to achieve all of this by the end of this year and at this meeting they are saying they are going to move the deadline to next year because they haven't been able to implement all the items that need to be done. 79 .5% of of october, the measures needed have been implemented. prioritize meant, 92.7, has been implemented. they have known it's been coming all along and have not quite managed to hit this deadline. asian economic community is saying essentially the nations have been too focused on themselves rather than looking at the region as a whole. interasian trade, 6% of the total is made up from inter-asian trade compared

if not, they'll take the demonstration on to the streets of kuala lumpur, bringing the capital to a stand still. >> a run off will decide who will be the next president. both said they'll continue a government scheme aimed at helping the boar. they seemed to agree it's money well spent. >> this woman has been receiving economic help from the government. shes receives the universal child allowance giving the money to a child. and i think the government has given us many things, the universal child allowance is one of them, it's not much. most parents bringing the personalities, located in one of the purest areas in the province of venezuela, where many depend on the government programme to exist. it is one of the most popular policies implemented. both candidates have vowed to continue to implement it. it has helped millions of poor people around the country. >> the universal child allowance is one of 60 social plans in place. budgeted data indicates that over 18 million cash transfers will be made this year at a cost of $17 billion. he is a social leader in the area. for years he's been f

lou: can you believe the president's description in kuala lumpur speaking to those folks describing us as a nation whose political parties are divided by race? >> lou, i get callers and i'm sure don gets the callers that say the president hates america. and i try to push back. listen we disagree with him, but let's not assume. when he says things like this, it makes it very hard for me to not agree. why would he say that overseas and criticize our nation in such a way. >> lou, that is a great point. i speak for a lot of our brethren in talk radio. we don't want to talk about and be bashing the president of the united states. i love the office every day, but when he says things like that, the callers are angry. yeah. lou: there's an anger in this country, a fear, that's more profound than the -- the fear is more profound than the anger, not just of the islamic state or terrorist radical islam, of leadership that no longer finds it necessary to make sense and use common sense and to at least tip their hat to the will of the people. >> i think that's right, lou, that's why trump is doing

the president spoke at a news conference in kuala lumpur using some of the his strong message yesterday>> we will not accept the idea that terrorists assaults on theaters and hotels are the new normal or we are powerless to stop them. that is what terrorists like isil want because ultimately the only way they can win. they can't beat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us into being afraid, into changing our patterns of behavior and into panicking, into abandoning our allies and partners and in retreating from around the world. as president, i will not let that happen or even as we destroy isil on the battlefield and we will destroy them, we will take back land that they are currently in, we will cut off their financing, we will hunt down their leadership, we will dismantle their networks and their supply lines, and we will ultimately destroy them, even as we are in the process of doing that, we want to make sure that we don't lose our own values and our own principles. >> reporter: now, the president will have even more international fire power at his disposal. french say an

al jazeera reports from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: they're forjing ahead today and they home to combruch the lives of 620 million people who live in the ten asean member states. >> we now have to ensure and create a truly single market and production base with freer movement of goods and services, with common standards and far great connect tift and the removal of the barriers for growth and investment. >> the bloc that concluded the annual meeting with agreement is the third largest in the region after china and japan. the aim of the asean community agreement is to create a single economic market. one competitive within the region to attract more foreign investment. it also planning to phase out tariffs and taxes and make it easy for professionals to get work permits in all member states. since the blueprint was first penned in 2007, it was always in the visage that greater economic integration would be the ultimate goal. up to 2014 the economic blocs combined gdp grew by 4.6% and foreign investment increased by nearly 16%. much of that success is down to small and medium business enter

jim acosta, cnn, with the president in kuala lumpur, malaysia. >>> british prime minister david cameronavel to paris for talks with french president francois hollande. he'll present plans including launching sayre strikes in syria. he's expected to present his proposal to the british parliament as early as this week. back in the u.s., former secretary of defense chuck hagel discussed the strategy in syria and what he thinks the focus there should be. >> i don't think you're going to find a resolution to assad until you figure out how you're doing to deal with isis and you bring the different groups, element, countries, leaders together on some unification. we're going to have differences with iran for years and years weather russia for year, but you can't let those differences dictate or you can't become captive to the differences. let's center on the core threat, the common threat, build out from there. if you can build some platform of stability, that gettious to a point where you can start to maybe unravel some of this. >> let's discuss this further with lieutenant general mark hurdl

he'll be holding a press conference at kuala lumpur as he wraps up this overseas trip. he has this task lying ahead of him as he returns to washington. he's scheduled to meet with french president francois hollande at the white house on tuesday. as you know the french president has been calling for all out war against isis. the president is taking a much more cautious approach. he wants to continues that bombing campaign while at the same time avoiding a ground war in the middle east. >> he is. he's asking on congress to vote on that authorization for use of military force. we'll see if we see action on that. the latest "the washington post" abc poll shows 54% of americans don't want syrian refugees to come in to this country at least right now. jim acosta thank you very much. we'll have much more of our coverage live here from paris straight ahead. my constipation and belly pain... ...feel like a raging storm. i've tried laxatives... ... but my symptoms keep returning. my constipation... ...feels like a heavy weight... ...that keeps coming back. linzess can help. once-

thursday warning at least ten suicide bombers affiliated with abu sayef are in kuala lumpur. more than 100,000 police and troops are on guard across fans against another attack. and u.s. officials are warning americans this morning that terrorists could be planning further attacks in italy and the cities of rome and milan. anne-marie? >> thank you, tina kraus. >>> in mali this morning, gunmen attacked a hotel. the attackers stormed the hotel in mali's capital. there was some gunfire. authorities are securing the area. >>> in this country, a bill that would block syrian and iraqi refugees from entering the u.s. background checks is on its way. 47 democrats defied the white house and voted for the measure. don champion is here in new york with more. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the bill is a response to the terrorists attacks in paris. it puts on hold the president's plan to admit 10,000 syrian refugees to the country next year. the house bill would create the strictest screening of refugees ever in the u.s. >> let me explain why we passed this bill in two days. >> re

about as far away as you can get from washington, 9500 miles away, in the malaysian capital of kuala lumpurd margaret brennan is traveling with the president. >> what's your name? >> reporter: the president tried to put a human face on his fight with republicans over refugees. >> the notion that somehow we would be fearful of them, that our politics would somehow leave us to turn our sights away from their plight is not representative of the best of who we are. >> reporter: most of the children the president met with had fled violence and persecution in nearby myanmar. mr. obama likened their experience to refugees fleeing the war in syria. >> if people have a chance to hear the individual stories here, you will see the degree to which, you know, they represent the opposite of terrorism and the opposite of the kind of despicable violence that we saw in mali and in paris. >> reporter: all week, the president defended his decision to resettle 10,000 syrians in the u.s. >> this is not about politics. this is about national security. >> reporter: but the house voted to suspend that policy out o

issued an alert thursday warning at least ten suicide bombers affiliated with abu sayef are in kuala lumpur. more than 100,000 police and troops are on guard across fans against another attack. and u.s. officials are warning terrorists could be planning further attacks in italy and the capital. there was some gunfire. authorities are securing the area. >>> in this country, a bill that would block syrian and iraqi without passing strict background checks is on its way. 47 democrats defied the white house and voted for the measure. don champion is here in new york with more. anne-marie. the bill is a response to the terrorists attacks in paris. plan to admit 10,000 syrian year. the house bill would create the strictest screening of refugees ever in the u.s. >> let me explain why we passed this bill in two days. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan called it an urgent matter. to make sure something like what happened in paris doesn't happen here. all but two of his republican colleagues agreed. >> there is a real possibility that a terrorist, particularly one from or claiming to be from syria or ira

kuala lumpur is on hilar for possible attacks speed a large contingent of security to forces -- secured forces have been employed. barack obama wants to expand economic ties with southeast asia and curb china's influence in the region. president obama: the united states wants to be a partner with the southeast nation paid it is critical for our future. it is home to so much of humanity, home to some of the world's fastest-growing economies. that is a key focus of my foreign policy. reporter: the association wants to be the fourth largest economic power in 2015, an ambitious plan. a coalition consisting of 10 member states has something to show for it. by attracting a high volume of foreign investment, they are also creating jobs, pushing the average unemployment rate down to just 3%. >> the business update -- sarah: have a good night. a quick reminder of our top stories before we go, a malian official says that all of the hostages being held in a luxury hotel in the capital of bamako have been free. 18 people are thought to have been killed. the u.n. says several attackers are also dead

elizabeth: the president made those comments in kuala lumpur as he wrapped up a diplomatic trip to asia. eric: in commitment 2016 news now. donald trump has a double-digit lead over ben carson in the republican presidential race. two new national polls also suggest voters prefer change over political experience. trump leads carson 32% to 22% in a new poll by the washington post. and the real estate mogul leads the retired neurosurgeon 28% to 18% in a new fox news poll. you are waking up to 32 degrees in the metro. we're headed for a high of 42. a live look of -- a live look at a freeze out on the roads so you >> weather is never more than 5 minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: good morning. we had some melting over the weekend. everything has probably refrozen overnight here to watch for slick spots. we have the snow is roads -- we have the snowiest rose along -- despite yesterday's melting temperatures, everything has refrozen. 10's have fallen below freezing. the coldest air is across eastern iowa with readings in the teens and lower 20's. we have clear skies acros

. >> asia pacific leader arrive in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur for a 2-day summit. trade and security will dominate the talks. farmers worry what the deals mean for them. like the trans-pacific partnership. >> in malaysia's lush selling or state. this person and his wife are planting a new crop of organic ocra. they know the yields will be good. the seeds come from a previous harvest. every time he grows a strong crop he saves the seeds to reuse and exchange with other farmers instead of buying them. >> after time of using the seeds, i find that they do not perform well in the organic methods, and then it is disease prone. exchanging or selling their own seeds is something farmers have done for centuries. under the transpacific partnership agreement, between malaysia, the u.s. and 10 other countries, they may be banned friday doing this. a neighbour may say "hey, i had a good variety, and it produced an excellent harvest." let me give some to you. maybe they may have sold it, exchanged it with each other. and what sold in this informal way is affordable. >> malaysia

nations plus china, japan, the united states and other countries held meetings on the issue in kuala lumpurthey did not issue their expected joint declaration, unable to agree on how to address the south china sea issue. a u.s. government official told nhk that last week's operation was routine and lawful. he said the commanders plan to conduct patrols near the artificial islands in the south china sea a few times every three months. kurando tago, nhk world. >>> one of the parties to the south china sea dispute is stepping up defense cooperation with japan. vietnamese defense minister phung quang thanh welcomed has japanese counterpart jin nakatani. they agreed the matter should be settled peacefully and no party should threaten regional stability by unilaterally trying to change the status quo. the ministers agreed to have their forces work together more closely. japanese self-defense force ships will start calling next year at a vietnamese base on the south china sea, and the two countries will hold their first joint maritime exercise. >>> members of a united nations disarmament committee

nhk world reports from kuala lumpur. >> what is the issue and who objected is just going to fuel it amongst ourselves. we couldn't sign the jd because there was no consensus. it was a decision by asean. >> china's construction of artificial islands has caused alarm over its territory ambitions. the united states last week sent a warship close to an artificial island on what it called a freedom of navigation patrol. u.s. defense secretary ash carter and chang wanquan held a meeting on tuesday. china wanted to keep any mention of the south china sea out of the final declaration. the u.s. as well as japan backed the philippine's position that the topic must be included. asean is planning to create a single market of 600 million people and become a unified engine of the world economy. many countries want to resolve the potential maritime flash point close to its middle. so far, they have failed to agree on how. the philippines had a dispute with china over the spratly islands. the president says international law allows for freedom of navigation. other members, such as cambodia and laos are not

the ministers from the ten asean member countries gathered in kuala lumpur. they met amid a row between the united states and china. last week, a u.s. destroyer sailed through waters claimed by china off an artificial island in the south china sea. malaysian and other sources say several participants called for a code of action with legal binding powers. others said er territorial disps must be resolved peacefully. >> as defense ministers, our biggest concern is unintended, accidental, unintentional incidents in the high seas. how we engage major powers as a bloc. it's very important. >> the philippines is among the countries challenging china's territorial claims. its representatives proposed amending the code for unalerted encounters at sea or queues. it's meant to prevent aggressive actions that could lead to full fledged confrontations. the code currently applies to naval vessels. the first meeting since the american navy vessel sailed near the artificial chinese island. u.s. secretary of defense ash carter met with the chinese defense minister for about

. >>> malaysian authorities are tightening security in kuala lumpur for the annual aseanan summit meetings. authorities deployed extra security personnel before the leaders started a rugby for the weekend summit. and some roads in the capital were closed off on thursday. security issues will be high on the agenda in the wake of the paris attacks. in addition to regional leaders, japanese prime minister abe and u.s. president obama will attend the meetings. chinese premier lee cuchan also will be there. they will discuss the south china sea including freedom of navigation and the rule of law. myanmar's lower house speaker is promisi promising aung san sue quooe he will cooperate. aung won an outright majorities in the november 8th election. she sent messages to the president, the speaker and the leader of the military asking for meetings on ensuring a smooth transition of political power. no dates have been set for her meetings with the president and senior general. a spokesperson for the president told local media it's because the election commission is still accepting complaints about vio

. >> president obama in kuala lumpur late friday. >>> donald trump attempted to clarify comments he made to nbc news in iowa, friday night, about implementing a data base system to track muslims in the united states. nbc's hallie jackson is on the campaign train tonight with more on how fallout from the attacks in paris is changing the story here. >> reporter: donald trump trying to set the record straight facing fallout after he refused to rule out a database tracking muslims. >> is that something that your white house would look to impose? >> i would certainly implement that. absolutely. >> reporter: today, pausing to kick out a protester. >> get him out of here. throw him out. >> reporter: trump's clarifying. he wants a data base of syrian refugees entering the country he says, and more surveillance, too. >> i want surveillance of certain mosques, okay? if that's okay. i want surveillance. and you know what? we've had it before, and we'll have it again. >> reporter: ben carson agrees. >> i would be in favor of monitoring a mosque or any church or any organization where there was a lot

. >> in his concluding press conference here in kuala lumpur, president obama tried to calm americans vowed not to allow terrorism to become the new normal. >> we do not succumb to fear. that's the primary power that these terrorists have over us. most powerful tool we have to fight isis, is to say, that we're not afraid. >> the president said actions like attempts to block refugees from settling in the u.s., an idea that is being go thought of is betrayal of american values. he downplayed isis' ranks, yet the president still called on other countries to join in the military coalition said he directly appeals to russia's vladimir putin to start airstrikes against isis rather than the u.s.-backed rebels in syria. >> it would be helpful if russia a directs his attention towards isis, i think isil claiming responsibility for bringing down their plane, there is an increasing awareness on the part of president putin that isil poses a greater threat to them than anything else in the region. >> but that is an unlikely alliance because two countries back competing sides in the syrian civil wa

in kuala lumpur and ask for the reaction to the news of impending arrivals. >> the details of 3,000 syrians are to be worked out. we are in positive discussions with the government. a pre requisite is any refugees under a programme would have to be allowed to come lawfully, and be entitled to live here legally, including a variety of opportunities to work and have housing, health care and schooling >>> what time line are we looking at? >> we don't have a time line. the government is keen to implement this. we know they have a 3-year programme in mind that would allow is number of refugees to come over that sort of period of time. >> what sort of conversations are you having with the government. are they receptive to your ideas. globally, they are sensitive questions, touching on national security, sovereignty and malaysia is no different. malaysia hosted refugees for more than 50 or 60 years, hosting tens of thousands. it has not signed up in terms of legal frameworks, but provided an opportunity for u.n.h.c.r. and other agencies to do their work. >> how concerned are you that malaysia has

al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> four people have been hurting in a stabbing in israel.y a man attacked people in the street south of tel aviv. israeli security forces say they are searching for the person who carried out the attack. israel should down a radio station in the west bank, asking it of inciting forcing it off air. >> one of the most celebrated ballet dancers will be celebrated on friday but she died in may. >> her strong, expressive face, a supple boyted boyd. in an era where they were famous was perhaps the most famous of all. >> her uniqueness firstly was her look, her image, unrepeatable, but, also, what she had inside was impossible to teach. look at the way she dances balero, step by system. she brings more dynamism. this is the perfect quality for a ballet dancer. >> this weekend in moscow, the brightest stars dancing at the theatre today are celebrating that supreme talent with two gala performances. it she hadn't died in may, friday would have been her 90th birthday. >> b i heard she had passed away, it was a shock. i remember her when we finished di

. >> that was at a news conference in kuala lumpur just a few hours ago. jim acosta hkocosta has the lat us. >> reporter: president obama said at a news conference the u.s. will destroy the terror group, but he continued to make the case he has argued throughout this foreign trip that the world should not overreact the battle against terrorism. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> reporter: overseas for more than a week, but well aware of a fearful nation back home, president obama sounded more like a leader at war. >> our coal lirks wicoalition w relent. destroying isis is not only a realistic goal, we are going to get it done and we are going to pursue it with every aspect of american power and with all of the coalition partners that we have assembled. it's going to get done. >> reporter: at a news conference in malaysia, the president once again defended his strategy for defeating isis but instead of brushing off questions about his policy as he did last weeks, he acknowledged americans are deeply worried. >> we are not afraid. to not elevate, to somehow bu

ron joins us from kuala lumpur, malaysia. and ron, i should note right now, we are working to confirm reports that there are no more hostages in that hotel in mali. nevertheless, very tense situation, and it is still ongoing. what is the latest on what we're hearing from the president and his team? >> reporter: well, they've been trying to monitor this. of course, the president was notified the minute this happened. we are in kuala lumpur, malaysia, a majority muslim country, for a summit meeting of regional leaders, and security here is extraordinarily tight, as it has been on each of the stops along the way, in the philippines and in turkey over the past number of days. what officials here have been emphasizing to us is that mali is a place where there have been a number of terrorist attacks on western targets, three or four over the past couple of years. and the reason that there were american special forces there nearby when this happened, apparently, is because they're in and out of the country assisting a u.n. peacekeep

authorities issued an alert warning at least 10 suicide bombers affiliated with abaaoud are in kuala lumpur. >>> the house approved a bill that would make it difficult for syrians or iraqis to enter the u.s. it would require three high ranking u.s. officials to individually sign off on every a.m. can't. homeland security says it's not workable. the white house has promised to veto it. >>> oakland has the largest number of syrian refugees in the bay area. according to the state department data, at least 16 have settled there in the past two years. >>> governor brown says he would welcome more refugees to california -- as long as the federal government thoroughly screened them. he wants the white house to share more information about the screening process and where they settle. >>> it is 4:34 right now. let's get a check on our weather. very important weekend forecast. >> it's going to be benign. everyone we have experienced the past couple of days which is spring-like we are going to experience this weekend and then the big changes come just in time for the holiday. hi, everybody. morning! t