raymond santana, a member of the exonerated five, is with us. raymond, good morning to you. let me start with the one word question. why? why are you running? >> good morning. >> good morning. >> first off, good morning. >> you know, we're. >> up early this. >> morning getting ready to hit. >> the campaign trail. >> run out. >> there and get signatures. um, but the reason. >> why is because, you know, my community has stood behind. me through thick and thin. >> they have seen. >> me get convicted. >> they see me exonerated. they seen. >> us win the civil suit. >> and so. >> you know, for me, my community has always stuck by me throughout the ups and downs. and so it's only right that i stick through them through these hard times. you know, when i see the community and how the conditions are. >> yusef salaam, as we all know, another one of the exonerated five, he ran for city council and won. i think it was back in 2023. have you reached out to him? y'all had any conversations about this run? >> constantly. we're constantly in talks about this run because this run is very imp