rick klein, thank you so much. rick: my pleasure. thanks for having me.risten: next, a sanford university economics professor talking about a hybrid workweek is in new york city, erngnew to discove in new york city, ♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com kristen: the pandemic has changed so much about the way we live, including the way we work. after two years working remotely , many companies are transitioning to workers returning to the office part-time. that may or may not be what others are hoping for. joining us to talk about the new workweek, stanford university professor of economics, nicholas bloom, who has been studying remote work since before the pandemic made it mainstream, right? nicholas: that's right. almost 20 years. it was quiet until march 2020, then it exploded. kristen: look, i need your expertise. a new survey shows most employers plan to bring workers back to the office in the bay area this month, but not in the old way. what does the new normal look like and what are the permutations? nicholas: right, first

. >> let's also bring in rick klein and yvette simpson for more. . a very awkward exchange where senator graham asked judge jackson to rate how religious she is on a scale of one to ten. she said she didn't feel comfortable responding. senator graham said i was hoping you would say something like that, hoping we would never judge you like democrats judged republicans. this is setting off a situation where people like senator graham could vote against judge jackson not because of who she is, but of who she isn't and also because of previous nominees have been handled. a lot of political baggage. you'll hear more of that today with 2024 contenders taking the microphone. they'll bring factors that have little to do with judge jackson it was a challenge for her not to respond to those lines of inquiry. >> yvette, relating to court packing, is that a priority for democrats? >> we would call it court expansion. i think it is. i think i want to say it's unfair to ask judge jackson about that. her response was spot on. this is a policy decision. it's not a