and michael balbone. good to see you as well.confused, we're talking about a federal court judge who said this policy is unconstitutional, but an appellate court said we have a problem with this judge. so essentially the stop-and-frisk policy continues in new york city, and that's would we're going to talk about right now, the future of it, how it is executed, et cetera. so michael, you first. you know, you say it is -- we were in a post-9/11 day, and so having this stop and frisk policy is necessary. of course, critics are saying that unfairly african-americans and hispanics are profiled, are targeted the most. why do you think this policy needs to continue to be in place in new york? >> the criminal procedure law of new york state is very clear. it requires reasonable suspicion that an individual is either -- has committed, is committing or will commit a misdemeanor or felony under new york state law. and that gives the officer the ability to inquire. now, what's happened is that this whole debate has been around the stop and f